Pre-Game Talk: EDSF Game 2 5/17 7:40 PM - Bruins look to tie up series - NESN, NBCSN, CBC, SN4K, TVAS, 98.5 WBZ-FM

[bobbyorr04]

the Bruins are not going to beat Wash especially in a Physical battle

Is that a guarantee even against a 70 yr old goalie??

If so, I may as well cancel my NHL TV subscription tomorrow and put some big money down on the Caps

 

[BruinsFanMike82]

How about some encouraging Tuukka Rask stats?

Rask after 1 day of rest this season
5-0-0 ; 1.19 GAA ; .952 Sv% ; 1 Shutout

Rask after 1 day of rest in his playoff career
20-17 ; 2.25 GAA ; .926 Sv% ; 4 Shutouts

Rask career in Game Twos
10-5 ; 2.38 GAA ; .924 Sv% (not incl. last year's Hurricanes game)

Rask on Mondays this season
2-1-0 ; 0.99 GAA ; .945 Sv% ; 1 Shutout

 

[inactive user]

How about some encouraging Tuukka Rask stats?

Rask after 1 day of rest this season
5-0-0 ; 1.19 GAA ; .952 Sv% ; 1 Shutout

Rask after 1 day of rest in his playoff career
20-17 ; 2.25 GAA ; .926 Sv% ; 4 Shutouts

Rask career in Game Twos
10-5 ; 2.38 GAA ; .924 Sv% (not incl. last year's Hurricanes game)

Rask on Mondays this season
2-1-0 ; 0.99 GAA ; .945 Sv% ; 1 Shutout

Atta boy Tuukka!

 

[Tbaybruin]

We are so over matched on the third line. I’m very worried about that

 

[inactive user]

We are so over matched on the third line. I’m very worried about that

Me too. Don’t even have to look at analytics to see that they looked pretty bad. Our 3rd line in 2019 was a strength and now it appears to be a weakness of ours.

 

[inactive user]

For those who need a good laugh.

 

[Alicat]

Swayman game 2

Tuukka has already been named as the starting goalie for game 2.

Deal with it.

 

[BB88]

Put some damm pressure on their goalie

 

[BAD BOY]

First line better get going

D better start clearing people out

If nothing is working mix up the lines

Move Coyle back at C

If Lauzon can’t go insert Tinordi

 

[BAD BOY]

Really tell that to the Blues

The bruins aren’t a physical team. They can’t play like that in the whole series. You pick your spots. They play better with the lead like most teams do. When everybody is cycling and backing up the forecheck. If they beat Washington it will because they outsmarted them not out hit them imo

 

[Aussie Bruin]

in their series preview on Morning Bru, Billy & Razor felt that they should avoid waking Wilson up by having Frederic antagonize him and I disagreed at the time but even more so after game 1. This team is elite, but they can get caught sleepwalking. Going all the way back to the Lucic days, they play better when they're angry & have a chip on their shoulder. When the games are boring & vanilla that's when they get into trouble. I also don't like that Wilson came out and just played a rock solid hockey game with no funny business. The guy is a total psycho. It doesn't take much to drag him into a gutter war and get his mind off of playing hockey (Ovi too to a lesser extent). I think at a minimum you gotta get Frederic in there and have him start stirring shit up.

Also, it's clear that to get the most out of Marchand in the playoffs you need the games to be chippy. He hits another level when he's mad. The guy has made his whole career out of spite & proving people wrong. The spite & hate is what fuels him to be elite. Playing a good clean hockey game just leaves Marchand to overthink things and play passive. I truly believe this team is capable of winning a gutter war against the Caps. We've seen them dominate them in the regular season in nasty games. I think the Bruins are the better team, but they need to play with spite in their hearts. I say f*** it, stop avoiding this team's real nature. This team isn't as big or mean as the Caps but make no mistake, when they hate the other team they play to bury them, not just physically but mentally. They will want the other team to lose sleep over how bad they lost. They want to hurt the opposing team in their souls, but it has to get nasty first.

So I say stop avoiding the nasty stuff and start inviting it.

