OT - Bruins vs Senators

[dafoe2016]

It was was sickening watching the Senators prance around and celebrate at the end of that game as if they had accomplished something. They didn't win that game. It was straight up handed to them by ref incompetence or corruption. If I wanted to see that sort of nonsense I would watch soccer, NBA or wrestling.

 

[SilverSeven]

It was was sickening watching the Senators prance around and celebrate at the end of that game as if they had accomplished something. They didn't win that game. It was straight up handed to them by ref incompetence or corruption. If I wanted to see that sort of nonsense I would watch soccer, NBA or wrestling.

I have no problem with them celebrating an overtime playoff win for obvious reasons, but I think they were more so celebrating not getting screwed over by Tim Peel in an important game for once. Shocking to see it happen to another team.

 

[Jackson 2]

It was was sickening watching the Senators prance around and celebrate at the end of that game as if they had accomplished something. They didn't win that game. It was straight up handed to them by ref incompetence or corruption. If I wanted to see that sort of nonsense I would watch soccer, NBA or wrestling.

While it may have been sickening to you, there were places others were laughing their f###### asses off...

 

[primetime]

The Bruins got outplayed yesterday and they're down to their 9th defenseman. Bad calls happen, and that was a bad call, but let's not pretend it was the only thing in the game that mattered

I, for one, had no problem with the Senators celebrating, but I'm also not afflicted with the bizarre Puritanism that seems to be in the Boston groundwater.

 

[Deus Irae]

The Bruins got outplayed yesterday and they're down to their 9th defenseman. Bad calls happen, and that was a bad call, but let's not pretend it was the only thing in the game that mattered

Your post doesn't really make any sense. The game turned on that call.

 

[primetime]

Your post doesn't really make any sense. The game turned on that call.

That was after 60 minutes of hockey in which they spotted the Senators three goals and managed a measly 20 shots themselves. They've been lucky because Craig Anderson has been playing like trash, but otherwise they've been outplayed in every game.

 

[Deus Irae]

That was after 60 minutes of hockey in which they spotted the Senators three goals and managed a measly 20 shots themselves. They've been lucky because Craig Anderson has been playing like trash, but otherwise they've been outplayed in every game.

???

They clearly outplayed the Senators in game 1, just as they outplayed them for most of game 2.

And the whole "60 minutes..." is meaningless. No team plays a perfect game.

 

[SilverSeven]

???

They clearly outplayed the Senators in game 1, just as they outplayed them for most of game 2.

And the whole "60 minutes..." is meaningless. No team plays a perfect game.

You can't say that the Bruins CLEARLY outplayed the Senators in game 1 when they managed to go an entire period without registering one single shot.

 

[Ivan]

That was after 60 minutes of hockey in which they spotted the Senators three goals and managed a measly 20 shots themselves. They've been lucky because Craig Anderson has been playing like trash, but otherwise they've been outplayed in every game.

Disagree completely. This series has been back and forth with each team having runs of dominance and a great deal of end to end hockey. I love the fight the Bruins have shown given the decimation of their defense and the youth and playoff inexperience on the team. I have no idea if they would have won that game but that call was disgraceful. Hopefully they can pull the series out but either way I feel much better about this team given the way they have played at the end of the season and in this series. They still need more talent but the core is there going forward.

 

[Deus Irae]

You can't say that the Bruins CLEARLY outplayed the Senators in game 1 when they managed to go an entire period without registering one single shot.

That would be true if NHL games were only one period long.

 

[SilverSeven]

That would be true if NHL games were only one period long.

Sarcasm noted but it falls apart when you factor in that the first period was even, second was dominated by the Sens, and third was a slight edge to the Bruins. Overall you would probably say the game was even with the most dominant period belonging to the Senators.
If you want to look at periods where the Bruins truly dominated you would want to look at the first two periods of game 2 and perhaps the second period of game 3 (although the latter was more fortunate goals due to bad positioning by Anderson on the first, and an unfortunate puck hop over Ryan's stick on the second). Sens dominated period 2 of game 1, period 3 of game 2, and period 1 of game 3. Overall you roughly have a 3 period split each in terms of dominance and three periods of even hockey (not counting the OT's as they were over fairly quickly). I agree with the poster a few posts above who noted that it was a pretty even series overall.

