Post-Game Talk: GAME 66 - #$@&%*! Chelsea Dagger - Chicago 6 BRUINS 3 F

[Fenway]

They need a practice badly and yet tomorrow is an off day

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[Gordoff]

Canes 9 points behind that's a healthy lead especially this late in the season. They will be better after this game book it.

Pretty hard NOT to be better. This is rock bottom for the season. Monty needs to show his teeth.

 

[TP70BruinsCup]

Surely it’s got to get better soon……right??????

 

[Mantis]

 

[bruinmann77]

Watch Carolina catch us and we get booted in round 1. These last few games are embarrassing didn’t really think the miss 17-71 this much. Time to stop tinkering the lines and defense and get back to business

 

[The don godfather]

Pretty hard NOT to be better. This is rock bottom for the season. Monty needs to show his teeth.

50 wins 11 losses . I'll take it. No worries.

 

[BTO]

Seems like the team is running out of gas especially the older guys.

And with the schedule to close out the season being what it is that does not bode well.

Then start resting guys. Rotate them in and out of the lineup. Gives them 4 full days off then they can come back fresh, both physically and mentally.

 

[JHockey14]

Minus the Buffalo game they’ve looked bad for 2 weeks now, results aside. Slumps are to be expected but the lack of urgency is a bit concerning. What happened to that pack mentality in scrums?? Give me some emotion, anything

 

[frankiess]

Monty knows what he's doing. They're playin possum till the playoffs.

 

[GabeTravels]

I've been privileged enough to have not seen many losses over the years... But that's in my top 3 most frustrating in person losses...

6-1 no-show against Detroit in 2011.
Playoff OT loss thanks to Chara's Delay of Game against Ottawa in 2017.
And tonight. Woof.

 

[Grimey]

That sucked. I'm going to bed.

 

[NeelyOrr]

50 wins 11 losses . I'll take it. No worries.

I disagree. Until the BRUINS start looking like the best team in the NHL, I would recommend worrying.

 

[missingchicklet]

I get that it's hard to get up for a game against a bad team. I also realize the Bs need to take the foot off the gas a little so that they don't completely wear down by the playoffs. That said, tonight was a clown show. Clifton and Forbort were gosh awful. Looked like they both forgot how to play D. Gryz nothing to write home about either.

Something I don't get is that this is the type of game where the coach needs to be thinking about load management. Hathaway and Greer under 10 mins. Nosek right around 10 mins. Those guys need to be eating more mins. The fact the Bs lost to flippin Chi by 3 makes it even worse.

Then looking at the D, McAvoy and Lindholm both around 24 mins and Orlov at around 23. I can stomach the Bs losing some games because they are trying to rest some of the stars via lower mins. No biggie, and smart to give the top 4 fewer mins even if it costs some goals. I cannot stomach wearing these guys out when they clearly need some rest. Giving them heavy mins and still losing just isn't a good thing.

The last thing the Bs need is to enter the playoffs with its key players tired and a horrible PP. Monty needs to get his crap together in those two depts. Masterful job this season by him otherwise. Don't shit the bed down the stretch.

 

[ShiftyNifty16]

I'm all for taking the foot off the gas, but this is driving into the river and standing on it to the bottom. This is not about just one game or a few games, even in recent wins, the bad habits are growing exponentially, and the lazy, dumb play is getting ridiculous.

Can anyone honestly say this is the same team from Nov and Dec? The record be damned.

 

[Thirty Seven]

 

[KrejciWinger]

Fine to lose these games. Last 5 are the only ones that will create momentum.

He hasn't blown up the scoresheet yet, but I've been very impressed with Bertuzzi. Great o-zone awareness, finally Hall will have someone who's on the same wavelength when he returns.

 

[Mione134]

Guys are tired. Some look hurt. Monty says he wants to rest and get Zboril and Lauko in. Well. Times up. Time to do it. We're gonna risk injuries. We look tired. Luckily Jake and Orlov showed up tonight. Bert looked good too.

But the rest? No bueno. The past 2 weeks, I've seem some bad, bad habits forming. We can't let that go.


Carolina is 9 points back. We cannot afford to f*** up now.

 

[BruinsFan37]

Bruins had a 3-game losing streak at the end of January (and lost 4of5 counting the start of February.

The sky is not falling --yet.

But they look tired now, some load management would probably be a good thing.

 

[The don godfather]

I disagree. Until the BRUINS start looking like the best team in the NHL, I would recommend worrying.

Nah no team is absolute perfect your gonna have some bumps . I want the bumps now not playoff time. Monty has plenty of time to fix this small issue which is they mentally exhausted of playing perfect hockey.

 

[KillerMillerTime]

Pretty hard NOT to be better. This is rock bottom for the season. Monty needs to show his teeth.

Bergeron, Krejci and Marchand run the team. He'll do what they let him do.

 

[bobbyorr04]

B's played like shit the last few games and definitely deserved to lose tonight because the Hawks were badly out HUSTLING them

The last game I saw the B's out hustle a team was against Buffalo, and that was the last game Lauko played. Coincidence?? I don't think so

..put Lauko back in the lineup Donny and stop screwing around

 

[Mantis]

Watch Carolina catch us and we get booted in round 1. These last few games are embarrassing didn’t really think the miss 17-71 this much. Time to stop tinkering the lines and defense and get back to business

Carolina just lost Svechnikov til some time next season so they are a lot worse off than we are.

 

[trenton1]

I think the Bruins are bored, a little tired of the grind and probably even a little banged up. These guys are professionals, yet they are human, and looking at a game like this on the schedule must be pretty uninspiring.

Also, the new guys are great but there's an adjustment period for everyone. The defense rotation is probably for the best in the big picture but it seems to have several small-picture issues.

As long as they snap out of it in time it will all be fine. If Bertuzzi's shot was a half inch down I'd say they take at least a point tonight.

I honestly don't care about throwing these games other than watching Hawks and Wings fans celebrating, as I've already seen enough of that shit for a lifetime.

Bruins also miss Hall big time. Coyle is, to put it kindly, offensively challenged without him.

 

[SPLBRUIN]

Thank goodness March Madness starts on Thursday, that's all I've got.

 

[Bread and Circuses]

sell