Post-Game Talk: Game 70 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TUUKKA - BRUINS 2 Sons of Gritty 0 F

[BigBadBruins7708]

That's his job.

no, its not his job to pick up more than his share of the slack night in and night out. its not on him to cover for all the forwards not doing their jobs.

especially since when the flip side happens and he has an off night he gets roasted to no end.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

It's time.

Marchand -- Bergeron -- Pastrnak
DeBrusk -- Coyle -- Kase
Ritchie -- Krejci -- Bjork
Kuraly -- Lindholm -- Wagner

 

[rfournier103]

Rask was definitely the hero, and I liked Cassidy shaking the lines up. I hate when coaches are too stubborn.

Solid win against a very good team.

 

[RustyBruins72]

David?

Haven't been here in a while?

 

[RustyBruins72]

Lindholm was a a career 50% face off man before coming to Boston. He’s slipped a little to 45% this year. Kuraly is always around 50%. That’s pretty darn good to have two guys like that on your 4th line. Nice to have a backup when they throw someone out of the face off circle.

I just noticed Halak’s contract expires before Rask’s. Halak is making $3.2......if You play him and he lights it up then you get to write a bigger check or lose maybe the best backup in the league.

IMO, Kuraly is better on the wing that Lindholm. At least that's what I saw last week.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

As a Bruins fan we cannot complain about the ice as it is horrible in Boston.

Beating the Flyers is always a good thing ! Snapping their 9 game winning streak was fun !

wasn’t complaining that it created any sort of disadvantage to the Bruins.

And yes, ice is relatively awful in Boston as well.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Well....he’s not worth $7M to the Bruins I don’t think. Obviously he’s worth $5M because that’s what he’s getting now. I wonder what they will do. Kuraly gave them a home team discount on a 3 yr extension. Chara only makes $2M. I could live with $5.5M a year for 3 yrs for Krug.

They just gave away their 1st round pick in 2020 too

I know this is the PGT, but I had to chime in. Thinking Krug is only worth 3 x $5.5M is a terribad player analysis, and shows a complete lack of awareness of NHL contracts. If he's only getting 3 years, his AAV is gonna go way up, like over 8. Yes, he's that good, and what he brings is not readily available either in the Bruins system or in the UFA market. Comparing Krug to Kuraly and a one-week-short of 43- year old Chara is beyond ridiculous.

 

[bwunderlich]

The Bruins coaching staff needs a big high five. That was some spot on "in-game" coaching and makes me hopeful for the playoffs.

May sound a bit off, but one of my biggest concerns is bergy-marchand-pasta rigidly staying together in the playoffs. tampa hemmed them in for long stretches in both games. last night the same happened. then the rest of the team gets neutered as well. as someone else said, pair:

bergy-marchand
DK-pasta
Coyle-DeBrusk

Keep 4th line together.

and find partners on the wing. Teams can't defend that depth!!

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

The Bruins coaching staff needs a big high five. That was some spot on "in-game" coaching and makes me hopeful for the playoffs.

May sound a bit off, but one of my biggest concerns is bergy-marchand-pasta rigidly staying together in the playoffs. tampa hemmed them in for long stretches in both games. last night the same happened. then the rest of the team gets neutered as well. as someone else said, pair:

bergy-marchand
DK-pasta
Coyle-DeBrusk

Keep 4th line together.

and find partners on the wing. Teams can't defend that depth!!

The willingness by Cassidy to break up that first line was a relief for me.

Especially coming off Claude, I don’t consider Cassidy to be a stubborn coach relative to NHL coaches. However, there have been times where the team and/or that top line is struggling and he can’t be shaken off of Pasta-Bergy-Marchand. Seeing the results of that last night should make him more confident doing it going forward. The game suddenly seemed to be a matchup nightmare for Philly as soon as the change was made. All of the sudden a guy like Pasta went from having no space...to having tons of space.

 

[False Start]

The willingness by Cassidy to break up that first line was a relief for me.

Especially coming off Claude, I don’t consider Cassidy to be a stubborn coach relative to NHL coaches. However, there have been times where the team and/or that top line is struggling and he can’t be shaken off of Pasta-Bergy-Marchand. Seeing the results of that last night should make him more confident doing it going forward. The game suddenly seemed to be a matchup nightmare for Philly as soon as the change was made. All of the sudden a guy like Pasta went from having no space...to having tons of space.

When you have to worry about Marchand and Bergeron for one shift followed immediately by Pastrnak on another. It can wear an opposing team out.

It won't always be this pretty but it's nice to see the option is there for Bruce.

 

[rfournier103]

The willingness by Cassidy to break up that first line was a relief for me.

