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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 1, 2023 22:53:01 GMT -5
Great response by the team. A very well-played game by the entire team, Zacha continues to sizzle along with his shots with 2 more tonight. Now we can go into the break confident the previous 3 games were just a forgotten moment when all is said and done.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 1, 2023 0:09:22 GMT -5
Not at that price he didn’t in many ways he was the best fit for a team going for it. And if they could resign him, help bridge the gap should both Bergeron and Krejci retire after this season. I understand the limited amount we have under the salary cap would have made a trade difficult but if we are going for it, and all in this season which I have to believe is the case with both players previously mentioned as serious candidates to retire if we don't win the cup and even more so if we do win the cup. We'd lose two top centers in one off season, so there would be a glaring hole to fill. They could allways agree to an extension when the timing was right. Two guys that remain on the radar and are easier fits regarding the cap are Ivan Barbarshev of the Blues who provides size and versatility at the LW/C positions and can help with scoring depth to and he helped eliminate the B's with 2 goals and 1 assist in the controversial game 7 the last Stanley Cup the B's played in, another one is Max Domi of the Blackhawks for all the same basic reasons as Ivan, and he too has playoff experience. These two players should not cost as much Horvat did either.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 28, 2023 23:24:28 GMT -5
2 things driving me crazy is how god awful these refs are, and it has been both ways and I have no ideas if it has balanced each other out. That and National Broadcasters talking up the Lakers and trying to will them to be the 'Beast of the West'. Good god they sound pathetic, stop already with that narrative.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 28, 2023 23:08:59 GMT -5
Things are totally fine with this team. Nothing to see here. Again, 2 starters missing, the team has slumped some past the halfway point and still has the best record in the NBA. Anyone want to comment about LeBron's reaction at the end as it compares to Tatum's whining? It's what they do in the NBA, I don't like it either but I'm not going to do any pyschological investigations or conclusions based on it. Nothing happening right now is going to effect their attempt at a Championship at the end of the season, other than over -reactions by fans.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 28, 2023 14:04:37 GMT -5
Is there where we pretend that wasn’t a pathetic loss? And that this team doesn’t still have some insanely bad habits? Unlike cdj, I really do appreciate the schtick, but it should be noted that yesterday was the 3rd game in 4 nights and those are hard as f*ck to win. They sent it to overtime which was great and by all means they had a great shot to win it. Brown and Tatum just didn't have it and they played like ass down the stretch. Tired legs. And one of the games they were without 3 starters and their sixth man. Sorry but really should that game even be in the equation of the conversation? No way no how.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 26, 2023 23:50:27 GMT -5
Wait we are blaming him for hitting the WR in the helmet 50 yards down field? Lost me at that one I had it closer to 40 yards and yeah absolutely. Heck look at a bunch of his short throws, they were off a lot. He has the ability to make that Parker throw, we saw it a few weeks ago to Thornton. If he can't make big time throws, you can't stretch the D and open things up. The receiver can adjust to the throw, a bomb off the mask is all on the reciever no two ways about that one.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 26, 2023 22:09:11 GMT -5
Turned it when OT started and 2 minutes in these announcers are god awful.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 26, 2023 21:48:43 GMT -5
Did the ref get an assist on TB's second goal? That was absurd.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 24, 2023 23:13:32 GMT -5
We just gonna call every midseason loss pathetic? Is that what we’re going to do? Wake me up in the spring So we lost power here in Southern NH last night so I missed the game, worked late tonight and the Mrs. had the B's on when I got home so I missed the past 2 games, of course both losses. It's getting odder all the time. Saw the play by play box score and saw two turnover by Tatum in the last minute or so. It seems like the team could use some rest, dog days of the season.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 21, 2023 20:22:55 GMT -5
From the post game show Smart had x-rays taken and it was negative. Chances are he won't miss more much more than a few games. I missed part of the game and missed Rob's injury. Did he stay in the game for a short time after colliding with Brown? Hyperextended knee to the twice surgically repaired knee. Have to wait and see with Rob. All the more reason to trade for another big.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 21, 2023 15:51:33 GMT -5
