2/9 - Sharks @ Butch Cassidy & The Corsi Kids

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Cehlarik with 2 points tonight too.

That was incredible.
 

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Spooner has been absolutely everywhere the last three games. He's been a very good player in the new system.
Well I think we knew he would be a better fit in an uptempo system. The question is if the Bruins front office thought this and built the team to play this way, what took so long to fire Julien?
 

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Krejci gets Pastrnak back on his line and looks fantastic the last few games. Hmmmmmm
Actually he's looked pretty bad and slow like he has all year except for his points/goals on PP2 - which doesn't have Pastrnak on it. But I'm sure you knew that.
 

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Well I think we knew he would be a better fit in an uptempo system. The question is if the Bruins front office thought this and built the team to play this way, what took so long to fire Julien?
Being honest, I think the leadership wanted Claude gone in the offseason but wasn't willing to take the PR hit. I think the teams lackluster play, combined with the success of the Patriots gave them the out they were looking for.

This team isn't the 2010/11 Bruins who were a physically demanding team to play against. They're a skill/possession team who more and more needs to rely on their young speed to generate offense. Claude's teams were able to create offense, but not in the way this team is best suited to create it.

Again, what the fuck do I know. But the way the team is playing speaks to a change being perhaps what they needed.
 

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My hot take 8 periods into the Cassidy era is that the structure is far looser. The result is they are far more creative offensively, but the trade off is they give up more chances and are more prone to odd man rushes against.
 

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Imma let you finish, but..

Maybe Claude was holding back some of the younger offensive guys.
I think I posted this in the Claude thread a month or so back, but I said I thought he might not be the right coach for this particular team. We're only 3 games in and there's always an initial boost to the team under a new coach, but it sure feels that way.
 

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My hot take 8 periods into the Cassidy era is that the structure is far looser. The result is they are far more creative offensively, but the trade off is they give up more chances and are more prone to odd man rushes against.
No doubt about it. With their lack of talent on the back end there are going to be a few games where they allow like 6-8 goals so there will be some struggles while some of the young guys develop. However I think with their personnel this style suits them much more.
 

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My hot take 8 periods into the Cassidy era is that the structure is far looser. The result is they are far more creative offensively, but the trade off is they give up more chances and are more prone to odd man rushes against.
Cassidy has said that it will take some time to find a "balance." As an assistant, he coached the defensemen, right? So he knows what he's got. I am dreading the inevitable night when the offense doesn't click and we lose 6-1.

No question, letting the forwards be more creative and the defensemen to join the offense has paid off over these three games. I think that may slow down as other coaches start to figure out what Cassidy is doing and how to exploit it.
 

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I just want to say that I directly attribute the Bruins recent run to the successful return of PSK, BSF, and TFP to the gamethreads.

Now we just need Sach, GoYang, more Realness, more FL4WLESS and we'll be whole again.
 

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not for nothing but with a win here they'll be 6 points back of Montreal with the same GP.
 

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I'm going to the game in San Jose a week from tonight, I didn't realize until now that the B's are off after tonight until then.

That's a nice change, I'm used to the Sharks game being the 3rd in the LA-Anaheim-SJ stretch and them being completely gassed.