Post-Game Talk: GAME 62 - Our #88 is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than their #88 - BRUINS 4 NYR 2

[Bruinaura]

To rip off a 10-game winning streak when every team is targeting you is mind boggling

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And we didn't have to burn out our starting goalie either. Although honestly I don't really think of Swayman as a "backup" lol

 

[Bruinaura]

For all of you who keep posting that the bruins should fire Sacco because the pp is struggling, here is a quote from Montgomery taken from an article on WEEI:

“We didn’t have a lot of footage, but we saw where they were gonna put Kane,” Montgomery said of his PK. “[Assistant coach] Joe Sacco does a great job with our penalty kill. It’s first in the league because he does a great job with details. We use a lot of players. So it’s a combination of we have a lot of good penalty-killers and we have a real good plan in place by Coach Sacco.”

He runs the pk, which is #1 in the league. Does he run the pp as well? Honest question, as I don’t know. And if he does, even with their struggles as of late they are 7th in the league. So, he orchestrates a league best pk and (possibly) a top 10 pp, and many here post for him to be fired?

Fair point. And yes I've made comments about Sacco lol.

But they do need to fix something on the first PP unit. I hope they figure it out soon.

 

[Bruinaura]

By my count, 11 are original Bruins

 

[shoulders7]

Fair point. And yes I've made comments about Sacco lol.

But they do need to fix something on the first PP unit. I hope they figure it out soon.

For sure, they have been bad lately. Just wondering if it is confirmed that he runs both units. I guess with this team there isn’t much to complain about but we have to find something to talk about haha

 

[Bruinaura]

lol at the bull gang guys

 

[Lordstanley]

Closer to 5 days until the next Bruins game, but who's counting??

I'm gonna catch up on some reading and early spring cleaning around the house

..and I'm happy for the B's who get a much needed break to heal up a few bumps and bruises

Some rest for this team is huge right now.....even if its a few days.

 

[Lordstanley]

lol at the bull gang guys

Love to see some very proud guys in that back ground. How cool is seeing those two standouts trading hugs....Priceless

 

[Bruinaura]

That is amazing. Next one sets a new record. Beating Espo and Hodge in combined duo goals is something.

I wonder if that also includes goals scored by someone else where they each got an assist. Pretty sure some of Pasta's goals would be in there lol

 

[KillerMillerTime]

Agree on Greer, he is ok, but Lauko should be in over him.

For whatever reason Coyle plays really well against NYR. Think 2-3 years ago, he had a shorty at MSG along with a monster game.

 

[Lordstanley]

I thought Messier, and Chelios were more fair than usual. Subban is interested mainly in talking about himself. "Ranger Ray" Ferraro, however, was in fine form. Btw he made a couple of solid points, he just does not like the Bruins. It shows up in Canda and it shows here.

That was my first game of watching those fools on a tv broadcast.....and my last.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

Lindholm, Carlo, Clifton and Forbort were caved in 5on5 today. Every one of them allowed more shots than they generated and were outshot a combined 13-33.

im telling you
best pairings would be without forbort.
they have time to work on them.
id lije to see clifton paired with lindholm.

Have a feeling bertuzzi is going to end up with pasta and dk with zacha moving to rw with Charlie and hall if he comes back

yup. he would fit in perfectly there. krejci missed that gimme bertuzzi gave him in 2nd period.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Seriously did you watch the game?

Maybe it's just sarcasm on your part. If it is, good one.

Please ,this gets old.

Carlo can be replaced in fact he should be if we can resign Orlov and Clifton

 

[bbfan419]

For whatever reason Coyle plays really well against NYR. Think 2-3 years ago, he had a shorty at MSG along with a monster game.

yes true, some guys for whatever reason just seem to play their best against certain teams.

 

[ODAAT]

B`s didn`t look sharp at all the first 40 minutes but liked the way they finished this one off for sure.

 

[BMC]

Fair point. And yes I've made comments about Sacco lol.

But they do need to fix something on the first PP unit. I hope they figure it out soon.

I don't think it is necessarily the coaching . PP2 does not have a problem with scoring and they have the same PP coach as PP1. I'm not a fan of PP1, they spend too much time on the ice (usually 1:30 of a 2 minute penalty) trying to amaze everyone with their awesome passing skills while waiting for Pasta to get open for a one timer or maybe Bergy to get open. No wonder they can't score, teams know what they're going to try to do & have countered it successfully.