The frustrating aspect about the series as a Sens fan is that we finally have most of our bodies back (even if they aren't 100 percent, they are at least in the lineup) and as a result have pretty much our full lineup for the first time all season. Now that's fine but the frustrating part is that we secured a playoff spot by playing park the bus 1-3-1 trap hockey to win a lot of 1 goal games while we were decimated by injuries all season. It worked out but it's now fully our identity even with a healthy team. With the Bruins defense decimated by injuries our greatest success has actually come when we employ a heavy forecheck rather than sit back in the 1-3-1 but we aren't doing it consistently due to not wanting to stray from our identity and what has worked for us in the season.
I love Boucher as our coach and the defensive system he has installed into what was previously a run and gun defensively clueless team but I would like to see the 1-3-1 deployed less often and more of a forechecking cycle implemented to keep the Bruins on their heels. We shall see what happens I suppose!

 

[Deus Irae]

Sarcasm noted but it falls apart when you factor in that the first period was even, second was dominated by the Sens, and third was a slight edge to the Bruins.

No, it doesn't. The Bruins were the better team in periods 1 and 3, and they won the game.

 

[SilverSeven]

No, it doesn't. The Bruins were the better team in periods 1 and 3, and they won the game.

How would you assess the play per periods tonight?

 

[Froob]

0-4 in the Garden past week, this ****ing sucks. Gotta beat the Bulls and Senators Friday.

 

[supafly]

0-4 in the Garden past week, this ****ing sucks. Gotta beat the Bulls and Senators Friday.

Hate to be the guy who says it, but it's looking like it could be too little, too late down 3-1 in both. What really sucks is that the B's should've been up 2-0 in that series leaving Ottawa.

 

[Deus Irae]

How would you assess the play per periods tonight?

I'm not really sure why you're targeting me, but it's boring. My posts here have been pretty basic, and I've certainly not been hating on the Senators.

As for tonight, the play was streaky, with both teams having excellent chances, and the Senators converting on one more than the Bruins.

 

[primetime]

I don't have much hope that they can win 3 in a row. Sadly, I think the absence of Torey Krug has made all the difference in this series. For whatever reason, probably because they're still lacking in healthy defensemen who can carry the puck and put passes tape-to-tape, they haven't been able to solve the 1-3-1 this series and the Senators have succeeded in suppressing shots.

Rask played extremely well last night, there was nothing to be done about the goal he gave up, and you expect to win when you're stopping 26 of 27 shots. But for the first time in the series, Anderson played a great game, and the Bruins didn't have the volume of shots in the 2nd or 3rd to really challenge him.

That said, I'm pretty optimistic about the team's future. Signing Backes was a mistake (who could have seen that coming) but otherwise the core is mostly still in their prime, their prospect pool is fairly deep, and they have some nice young NHLers like McAvoy, Carlo, and Acciari.

 

[SilverSeven]

I'm not really sure why you're targeting me, but it's boring. My posts here have been pretty basic, and I've certainly not been hating on the Senators.

As for tonight, the play was streaky, with both teams having excellent chances, and the Senators converting on one more than the Bruins.

Just some lighthearted banter, nothing more, nothing less.
A nice bounceback effort by Andy when needed, but thought our 1-3-1 actually was executed to perfection. If the Sens aren't doing a forecheck and are insistent on the 1-3-1 I want to see more of that type of execution.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

0-4 in the Garden past week, this ****ing sucks. Gotta beat the Bulls and Senators Friday.

Bruins have not converted their many chances, especially Marchand late the other night. He's behind the goalie, two feet of space in front of the open net, and he does not have his stick out and ready for a tip/shot in? I hope Wayne Cashman did not see that.

The Bruins seem tentative, and not as confident as they should be. That could be instilled by the right kind of coach, for example. I think, if you simply added a Mark Messier to this team in this exact scenario, we would in fact win three straight. The talent is there, for this series anyway.

Nothing against Butch. But some coaches are able to motivate a team to be greater than just the sum of its parts.

 

[SilverSeven]

Bruins have not converted their many chances, especially Marchand late the other night. He's behind the goalie, two feet of space in front of the open net, and he does not have his stick out and ready for a tip/shot in? I hope Wayne Cashman did not see that.

The Bruins seem tentative, and not as confident as they should be. That could be instilled by the right kind of coach, for example. I think, if you simply added a Mark Messier to this team in this exact scenario, we would in fact win three straight. The talent is there, for this series anyway.

Nothing against Butch. But some coaches are able to motivate a team to be greater than just the sum of its parts.

Adding a top 5 player of all time would help any team's chances I would think haha. I don't think Cassidy needs to be Herb Brooks but he has been massively outcoached by Boucher in the series. Boucher has not been afraid to make adjustments while Cassidy has maybe made one through 4 games, which the Sens themselves adjusted to and moved on (Bruins overloading the LD to have more consistent zone entries). The Bruins also need more shots period, 10 shots over the final two periods is not gonna cut it, especially when Anderson is in the zone. As a point of comparison the Bruins averaged 33 shots per game in the regular season and got 22 in last night's game.