Bruins 2024 playoffs

[Triumph]

Not sure Monty is the right coach but i'm starting to become sure this is a marshmallow of a team.

Never seen a coach so happy to have scored a goal early in the game and have a 1 goal lead.

 

[Triumph]

one thing the Bruins have been known for throughout the years is their toughness. Not so much any more

Any word on Marchand?

Concussion or did he break something in his shoulder?

 

[Triumph]

you cant IMO. I think he mismanaged the roster in last years playoffs and he is doing it again this year.

Some think thats why Pastrnak has been unhappy.

Sway has been good in net and has made some unreal saves, but you cant start him every game. Everyone was saying he owned Toronto...but it went 7 games.

Even though Florida looked like they were running low on battery last night Swayman was a rock. You cant take him out.

This series could go 7 too. Florida is going to come out on fire game 6.

He has given up a lot of goals against Florida too. Now, the D has been pretty bad in front of him so not all on him. I kind of like how the young guys are handling themselves but the rest of the team is a bunch of 3rd line guys and are not producing.

If that doesnt change yesterday the Bruins are done.

Cant figure how this team steam rolls everyone in the regular season and then flops in the playoffs 2 years in a row.

Someone else here mentioned that there is hardly any checking in the regular season.

 

[Triumph]

Eh...I almost feel as though it would be better if game 6 weren't at home. For whatever reason through the years, there is zero advantage at TD Garden.

Bruins have won 2 in Florida and Florida has won 2 in Boston.

Time for a B's win in Boston. No rats on the ice.

 

[borg]

B's made a concerted effort to carry the puck out of their own end through the middle rather than shoot it up the boards.... and the result was more open ice, more up tempo, more shots and surprisingly fewer turnovers (than FL).
Humpty adapted (likely reluctantly) in this elimination game.
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Pasta was mostly invisible again.....0 hits, 2 giveaways
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B's 2-4 at home

 

[borg]

Cant figure how this team steam rolls everyone in the regular season and then flops in the playoffs 2 years in a row.

A few years ago I went to a regular season B's @ Panthers game in January and there was literally zero checking......the equivalent of 2 hand touch football. The only hit in the game was when one official skated into another official.
I decided then to forego attending regular season games.
Playoff hockey is a completely different game and you do see playoff bound teams start to ramp up the hitting in the final month of the regular season.
Last night's 1st period was a great example of bone crunching playoff hockey. How these guys can go every two days this time of year is incredible.

 

[Triumph]

B's made a concerted effort to carry the puck out of their own end through the middle rather than shoot it up the boards.... and the result was more open ice, more up tempo, more shots and surprisingly fewer turnovers (than FL).
Humpty adapted (likely reluctantly) in this elimination game.
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Pasta was mostly invisible again.....0 hits, 2 giveaways
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B's 2-4 at home

3 days rest.

Maybe Marchand makes it back. Hump needs to figure out someway to generate more points. Its doubtful that hanging on to a 1 goal lead is going to work Friday night.

Hump can redeem himself if he can turn the tables and take out Florida after they were up 3 - 1 in the series.

 

[RobertWeathers]

I don't know if I'd go all the way to 'marshmallow' after they led the league in hits per game but they are certainly soft on offensive talent. They're particularly weak down the middle and it shows nightly. As a center Coyle is strong on the puck but not particularly great at manufacturing offense. That's okay in a 3C but in a 1??? A recipe for disaster. Don't get me wrong, every team needs Coyle types but as a 3 not a 1. This team lost 2 legendary playoff centers in Bergie and Krecji and it shows big time. That's hardly its only area of deficiency but the retooling has to start there.

Curious where you're getting the $30M number from. Most everything I've seen has them between $21.5-24M and half of that is predicated on not re-signing DeBrusk and Griz, both of whom would probably benefit from a change of scenery.

Thought I read $30 somewhere but you are prob right.

I think they are marshmallow because they are a bit soft physically and mentally. With that said they showed up last night.

 

[NFL Mystique]

B's made a concerted effort to carry the puck out of their own end through the middle rather than shoot it up the boards.... and the result was more open ice, more up tempo, more shots and surprisingly fewer turnovers (than FL).
Humpty adapted (likely reluctantly) in this elimination game.
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Pasta was mostly invisible again.....0 hits, 2 giveaways
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B's 2-4 at home

And would be five straight playoff losses to Florida at home with a loss in game 6. 3-8 in the past 11 home playoff games.

That's a fireable offense imo.

No way should an NHL team struggle that much at home. With last change.