As you might suspect I'm fed up with them. They have tons of talent but aren't using it to maximum effectiveness.

 

[BMC]

Can't really agree with this. Going from TDA to Burns is a pretty big upgrade in your
top 4. Then Andersen healthy gives them goalie depth. Necas has developed significantly this year also.

IMO the real problem is Carolina has gotten into their heads, much like the Capitals a few seasons earlier.

 

[westmass]

I don't think it is necessarily the coaching . PP2 does not have a problem with scoring and they have the same PP coach as PP1. I'm not a fan of PP1, they spend too much time on the ice (usually 1:30 of a 2 minute penalty) trying to amaze everyone with their awesome passing skills while waiting for Pasta to get open for a one timer or maybe Bergy to get open. No wonder they can't score, teams know what they're going to try to do & have countered it successfully.

As you might suspect I'm fed up with them. They have tons of talent but aren't using it to maximum effectiveness.

PP1 has become too predictable and not enough cycling movement. They are either telegraphing the the slot bumper shot or the Pasta one timer.

PP1 would be better served to cycle around, weave and let their natural instincts decide when to shoot.

PP2 is more instinctive, much harder to defend.

Additionally, two quality defensemen manning the points vs a forward.

A defensemen is accustom to D to D passes, keeping the puck in the zone on blue line, shooting from the point and obviously defending. Not a fan of 4 forwards.

 

[RI.B FAN]

Please ,this gets old.

Carlo can be replaced in fact he should be if we can resign Orlov and Clifton

I disagree here, our record is much better historically with Brandon Carlo IN the lineup

IMO the real problem is Carolina has gotten into their heads, much like the Capitals a few seasons earlier.

The Rangers need to oust Carolina for us.

 

[nORRis8]

Noseks play has definitely picked up. Skating faster, puck hungry. The guy is such an asset on the 4th line and PK.

 

[burstnbloom]

Would be curious to know what the advanced stats say about the Clifton-Forbort pairing’s performance today. Felt like they got hemmed in quite a bit in their own zone. I still want to see:

Orlov-McAvoy
Lindholm-Clifton
Grzelcyk-Carlo

Lindholm-Clifton was so good at the start of the year. I never understood why they went away from it

29% xG playing mostly against Chytil's line. They got buried.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

B`s didn`t look sharp at all the first 40 minutes but liked the way they finished this one off for sure.

Probably helped that Rangers had to play with two less players.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

For all of you who keep posting that the bruins should fire Sacco because the pp is struggling, here is a quote from Montgomery taken from an article on WEEI:

“We didn’t have a lot of footage, but we saw where they were gonna put Kane,” Montgomery said of his PK. “[Assistant coach] Joe Sacco does a great job with our penalty kill. It’s first in the league because he does a great job with details. We use a lot of players. So it’s a combination of we have a lot of good penalty-killers and we have a real good plan in place by Coach Sacco.”

He runs the pk, which is #1 in the league. Does he run the pp as well? Honest question, as I don’t know. And if he does, even with their struggles as of late they are 7th in the league. So, he orchestrates a league best pk and (possibly) a top 10 pp, and many here post for him to be fired?

It's a fair point. Obviously Sacco deserves a lot of credit for the PK and he fully needs to remain in charge of that. And to your question on the PP, I don't know either. But regardless of the answer, something needs to change. It needs a fresh voice or at the very least some different ideas to try and get PP1 in particular moving again. As it is it's far too easy to defend and has been for some time.

'Replace Sacco' is obviously far too simplistic, but it's very arguable that something more is needed than just persevering and waiting for things to click again.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

B`s didn`t look sharp at all the first 40 minutes but liked the way they finished this one off for sure.

They may have not looked “sharp” but I didn’t think the Rangers were better at all in the first two periods.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

They may have not looked “sharp” but I didn’t think the Rangers were better at all in the first two periods.

Rangers looked pretty out of sync but it was Kane's first game (I think?) So that was expected.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Rangers looked pretty out of sync but it was Kane's first game (I think?) So that was expected.

They’ve looked out of sync for a while now.

Despite all of the hoopla regarding their roster, they haven’t been playing good hockey.