Jean_Jacket41
Neely = HOF
Rask is a top NHL starter and Halak is the best backup in the NHL.
This is a great time to be a Bruins fan.
This is a great time to be a Bruins fan.
I was lurking on the Flames board yesterday and someone said something along the lines of "trying to get a rid of Rask is a yearly October tradition for Bruins fans." Couldnt be more accurate.
He does this every stinking year. He blows in October, doesnt let anything in from ~November to February and comes back down from March to April to even out around .915.
Is that ideal for a 7 million dollar goalie? No. But you know what I take that every day of the week over the goalie gongshow in Philly/Carolina/Calgary Winnipeg before Hellyebuck THE ISLANDERS W/ HALAK last year. We are spoiled rotten here with goalies. There is so little to complain about that people dissect every goal he's let on back to 2013.
He deserves criticism when he plays bad and he gets it. If Sweeney figures out a way to trade him with a dependable, affordable replacement I'm all for it. But getting rid of one of the better goalies in the league in favor of Halak and God knows who is not an answer.
No doubt, I wonder how many of the "Trade Rask" crew remember the goaltending graveyard that was the Bruins crease from 1993-94 until Thomas and Rask arrived back in 2006ish.
We've been blessed with a legitimate No.1 goaltender here for more than a decade now. Something not many teams can say they've had.
You strike me as someone who can't accept the flaw in your analysis and who will hold onto flawed beliefs in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Great. Can they score goals?!Rask is a top NHL starter and Halak is the best backup in the NHL.
This is a great time to be a Bruins fan.
While I basically agree, I do think team makeup and system mean a lot for goalies. Those Bruins teams for the most part just weren't great. Dafoe was probably the best of them, and I think Rask is better. Also, if you substitute "goaltender x" for Rask on the Bruins teams from 2014 on are the results all that much different?
I still say it's ludicrous to link moving Rask with what you claim are this abundance of empty seats.Does it really matter what any of us think? This is a coach and management decision.
Follow their words and follow the money.
I put a reminder of this thread on my April 8 calendar date so I can ridicule you when it never happens from April 9th on if you haven’t been outed yetBTW, I know it’s still early but how many Rask saves highlight videos have you’ve seen lately? You know, pad stacking, stick lurching, spread eagle glove saves?
I’m sure we’ll soon see’em soon. But, it might be on another team.
I have season tickets and it looks the same as every October to me pretty much packedI still say it's ludicrous to link moving Rask with what you claim are this abundance of empty seats.
I may look young but this is my 35th year as a season ticket holder and I know low attendance and soft sales and this premise is GARBAGESo far this year this is the impact of Rask and fanny's in the seats.
NHL Attendance Report - 2018-19
2018-2019 NHL Attendance - National Hockey League - ESPN[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Boston 5 87,825 17,565 100.0
I never said “abundance “ please don’t put words in my mouth. Just count them when you watch a few game and then you tell me what you think the issue is. Remember, the Bruins have one of the highest ticket prices in the league.I still say it's ludicrous to link moving Rask with what you claim are this abundance of empty seats.
You implied Rask was going to be moved because seats were empty. I maintain that's a ludicrous assertion.I never said “abundance “ please don’t put words in my mouth. Just count them when you watch a few game and then you tell me what you think the issue is. Remember, the Bruins have one of the highest ticket prices in the league.
"How many empty seats at the Garden because of Rask????"
So far this year this is the impact of Rask and fanny's in the seats.
NHL Attendance Report - 2018-19
2018-2019 NHL Attendance - National Hockey League - ESPN[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Boston 5 87,825 17,565 100.0
I may look young but this is my 35th year as a season ticket holder and I know low attendance and soft sales and this premise is GARBAGE
So now, since you have no reasonable rebuttal to a valid argument, you resort to personal attacks? Classy.Tickets are sold at the box office, to season ticket holder, and to big resellers like Ace Ticket and StubHub. If all four bought up every ticket available and only half shown up to the event it still will show up as sold out. I think your gif is an excellent self portrait.
I put a reminder of this thread on my April 8 calendar date so I can ridicule you when it never happens from April 9th on if you haven’t been outed yet
So now, since you have no reasonable rebuttal to a valid argument, you resort to personal attacks? Classy.