Post-Game Talk: EDF Game 3 - MARCHAND WINS IT IN OT!!!!!! - BRUINS lead series 2-1

[Blowfish]

Lazar has been pretty blah compared to his first few games after the trade hasn’t he ?

I can see this point...Maybe switch Lazar and Kuraly and insert a Kuhlman.

 

[chizzler]

Shitty line mates.

 

[Kate08]

Well bruce said Brandon looked good so I'll take his word and say he must be good and can't wait till he comes back.

bruce reported that Carlo told him he felt “pretty good”. He did not say he was good or looked good.

facts, man. They’re brutal I know.

 

[Bruinfanatic]

Put Jake on his left side you may get som offense out of the fourth line

Yeah they need to do something,I get they have won 5 of 6 last games so ,reluctance to shake things up but they have a few guys who are just playing like crap.

 

[Bruinfanatic]

I can see this point...Maybe switch Lazar and Kuraly and insert a Kuhlman.

Also think Lazar was just playing over his head the first few games after his grade to Bruins ,sometimes happens,he has been shopped around over his career,doesn’t usually happen to consistent players.

 

[rocketdan9]

 

[rocketdan9]

Put Jake on his left side you may get som offense out of the fourth line

4th line needs to score a goal or two soon

 

[BTO]

Since the disastrous 2006-2007 season the Bruins have either made the playoffs or just missed ( 2014-2015, 2015-2016 )

What more can we ask for?

One more Cup.

 

[GoBs]

How does he look? Curious.

Not bad that guy can score but it was on the gigantic ice surface

 

[RussellmaniaKW]

The way he has frequently praised the team atmosphere in the short time he's been a Bruin, he's going to have every free agent in the league wanting to come to Boston. Our two best recruiters are probably Bergeron and him

and Smitty

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

 

[Bruinfanatic]

One more Cup.

Yes 10 years has been long enough,can’t do the 40 years again ,or if I could I probably won’t know anyway.Lol

 

[BobbyAwe]

I am still amazed we won. Shocked. They gotta shoot that puck over his shoulder every time.

However, lots of lazy skating though. You HAVE to fix that. I'm sorry. But for a big body Nick Ritchie has to do SOMETHING if he's not hitting or parking his fat ass in front of the net, what is his purpose? Can we summon the soul of Nick from a few months ago? Cause we are being crunched on these hits. They are taking the body every time. WE NEED TO DO THIS. Stop allowing them to skate right into the zone. Knock them on their asses. If they can do it, so can we. Give me Freddy, Tinordi next game. Or Miller if he's okay. We need to stand up.


Prayers up to Carlo. He looked concussed...again.

Ritchie has the opposite problem of many physically intimidating players - he has too LONG a "fuse".

 

[Thrasymachus]

just begrudgingly stopping by to tip the hat. Nothing but respect for the Bruins. This is a chippy series...

my aunt, several uncles etc. all bruins fans so this is in mostly good fun for me.

 

[cat400]

Re the Smith goal:
Taylor Hall’s furious back-checking and stripping the Islanders forward of the puck and then switching gears into overdrive on the attack is a sight to watch over and over again.
What a marvellous play!

 

[JerseyBruin]

Whether or not people agree with the calls that have been made in the playoffs, the refs have been very consistent in their calls. They are letting teams play physical, but aren’t letting stuff like slashes, sticks to the face and cross checks slide.

I disagree, on the same shift where Kuraly gets called for a cross check I counted at least three slashes that were let go. Earlier in the game Pasta gets called for a retaliatory love tap yet Nelson follows through on a check to Charlie with a stick to the face that gets ignored. JMO but that's not consistency .

 

[JerseyBruin]

Re the Smith goal:
Taylor Hall’s furious back-checking and stripping the Islanders forward of the puck and then switching gears into overdrive on the attack is a sight to watch over and over again.
What a marvellous play!

And forgotten in that play is Gryz attacking deep opening up the lane for Smith.

