Pre-Game Talk: EDF Game 5 - The season is on the line - NBCSN, SN1, TVAS, 98.5 WBZ-FM

[Fenway]

The Bruins can not afford to give the Islanders a chance to clinch at home on Wednesday night.

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[Blowfish]

Marchand Bergeron Pasta
Hall Krech Smith
Debrusk Coyle Kuhlman
Kuraly Lazar Wagner

 

[Bruinfanatic]

Marchand Bergeron Pasta
Hall Krech Smith
Debrusk Coyle Kuhlman
Kuraly Lazar Wagner

It’s worth a shot at this point

 

[bme44]

Marchand Bergeron Pasta
Hall Krech Smith
Debrusk Coyle Kuhlman
Kuraly Lazar Wagner

Kuhlman is an AHL player. Not a NHL player

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Kuhlman is an AHL player. Not a NHL player

Is Nick Ritchie an NHL player at the moment?

I know the series is 2-2, but if we were to wait until game 6 to make changes, it’s already too late. Team needs a spark.

 

[bme44]

Is Nick Ritchie an NHL player at the moment?

I know the series is 2-2, but if we were to wait until game 6 to make changes, it’s already too late. Team needs a spark.

If Karson Kulman is the spark scary times

 

[TwineTickler]

Clearly it's either Freddy or Kuhlman in for Ritchie or Debrusk... or they stay status quo. Be interesting to see what they end up deciding.

 

[Silva]

Clearly it's either Freddy or Kuhlman in for Ritchie or Debrusk... or they stay status quo. Be interesting to see what they end up deciding.

I'd do both Freddy and kuhlman in, ritchie and debrusk out

 

[Ladyfan]

Love the Wilburys .

 

[kthx]

I'd probably sit Kuraly, try Ritchie at 4th line and Frederic with Coyle+JDB.
Hard to see them not bouncing back.

 

[Blowfish]

Kuhlman is an AHL player. Not a NHL player

Huh, so it that why he's played in the NHL? Yes we get it ... you're not a fan.

 

[Blowfish]

If Karson Kulman is the spark scary times

If you keep Ritchie in ... scary scarier times....

 

[Absurdity]

DeBrusk - Studnicka - Coyle
Ritchie/Kuraly - Kuraly/Lazar - Lazar/Kuhlman

 

[KillerMillerTime]

I'd do both Freddy and kuhlman in, ritchie and debrusk out

This should have been done last night with Frederic
being instructed to go high on hits to Pelech and Clutterbuck.

 

[caz16]

Love the Wilburys .

Me too...just watched a video and it makes me sad that three of them are gone.

 

[KillerMillerTime]

I'd probably sit Kuraly, try Ritchie at 4th line and Frederic with Coyle+JDB.
Hard to see them not bouncing back.

Kuraly has been better than Ritchie. He PK also so
no way I bring him out.

 

[bobbyorr04]

These next 2/3 games should tell us a lot about this team's heart and soul and overall playoff talent (or lack of) and playoff coaching ability (or lack of)

Keep your eyes open the next few days Donny

 

[TCB]

Marchand Bergeron Pasta
Hall Krech Smith
Debrusk Coyle Kuhlman
Kuraly Lazar Wagner

I like it no Ritchie

Plus Debrusk on his natural side, win-win

 

[JerseyBruin]

Marchand Bergeron Pasta
Hall Krech Smith
Debrusk Coyle Kuhlman
Kuraly Lazar Wagner

I move Wags to 3rd line 3rd and insert Studnicka as 4th line center. Ritchie and Kulhman sit.

 

[member 96824]

Win tomorrow and bring that dozer to the island.

Screw every last pink hat baby on this board that thinks they’re losing.

LFG.

 

[The don godfather]

Bury your chances!

 

[DiggityDog]

Most important game of the year.

 

[KrejciMVP]

Barzal is such a diving punk but he can be that way when he has Clutterbuck and Martin around.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

630 gametime. yuck.
should be about 90 in the building then. right?
hopefully the top guys show up for this one.

 

[Secord]

These next 2/3 games should tell us a lot about this team's heart and soul and overall playoff talent (or lack of) and playoff coaching ability (or lack of)

Keep your eyes open the next few days Donny

Gut check time for sure. Game four was the time to set the tone, but hopefully a raucous home crowd will light the fire that was o so dim last game. It's possible.

Still have a bad taste after game 4 - Carlo gets re-concussed by Clutterbuck in the third of a one-goal game 3 by a hit that is swept under the rug as "clean". Understand that the rest of pivotal game 3 was not the time for payback, but payback needed to occur, whether the hit was deemed clean or not. So game 4 comes along, seems like the perfect time to avenge your fallen teammate with concussion issues. Yet, Clutterbuck is left to skate worry-free. Nothing to see here, these are not the Neanderthal Bruins of the 70s after all. Meanwhile, What kind of pushback did occur? Hall, feeling the need to push back after Mayfield took liberties with him, mixed it up. Hall vs. Mayfield. Good on Hall, but come on man. Hall dropped because he thought there should be some response at some point, but since nobody pushes back on the team, he decided to go at it, for a second time in his career, with a guy who is twice his size and who can fight. Sidebar - even if Hall dropped first, Mayfield should have received a tap on the shoulder later on just for swinging a few too much there. But the cheery on top of that one was seeing Ritchie (and Kuraly and Wagner), but front and center was Ritchie tapping the boards with his stick following the fight. Way to go Taylor, way to show pushback, I'll tap the boards here from the comfort of the bench and not come close to doing anything similar, e.g. to Clutterbuck.

Then, during the Tinordi-Martin tilt - BTW, this guy fights Martin his first game in the series after coming back from the Hathaway face first in the boards hit (not to mention the Tanev shove before that). Oh yeah, he's also the guy who fought Wilson in his 2nd game as a Bruin following the first Carlo concussion back in March. Guy has to be thinking these ain't my father's Bruins, have been here for weeks, making the league minimum, and it seems I'm the only one dolling out justice over here. These must be the new age turning the other cheek Bruins, perhaps I should just stop doing this hard stuff, these are the Bygones be Bygones Bruins, no longer Big nor Bad.

But I digress, back to the softness because then, during the Tinordi-Martin tilt, while there was milling around of Bruins following the Barzal crosscheck to Lazar, opportunity knocked! Fourth line on, nothing to Barzal, of course. Mayfield can upend Hall but nobody can talk to Barzal following a crosscheck. Ok, got it. BUT, Lazar just happens to cross paths with Clutterbuck, and proceeds to let Clutterbuck do the Marchand-on-Sedin multiple-pops/shoves to the Pez-dispenser head on him while looking at the ref for help, instead of just going with the guy, showing up, win or lose, especially because he's the reason Carlo's out. If Lazar won't make a difference/contribution this way - it is well documented he is not making much in all others - then why not Wager, Kuraly, Ritchie...on uncle Leo for example. Nothing. I remember nothing from the 4th+Ritchie. Zip.

Way too easy to play against thus far. If that does not change quick, like in Game 5 quick, then good luck. I have a feeling that what happened in game 4 will have stewed in many for the last 24 and players who have been MIA thus far will come out like gangbusters in game 5. Perhaps not all, but enough. I believe in a resurgence of sorts by some that will lift the Bruins to a multi-goal dominating win. Do you believe?