BRUINS GDT ECQF GAME 2 BRUINS @ Whalercanes (1) - NESN, ESPN, SN360, TVAS2, 98.5 WBZ-FM

[LucicIsABeast]

It’s like I’m in a Facebook comments section in here haha

 

[missingchicklet]

This series is showing why regular season advanced stats can be useless on certain players once the playoffs start. DS still cannot figure out how to build a team for the playoffs. Maddening.

 

[Bridges31]

Maybe a fan or something.

I’ve definitely seen fans in the balcony put up more of a fight.

 

[KrugAvoy]

Gryz is an AHL defenseman somehow who lucked his way onto an NHL team cause his pops works for the team.

 

[GordonHowe]

I did blame Sweeney

Yes, you did.

I was pleased with Sweeney's moves prior and at the deadline. I still am.

Whatever else happens going forward, ultimate responsibility rests, as it should, on ownership and management.

I do not fault "Sweens" (ugh) for signing Nick. I fault him for signing Nick that contract. Even before the January 1 "reset," for which Cassidy deserves great credit, I was okay with Haula and more than okay with Nosek.

At this point I'll pass on Reilly but take him as depth D. I liked the Josh Brown signing, again as depth and regular season size and brawn going forward.

I love the Lindholm deal-- not perfect, but damn good; 28; signed long term. I even like the DeBrusk signing. If Jake still wants out, which is likely, the Bruins put him where he wanted, and evidently deserved, to be -- on the first line. The signing also made trading Jake, whose stock has of course risen considerably, easier for other clubs to swallow, and send back significant return.

That is a far cry from a guy at Donahue's bar and grill, here in Watertown, dismissing DeBrusk (as I did, not that long ago), as perhaps worth a bag of pucks in return.

Add the undrafted college signings, which have become a successful hallmark of the Boston Bruins organization going back to Peter Chiarelli. Finally, add an ability, or perhaps the inherited luck, of signing pillars of the Boston Bruins, whether Patrice, Brad, or most recently, Charlie (who at 9 million is worth evert penny, and would have fetched much more on the open market).

There's modest hope on the prospect horizon with Fabian, Beecher, Marc McGlaughlin, and that other guy (there's an "M" and an "E" in there somewhere.) There's also a potentially stable and even excellent goaltending tandem in Ullmark and Swayman for years to come.

We all know the shortcomings. Which have been considerable.

I can recite here. But do your own damn work.

So, I still want to get rid of SweeNeely. Yet, sincere credit where due.

And, of course, it's 4-1 as I post.

"Good night. And good luck,"

 

[13Hockey]

Now that the series is over

Just focus on getting even not the scoreboard

 

[GarbageGoal]

Better to get swept by the Canes instead of the Leafs...lesser of 2 evils theory

I think I'd root for Toronto over these scumbuckets.

 

[frankiess]

It’s not the refs dude. Direct your attention to the shit stains wearing the Bruins jerseys. They’re the disgrace.

The refs are horrible.

 

[mar2kbos]

Looking forward to that leadership Foglino I’d here for...

The guy is uesless on the ice. Great guy off the ice, but things I thought he would bring to the team, are non existent. He used to have fire, he used to hound the puck. Now he's happy just to dump the puck in so someone else can go get it.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

It’s not the refs dude. Direct your attention to the shit stains wearing the Bruins jerseys. They’re the disgrace.

It's both at this point. The Bruins lost it halfway through the first period but this performance by the officials is getting players injured which is a disgrace.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Maybe a fan or something.

I know I'm ready.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

This is the most bullshit I have seen since thr st Louis shit. Awful.

It’s so irrelevant to this game. Don’t fool yourself.

4-1 is just about right given what we’ve seen so far.

 

[KrazyLegs]

Congrats, we're officially the early 2000s smurf Habs.

Get rid of all the physical players for speedy guys with "skill" because physical play is old fashioned in the new NHL... and now we have neither skill nor toughness

I mean, are we honestly that fast outside a few guys?

The announcers rightfully pointed out that Carolina looked much quicker out there tonight.

 

[Trashpass]

I didn't have much hope of them winning this series but my lord I atleast thought there would be some compete

 

[Bruin]

a collection of 20,000 idiots.

I’d bet most don’t even know the rules……lol.

 

[Fenway]

 

[Forester65]

Should've protected Lauzon instead, doubt the Kraken would've taken Griz

I could never understand why they kept him. It bothered me from day 1. He is a hell of a skater, but that is IT.

 

[Maine Fan]

It’s not the refs dude. Direct your attention to the shit stains wearing the Bruins jerseys. They’re the disgrace.

Well said, thank you

 

[Hockey Gent]

You’d think grown ass men wouldn’t get swayed by fans but here we are with these refs

 

[Johnnyduke]

He wasnt going to call the goalie until marchand swung back. So its moot. Watch his arm. it doesnt come up until after Marchand hits him

So show some restraint and don't swing back. Then you're not in the box.

 

[Babajingo]

Congrats, we're officially the early 2000s smurf Habs.

Get rid of all the physical players for speedy guys with "skill" because physical play is old fashioned in the new NHL... and now we have neither skill nor toughness

Exactly

 

[OV]

I don't believe the refs are having their best game tonight.

 

[SPLBRUIN]

Fire Sweeney

This is the team Sweeney built, with a few exceptions soft as butter. It absolutely kills me to see the Bruins getting bullied by a non tough team like Carolina, embarrassing.

 

[Yeti of the Flow]

I sure hate trying to read hockey forums / threads during the playoffs. The amount of bad faith garbage makes it nigh unreadable. Actually, strike the nigh.

 

[Cronuss]

I want every bruin to hit every cane every shift even if they lose 11-1