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Post by jimed14 on May 10, 2022 18:43:55 GMT -5
Here we go with the F-ing officials again. Canes would be very glad to play 5 on 5 all game. |
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 10, 2022 19:15:41 GMT -5
McAvoy misses one game with Covid and he's about the 1,000 athlete in a row to miss one game due to covid. Those test must sure be valid and not loaded with false positives.
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Post by tizzle on May 10, 2022 19:17:14 GMT -5
Here we go with the F-ing officials again. Canes would be very glad to play 5 on 5 all game. That sounds hunky-dory to say. And yet they're up because of penalties, one of which was as garbage a call as you'll ever see. |
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Post by jimed14 on May 10, 2022 19:23:34 GMT -5
Canes would be very glad to play 5 on 5 all game. That sounds hunky-dory to say. And yet they're up because of penalties, one of which was as garbage a call as you'll ever see. I have always advocated for playoff hockey to stay 5 on 5, but the NHL thinks that scoring is the only thing that anyone gets excited about so they continually call nonsense penalties. I wish they would reduce penalties to 1 minute and not allow 5 on 3s. I don't like power play contests and find power plays boring in general, constantly interrupting incredible and exciting even strength play so that we can wait for the team with the advantage gain possession of the puck and then pass in back and forth 100 times while everyone else is just standing around and there is almost never physical play. But the NHL hates me and refuses to let me watch what I want, like pretty much every other sport. And my comment was about how the Canes generally dominate 5 on 5. |
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Post by tizzle on May 10, 2022 19:39:16 GMT -5
That sounds hunky-dory to say. And yet they're up because of penalties, one of which was as garbage a call as you'll ever see. I have always advocated for playoff hockey to stay 5 on 5, but the NHL thinks that scoring is the only thing that anyone gets excited about so they continually call nonsense penalties. I wish they would reduce penalties to 1 minute and not allow 5 on 3s. I don't like power play contests and find power plays boring in general, constantly interrupting incredible and exciting even strength play so that we can wait for the team with the advantage gain possession of the puck and then pass in back and forth 100 times while everyone else is just standing around and there is almost never physical play. But the NHL hates me and refuses to let me watch what I want, like pretty much every other sport. And my comment was about how the Canes generally dominate 5 on 5. I posted about lousy officiating, after it had handed Carolina. 2-0 lead. I'm not sure how quoting and responding to that to tell me how Carolina "generally" does has anything to do with that, but whatever. |
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Post by jimed14 on May 10, 2022 19:42:45 GMT -5
I have always advocated for playoff hockey to stay 5 on 5, but the NHL thinks that scoring is the only thing that anyone gets excited about so they continually call nonsense penalties. I wish they would reduce penalties to 1 minute and not allow 5 on 3s. I don't like power play contests and find power plays boring in general, constantly interrupting incredible and exciting even strength play so that we can wait for the team with the advantage gain possession of the puck and then pass in back and forth 100 times while everyone else is just standing around and there is almost never physical play. But the NHL hates me and refuses to let me watch what I want, like pretty much every other sport. And my comment was about how the Canes generally dominate 5 on 5. I posted about lousy officiating, after it had handed Carolina. 2-0 lead. I'm not sure how quoting and responding to that to tell me how Carolina "generally" does has anything to do with that, but whatever. I'm not sure how the refs handed the Canes the 1st goal, no penalty had been called to that point and there was nothing missed either. |
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Post by tizzle on May 10, 2022 19:47:00 GMT -5
I posted about lousy officiating, after it had handed Carolina. 2-0 lead. I'm not sure how quoting and responding to that to tell me how Carolina "generally" does has anything to do with that, but whatever. I'm not sure how the refs handed the Canes the 1st goal, no penalty had been called to that point and there was nothing missed either. I posted after the second goal, which was on a garbage penalty. Are you intentionally being obtuse? Never mind, I don't care. |
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Post by rjw on May 10, 2022 21:04:41 GMT -5
The first time I ever heard that word...  |
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Post by cdj on May 10, 2022 22:12:39 GMT -5
Win in Boston then steal game 7, right where we want them
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Post by bigmarty58 on May 12, 2022 11:58:31 GMT -5
Do or Die Tonight. Go Bruins!
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Post by tizzle on May 12, 2022 16:44:53 GMT -5
For some reason, my gut is telling me we win game 7 if we get there, that to all comes down to tonight.
I don't know, my gut is wrong often, but that's what I'm feeling.
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Post by soxfansince67 on May 12, 2022 21:05:27 GMT -5
And on to game 7 it is!!!
