Post-Game Talk: Game 16 - THE BEAR puts LEAFblower on high - BRUINS 5 Hogtown 1 F

[JOKER 192]

If only his parents had bought him the right bed sheets.

 

[BRUINS since 1995]

For me the 3 stars of the game Halak Halak and Halak.

You probably could be right. All that said, if the first line doesn't score, they still manage to lose 1-0.

 

[DKH]

Well....duh.
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Already wearing the C. Could be for cute though

 

[RedeyeRocketeer]

Well that's encouraging! Missed the game too, gonna have to watch a replay. Praise be to Halak and Pasta!

 

[Mick Riddleton]

If only his parents had bought him the right bed sheets.

I want a pic of Halak as a kid in Bruin PJs cause I think we may have got the best Islander in the off season

 

[RedeyeRocketeer]

Wow Halak made 40 saves? Insane.

 

[veganbruin]

Went to the casino with the wife last night and couldn’t watch. How did JFK look? How did that line look?

 

[BruinLVGA]

No way. I learned my lesson on the habs board back in the day when I theorized Pacioretty simply mistook that stanchion for PJ Subban's butt cheeks.

"MEOOW HISSSSSSSSS" It got ugly. But I stand by my contention.

Bergeron #1 overall in points. Is anyone more deserving? I hope Pasta and Marshy can keep him there. Patrice wanted a more offensive role the last time he signed, it's great to see it come to fruition for him. I always wanted the B's to draft someone like Yzerman. At this point I feel like I was granted my wish. There was a time when Yzerman was discussed in the same circles as Gretzky and Lemiuex in terms of offense. When Scotty Bowman told him he needed to focus more on being a 2 way forward for them to win a Stanley Cup, he left points on the floor w/o hesitation. Has Bergy been any different for us?

Bolded brought me to tears. Pro delivery too. Perfect.

 

[BruinLVGA]

they still belive that

Law of physics doesn't apply in Toronto. It's the twilight zone.

 

[Orr Fourever]

Leafblowers that's a good one.
All is right in the universe again. Well at least till tonight anyways...

 

[Mick Riddleton]

In the 17 years I have been going to the B's games The Leaf fans are my favorite visiting fans.

My daughter and I went to a game in Dec of 2014 (after the come back in game 7) and the fans there teased us but were fun and nice. Toronto is a very nice city to visit.

Except if you drive through it, one of the worst in North America, think they are in the top 5 for congestion. I drove through it last night going north to Barrie where it was snowing. You know it is going be bad when it is already stop and go on the QEW and you are in the suburbs of Toronto in Mississauga, actually a good sized city on its own, population 722,000. Toronto is a nice safe city, I lived there for a year in the late 80's.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Is it not rather obvious at this point that Hamilton just isn’t that good? Not saying he’s not an NHL defenseman, but he’s far from top tier talent IMO, which is how he was projected and viewed while he was here and when traded.

Didn't he lead all defensemen in goal scoring last season?

 

[chizzler]

Didn't he lead all defensemen in goal scoring last season?

Krug puts up point too, and no one is calling him a great defenseman.

 

[Blowfish]

Thank you bruins for kicking their smug fanbase butts!

 

[Mick Riddleton]

Thank you bruins for kicking their smug fanbase butts!

I was in Barrie last night (traffic was hell and it was freezing snow up there) visiting family and my Brother-in-Law comes down stairs in a away Leaf jersey. I was thinking please just beat them for me tonight. Needless to say it was a perfect night, you know they played last night and all, back up goalie, no Matthews or Nylander, lol.

My daughters boyfriend is a Leaf fan too, well of course, look where we live. Oddly quiet this morning. My Daughter went out early, I opened the house door to tell her that her car needs oil. At the same exact time the neighbour was out walking his dog, a huge Leaf fan, he avoided me, lol.

If anything happens to Anderson they are screwed. Sparks is it, they lost the other 2 back ups in the waivers, they have no one else. Sparks GAA is 4.00

 

[Hali33]

Wait, NJ was the Leafs opponent the night before? Why the **** would they give their shaky backup the divisional opponent they will likely be battling again for seeding?

 

[caz16]

Wait, NJ was the Leafs opponent the night before? Why the **** would they give their shaky backup the divisional opponent they will likely be battling again for seeding?

I don't know but Babcock got it right!

 

[Mick Riddleton]

Hey where are the "we need big tough fighting" crowd guys gone or are they still on the last games page, complaining. They must have hated all that passing, skating and scoring last night. I bet when Nordy scored some turned it off.

 

[Bruinfanatic]

I could see the Leafs trying to get Plekanec to come out of retirement,he had done a pretty good job containing Bergy in the playoffs when they put him up against that line.Lol

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Krug puts up point too, and no one is calling him a great defenseman.

Slight difference between "putting up points" and "the most goals".

 

[chizzler]

I could see the Leafs trying to get Plekanec to come out of retirement,he had done a pretty good job containing Bergy in the playoffs when they put him up against that line.Lol

Sssshhhhhhhhhh

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Slight difference between "putting up points" and "the most goals".

Hamilton leaving Boston was a “travesty”. Then a couple years later, he was traded again, largely with a reputation as a defensive liability at times with a bad attitude.

If people are honestly not over this trade at this point, thinking we got schooled, they’re not paying any attention IMO.

Points/goals...both are statistics which occur as a result of goals so no, it’s really not much different.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Hamilton leaving Boston was a “travesty”. Then a couple years later, he was traded again, largely with a reputation as a defensive liability at times with a bad attitude.

If people are honestly not over this trade at this point, thinking we got schooled, they’re not paying any attention IMO.

Points/goals...both are statistics which occur as a result of goals so no, it’s really not much different.

He has really burned his bridges everywhere he has gone with management and the respective fan bases as well. People respect his talent, but the goodwill wears thin quickly with him it seems.

Hot mic catches broadcaster in expletive-filled rant on Flames' Dougie Hamilton

 

[cska78]

To be fair: Leafs didn't have Mathews and Nylander (or whoever comes in for him)
To be thankful: Mr Halak had a bad game and rebounded very nicely from it, allowing 1 goal which was unstoppable.
Don't know what Rask's personal problems are and wish him only well, but may be having Halak as our no.1 until proven otherwise is the way to go.

I really liked Nordstriom's and DeBrusk's play last night.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

To clear up a misconception had by a lot of HFBoard posters I am seeing:

I doubt any of us Bruins fans are claiming we beat up a Toronto team that is going on all cylinders. Toronto was behind the 8-Ball in several ways last night.
The thing is, we don't care. We will happily celebrate any win over Toronto we can get.
They could have all had the flu and been barely able to skate. Still, we would all here be "WOOOOOOOOOO!!"

Same thing from them. If Bergeron was injured and we played McIntyre and got lit up they would still be fully celebrating. That's what a rivalry does.