 

[RobertWeathers]

And would be five straight playoff losses to Florida at home with a loss in game 6. 3-8 in the past 11 home playoff games.

That's a fireable offense imo.

No way should an NHL team struggle that much at home. With last change.

A fireable offense? Thats a stretch.

 

[maust]

A fireable offense? Thats a stretch.

Apparently not on these pages. Here at PF Montgomery has had one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel since Claude was the coach, smdh. Never mind keeping this team competitive after losing Bergeron and Krecji. They're not blowing out a team with a better overall roster that was pencilled in for the Conference Finals before the season started??? Off with his head!

 

[Calhoun44]

Pasta was mostly invisible again.....0 hits, 2 giveaways

If you watched the game and thought Pasta was "mostly invisible", then I think you need to get your eyes examined. Sure, you can say he needs to finish his chances and possibly make better decisions at times, but invisible? Really?

Swayman!! It's fun to have that confident of a goaltender in net for the B's. I hope the offense supports him the during next two games.

 

[Boston Boxer]

They'll have ~$30m in cap space to play with this offseason. No excuses not to upgrade the roster with the right players.

Not sure Monty is the right coach but i'm starting to become sure this is a marshmallow of a team.

good point. I was just looking at their salary and cap going forward. they should have plenty of money to improve this team for sure.

 

[RobertWeathers]

good point. I was just looking at their salary and cap going forward. they should have plenty of money to improve this team for sure.

To @maust 's point they need tough playmakers at C and wing. I hate saying this but i'd take a guy like Matt Tkachuk in a heartbeat.

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[Steve102]

To @maust 's point they need tough playmakers at C and wing. I hate saying this but i'd take a guy like Matt Tkachuk in a heartbeat.

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He's the exact pain in the ass attitude they need. I said that last year and I thought my son was going to shoot me dead. He's like the guy on the Yankees you hate and then he comes here and he's the exact guy you need.

 

[maust]

If you watched the game and thought Pasta was "mostly invisible", then I think you need to get your eyes examined. Sure, you can say he needs to finish his chances and possibly make better decisions at times, but invisible? Really?

It's readily apparent from some of the comments here that they're being made by people who aren't watching the games.

 

[RobertWeathers]

He's the exact pain in the ass attitude they need. I said that last year and I thought my son was going to shoot me dead. He's like the guy on the Yankees you hate and then he comes here and he's the exact guy you need.

Teams need those guys

Hell, no one can tell me the Bruins couldn't have used that POS Claude Lemieux back in the 80s and 90s. There is a reason he has 4 Stanley Cups.

 

[maust]

To @maust 's point they need tough playmakers at C and wing. I hate saying this but i'd take a guy like Matt Tkachuk in a heartbeat.

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Anybody who wouldn't want to see Matt Tkachuck with the spoked B on his chest just doesn't get the pro game. Unfortunately he's locked up through '29.

Reinhart OTOH is a pending FA. Not only would you be giving Pasta a dream linemate but taking a 50 goal scorer from a division rival. Like I said before though, that's a pipe dream. FL just hasn't got the room to re-sign him and all but a certainty they can't create it. Unfortunately multiple teams in desperate need of him have substantially more cap space than Boston. 1/3 of the Bruins cap space will go towards taking care of Swayman and Reinhart would command most of what they'd have left. With at least 4 forward holes to fill (3 if you believe Heinen could be brought back for a reasonable price) they'd have to move Ulmark to have the kind of room they'd need. It's the kind of 'just do it' all the eggs in one basket ballsy move that can make or break a franchise for years.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Anybody who wouldn't want to see Matt Tkachuck with the spoked B on his chest just doesn't get the pro game. Unfortunately he's locked up through '29.

Reinhart OTOH is a pending FA. Not only would you be giving Pasta his dream center but taking a 50 goal scorer from a division rival. Like I said before though, that's a pipe dream. FL just hasn't got the room to re-sign him and all but a certainty they can't create it. Unfortunately multiple teams in desperate need of him have substantially more cap space than Boston. 1/3 of the Bruins cap space will go towards taking care of Swayman and Reinhart would command most of what they'd have left. With at least 4 forward holes to fill (3 if you believe Heinen could be brought back for a reasonable price) they'd have to move Ulmark to have the kind of room they'd need. It's the kind of 'just do it' all the eggs in one basket ballsy move that can make or break a franchise for years.

 

[Triumph]

FWIW, I read on a Bruins fan site that some hockey channel up in Boston speculates that Marchand has a fractured shoulder socket.

It cant be a concussion with Marchand out there skating with the team before the game. It cant be a broken jaw either. Chara played with a broken jaw a few years ago.