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Post by soxfansince67 on Dec 16, 2023 8:50:34 GMT -5
Synchronicity - Bs and Cs both 19-5 (with some OTW for the Bs)
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Dec 16, 2023 9:04:06 GMT -5
Overall the goalies have been leaned on a little to much, anyone could have predicted this before the year began. Do we need a true first line center? Do we trade Ulmark? Again both are things I, and many others predicted as a need before the season began. I'm still not convinced where there yet but I do think it should be on everyones radar. I don’t think there’s a chance in hell they trade Ullmark this season. Could see the offseason though. Geekie was a beast last night Last year I thought even the idea of trading Ullmark was foolish. But during the off-season when you lose your top 2 centers the idea that the offense would suffer was a common sense one. They did not have a lot of cap space to land a free agent either so they were going to have to lean on the D to make it happen this year. They've done well and the defense is the reason as they are arguably the best defensive team in the league and the goals against back that up. The goals for tell a different story, a story of mediocrity right in the middle of the pack. That right there is not enough reason however their goalie in Providence is having a good year with a 2.46 GAA and a .918 SV% in Michael Dipietro and appears ready to be a good back-up goalie in the NHL. Ullmark is on the third year of his four year contract and coming of a deserving Vezina award from last year. A season in which Swayman was the better goalie from December on and has been the better goalie this season too. Ullmark's value may be at a peak and is greater to another team than it is to the Bruins and that's pretty valuable too. I still think they need to wait more to assess if they do indeed need a true #1 center on the team, there is no rush to do so but they have an expendable piece to acquire one. |
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Post by cdj on Dec 16, 2023 9:08:05 GMT -5
I think Dipietro is too small for the level imo, I would not be comfortable with him as an nhl backup. He’s been really bad for the canucks in the few games he was called up in his career
I like Bussi and Svedeback. Dyck is having a good year too. So they have young goalie talent, I just don’t trust any of them yet. Bussi may be ready by next year.
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Post by tizzle on Dec 16, 2023 20:15:31 GMT -5
I can't believe we didn't get screwed on a challenge.
Seems like a first out of like ten times this year.
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Post by tizzle on Dec 16, 2023 21:39:35 GMT -5
Screw these rwfs. The is absolutely pathetic!
The second time tonight they have lifted a Bruins's tick to get a high stick call. Flopped for the PP to tie it.
Blatant trip of Marchand should have given us a 5 on 3, they refused to call it.
Penalty minutes 30-15. 5 of those on NY a for a fight, 2 for a bad challenge.
Without those two things it's 25-8.
Ridiculous.
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Post by tizzle on Dec 16, 2023 21:59:36 GMT -5
Total screw job. Swayman deserved so much better.
And Gryz skates away from puck to lose possession and then leaves a guy open in front of net for winner.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Dec 16, 2023 22:55:57 GMT -5
So either the refs are grossly incompetent or the league is up to shenanigans. If your defense is to defend that, it's merely incompetence, then what is the business with the coffers this league has doing employing grossly incompetent refs and never firing any of them actually doing? Logic forces you to go in another direction, make even a bad argument defending its simply mere incompetence.
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Post by cdj on Dec 16, 2023 23:05:46 GMT -5
I’ve never seen such poor officiating in back to back games before
Glad they got 3 points this weekend
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Post by homerdante on Dec 17, 2023 2:47:03 GMT -5
that was absolutely putrid officiating. Someone in the league office should be docking the pay of those clowns.
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Post by tizzle on Dec 17, 2023 12:42:29 GMT -5
that was absolutely putrid officiating. Someone in the league office should be docking the pay of those clowns. Well, if you listen to Ranger fans online, the only questionable call was the Frederic goal. You know, the one they showed 100 replays of and no one could see Freddy doing anything to the G. They should have reversed that anyway. Rangers got hosed. Meanwhile, the two high stick calls that were both the Rangers doing it to themselves? Legit B's penalties. The blatant flop after Carlo brushed a Ranger? Great call. Marchand being tripped in front of the refs and them not calling it? Nothing to see there. Again 25-8 in PM minus the fight and the review. But the Rangers were the ones who got screwed last night. Now you know. |
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Dec 17, 2023 19:57:47 GMT -5
that was absolutely putrid officiating. Someone in the league office should be docking the pay of those clowns. They are not transparent about such matters. A lack of transparency one way or other inevitably leads to corruption. It always has and always will. |
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Post by cdj on Dec 19, 2023 21:12:20 GMT -5
Biggest takeaway right now is both of these goalies are really good
Flower still got it
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Post by soxfansince67 on Dec 19, 2023 22:36:15 GMT -5
Bs need to stop turning wins into an OT loss. Way too frequent.
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Post by tizzle on Dec 20, 2023 18:07:26 GMT -5
Lotta criticism today for DeBrusk in OT.
Missed the net with a couple of shots, but I think the thing that really sticks is how he took a lazy wide turn after that last one and therefore was way out of the play on the break that eded up the game-winner.
Not a great look.
