At least we're not St' Louis.
Both teams have five victories in their past 10 games. I fail to see the difference (a loss is a loss).
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Both teams have five victories in their past 10 games. I fail to see the difference (a loss is a loss).
BostonCreamPaille
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I'd rather 5 minutes of 4v4 then 5 minutes of 3v3. If the winner isn't decided then it's a tie.
Rubber Biscuit
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St. Louis has/had something to play for in their own conference? They've lost 4 straight in regulation.
That's definitely not the same as what the Bruins have done.
Last 10 games record:
Bruins 5-1-4
Penguins 5-5-0
Blues 5-5-0
Avalanche 7-1-2
Blackhawks 6-4-0
Ducks 7-2-1
Sharks 4-4-2
Kings 6-3-1
Bruins suck so bad lately of the top eight contenders only the Ducks and Avalanche have more points over the last ten.
Bruins 5-1-4
Penguins 5-5-0
Blues 5-5-0
Avalanche 7-1-2
Blackhawks 6-4-0
Ducks 7-2-1
Sharks 4-4-2
Kings 6-3-1
Bruins suck so bad lately of the top eight contenders only the Ducks and Avalanche have more points over the last ten.
So are you saying the Bruins won't be ready to play Columbus/Philly/Detroit? I don't see the Bruins losing to Buffalo or NJ this weekend.
Artemis
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You'd rather they play guys who are tired/hurting, so they can stay "hot" for a playoff series that begins four days after their last regular-season game?
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Let’s fight through this….
Give me Philly in round 1
These games are a mere walk in the park... just keeping the legs moving. The system works even when you don't.... amazing. No reason to get excited over a couple of shootout losses
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These games are a mere walk in the park... just keeping the legs moving. The system works even when you don't.... amazing. No reason to get excited over a couple of shootout losses
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St Louis went from being leading team for presidents trophy and facing Dallas/Phx in 1st round. To possibly finishing 2nd in the division(3rd in Conf) and facing Chicago in 1st round. Yeah that is a lot worse.
Bruins last 10 games 15 points
St Louis last 10 games 10 points
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Hali33
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I really don't think people should be worrying too much about how the Bruins have been playing these last few games. Closing out periods has been an issue on and off throughout the season but other than that I don't think there's many bad habits that should carry.
They've had the division and conference safely locked up for a while. They've secured home ice advantage against every team but the Ducks and have a 98% chance of securing that too. They've had a different roster every night as we are phasing guys out to rest. The effort and focus isn't really there and I don't expect it to be as they are most likely trying to ride out the rest of the season without getting any injuries before getting into playoff mode. In a perfect world every game matters but really at this point it doesn't and they've got to feel it.
Furthermore they were playing tonight without arguably the 3 most critical guys for this team (Rask, Chara, Bergy). If this were the playoffs and we didn't have them I'd say we'd be pretty much ****.
Bruins are a different animal in the playoffs and honestly they've been more focused and had better effort this regular season than they usually do so I can't really get on them for coasting their last week before the playoffs.
They've had the division and conference safely locked up for a while. They've secured home ice advantage against every team but the Ducks and have a 98% chance of securing that too. They've had a different roster every night as we are phasing guys out to rest. The effort and focus isn't really there and I don't expect it to be as they are most likely trying to ride out the rest of the season without getting any injuries before getting into playoff mode. In a perfect world every game matters but really at this point it doesn't and they've got to feel it.
Furthermore they were playing tonight without arguably the 3 most critical guys for this team (Rask, Chara, Bergy). If this were the playoffs and we didn't have them I'd say we'd be pretty much ****.
Bruins are a different animal in the playoffs and honestly they've been more focused and had better effort this regular season than they usually do so I can't really get on them for coasting their last week before the playoffs.
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Can I still be pissed off because they played like ****? I'd like the home ice advantage if possible, and they are trying hard not to get it.
I also just watched a couple of hours of sub par hockey from the best team vs a bottom feeder.
Sure but keep it in perspective, game really means nothing in the long run. Right now they have home ice over every team but one and 2 points in the final 2 games gets it over every team
Then open your eyes. St Louis is in free fall losing 4 straight games with no shootouts!and if Colorado wins tonight, they will lose 1st place in their division and have to play Chicago in the 1st round of the playoffs so they have had something to play for.
ICdave
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They're also playing a similar line up to us right now. Sobotka is top center, Jaskin is in the top 6, etc. Etc.
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Not really. First off, we dominated Detroit and Toronto. Ineffectiveness, lucky bounces and bad reffing decided both those games. We were better than Minnesota, they didn't have anything in the whole third period until we started playing to preserve the lead on the PP with 5 min left. I'm sure St. Louis fans will say they dominated Minnesota tonight (and they most likely did, winning shots with a 3 to 1 ratio), but they also have a lot more to play for than the Bruins do - and still have performed much worse. This game wasn't good at all (still probably had more grade a scoring chances than Winnipeg, Hutch saved them several times), but other than that we've looked fine lately, probably just as good as during the winning streak, except bounces have gone against us instead of our way.
The lines being shifted up every game certainly doesn't help either, having three lines that were always capable of having great games - and always having two of those lines playing really well if one took a game off - was what got us that win streak (along with the fourth line playing even or better almost every night). The D lineups haven't been stable either, and we have at least 2-3 of our top 6 most important players sitting out every game lately. Excuse me if a couple shootout losses (which don't even exist in the playoffs) don't make me jump off a bridge in panic.
Only worse for them cause their players (Backes, Oshie, Tarasenko) out with injuries while ours are mostly just DTD/healthy scratches
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Thanks for the post-game interviews....interesting.
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