Post-Game Talk: EDF Game 4 - Back to Boston with the series tied at 2

[bruins repeat time]

Anyone else starting to have a change of heart on Gryz? He just doesn't seem made for physical, intense playoff hockey...

I guess we see things differently . I think this has been his best playoff to date . Hasn't been the greatest of late but overall = very good in my eyes

 

[The National]

This is what are coach should be doing working the refs in any possible way.

 

[BAD BOY]

I heard it. But he also said they aren’t gonna bitch about it too.

 

[The National]

I heard it. But he also said they aren’t gonna bitch about it too.

And goes on to bitch about it.

 

[HuskyBruinPride]

I guess we see things differently . I think this has been his best playoff to date . Hasn't been the greatest of late but overall = very good in my eyes

Lately seems like the Isles forecheck has been causing him to turnover the puck at a much higher rate. He needs to clean that up quick or else we're gonna have problems

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Lately seems like the Isles forehead has been causing him to turnover the puck at a much higher rate. He needs to clean that up quick or else we're gonna have problems

Maybe the officials should do something about the Isles foreheads.

 

[member 96824]

Maybe the officials should do something about the Isles foreheads.

Pelech has the biggest forehead:60 ratio in the league.

That thing stops on the back of his neck.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Pelech has the biggest forehead:60 ratio in the league.

That thing stops on the back of his neck.

Frasier Crane-like.

 

[HuskyBruinPride]

Maybe the officials should do something about the Isles foreheads.

Haha autocorrect got me good. I was rereading what I posted and was like wtf lol

 

[KrazyLegs]

And goes on to bitch about it.

I would've given bonus points if he threw in a Berube reference.

"I'm not going to bitch about it like Craig Berube did in the Cup finals, but..."

 

[duffy]

Lately seems like the Isles forecheck has been causing him to turnover the puck at a much higher rate. He needs to clean that up quick or else we're gonna have problems

You are correct, but it's all 6 D not moving t.he puck quick enough to beat the forecheck. Add to that bad decisions and flubbed passes and Rask has to save their rear ends again. This team withits lack of any offence from lines 3 and four is not going past this round even if they pull off beating the Isles! Looking to next year we should keep line 1 and 2, dump lines 3 and 4 for what ever we can get and pick up players in the mold of Clutterbuck to fill those lower lines along with our young people from Providence that earn a spot. Coyle and JDB are not the answer. Lazar would be my only keep from the bottom 2 lines. Rask has to be resigned!!!! McAvoy is our only real top 4 Dman so I would look to steal some D from teams in cap crunch or trying to not lose D to Kraken. Carlo if he wasn't like Miller and injured every season would be added as a top 4 but he can't stay in the lineup. We need some D that can really shoot the puck like Boychuck. It's aesy to defend against when the other team never has to worry about a shot from the point! My protected D would be Chucky , Lauzon, and Carlo.

 

[NDiesel]

You are correct, but it's all 6 D not moving t.he puck quick enough to beat the forecheck. Add to that bad decisions and flubbed passes and Rask has to save their rear ends again. This team withits lack of any offence from lines 3 and four is not going past this round even if they pull off beating the Isles! Looking to next year we should keep line 1 and 2, dump lines 3 and 4 for what ever we can get and pick up players in the mold of Clutterbuck to fill those lower lines along with our young people from Providence that earn a spot. Coyle and JDB are not the answer. Lazar would be my only keep from the bottom 2 lines. Rask has to be resigned!!!! McAvoy is our only real top 4 Dman so I would look to steal some D from teams in cap crunch or trying to not lose D to Kraken. Carlo if he wasn't like Miller and injured every season would be added as a top 4 but he can't stay in the lineup. We need some D that can really shoot the puck like Boychuck. It's aesy to defend against when the other team never has to worry about a shot from the point! My protected D would be Chucky , Lauzon, and Carlo.

I dont know, it's coming more and more clear to me that Coyle isn't the issue on that line, if they can give him two consistent wingers then he'll be a fantastic 3rd line C. Doesn't help that our D is destroyed right now, need Miller back bad.

