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 Tachmo writes "After the dreadful game the Bruins played tonight I felt I would like to vent some thoughts that have been building up for awhile. The Bruins organization should be absolutley embarrassed for their performance tonight, because as a fan I am sickened. What really bothers me from the other night is their star player Marc Savard was creamed and nobody on the team did a bloody thing. Wideman and Ryder were on the ice and they just kind of gave Cooke some love taps after the whistle. Tonights game was just terrible, the Bruins on a night remembering the beloved 1970 team, came out and got shut out at home. I would have liked to have seen them pick on Cooke a little bit. Is Lucic hurt? He appears to be hurt, or perhaps he isn't that good? I think he is good, I am going to chalk it up as it as an off year. 5 goals and -11. He is a liability to the team. He feel he doesn't throw the body like he used to and doesn't fight nearly enough. He used to be a force and would take games over last year with his style. Now he has the big contract and is playing like a 4th liner who should be scratched on most nights.
The team is dreadful to watch on most nights. They have turned back into the boring defensive team of years past, who put you to sleep. Their lack of scoring is so uninspiring to even tune in to watch.
What really bothers me is how the Bruins came into the season. This team was on the verge of doing something great this year after their huge year last year. Most hockey magazines had the Bruins pegged as the hands down favourite to finish 1st in the East standings. I wish I could get an explanation of why Chiarelli didn't sign Phil Kessel? I heard he was bad in the room and lots of rumours, but the guy is a dynamic goal scorer. NOt many of those around these days. They are a bottom tier hockey team without Kessel. I don't care what anybody says, Kessel was their best player. This year is clearly showing that he was the centerpiece that made the team tick. In my opinion he was a treat to watch in a Bee's uniform and changed the entire dynamic of the team. They were dangerous last year, and this year they are not good at all. If they keep playing like this it will be a clean sweep come playoff time if they get in.
What really makes no sense is the Derek Morris signing. The buyout of Aaron Ward's contract should have opened the door to resign Kessel but hours later they signed Morris to a ridiculously high contract. I wanted to pull my hair out at that very moment. What proceeded appears to be the most bizarre trade ever. The Bruins a Stanely cup threat, trade one of their best players for draft picks? As well Toronto, the worst team in the league, who are rebuilding trade all their 1st rounders for the next 2 years?? Just a bad trade for both teams.
I guess what really hurts is the team had completely turned the corner from an 8th seeder pretender to dangerous threat last year, and now back to a pretender again. I have been a fan for too many years watching this team play like a pretender. I hope I am wrong, I really hope I am wrong, but I have little confidence in the Bees right now.
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Re: Hard to Watch (Score: 1)
by hockey_lover on Friday, March 19
(User Info | Send a Message) | I'll chime in a bit here since, I can.
I think you are being a bit hard on Lucic. He has missed 30 games. Maybe he is still hurt, maybe not. I'll chalk it up to a bad year. These things happen. He is still a really good player (not as awesome as some make him out to be) but still a really high end talent.
I dont really get the Morris signing either but hey, there are many trades/signings that dont make sense.
The two 1st rounders from Toronto is both good and bad. They can WAY stock for the future, especially if they get a top 2 pick this year and another top 5 next year. That sets them up awesomely for the future. But, Im sure the fans want to win now. The problem is .....
.... the Bruins as a whole. I think you are dismissing one possibility .. they simply over acheived last year. They are in the same boat as Montreal was two or three years ago. There was no reason at all that Montreal finished 1st place in the conference, much like Boston last year. In both cases, the suns and moons aligned and they came out on top. This is not a bad thing as these things happen all the time. Look at Philly .. bottom 3 or whatever one year, and boom, leading the division the next.
I dont think Boston is top of the conference material, nor do I think they are "fighting for 8th spot" material. They have had a lot of injuries this season but hey, thats part of the game. To me, they are a team that should be fighting for 4th or 5th in the conference. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Re: Hard to Watch (Score: 1)
by bbruins37 (qwerty@hotmail.com) on Friday, March 19
(User Info | Send a Message) | Last night's game was pathetic and embarassing. There's no other way to put it. I could deal with a loss if they played well or if they played with emotion, but I was shocked with the way things played out.
This is a game that SHOULD have been played with more intensity and emotion than any game since last year's playoffs, not only for revenge on Cooke, but for a sense of urgency for the playoffs.
The only guy I saw that seemed like he gave a damn was Chara. You could tell he was trying to get something going (not only with his fight), but even he faded towards the end when there was no response from his teammates.
The only other guys that even remotely showed up were Rask (as per usual), and I thought Seidenberg looked solid again (ad he can be forgiven somewhat for not murdering Cooke because he's known Savard a couple weeks now).
I give credit to Thornton for doing something, but that fight just didn't feel like it had anyting behind it. It just felt like he was going through the motions (appropriatey there's no "e" on the front of that word). "You cheapshot best player. Fans call for blood. I stage fight. All is good." He even politely taps him on the shoulder to ask if he might be willing to fight. Just get in there and pound the shit out of him regardless of what he wanted to do. God forbid we should do something remotely cheap to him...
As for your criticism of Lucic, I think this season for him is as much of a write-off as it is for Savard, especially with his latest injury being one that takes forever to recover from.
