I think Kuraly plays and Ritchie sits.
Glad I got the Bruins line up correct. Maybe that is a good sign because I've gotten them wrong every game except game 1
Oh, so you're the reason they're facing elimination!!!!!!
I think Kuraly plays and Ritchie sits.
Glad I got the Bruins line up correct. Maybe that is a good sign because I've gotten them wrong every game except game 1
HA!Oh, so you're the reason they're facing elimination!!!!!!
hope Z does retire, he has size and reach still, but that's about it.I don't think Z retires. I think you are correct about Krug and Rask.
Well sometimes you have to try it, expecting a lineup with 7 d and only 11 forwards with guys like Wagner, Nordstrom, Lindholm and Ritchie to produce much offence is just asinine....and virtually every other NHL coach. In the playoffs not many coaches go with inexperienced prospects over guys with NHL games and playoff experience - unless they're dynamite, blue-chip prospects whose talent is so obvious that it's worth the gamble.
Agree, I do really think they need to start as soon as next year just trading vets and start the rebuild or maybe retool is a better word.Not sure about Rask. But whenever this season ends (be it today, be it winning the cup), contemplating one more year of competing with the core or going for another rebuild on the fly trading Rask and Krejci may be a necessary discussion.
I had no idea Claude Lepuke played until that ageChara has a very real chance of retiring as he is the 8th oldest position player ever to play the game.
List of oldest National Hockey League players - Wikipedia
- 52 years, 11 days - Gordie Howe (1980)[1]
- 48 years, 71 days - Chris Chelios (2010)
- 45 years, 319 days - Jaromir Jagr (2017)
- 44 years, 100 days - Doug Harvey (1969)[3]
- 44 years, 39 days - Tim Horton (1974)[5]
- 43 years, 317 days - Teemu Selanne (2014)
- 43 years, 277 days - Claude Lemieux (2009)
- 43 years, 159 days - Zdeno Chara (Present)
Chara has a very real chance of retiring as he is the 8th oldest position player ever to play the game.
List of oldest National Hockey League players - Wikipedia
- 52 years, 11 days - Gordie Howe (1980)[1]
- 48 years, 71 days - Chris Chelios (2010)
- 45 years, 319 days - Jaromir Jagr (2017)
- 44 years, 100 days - Doug Harvey (1969)[3]
- 44 years, 39 days - Tim Horton (1974)[5]
- 43 years, 317 days - Teemu Selanne (2014)
- 43 years, 277 days - Claude Lemieux (2009)
- 43 years, 159 days - Zdeno Chara (Present)
This feels like the biggest game of Bjork's life.
If he doesn't prove something here and the season is on hold for awhile I believe a lot of prospects will be fighting for his 3rd line spot when the Bruins finally do hold a training camp. If all he has to show for it is these playoffs then tonight goes a long way in showing he can play in the NHL playoffs.
I look at this and think the opposite is true - I think Chara will keep playing - maybe not until 48 or 52 though....
That’s the kind of sentimentality that keeps the Bruins down.There is also no chance the Bruins don't bring him back!
Yes with a reduced role, PK and 3 pairing minutes.I could see one more year for Chara max, $2 million for a mentor isn't such a bad deal.
If he accepts being 3rd pairing/sometimes watching then I'd take him back....otherwise after seeing him in these playoffs I'd pass if he can't accept reduced minutes.I could see one more year for Chara max, $2 million for a mentor isn't such a bad deal.
That’s the kind of sentimentality that keeps the Bruins down.
When should we let him go? When he qualifies for social security?
Hopefully, he’ll hang em up. He’s very old for a hockey player and he looks cooked out there.
The difference though is those players all played when the game was a little bit slower and more physical....the speed has increased and Chara's speed subsequently has decreased. He can't process the game quick enough with the puck which is becoming a real big issue IMO.He is still better than McQuaid, Ward, Hnidy, Stuart, Gill, and a number of our defense-only defensemen ever were over the last decade. There is a place for him, if they keep him in the proper role.
Tough
Leader
Defense
Size
Experience
All assets for the role he should have, which is a 15 minute per game defense-only role. Outside of McAvoy no one on the current defense can provide what he can defensively either. Carlo has been a disaster. Who will kill penalties? Moore?
If Krug goes it isn't as though the Bruins can go the Toronto path of offense-only.