 

[JerseyBruin]

Clearly the Bs had a sniper hidden in the roof of the Coliseum to take out...wait for it...Zajac

it was a high stick ...no argument with the call...but do we have to see the histrionics as well

Yeah I was almost waiting for the yellow card to come out of the refs pocket .

 

[whatsbruin]

Was relieved more than anything to get the win in the end. To drop this game after such dominance of the 2nd half and after a tough OT loss in G2 would have been a hammer blow to morale that may well have turned the series irreperably in the Isles' favor. Thankfully the Bs got reward for effort in the end, but they made hard work of it.

I think the series tone has been pretty well set. The Bruins can outskate and out-skill the Islanders, beat their forecheck and get the play on their terms for long stretches when they play well and skate hard, but the Isles can grit and scrap and pressure and score enough greasy goals to hang in there if given half a chance. The B's top 6 can't be matched, but NY are winning the bottom 6 war and they'll be hoping that the fatigue and injury attrition building as a result of that will turn things their way if they can drag out the series long enough.

Our bottom 6 has to find a way to push back harder and do some damage of its own. Do that, and get a better conversion rate on all the chances we're creating, and Boston should take the series. But it's still a very near-run thing. Lots of hard yards to go yet.

I honestly don't know how they don't ever score a fluke goal. Happens all the time to the b's. Someone who hasn't scored in 100 games takes a shot. Bounces off 3 players and in. Don't understand it

 

[BlackFrancis]

I honestly don't know how they don't ever score a fluke goal. Happens all the time to the b's. Someone who hasn't scored in 100 games takes a shot. Bounces off 3 players and in. Don't understand it

Can't score if you don't shoot.

2.6 shots per game for an entire forward line ain't going to get it done.

 

[mjhfb]

Sucks to watch and easy to critique --- but McAvoy, Grizz and Clifton probably poke the puck away and spin off --- making Clutterbuck miss them entirely. Maybe a by-product of those three not being as big as Carlo and learning at an early age how to protect themselves -- so it just becomes instinct/second nature to do that, while Carlo given his size probably never had to develop that "skill".

Speaking of "that skill" - the league took away obstruction and interference to speed it up, but now we have defenseman getting run into the glass by unobstructed forwards flying at top speed. Sure, spinning off works sometimes, but other times you have to take the hit to make the play, and your partner can't slow down F1 anymore.

Even if there is a penalty or suspension, who cares if the D is out hurt? I know I sound like Grapes, but just like the automatic icing the league needs to do something to protect the defenseman if their players can't anymore.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Whether or not people agree with the calls that have been made in the playoffs, the refs have been very consistent in their calls. They are letting teams play physical, but aren’t letting stuff like slashes, sticks to the face and cross checks slide.

Consistently inconsistent you mean, as game management dictates. They allowed a number of cross checks before calling the Kuraly one and are allowing plenty of hooks/slashes go on both teams, only to call it randomly. One of the calls giving the Bs a PP last night was brutal at best as well.

The Bruins are better off 5v5 vs NYI regardless and Bruce knows this. NYI cannot score without a man advantage or a fortunate bounce. Keep it 5v5.

 

[UncleRico]

Consistently inconsistent you mean, as game management dictates. They allowed a number of cross checks before calling the Kuraly one and are allowing plenty of hooks/slashes go on both teams, only to call it randomly. One of the calls giving the Bs a PP last night was brutal at best as well.

The Bruins are better off 5v5 vs NYI regardless and Bruce knows this. NYI cannot score without a man advantage or a fortunate bounce. Keep it 5v5.

palmieri was sitting there facing the boards with his numbers facing kuraly. That was 100% a penalty and a stupid one on kuralys part

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

palmieri was sitting there facing the boards with his numbers facing kuraly. That was 100% a penalty and a stupid one on kuralys part

Still inconsistent.

 

[Bruinfanatic]

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Can't score if you don't shoot.

2.6 shots per game for an entire forward line ain't going to get it done.

Second line not doing much better,really.