Especially coming off Claude, I don’t consider Cassidy to be a stubborn coach relative to NHL coaches. However, there have been times where the team and/or that top line is struggling and he can’t be shaken off of Pasta-Bergy-Marchand. Seeing the results of that last night should make him more confident doing it going forward. The game suddenly seemed to be a matchup nightmare for Philly as soon as the change was made. All of the sudden a guy like Pasta went from having no space...to having tons of space.

This.

I think Cassidy should consider keeping Pastranak with Krejci on Friday.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Lindholm was a a career 50% face off man before coming to Boston. He’s slipped a little to 45% this year. Kuraly is always around 50%. That’s pretty darn good to have two guys like that on your 4th line. Nice to have a backup when they throw someone out of the face off circle.

I just noticed Halak’s contract expires before Rask’s. Halak is making $3.2......if You play him and he lights it up then you get to write a bigger check or lose maybe the best backup in the league.

Halak is gonna sign a multi-year (likely 2, maybe 3) contract to be someone's starter. His performance the last two seasons, someone's looking to upgrade their starting goalie situation. And with how good Vladar has been in Providence, I'd bet the Bruins are confident with him being their backup next year, and not resigning Halak.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Halak is gonna sign a multi-year (likely 2, maybe 3) contract to be someone's starter. His performance the last two seasons, someone's looking to upgrade their starting goalie situation. And with how good Vladar has been in Providence, I'd bet the Bruins are confident with him being their backup next year, and not resigning Halak.

not a guarantee when Seattle is 6-9 months out....and there's no guarantee Vladar doesn't go the way of MacIntyre

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

no, its not his job to pick up more than his share of the slack night in and night out. its not on him to cover for all the forwards not doing their jobs.

especially since when the flip side happens and he has an off night he gets roasted to no end.

Of course it is.

And its not like he has to do that every night. He usually has an easier game than most NHL goaltenders.

 

[GoBs]

It's time.

Marchand -- Bergeron -- Pastrnak
DeBrusk -- Coyle -- Kase
Ritchie -- Krejci -- Bjork
Kuraly -- Lindholm -- Wagner

I like this, let’s go Butch give it a shot

 

[BMC]

I'd actually prefer Bruce played Lind Holm at centre and Kuraly on the wing.
They did that a few games ago and I thought it worked really well.

He should absolutely do that. Kuraly is much better on the wing than at center & Lindholm is a good 4C

 

[BMC]

David?

I had to re-name him once Danton was traded

 

[ODAAT]

only saw the 3rd from my patio in Barbados as we were awaiting for our dinner reservation, ruff life

 

[shelbysdad]

I'm sure this will be unpopular among a number of fans here, but I would much rather Seattle take Grz than Lauzon

 

[BMC]

I'm sure this will be unpopular among a number of fans here, but I would much rather Seattle take Grz than Lauzon

John Moore is my candidate to leave unprotected

 

[shelbysdad]

John Moore is my candidate to leave unprotected

I'm sure if he is still here he will be unprotected.....problem is we can only protect 3 Krug if, Carlo, McAvoy

That leaves Grz, Lauzon, Moore etc unprotected

 

[Tbaybruin]

Very encouraging given Krug’s contract. Been saying for a while that as much as I love Krug, it just makes more sense for the Bruins to move on

Tory Krug leads all NHL defence men in power play assists.

 

[Tbaybruin]

We lost the Tampa game because our goaltending wasn’t great. We were the better team. We won last night because of the goaltending. Flyers were the better team. That’s hockey.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

not a guarantee when Seattle is 6-9 months out....and there's no guarantee Vladar doesn't go the way of MacIntyre

Of course there is no guarantee, I'm just saying that Vladar has performed well enough that I think the Bruins would be comfortable planning on him being the backup next year.

Solid point about Seattle. Not sure if it affects how they handle Halak though. Interesting to see for sure.

 

[rank]

I know this is the PGT, but I had to chime in. Thinking Krug is only worth 3 x $5.5M is a terribad player analysis, and shows a complete lack of awareness of NHL contracts. If he's only getting 3 years, his AAV is gonna go way up, like over 8. Yes, he's that good, and what he brings is not readily available either in the Bruins system or in the UFA market. Comparing Krug to Kuraly and a one-week-short of 43- year old Chara is beyond ridiculous.

In no way was I comparing Krug’s skill and age to that of Kuraly and the age of Chara. I was only saying they don’t throw money away.

FWIW, even at 43, In my mind Chara is still better than Krug in every way except skating and passing. Of course Krug probably has more years ahead of him and you have to pay for that but when all is said and done, God bless him, he’s still a 5-9 185 lb defenseman that has trouble imposing his will on bigger forwards.