I still don't see it. The Bruins were unwatchable for most of the night. Seguin is still turning the puck over every chance he gets and Horton was as bad as he's been all year. I'll take the two points, but I'm no believer just yet.
Post-Game Talk: Bruins win over Toronto 3-2
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Neely08
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If Only Geoff Ward was so good with the PP.
That's hysterical.
If that happened in Montreal? We'd have to build a statue next to Orr's.
Someone has to photoshop that so he winks or makes a troll face or something.
Edit: Watch at the end how the guy looks up at the cieling! "What the fuuuuu...."? I hope he's one of those conspiracy people. Now you know how those people are created.
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Neely08
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The thing you should be happy a/b is; far less stupid passes in their own zone, less hail mary passes that get picked off. Which is where all the turnovers were coming from. They dominated territorially.
CJ is allowing his Dmen to jump into the attack. Not just pinch. Well, unless Hamiltion and Siedenberg are doing "Herbies" right now.
I hope he doesn't go back to the old lines, and tinkers w/ them even more.
At least we haven't seen Pandawful Krejci and Horton. Yet.
LSCII
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Yup. That was certainly better last night. The one thing that still bothers me about their style of play is that I think the d tends to reverse too much most of the time, IMO. I get that you want a clean break out, but it's to the point of absurdity. Worst part is that they'd reverse 3-4 times and still turn it over. Sometimes, the best play is the first one you have. I also think this pattern of reversing is limiting the chances they have to catch the other team's d before it's been set.
11MilesPerJohan
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Based on what I had heard about him, and based on what I had seen of him, I didn't expect his game to be overly physical. That being said, I have been pleasantly surprised thus far. He seems to have no issue being physical when necessary, and overall has done a nice job when he has needed to take the body.
Last night, however, I really felt like he was throwing his body around with bad intentions, and like I said, there was a little more nastiness to his game. I also feel, as you do, that that part of the game is something that he will develop over time, to what extent we shall see.
There is a difference between being a physical player, like Seidenberg for example, and a physical presence like Chara or Pronger for example. I think it will be hard for him to reach the nastiness of the latter two, but I certainly think he can bring a physical game to the ice night in and night out like a Seidenberg does. And like you said, drop the gloves when needed.
Neely08
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I think they were trying to stretch out the D too much. But everyone sends in a 2 man forecheck against Boston. Instead of forwards getting open low, short passes and skating, all our D were seeing as opposing jerseys in their face. Hence the 15 reversals and self defeating 15 D to D passes. Yeah, reversing it 11 times then still getting picked off is going to erode your confidence.
LSCII
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I think they were trying to stretch out the D too much. But everyone sends in a 2 man forecheck against Boston. Instead of forwards getting open low, short passes and skating, all our D were seeing as opposing jerseys in their face. Hence the 15 reversals and self defeating 15 D to D passes. Yeah, reversing it 11 times then still getting picked off is going to erode your confidence.
Exactly. To me, reversing it repeatedly instead of putting the pressure on the other team is maddening. I hate it. You have a chance for a quick up, but rather than taking it, you play it safe and reverse, reverse, reverse, and then turn it over anyways? Man that drives me crazy...
Pretty much... my question is what's the message being sent to the players? Get slack, and we'll eventually move you down in the lines for a period, maybe two if you're really unimpressive.
Lucic looked great beside Peverley imo. Peverley plays a simpler game then Krejci and that imo plays to Lucic's strengths. One of the main reasons I think he has chemistry with Seguin who plays a very north/south/shoot game. Paille really surprised me as well, guy looked like a top 6 forward with Bergeron and Seguin. Krejci and Marchand started to click a little as well though they'd likely take more time to gell.
Should of stuck with it imo.
TCL40
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Well I am not sure why he went back-but two things glared with the new lines-Horton is lost on his line and behind more often than not and Pandolfo can't even help the 4th line do much.
4th line missed Paille, but Paille fit well with Bergeron.
I don't know exactly when in the 3rd Julien shortened to three lines (used the KHL and BMS lines with the hodge podge PPC). I wonder if some of the motivation wasn't so this shortened bench would make for an easy switch.
I actually thought Lucic looked good with Peverly and Caron probably had his best game this season-more than anything else I am led to conclude that Peverly just isn't the kind of player that pulls struggling players up but needs people as talented or more talented to perform well.
Peverly looked like a different player with Caron and Lucic than he has with anyone else this season.
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bosbruin
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I've read a lot of these comments and I can't believe people are satisfied with that win.
That was not a very good performance and if they play like that against the Habs, it's going to be a long night for the B's. They looked slow and out of sync a lot. This is just my opinion.
That was not a very good performance and if they play like that against the Habs, it's going to be a long night for the B's. They looked slow and out of sync a lot. This is just my opinion.
I've read a lot of these comments and I can't believe people are satisfied with that win.
Put me in your camp, because I was not impressed last night at all. That early turn over by Seguin had my blood boiling. If I were Julien, I would fine anyone who tried a drop pass $1000 dollars. I don't understand where all of these cute little plays are coming from, but they have to go. Get the blue line, put it on, and drive the net! What happened to that? I can't stand the way these guys are playing right now. They don't score, they don't hit, and they don't fight. Those were the luckiest two points all year.
It's crazy. When he scored that goal, I actually got goosebumps. Not necessarily because of the actual goal itself (although it came off a great rush, and demonstrated some patience to watch the 5 hole for the right time), but because I even felt relief for the guy. He's struggled, I don't think anyone denies that....but you just knew how much scoring that goal meant to him....by extension, the whole team.
Good night.
I loved how everyone on the B's and the guys behing the bench were so happy for Looch.
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I'm the biggest Lucic hater there is but I gave a good solid expletive filled yell when he potted that goal
That was a great goal.
How can you hate Looch ?
hemispheres
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Maybe we should hire the Ottawa senators coaches as a consulting firm(poor Excuse)They have looked bad for quite a while now. I guess they deserve credit for squeeking out a win last night to an inferior team. If they go on a 3 to 4 game winning streak, and Lucic is contributing I will feel better. People seem to be acting as if they just won a playoff game.
How can you hate Looch ?
I'm sure it's just relative to everybody else. Because no Bruins fan should actually even mildly dislike Lucic, let alone hate.
hemispheres
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hemispheres
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How can you hate Looch ?
Probably because he wines like peyton manning and he can't control his temper.
Other than that if he uses his speed and has some speedy linemates I think he's one of the better players on the team.
There was a little guy in the front seat with his Dad. I would guess he was 5.
He was so excited about sitting next to the B's and seemed to know all of them.
After the shoot out his Dad was going to leave but I told him so stay because the 3 stars of the game give away signed sticks to kids.
Bergy was the last to skate out and he skated across the ice and than headed back and gave the little kid the stick. He was so excited he couldn't speak
Very cute.
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There was a little guy in the front seat with his Dad. I would guess he was 5.
He was so excited about sitting next to the B's and seemed to know all of them.
After the shoot out his Dad was going to leave but I told him so stay because the 3 stars of the game give away signed sticks to kids.
Bergy was the last to skate out and he skated across the ice and than headed back and gave the little kid the stick. He was so excited he couldn't speak
That was very nice of you to let the Dad know about the signed sticks...and I bet the look on the little guys face was priceless.