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Post by tizzle on Dec 22, 2023 20:17:49 GMT -5
Kicking motion saved an early goal that would have been mostly on DeBrusk too.
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Post by cdj on Dec 22, 2023 20:50:40 GMT -5
They played an awful first 15 min or so and didn’t allow a goal and then once they started playing better they allowed one with 7 seconds left in the period. Wonderful
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Post by soxfansince67 on Dec 22, 2023 21:43:24 GMT -5
only getting worse in this game. yikes.
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Post by cdj on Dec 22, 2023 21:56:11 GMT -5
Yeah this is a no show
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Post by tizzle on Dec 23, 2023 20:22:46 GMT -5
Geekie needs better moves on breakaways.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Dec 23, 2023 21:09:21 GMT -5
Recent games the Bs are getting massively outshot
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Post by cdj on Dec 23, 2023 21:27:19 GMT -5
In a bit of a rut
1st period was solid, 2nd was atrocious
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Post by tizzle on Dec 23, 2023 21:52:35 GMT -5
I think we're starting to see the team we are. That hot start was surprising. I think they're finding their level.
Meanwhile, perfect example of why NHL officiating is so horrible. Two early penalties on Minnesota, each of them obvious and non-controversial. Then, Marchand with a great scoring opportunity and is clearly tripped, right in front of the refs. They just decide they don't want to call the first three penalties on one team, so they swallow the whistle. No other sort does this- just deciding not to calll an obvious penalty to be "fair"
Meanwhile, apart from the 5 minutes for the fight, the penalties end up 10-4 for them. Guess once they had called c couple on each team, "fairness' isn't so important.
Stupid league.
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Post by cdj on Dec 24, 2023 13:33:07 GMT -5
Renaud Lavoie reporting that teams are shying away from trading for Noah Hanifin because they know he wants to go home to Boston in free agency. That’s p neat, he’s a very good player
“The thing with Hanifin is, he’s been on the market, if I’m not mistaken, for the last two years. But the problem is, everyone knows that he wants to play for the (Boston) Bruins. So, no one’s ready to make that move, because that connection with the Bruins is there. It kind of handcuffs everyone, because they all know that at one point he’ll sign with (Boston). So, it’s a tricky situation for him.”
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Post by tizzle on Dec 24, 2023 18:29:32 GMT -5
Renaud Lavoie reporting that teams are shying away from trading for Noah Hanifin because they know he wants to go home to Boston in free agency. That’s p neat, he’s a very good player “The thing with Hanifin is, he’s been on the market, if I’m not mistaken, for the last two years. But the problem is, everyone knows that he wants to play for the (Boston) Bruins. So, no one’s ready to make that move, because that connection with the Bruins is there. It kind of handcuffs everyone, because they all know that at one point he’ll sign with (Boston). So, it’s a tricky situation for him.” Not sure that's where our money should go, though. Unless you deal Lindholm, which I'd be okay with. I actually was thinking I'd offer Coyle and Lindholm for Hanifin, Elias Lindholm and decent draft picks, if those two indicated they'd sign now contracts with us. It'd be worth it for them, because those are two FAs who won't re-sign and leave for nothing. Meanwhile, it gives us a #1C and recoups some of our picks (maybe the two 2s). While not taking a whole lot of our cap space for next year. Hanifin is 3 years younger than Hampus and I'm not very high on H. Lindholm thesis days. I don't think there is much chance they do something near that radical during the season. |
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Post by cdj on Dec 25, 2023 23:40:59 GMT -5
Renaud Lavoie reporting that teams are shying away from trading for Noah Hanifin because they know he wants to go home to Boston in free agency. That’s p neat, he’s a very good player “The thing with Hanifin is, he’s been on the market, if I’m not mistaken, for the last two years. But the problem is, everyone knows that he wants to play for the (Boston) Bruins. So, no one’s ready to make that move, because that connection with the Bruins is there. It kind of handcuffs everyone, because they all know that at one point he’ll sign with (Boston). So, it’s a tricky situation for him.” Not sure that's where our money should go, though. Unless you deal Lindholm, which I'd be okay with. I actually was thinking I'd offer Coyle and Lindholm for Hanifin, Elias Lindholm and decent draft picks, if those two indicated they'd sign now contracts with us. It'd be worth it for them, because those are two FAs who won't re-sign and leave for nothing. Meanwhile, it gives us a #1C and recoups some of our picks (maybe the two 2s). While not taking a whole lot of our cap space for next year. Hanifin is 3 years younger than Hampus and I'm not very high on H. Lindholm thesis days. I don't think there is much chance they do something near that radical during the season. Hampus has a full NTC for another 3 years and he seems to like it here. Calgary is usually on every player with a partial NTC list because they don’t wanna live there Hampus is not what he was last season but honestly he’s still probably worth his money. Guys not providing a ton offensively so far and he takes too many minors but he’s a horse for them. Would be nice for him to get back to last season’s form, he was a legit Norris candidate. This is more than likely what he is going forward, maybe with a little more offensive production |
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