Another thing of note is how long a streak Swayman is on since allowing a goal, he's hasn't allowed a goal since the Anehiem game first period with 3 minutes 5 seconds left and the two periods after that. The shut-out the Islanders last game he's about to finish the second period here without allowing a goal that's over 7 periods without allowing a goal. Way to jinx him, jerk. Man, was he great, though. A shame he couldn't get the shutout. I hope you took my poke in the same vain as you have here. I knew I was risking the streak even as I typed it but he nearly carried it another period. Three games back he allowed a goal in the first period with about 3 minutes left in the period. He went nearly 8 periods without allowing a goal, 2 goals allowed in his last 3 games. It's awesome having 2 goalies that can on any given night be the best player on the ice.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 19, 2023 22:25:33 GMT -5
Zacha should now have a 3-game goal-scoring streak and 4 in 3 games. Can anyone explain why the goal he scored against the Islanders was not credited to him? He shot it, but no one was around to tip it, it trickled behind the goal and Forbort rushed to it but clearly, it was already behind the goal line when Forbort poked at it. The goal was initially credited to Forbort, later on, Brick said it was changed to Forbort but in the end, the box score never registered the correct way. We all seem to think that box score mistakes are something that used to happen in the olden days, the more things change the more they stay the same.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 19, 2023 22:15:07 GMT -5
Overall the turnovers are not a problem at all for both the Jay's compare them to other scorers in the same tier and if anything they are on the lower end of the scale for turnovers. Sure there are games here and there when that happens but we only notice becuase it's our team and we watch alot of the games. Bottom line is it's not a problem. If you think I'm wrong look it up. Why did the ref's not review the last play clearly and easily could be verified it went off a Warriors hand. Didn't matter but that's not the point. The process is flawed.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 19, 2023 20:43:50 GMT -5
Another thing of note is how long a streak Swayman is on since allowing a goal, he's hasn't allowed a goal since the Anehiem game first period with 3 minutes 5 seconds left and the two periods after that. The shut-out the Islanders last game he's about to finish the second period here without allowing a goal that's over 7 periods without allowing a goal.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 19, 2023 20:31:47 GMT -5
I think Jack Edwards might have finally figured out that Zacha scored that goal. So can someone throw me a bone. The game last night against the Islanders Zacha, shot one from far out that trickled in and Forbort came in from the side and poked at a puck that the replay clearly showed was already in the net. I said to my wife ,"that's Zacha's goal watch they'll reverse it" later Brick verified it was changed and credited to Zacha. But when I check the results of the game it's still shown as Forborts. What gives, can anyone throw some light on what happened here? Bueller? Bueller?
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 18, 2023 21:16:25 GMT -5
So, I'll accept thanks for the reverse jinx on Zacha's goal scoring. You're welcome. I was going to say it didn't age well. He's the youngest on the team and still has some time left to develop. And now he has 3 in 2 games. Great trade and did well to extend him
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 17, 2023 20:19:42 GMT -5
I was going to say it didn't age well. He's the youngest on the team and still has some time left to develop. Which I referred to. To be clear, I don't hate the signing or anything. But he's just a decent player at this point. With this signing, it looks like the Bruins will have about $60 mil committed for next year, plus the bonuses Bergeron and Krejci get, which carry over. The cap is expected to be under 85 mil. So, now the team has in the area of 20 mil, with Pastrnak not signed, no 1st or 2nd line center, plus a number of other players who need to be signed or replaced (Swayman, Clifton, Frederic, Nosek, Foligno, Smith). That looks like a nightmare. And I'm just not sure I'd have spent near 5 mil of the available space on Zacha. Then I think we have an answer that they really are all in this season. If we win it all Krejci I'm sure would retire and I think Bergeron is likely to as well. Zacha is part of the building blocks not just for next season but beyond. I hope the rumors about landing one more piece (Horvat) are true as it potentially could help this year and beyond especially if both Bergeron and Krejci retire after this year. That'd be a huge hole to fill.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 17, 2023 18:36:24 GMT -5
See what Ted Williams said about pitchers and batters in their first year or two, it's right so often and ive posted it about 10 times. Everyone should have lowered expectations the first 2 years for players. True. One thing about Casas, though, is that I think he'll take his share of walks and play good defense even if the overall offensive production isn't there yet, which gives him a solid floor as he gets his sea legs. Just based on those skills he should give them positive WAR.