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Post by cdj on May 13, 2022 0:56:32 GMT -5
Well well well
Still have a pulse
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Post by GyIantosca on May 13, 2022 22:06:04 GMT -5
I don’t know what to expect but I am proud of them. I believe we found a legit goalie in Swayman.
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Post by rjw on May 14, 2022 6:42:20 GMT -5
I don’t know what to expect but I am proud of them. I believe we found a legit goalie in Swayman. They signed Ullmark last year because they did not want to go into the season without an experienced goalie. They now have enough faith in Swayman to give him the crucial starts - he's starting game 7 today. Do they move Ullmark in the off-season to free up salary to get another goal scorer? I'm saying do it. They need to deepen their lineup. |
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Post by bigmarty58 on May 14, 2022 8:21:04 GMT -5
The Canes are going to come out of the shoot running all over the place. The boys need to keep their composure and get out of the 1st period even or only down by one. Try to stay out of the box and play smart hockey. Splitting up the perfection line will get two scoring lines to help mitigate Staal's line. B's need to get some good looks, Rannta is not usually good under pressure. Looking for Haula's line to do some damage. Bruins 4-3!
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Post by voiceofreason on May 14, 2022 8:56:44 GMT -5
I don’t know what to expect but I am proud of them. I believe we found a legit goalie in Swayman. They signed Ullmark last year because they did not want to go into the season without an experienced goalie. They now have enough faith in Swayman to give him the crucial starts - he's starting game 7 today. Do they move Ullmark in the off-season to free up salary to get another goal scorer? I'm saying do it. They need to deepen their lineup. He has another year to go with the no trade clause so he would have to waive that. If he knows he is going get backup minutes maybe he says ok but you never know. Either way I think the B's keep him around for another season, not that I am in favor of that btw. Go B's. Two game 7s this weekend is pretty good for us fans, now go get both of them!! |
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Post by tizzle on May 14, 2022 15:35:45 GMT -5
Can we score first?
Please?
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Post by tizzle on May 14, 2022 16:59:18 GMT -5
Oh well.
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Post by soxfansince67 on May 14, 2022 16:59:41 GMT -5
No. Not enough offense. Now 3-1. Ugh
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Post by cdj on May 14, 2022 17:23:09 GMT -5
Not looking promising boys
Home ice matters with two evenly matched teams. Whoever has gotten the last change has dominated and today doesn’t appear to be different
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Post by homerdante on May 14, 2022 18:07:33 GMT -5
I'm asking myself some questions today about the past dozen or so Bruins years where Neely and Sweeney have been running the ship.
I'm asking myself:
Was Taylor Hall the answer?
Was the package for Seguin at all good?
Was Coyle the right acquisition?
David Backes was clearly NOT, and hamstrung the team financially for years.
Letting Krug go? No quarterback on the powerplay?
It SEEMS like they're good at running a good program in Providence. Great at identifying possible AAAA players to make a really good AHL team.
Was the 2015 draft their fault?
Final question in light of the above: Are they any good at evaluating talent?
Maybe it was not poor talent evaluation, but poor coaching evaluation?
I honestly don't know, but there's a real apathy and lethargy with this team that surfaces again and again. Something hasn't been right, what is it?
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Post by cdj on May 14, 2022 18:32:14 GMT -5
People are always quick to blame “apathy” and a lack of effort
Carolina was an elite team. We were the 7 seed and took them to 7 games
Flawed team lost. Playoffs highlight those flaws. Ours was trying a 2C by committee
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Post by jimed14 on May 14, 2022 18:59:50 GMT -5
It was a very competitive series that I didn't expect after the first two games. It just came down to being so top-heavy on offense that it's not possible to overcome the last change on the games in Carolina because the Staal line is so good defensively.
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Post by bigmarty58 on May 15, 2022 9:36:20 GMT -5
Canes were the better team. They have great depth thought out their lineup. The B's had two major needs going into this season. A top pair defenseman (preferably left shot) and a second line center. Lindholm answered the top pair defenceman at the deadline but Sweeney never replaced the center position. Even if Bergy does come back, they need to fill the center position. B's are not going to go far in the playoffs against teams that have better depth. With the cap era in hockey, drafting has become incredibly important to infuse young talent that is less expensive on their rookie deals allowing cap room to supplement the roster with veteran players through trades or FA. Keeping your first round picks are the key. As your veterans contracts get more expensive the GM needs to make hard decisions on whether to sign or let the process play out. The Bruins do have a promising forward in Lysell who may be able to help next year. Next couple of months will be interesting to see unfold. Are the B's going to keep this core of veterans together and try to add a center or will we see some trades to rebuild the roster getting younger. Either way there are no easy solutions keeping the roster under the cap.
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