Great post. In hockey, especially playoff hockey, evil pays. The last 3 Cups have all been won by big, nasty teams (by modern standards). They all knew how playoff games are officiated and took advantage of the odds in favour of the benefits of playing an aggressive, hard-hitting, tight-checking game outweighing the couple of extra penalties that may be called against as a result. The Bruins need to find their aggro and use it wisely. They have to want to be physical, want to be the agitator setting the tone, right from the first puck drop.

Boston have wasted far too many games this season just drifting around and playing even-tempo hockey and waiting for things to happen. It's ridiculous that 4 months have passed and they still haven't seemed to learn the lesson that most of the time that approach to games just doesn't work. It has to stop, now, or they'll be golfing very soon. I think we'll see a response here, because that's what they've done after just about every poor performance all year. We just have to hope it's enough.

 

[DaStinger]

I expect a far better effort from both lines one and two. Hall had it going but the rest did not.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

Bruins were credited with 41 hits. Caps with 43.

Lauzon had 8, more than all the Caps D combined.

The way the league counts hits makes the stats almost meaningless. There are hits and there are HITS. Boston needs more of the latter, the ones that hurt, make opponents take notice and/or make a significant impact on the course of a particular play.

 

[kdog82]

Gonna be tough with Kuraly as your 3rd line center.

 

[GoBs]

Florida is giving a taste of Tampa's own medicine.
Of course Tampa is doing their usual cheap crap but the Panthers are winning 4-3.

I watched some of the game also
Really fast pace and physical

 

[KrugAvoy]

Yup. Let's demote Tuukka to the taxi squad and call up Callum Booth to back up Swayman.... makes sense... jeez some people

 

[KrejciMVP]

Gonna be tough with Kuraly as your 3rd line center.

how is this even happening

 

[DangleCity]

Yup. Let's demote Tuukka to the taxi squad and call up Callum Booth to back up Swayman.... makes sense... jeez some people

People are just frustrated.

Its a tale as old as time when it comes to the Bruins. The top 2 lines dont show up and Tuukka gives up either a softy or untimely goal, or in this case both for Tuukka

 

[s3antana5757]

Agreed but for tomorrow I would move Coyle back to center and Jake back up with Ritchie. Kuraly experiment has ended.

I thought the Kuraly at 3C experiment ended about 10 games into this season. Really ready for the entire Kurlay experience to be over

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

The way the league counts hits makes the stats almost meaningless. There are hits and there are HITS. Boston needs more of the latter, the ones that hurt, make opponents take notice and/or make a significant impact on the course of a particular play.

Big hits are not that easy to throw. Balance, skating, timing. Bruins don't have many guys capable. And if the hit isn't right the player (and team) could be hurt by the play.

 

[Alicat]

People are just frustrated.

Its a tale as old as time when it comes to the Bruins. The top 2 lines don't show up and Tuukka gives up either a softy or untimely goal, or in this case both for Tuukka

This is not frustration. This is irrational hatred that ranges from blaming Tuukka for everything to wishing injury on him so the new toy can play.

People move the goalpost to make their point of view look correct. It is absolutely bizarre.

You can absolutely call him out when he plays like garbage but people then take it to another level which is what the OP was alluding to and is what aggravates people like me.

To a portion of this fan base, Tuukka sucks even when he wins.

 

[jgatie]

It's not 1972, who gives an everliving f*** about physicality?

What is "Every team that has won the Stanley Cup in the last 3 years", Alex?

 

[DangleCity]

This is not frustration. This is irrational hatred that ranges from blaming Tuukka for everything to wishing injury on him so the new toy can play.

People move the goalpost to make their point of view look correct. It is absolutely bizarre.

You can absolutely call him out when he plays like garbage but people then take it to another level which is what the OP was alluding to and is what aggravates people like me.

To a portion of this fan base, Tuukka sucks even when he wins.

There are extremes for both ends of the people for and against Tuukka. You're right about the people who dont think he can ever do anything right, but we cannot pretend like there arent also people that act like he cant do anything wrong and nothing has ever been his fault

 

[nORRis8]

Reading some of the posts....
Are we down 3-0 or 1-0?
Did we lose 3-2 in OT or 13-2 ?
Hard to tell.

 

[ap3lovr]

Hoping for some better ice tonight. Maybe the boys can hit the net for a change.