Maybe you could look at Carlos Santana last season as a comp? He hit .202/.316/.376 with a 14% BB rate and +3 OAA defense, and that was good for 1.0 fWAR in 506 PAs, even with like 40% of those coming at DH.
Or Ryan Mountcastle, who doesn't walk as much but had a .305 OBP and .423 SLG (106 wRC+) and slightly above average defense and that was good for 1.6 WAR.
Or Matt Olson: +2 DRS, 10.7% walk rate, .240/.325/.477 (122 wRC+). 3.1 WAR. That would be a great outcome for Casas in his first season, but I wouldn't even call it his ceiling. (ZiPS' 80th percentile projection for Casas is a line of .286/.377/.495.)
Becuase his defense albeit firstbase and his OBP ability based on his willingness to take a walk his floor should be solid. I think he even has a chance to make an all-star game near his peak but I think that peak is a few years out.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 17, 2023 0:38:34 GMT -5
Xander was in a spot where he was playing 3b, wondering why he wasn't playing SS all while getting eaten up alive by sliders. But 2014 was a long time ago. I think he'd be fine at 3b, but no, it's not a slam dunk. Of course in 2013 he probably didn't mind playing 3b. It got him to the majors and he wound up starting in the World Series those last 4 games. As far as 2013 went the Sox got 44 promising ABs from X, a helluva ALCS and some contributions in the World Series. So while 3b was the one weak spot that lineup had one could feel with C lurking the hole could be filled quickly. Come to think of it, Casas' debut reminds me a lot of Bogaerts'. It's not so much the results as the showing up in MLB and immediately having great professional-looking at-bats, where it just seemed like the player belongs.
But it did take until 2015 for Xander to really hit his stride. Hopefully it won't take Casas that long; and he is a couple years older than Xander was at a comparable point.
See what Ted Williams said about pitchers and batters in their first year or two, it's right so often and ive posted it about 10 times. Everyone should have lowered expectations the first 2 years for players.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 17, 2023 0:14:27 GMT -5
So, I'll accept thanks for the reverse jinx on Zacha's goal scoring. You're welcome. I was going to say it didn't age well. He's the youngest on the team and still has some time left to develop.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 11, 2023 22:00:38 GMT -5
I think you could make the argument he’s the 2nd most important player on the team, and he’s no worse than 3rd I definitely think he's second most important and impactful after Tatum. You under rate Brown and I love RWIII. If Rob can prove he's healthy he's easily #3. After this year would Smart be someone you could move. He's starting to have his own health issues. He seems like he's helped excelerate the two J's growth as players/leaders and I think he might bring back the most value without hurting the teams ceiling. He's getting older NBA wise, he plays hard all the time. He's starting to miss time. I'm beggining to see Pedroia early stages. I'd rather trade a player a year to early than to late. I'm not sold on the idea yet but I think he'd be the rare trade that could bring back more value than any other player you'd consider trading. That and we are loaded at point guard.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 10, 2023 21:15:10 GMT -5
If this is true, why not just bite the bullet and get the surgery in October? Likely back for opening day with (possibly) a better chance of playing SS. If you can avoid surgery you do, any set-backs with the surgery and the timeline is the same anyway. I used to bitch about the same thing. Players want to play, bottom line and if any of us thought why didn't player X get surgery done on Y, it's been thought of before and they have reasons for doing so even if you can't conceive of what those reasons are.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 9, 2023 0:08:31 GMT -5