You can't honestly believe Kessel was our best player. He's very one-dimensional and is streaky as hell. You also have to understand that Kessel would not resign with the Bruins anyways. We raped that trade.
We're still in good positioning for the playoffs, and the next three games are huuuuuuuge to say the least as we play the 3 teams right below us in the standings. Hopefully they put a bit of effort into them. |
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Re: Hard to Watch (Score: 1)
by Tachmo on Friday, March 19
(User Info | Send a Message) | Cam, even though you are a leafs fan and I am a Bruins fan, I have to agree with you here. I have not liked the Kessel deal since even before it happened and they were merely discussing it. Kessel ignited the offence, there is no question about it.
The Bruins had a legitimate shot to do something this year, and for some reason we decided like it was a good time to rebuild. I know there was salary cap issues and what not but we could have got it done. If Kessel was shown the money he would have stayed. Long term I have to think as well we will rape that trade as the common lingo is going here. But who cares....now was the time to turn this team into a winner and the fruit of this trade will not be available for few years and Chara will be playing for the Rangers. |
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Re: Hard to Watch (Score: 1)
by nordiques100 on Friday, March 19
(User Info | Send a Message) | it seems a few bruin fans refuse to admit the contributions and importance of kessel to their lineup.
he clicked with savard. he gave someone opponents needed to key on. he gave them a potential game breaker.
you will find no one on the supposed "deepest team in the NHL" who even comes close to that.
but of course, its nothing to do with kessel and his speed and skill, his 35-40 goal output and his finishing ability that helped savard as much as the bruins top centre helped kessel.
it has to do with injuries. well like i have said, injuries are a crutch. how did the bruins win the conference without bergeron, the supposed top PK/faceoff/two way centre in hockey plus without potential 30 goal man marco sturm? looks like they did ok then.
but this year its injuries. please. go have some cheese with your whine. its a easy excuse. plain and simple the team either greatly overacheived last year or massively underacheived this year.
the supposedly grossly overstocked lineup that was overflowing with talent just is not there. they havent delivered and are absolutely fortunate the teams chasing them for 8th are even more pathetic than they are.
kessel's absence has impacted the lack of scoring. and the trickle down effect could cost them a playoff spot.
it may mean nothing for the bruins. they did get good assets in the kessel trade. unfortunately we cannot judge the deal right now. so i would suggest leaf fans stop hoping hall or seguin become flops and i would NOT reserve a spot along side gretzky, lemieux, yzerman, orr, hull in the hall just yet for hall or seguin or fowler.
and yes, you can claim the flu sucked the life out of boston yesterday vs pitt, but still, where is the perserverence? where is that overall great deep talent that no team can match? where is their heart and desire?
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Re: Hard to Watch (Score: 1)
by broc on Friday, March 19
(User Info | Send a Message) | At the time of the Kessel trade, there was cautious optimism in Leafland. Optimistic that the team added a front line scorer in Kessel without anyone dropping off the roster, and caution in that the Leafs gave up 2 first rounders when they haven't made the playoffs in years.. everyone had that little voice in the back of their head that said, "what if everything goes to shit?"
Why couldn't Burke have at least did a top 2 or 3 protected pick for one of the years even? It's fine in Anaheim to give up picks for Pronger when they already had drafted proven cornerstones in Getzlaf & Perry with high expectations for Bobby Ryan too, and they had a deep pool of talented prospects, etc.. but Toronto is not Anaheim, and weren't expected to anything besides fight for a playoff spot at best. So, I don't get why a bit of a safety net wasn't put down by Burke to protect the franchise, "just in case".
IMO you shouldn't gamble with multiple 1st rounders unless you're shooting for the cup.
That said, Kessel has performed better this year than I had thought. Many Bruins fans all year have yelled the only reason he scored 36 goals last season was b/c he played with an amazing passer in Marc Savard. Well, after starting the year for weeks on the injury list, Kessel right now is on pace for 32 goals- only 4 less than last year- and he has done so with Toronto's god awful and worst collection on centers in the NHL period. Here's Toronto's center position depth this year:
#1) Matt Stajan (now gone)
#2) Mikael Grabovski (just recently back from extended broken wrist injury)
#3) John Mitchell (injured much of year, recently returned)
#4) Wayne Primeau (4th liner at best)
#5) Rickard Wallin (no comment needed)
This is the group of centers available to distribute the puck to Kessel this. Pathetic. This has got to be the worst in the NHL. AHL teams have a better collection of centers than this.
Despite that, Kessel is on pace for great numbers. What would he have done on a good team with a real centerman?
Before anyone says Bozak.. only recently has Bozak been a regular in the lineup, though he seems click with Kessel and is improving each game. There is hope for next year. Then again, that's the mantra all too familiar with
"Leafs Nation".
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Re: Hard to Watch (Score: 1)
by Kramer on Saturday, March 20
(User Info | Send a Message) | The mafia made a deal with the NHL. The Bruins aren't supposed to win this year. It's not their year. Bookie joints took long shot bets on the Bruins. If they win, a big bet could break them.
Gambling is big business for the mob. The league gets kickbacks. Refs are paid under the table to make sure the 'right' team wins. Colin Campbell is also controlled by the mafia.
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