BRUINS GDT Game 51 2/8 7:08 PM - VANCOUVER - NESN, NESN 4K, ESPN+, SNP, 98.5 WBZ-FM

[Ladyfan]

Mods, feel free to put up a real thread.

I have moved on from last night's terrible game.

I hope the Bruins show up tomorrow. I will be there and would like to see a win.

GO BRUINS!

Click to read more...

 

[lopey]

Yes its Vancouver. should be easy to be ready with effort and intensity.

 

[Fenway]

 

[Ladyfan]

Thanks Kevin!

 

[zaYG]

Hope the B’s actually show up. Should be a great game if they do. If they play like they did against Calgary this will be the blowout of the season.

 

[WestCoastBruinsFan]

Please Bruins win. The Canucklehead fans out here are getting noisy again. It's been so nice and quiet for so long.

 

[Mione134]

If they can't find any physicality in this game, i'm not going to be happy.


They need to be physically and mentally ready. Last night's game was a joke. I expect a full effort.

 

[VanIsle]

I am going to watch this game with 3 Canucks fans. . .

Please, for me, let the Bruins destroy them . . . .

 

[Fenway]

Please note that Thursday's morning skate will take place at TD Garden.

Thursday, February 8 (TD Garden, Boston, MA)
- Morning skate, 10:30 a.m.
- Head Coach Jim Montgomery and select players available to media following morning skate
- Game vs. Vancouver Canucks, 7 p.m. (TV: NESN | Radio: 98.5)
- Head Coach Jim Montgomery and select players available to media following the game

 

[goldnblack]

I'm pumped because for this one, Pasta will be A+ Pasta. Usually when he does that, the others follow.

I think it's gonna be like some crazy 5-4 game. Not sure for whom, yet.

 

[Sheppy]

5-2 Canucks.

I hope they prove me wrong. Vancouver is bigger, tougher and more skilled.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

I'm pumped because for this one, Pasta will be A+ Pasta. Usually when he does that, the others follow.

I think it's gonna be like some crazy 5-4 game. Not sure for whom, yet.

i want the pasta from the philly game before the break.

 

[BMC]

Parker Wotherspoon had better be in the lineup.

 

[caz16]

A better effort wouldn't be difficult, they were just so sloppy last night. Most of the Bruins have no history with the Nucks, but the fans don't forget. Give us a solid win please!

 

[Aeroforce]

I haven't seen the Canucks much this year, but it's interesting how quickly they transitioned from non-playoff team to powerhouse. Makes me wonder if Ottawa or Buffalo could ever find that last missing element - which looking at Demko's numbers, goaltending is a huge part of.

Ullmark scored last time these two teams met. I'm not expecting a multi-goal lead and an empty net this time.

 

[Bridges31]

Bruins better come out hitting. If they come out flat, I’d be thinking McAvoy’s comments fell on deaf ears. Time to show some physicality.

 

[Ladyfan]

I haven't seen the Canucks much this year, but it's interesting how quickly they transitioned from non-playoff team to powerhouse. Makes me wonder if Ottawa or Buffalo could ever find that last missing element - which looking at Demko's numbers, goaltending is a huge part of.

Ullmark scored last time these two teams met. I'm not expecting a multi-goal lead and an empty net this time.

That was the coolest thing. I would love to see it again.

 

[GahdenRinkRat]

That was the coolest thing. I wouls love to see it again.

This was so much fun to watch

 

[22Brad Park]

I haven't seen the Canucks much this year, but it's interesting how quickly they transitioned from non-playoff team to powerhouse. Makes me wonder if Ottawa or Buffalo could ever find that last missing element - which looking at Demko's numbers, goaltending is a huge part of.

Ullmark scored last time these two teams met. I'm not expecting a multi-goal lead and an empty net this time.

They have some skill for sure and a dangerous powerplay with Hughes at QB.Bruins need to put pucks in good places and stay on the right side of the battles.Should be a fun game with 2011 always talked about when they meet .Go Bruins.

 

[shelbysdad]

I expect Bruins to come out with a great effort, but am worried that if we get behind early we resort to playing like last "game"....a bad goal or a few penalties and we could be in deep trouble

 

[BiteThisBurrows]

Bruins better come out hitting. If they come out flat, I’d be thinking McAvoy’s comments fell on deaf ears. Time to show some physicality.

Has this ever happened this season (post Lucic)? I don't think so. But it would be a good idea.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

I haven't seen the Canucks much this year, but it's interesting how quickly they transitioned from non-playoff team to powerhouse. Makes me wonder if Ottawa or Buffalo could ever find that last missing element - which looking at Demko's numbers, goaltending is a huge part of.

Ullmark scored last time these two teams met. I'm not expecting a multi-goal lead and an empty net this time.

I think if you go back to the Canucks in 2018, you can see where what they're building this year began. Pettersson debuted, then Hughes the year after, they already had Boeser and Horvat. They signed Miller and Myers in 2019 too. 18-19 they're a young team on the rise, then 2020 really seems like a break out season. Make the playoffs, get through the bubble qualifying round, beat the defending champs in 6, then take the highly fancied Knights to seven.

Seemed like the only way was up. But I think it's a real truism in sport that going from a fringe playoff team to a genuine contender is the hardest jump to make, and for whatever reason in 20-21 the wheels fell off. Losing Markstrom probably didn't help. Green went and Boudreau steadied the ship but couldn't elevate it, then Tocchet came on board and he seems to know his business. And seemingly just like that they hit 23-24 and suddenly they're contending for best team and record in the NHL.

I think though what we're seeing now is largely a continuation and a fulfilling of the promise from 2018-20, and what happened in-between was just an aberration or a stumble. Those rosters in the lowly years were never bad - they had their issues for sure, but really more than anything they underperformed. Now Hughes, Pettersson and Boeser are maturing and adding smarts and experience to their high skill, Demko has gone from very promising to elite, Miller is putting to rest the arguments about whether it was better to keep him or Horvat (at least for now) and scoring a ton of points, along the way they've added Garland and now Lindholm and stiffened their back end. Put it all together and you have a very good hockey team. Long way to go of course from here to a Cup, but they're looking pretty serious.

Looking forward to this one. Put aside the rivalry and the history, and the Canucks are a fun team to watch with a lot of talent. But the Bruins can take it up to them. They will need to be much better than on Tuesday though. Hopefully they rise to the occasion.

 

[NeelyDan]

5-2 Canucks.

I hope they prove me wrong. Vancouver is bigger, tougher and more skilled.

Quietbruinfan vibes lol

3-2 Bruins in overtime, Marchy snipes the winner and brings back the Connor McGregor celly, 23% of HFBoards Bruins fans perish from priapism

 

[caz16]

Quietbruinfan vibes lol

3-2 Bruins in overtime, Marchy snipes the winner and brings back the Connor McGregor celly, 23% of HFBoards Bruins fans perish from priapism

LOL.....I had to google the last word.

 

[Alicat]