Post-Game Talk: ECSF Game 3 - B's can't recover from another bad start - Tampa 4 B's 1 - Lightning leads series 2-1

[Gonzothe7thDman]

#300 down the list of things that were wrong tonight, but great effort Wingels after being scratched for a bit.

Didn't notice him at all on the forecheck.

The least you can do, if you aren't a skill guy, is skate, and hit. Just be difficult to play against.

Guy gets slotted in and just plays a pedestrian game

 

[Neely2005]

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Rask probably should have been a star tonight.

 

[BadBruins]

I don't know what the answer is. I hate giving in, but I would shake it up. I don't know if this lineup, as currently constructed, can dictate the way they want to. Depth hasn't shown up at all. I would first try to spread out the veterans skating in mud. Unfortunately I think the blueline misses the mobile presence of Carlo...... Holden isn't filling that void.... There's really nobody who can realistically draw in and provide a better game.

Have to imagine Czarnik is hungry. Money on the line for him.

I thought Tampa had the best team on paper. Certainly in the East. They are rolling right now.

 

[Chief Nine]

I finally figured it out. The Bruins need to have one of these over the top overdone pregame productions. Once they do this, they won’t ever lose

 

[KrejciWinger]

Backes, Heinen, and riley nash all have 1 even strength point this postseason each.

And heinen got that goal only when he escaped third line prison

 

[Don Cherry]

If I never see Krug again I won’t mind. Brutal against TOR but somehow even worse this series. Absolutely ****ing useless.

Agreed and yet he's like Bobby Orr compared to Grizz.

Speaking of Bobby Orr, did he get his "hair" from a mannequin at Macys?

 

[Lobster57]

I had to miss this one... What happened? and don't say the ****in' refs, cause I'm fed up with reading that here.

might want to exited the thread, that's been the theme of the week

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

TB is not the Leafs.

Bruins won’t win many games falling behind.

They know how to protect a lead.

 

[Don Cherry]

And heinen got that goal only when he escaped third line prison

Heinen has been a HUGE disappointment.

 

[BBB24]

I had to miss this one... What happened? and don't say the ****in' refs, cause I'm fed up with reading that here.

The linesmen

 

[BruinsBtn]

How many times in the past two games have the Bruins had something good going, passed it back to the point and had it bounce over the defenceman's stick?

Must have been 10 times tonight. Awful luck on that

 

[sarge88]

Good news......

They were 100% on the PP

Bad news......

They got one PP

Worse news.....

Unlikely to get any better on Friday.

Cuz....NHL

 

[BruinsFan1990]

If Cassidy is going to put Donato in it can't be on the third line. He has no shot playing there.

 

[GloveSave1]

Not a big fan of Cassidy moving guys in and out, as much as I'd like Reilly scratched...

But it's safe to say that's it for Griz...they will go to Holden in a heartbeat.

Stop screwing around with the Wingels shuffle, just put Schaller back in and roll your best guys.

If you're not going to play Donato on a top 3 line, don't play him. So, yeah, don't bother.

Please, don't mess with Heinen.

Guys have to play better...that's it...shuffling around fringe players isn't going to fix things.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Backes, Heinen, and riley nash all have 1 even strength point this postseason each.

Waste of cap space and roster space. Guy was cooked when he came here, looks to be getting slower if that's possible

 

[bluetib]

How come nobody talks about the physical side of the game like hits given/received and
smaller/lighter players seems to be non factor in the last 2 games? Exception Rick Nash
who seems to think he is 5.5 foot!!!

 

[smack66]

No question. Riley it is.

Who plays centre if Nash is out

 

[Rubber Biscuit]

Last two games were just beyond frustrating in every single way

If there's been anything to take away from the past 92 games, it's that this group is resilient as hell. No reason to count them out until the final buzzer sounds on their final loss.

The D needs to rebound in a big way

 

[Hali33]

Another awful game that they deserved to lose. Scores could have been much worse.

There’s not enough respect for Tampa as an opponent. Remember how dumb it was for Leafs fans to feel overconfident because of their regular season records? Same vibe around here going into this series.

They are a damn good team. We are getting beat all over the ice. Reffing didn’t rob this team out of a damn thing they deserved.

They better get their act together quick if they don’t want to get rolled over in this series. This team is capable of a lot better but they better ****ing figure it out quick.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

#300 down the list of things that were wrong tonight, but great effort Wingels after being scratched for a bit.

Didn't notice him at all on the forecheck.

The least you can do, if you aren't a score guy, is skate, and hit. Just be difficult to play against.

Guy gets slotted in and just plays a pedestrian game

To be honest I thought Wingels did exactly what we expect of him.
He DID skate and hit.
Kuraly too.

Acciari... I like his style but most of his hits are ineffective from his lack of true size.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

I guess the good news is I don't remember Bergeron getting tossed from the dot once tonight.

 

[BruinsBtn]

Heinen has been a HUGE disappointment.

I'm not sure if it's him or the terrible play of his linemates. When he got sat in Game 6 against the Leafs, the line was even worse.

I just don't know what happened to that entire line. Two months ago they were incredible.

 

[easton117]

Grizz has a rough night, just a kid though so you can give him a pass.

More disappointed in Krug. Guy has regressed to early season form after having a very good middle of the campaign.

Forwards need to be better top to bottom. Put the work boots on, dump the puck in and go. Get. It. When it’s retrieved to the D those guys can’t dust it off against this team. Pound it or put it back in deep.

And for the love of god someone screen the goalie. Someone. Anyone. Would settle for Gionta at this point.

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

Next game:

Marchand-Bergy-Pasta
DeBrusk-Krejci-Nash
Donato-Kuraly-Backes
Heinen-Acciari-Gionta

 

[HumBucker]

Not a good enough effort. Slow of foot. Lost too many battles. Little offensive intensity.

Bad passing. Bad puck management, again. That's been our achilles heel in almost every loss.

Grizz and McAvoy are a bad combo. Grizz has struggled.
Rick Nash had some opportunities, but just too slow to get a shot off. Needs the kind of jam DeBrusk brings.

Tuukka was actually pretty good. Made some huge saves in the first.

Undisciplined play from Backes and Marchand.

Ugh. Well, get it back together, win the next one and it's a best of 3.