(I didn't know where this conversation would go, so I started a new thread...) So I guess you would think about that as raw power correlating with Iso whereas game power more directly with slugging percentage. At the extreme, you've got someone like Wade Boggs with a .443 career SLG (very good!) despite only a .115 Iso. There's no one thing on that Fangraphs list that I'd say is insane, but it's like they're one step out of the mainstream view on everyone out of the top three in one direction or the other, leading to a list that looks just totally batty. James's comment got me thinking about 1987... Boggs yielded out-of-character power numbers that year, particularly with the homers. I remember that he stated before the season that his focus was on hitting more dingers, and he succeeded on that front. And then he never did it again. Has anyone ever seen a more robust conversation of this outlier season? Like, why he changed his approach for one season, and then seemingly abandoned it for the remainder of his career? IIRC and I think I do he was commited to show he could hit for more power. Mission accomplished to a degree and it's not who he was. He was a once (or twice see Gwynn) in a generation type pure hitter. IIRC again and I think I do he actually hit over .400 in a calender year over 2 different seasons.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 9, 2023 0:01:34 GMT -5
Here's as complete a list as I can think of my music tastes, I'm sure I'm missing someone, and I'm sure I'll get the piss taken out of me for some of these, but to each their own.. They are in no preferential order. Led Zeppelin Rolling Stones Beatles Lane and The Badass Chickenbones Jayhawks Blind Melon Black Crowes Toad The Wet Sprocket Toadies Nine Inch Nails Tori Amos Sara McLaughlin Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Brad Paisley Roy Orbison Patsy Cline Everly Brothers Righteous Brothers The Avett Brothers Barenaked Ladies Guster Aerosmith Alabama Shakes Arlo Guthrie Beach Boys Bell Biv Devoe New Edition Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five Ben Harper Blink 182 Bloodhound Gang Bob Marley Brett Dennen Cake The Cars Counting Crows Crosby Stills and Nash Crowded House Simply Red Damn Yankees Dave Matthews (in moderation) David Gray De La Soul Duran Duran Dwight Yoakum Eagles Eddie Money Elton John Elvis Costello Elvis Eminem Fleetwood Mac Flogging Molly Frank Zappa Fugees G. Love and Special Sauce George Ezra Gin Blossoms Glen Phillips Guns and Roses Hanna-McEuen Head and the Heart Hot Buttered Rum House of Pain Incubus Infamous Stringdusters INXS Jackson Five Michael Jackson James Taylor Dizzy Gillepsie Janes Addiction Jars of Clay Jeff Buckley Jodecei Coltrane Jump Little Children Grateful Dead Kaleo Keith Urban Korn LA Guns Lenny Kravitz LL Cool J Lord Huron Luminners Marvin Gaye Matthew Sweet Meatloaf Mr. Big Mutual Admiration Society Neil Young Nelly Nelly Furtado Nickel Creek Nirvana Pearl Jam OAR Oasis Old Crow Medicine Show Paul Simon Percy Sledge Peter Cetera Chicago Phill Collins Pink Floyd Poison Primus Prince Punch Brothers Queen REM Radiohead Rage Against The Machine Ray Charles Rodney Crowell Ryan Adams Shai Sheryl Crow Sir Mix-A-Lot Smashing Pumpkins Steve Miller Band Sublime Suicidal Tendancies Tears for Fears Tom Petty Tonic Tony, Toni, Tone Train Trampled By Turles Travis U2 (older stuff) Van Halen Vance Joy Vertical Horizon Violent Femmes Waybacks Weezer Wheatus Wilco Wood Brothers 10,000 Maniacs Anyone on here have Pandora stations they'd be willing to share?. I've been using it for around 15 years. Solid overlap of music we like here, I knew on another post added Kool and the Gang, the Gap Band (?) James Brown. I few others I'll add are the Clash, The Heavy, Soundgarden, The Eagles, Slighty Stupid, Joe Strummer, Peter Tosh and the Wailers, The Mighty Mighty Bostones, B-52s, Ray Lamontagne, Electric Light Orchestra, Super Tramp, Johny Cash, The Pixies, English Beat, Janes Addiction, George Micheal, Gnarles Barkely, The Gorrillas, Patrick Sweeney, Big Bad Vodoo Daddy, DMX, Lenny Kravitz, The Specials, Average White Band, Pete Gabriel, Black Keys, White Stripes, Beastie Boys,
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Jan 8, 2023 16:00:04 GMT -5
Last year we made the playoff and we were blown out by the Bills, this season also ended at the hands of the Bills but we lost due to special teams only. I'm encouraged going into next season, we need another good draft and players in year 1 & 2 making the jump. Honestly I don't know the free agent situation so that could changes things, obviously.
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