12/14 - Bruins @ Penguins

Maximus

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Thanks to Tuukka we got a point out of the game. Grezylk shouldn't have been on the ice in OT.
 

Greg29fan

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Good game fellas. Thought the Bruins were the better team much of the night. Your structure and face-off ability still give the Penguins a lot of problems.
 

cshea

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Yeah, you want the speedy, skilled guys on the ice in OT. The stay-at-home defensemen would get toasted. 3-on-3 is not the time to worry about defending. It's man-to-man and you'd want guys that can transition up the ice in a hurry. Claude's aware of this, the 3 trio's he typically uses in OT are:

Marchand-Bergeron-Krug
Pastrnak-Krejci-Carlo
Spooner-Czarnik-Morrow/C. Miller/Grzelcyk

Chara, McQuaid and K. Miller have not seen the ice in OT that I can remember.
 

joe dokes

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Yeah, you want the speedy, skilled guys on the ice in OT. The stay-at-home defensemen would get toasted. 3-on-3 is not the time to worry about defending. It's man-to-man and you'd want guys that can transition up the ice in a hurry. Claude's aware of this, the 3 trio's he typically uses in OT are:

Marchand-Bergeron-Krug
Pastrnak-Krejci-Carlo
Spooner-Czarnik-Morrow/C. Miller/Grzelcyk

Chara, McQuaid and K. Miller have not seen the ice in OT that I can remember.
This sounds right. And we've seen both sides of OT Spooner the last two games.
 

McDrew

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Or ever again.
I want to see him exactly 14 more times, which qualifies him for the expansion draft.

Thanks to Tuukka we got a point out of the game. Grezylk shouldn't have been on the ice in OT.
Grzelcyk is exactly the kind of defenseman that the B's want on the ice on 3-3. Stay-at-home defensemen without mobility are a liability with all that open ice. Grzelcyk is a puck-mover, and is really good at making smart plays to limit opposing offensive opportunities.