Post-Game Talk: IT'S OVAH - Hibernation begins and so does the finger pointing

[BNHL]

Just said Paille and Campbell are all done.

 

[Man Rocket]

New 4th line next year

 

[JCRO]

Campbell and Paille will not be resigned. Just heard it from the horses mouth (PC)

 

[VanIsle]

Good, this team needs new fresh faces.

Thanks for their time here, but that time is over.

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

New 4th line next year

As of now, it would be Talbot-Kelly-Ferlin. Let's see how it really looks in October...

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

Campbell and Paille will not be resigned. Just heard it from the horses mouth (PC)

Glad they are gone but still can't help but feel kind of sad considering how well they played in the Cup run and Paille played well in the 2013 playoffs.

 

[bruins4thecup65]

hire Ray Bourque to coach D.

 

[EverettMike]

I was talking odds and luck only. Odds of a 96 pt team not making the NHL playoffs are roughly the same as an 11-5 team not making the NFL playoffs. Ignoring how you got there and whether you deserve it, you have to be at least a little unlucky not to make the playoffs in either scenario.

Except they aren't the same. Every NFL season has 16 games per team. You win-lose-tie. Every game is played under those parameters.

An NHL game can have 2 or 3 points. Not every game is equal. 3-point games were what? At 25% this year. A ridiculous number. So final point totals will go up.

And unlike football (and usually unlike hockey) teams were blatantly tanking this year, which meant that for teams not actively trying to fail, points were easier to come by. The available pool of points was higher this year, thus higher totals were needed to qualify.

 

[JAD]

You absolutely NEED both. Look at the Rangers, Capitals or the Ducks. All teams with speed, but can also play a heavy nasty game. Guys like Kreider are what we need. Speed and nastiness mixed with skill. We can't have a team full of Pasta's. The guy is going to be a great player, but you still need to make sure you have those physical guys. Something we were SORELY lacking last year.

Hey Pasta threw probably the best open ice hit of the game Saturday night - knocked the Tampa player on his ass. Give the kid time to fill out we won't really know what we go for a few years yet.

 

[Roll 4 Lines]

I actually thought the Bruins DID play well enough to make the playoffs, just not consistently enough.

For about 10 minutes in the 2nd period of the final game, they looked like a playoff team.

 

[DitClapper]

I don't know who I hate more Dale Arnold or Tom Caron.

 

[bb_fan]

Why can't we have both ?

exactly.

love all the extreme views, only 'one' thing will work, gotta have a ton of this and non of that etc etc etc.

 

[bb_fan]

Campbell and Paille will not be resigned. Just heard it from the horses mouth (PC)

Campbell I can see, but not Paille.

mistake if you ask me, unless there really is a better replacement.

not to mention to many other holes above him to fix.

 

[Fenway]

Off-season thread is open

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=100757485