 

[The National]

I would've given bonus points if he threw in a Berube reference.

"I'm not going to bitch about it like Craig Berube did in the Cup finals, but..."

Lol, would be a little unprofessional but pretty damn funny.

 

[Bruinfanatic]

I dont know, it's coming more and more clear to me that Coyle isn't the issue on that line, if they can give him two consistent wingers then he'll be a fantastic 3rd line C. Doesn't help that our D is destroyed right now, need Miller back bad.

But who are these wingers to be ,or are we talking for next season.

 

[bme44]

You are correct, but it's all 6 D not moving t.he puck quick enough to beat the forecheck. Add to that bad decisions and flubbed passes and Rask has to save their rear ends again. This team withits lack of any offence from lines 3 and four is not going past this round even if they pull off beating the Isles! Looking to next year we should keep line 1 and 2, dump lines 3 and 4 for what ever we can get and pick up players in the mold of Clutterbuck to fill those lower lines along with our young people from Providence that earn a spot. Coyle and JDB are not the answer. Lazar would be my only keep from the bottom 2 lines. Rask has to be resigned!!!! McAvoy is our only real top 4 Dman so I would look to steal some D from teams in cap crunch or trying to not lose D to Kraken. Carlo if he wasn't like Miller and injured every season would be added as a top 4 but he can't stay in the lineup. We need some D that can really shoot the puck like Boychuck. It's aesy to defend against when the other team never has to worry about a shot from the point! My protected D would be Chucky , Lauzon, and Carlo.

So agree with you on the protected D. The GRYZ tire pumpers have me very defeated . The Islanders constantly dump the puck to his corner and know if they are not beat in a foot race they will have puck control. Gryz could have put a dozen eggs in his equipment at playoff start and the only ones broken to date would be from him falling

 

[BlackFrancis]

I dont know, it's coming more and more clear to me that Coyle isn't the issue on that line, if they can give him two consistent wingers then he'll be a fantastic 3rd line C. Doesn't help that our D is destroyed right now, need Miller back bad.

Has anyone looked good with Coyle this season?

Expected plus/minus has Coyle as the worst Bruin this season by a substantial margin. So much so that substituting Studnicka in for him improves the xG outlook by as much as replacing Studnicka with Bergeron.

 

[mjhfb]

I'm starting to wonder if Lazar isn't the answer to the 4th line some of us first thought he'd be. Even as limited role players, Wagner and Kuraly used to not just grind, but play a possession game and even score clutch goals. Like I said pre-series if they don't figure something out I don't think the Bruins are advancing very far.

 

[NDiesel]

But who are these wingers to be ,or are we talking for next season.

Next season, unless Ritchie and Debrusk can do something

 

[HumBucker]

Tough game. Two teams going at it. Not to reduce it down to 2 plays, because there's more to it, but at one end Pasta misses a wide-open net, and at the other Barzal bats in a bouncing puck.

I still like the Bruins' chances over a 7-game series.

 

[trenton1]

I'm starting to wonder if Lazar isn't the answer to the 4th line some of us first thought he'd be. Even as limited role players, Wagner and Kuraly used to not just grind, but play a possession game and even score clutch goals. Like I said pre-series if they don't figure something out I'd don't think the Bruins are advancing very far.

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It's tough to admit this, but not having Par Lindholm as an option for that line is kind of too bad right now. Par would match the offensive futility but the defense would be better.

 

[chizzler]

It's tough to admit this, but not having Par Lindholm as an option for that line is kind of too bad right now. Par would match the offensive futility but the defense would be better.

Lol. Would it?

 

[trenton1]

Lol. Would it?

I think so. Lindholm was a strong defensive player.

 

[The don godfather]

If bruins want they can turn the switch and rip the isles 5 to 1 . We're that good. Bruce has to turn the switch here.

 

[frankiess]

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Thanks for the link. Cassidy is right, I think. It's on the players.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

If bruins want they can turn the switch and rip the isles 5 to 1 . We're that good. Bruce has to turn the switch here.

Wow, didn't know there was a switch!

Where is it?

Maybe he's waiting to use it against the better teams.