Former Bruins Zdeno Chara signs with WASHINGTON

[veganbruin]

Fire Neely and Sweeney. Such disrespect for our best defensive dman. He’s now the caps best defensive dman.

 

[LouJersey]

Best 5 on 5 GAA by a landslide last year, lost the two left side top 4 defenders and the lollipop gang wants to say it’s awesome and we’re going to be a better team defensively because the mighty spoked B. Must defend at all costs.

I guess the expectation is that now that those anchors Chara and Krug playing 41 minutes a night are off the team the Bruins won’t let up a single goal. It will truly be a remarkable feat.

maybe it was more McAvoy and Carlo and without their partners they will be even better? Who knows. No chance I’m signing Krug to that deal and Chara is what it is

 

[chrisab123]

what does Miller have to do with anything?

he’s a right side defenseman. Chara didn’t even leave for money as evidenced by the deal he signed. We had plenty of room for him.

Respect. They'd prioritize someone who hasn't played in almost 2 years over the team captain. They did literally everything to make their team captain feel unwanted

 

[LouJersey]

Bruins just fired their captain in a way.

well I mean everyone is complaining about one cup in 40 plus years and that one being a decade ago so no big loss I guess right?

 

[nORRis8]

Time to get younger on D.
Good move. I was hoping for this a few years ago.

In other news....Tom Brady is now with Tampa Bay
Life goes on

 

[bb_fan]

We could debate the merits of letting prospects develop through play all day. But letting that go, Gryz absolutely deserves to be on the first pairing. Look at the advanced numbers when Gryz and McAvoy have paired up the last few years. They're downright elite.

Gryz deserves to be a first pairing defender??

Not on this planet.

And not in the NHL.

 

[roflstomper]

I'm not mad they have moved on. I'm mad HOW they moved on.

 

[GloveSave1]

Its almost like there is a difference between not being good and being injured

Sure. But wouldn’t they know that? I’m not onboard that they’re just ridiculously stupid. Let’s be honest.

This kinda stuff never comes down to one reason...guessing they probably feel you can’t take his mins...if he stays, at best, he’s burned out again deep in the playoffs...they probably want a bit of a new era...a new drive to get over the top...DS combining the “now or never/get move’n” for his prospects...with the need to save some money overall...probably feels we need to get more mobile...etc...

That’s all great. Sure. Okay. But what about the physical part of the team? I could say “okay, you’re just delusional or oblivious about it,” but you mentioned it right after the playoffs, then did nothing about it, really.

If Frederick isn’t on this team I will join the DS is clueless parade. But while I don’t agree with numerous moves, I can understand the thought process.

 

[Fenian24]

lol this a joke? Players choke vs an inferior STL team in game 7 and Sweeney should be fired one season later after his put together best team in hockey got side tracked by a global pandemic?

that’s rich

Sweeney is the joke and not a very funny one.

 

[member 96824]

maybe it was more McAvoy and Carlo and without their partners they will be even better? Who knows. No chance I’m signing Krug to that deal and Chara is what it is

What would “even better” look like?

I ask cause I don’t know. I think the defense looks significantly worse on both sides of the puck and I bet the results follow. Hard to beat being the best in the league.

 

[LouJersey]

Respect. They'd prioritize someone who hasn't played in almost 2 years over the team captain. They did literally everything to make their team captain feel unwanted

By wanting him to take a reduced role and paycheck at 43? By wanting to move on? 56 games in 118 days or whatever. Is that conducive to promising an older guy his same role? Maybe Chara didn’t want to be a 3rd pair here? Maybe it looks better to do it on another team? Who knows that happened but it didn’t just shake out today. Bruins didn’t decide their strategy or tell him today

 

[LouJersey]

Sweeney is the joke and not a very funny one.

but but but he traded that softie Danton Heinen for Big Bad Nick Ritchie.

Sweeney is awful. Those Marchand and Pastrnak deals are an albatross

 

[GoBs]

Sweeney is the joke and not a very funny one.

Exactly correct
Sweeney signs Moore and he can’t crack the lineup
Then he signs Miller again and again
I guess he will keep signing him until he retires

 

[RustyBruins72]

that same strong system makes defensemen better than they would be with other teams. Chara is a HOF on any team, I’m talking Seids, Boychuk, Carlo...Lauzon

I'm with you on all this Lou, 100%.

 

[bb_fan]

I'm not mad they have moved on. I'm mad HOW they moved on.

I'm not happy that them moving on and the D really isn't any better.

 

[LouJersey]

What would “even better” look like?

By taking the next step individually and growing into better all around players?

 

[JOKER 192]

Time to get younger on D.
Good move. I was hoping for this a few years ago.

In other news....Tom Brady is now with Tampa Bay
Life goes on

Do you really want to use that as your analogy? How did that work out?

 

[bb_fan]

I think a lot of people are stuck back in 2011 with the Cup, Chara's play and the way that team played and was constructed. That's not how teams play or are constructed anymore.

Funny but that's how they lost to the Blues.

 

[chrisab123]

By wanting him to take a reduced role and paycheck at 43? By wanting to move on? 56 games in 118 days or whatever. Is that conducive to promising an older guy his same role? Maybe Chara didn’t want to be a 3rd pair here? Maybe it looks better to do it on another team? Who knows that happened but it didn’t just shake out today. Bruins didn’t decide their strategy or tell him today

So...the answer is to sign an even more useless player when you're trying to rebuild

 

[member 96824]

By taking the next step individually and growing into better all around players?

Oh my bad I misunderstood your original post. I thought you were talking about the team overall, not those guys individually.

 

[LouJersey]

Exactly correct
Sweeney signs Moore and he can’t crack the lineup
Then he signs Miller again and again
I guess he will keep signing him until he retires

one would think John Moore had major shoulder surgery or something. and Miller was signed to be a DEPTH defenseman if he even plays

 

[Riley 88]

This GM has systematically destroyed a Stanley cup winning nucleus move by move, little by litte......While the great players all bought in. It has been the most disgraceful 5 year run i have ever seen a large market team has ever done witha cup winning nucleus in tact. McAvoy is his lone bright spot.....in six years....Pathetic. Coyle and Carlo are decent players........How does he even walk the streets in that city ?

 

[Mathews28]

the roads are full of squashed squirrels that couldn’t make a decision.

For sure. This indecision has been problematic in their tenure. But it got them to a game 7 of the finals.

And that’s the thing with this FO. Be good enough to win it if everything falls into place but don’t ever really go hard in one direction or the other.

 

[LouJersey]

So...the answer is to sign an even more useless player when you're trying to rebuild

So Kevan Miller was resigned to play top line minutes and and 1st pk unit?

or was it to be a 6-8 defenseman, maybe?

 

[dredeye]

No, he signed with Washington!

Lol no idea why I wrote nj. I knew it was Washington. Can’t imagine that was an auto correct.