Bruins v. Devils

PedroSpecialK

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McAvoy not on the ice for morning skate, not sure if it's a maintenance day or what but he played the full game in Carolina.

DeBrusk is suited up taking rushes with Krejci and Heinen this AM


 

cshea

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Hopefully McAvoy is just sick or something and it is not recurring concussion symptoms.

Cave getting his look as 3C. They can’t demote until midnight tonight I think, but I would think JFK heads to Providence for some game action this weekend. If they activate Miller and Chara tonight they will need to make some sort of roster move when the freeze ends since they would be at 24 players. JFK down is the most logical. Acciari and Cave need waivers.

Then there’s the Kampfer question. Try to sneak him through waivers, or Postma him for the rest of the year and carry 8 D?
 

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Then there’s the Kampfer question. Try to sneak him through waivers, or Postma him for the rest of the year and carry 8 D?
I would really hate keeping him as an 8th defenseman. He's at best marginally better than UV/Lauzon/Cliffton, and if any of them (other than maybe UV, there's not enough evidence on him yet) are playing significant minutes in important games, they're screwed.
 

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I would really hate keeping him as an 8th defenseman. He's at best marginally better than UV/Lauzon/Cliffton, and if any of them (other than maybe UV, there's not enough evidence on him yet) are playing significant minutes in important games, they're screwed.
I’m OK with that too, but I bet they’ll be spooked and keep Kampfer around for a while. He’s cheap, has experience, and played reasonably well enough, so I think he’d get claimed if they tried to waive him. They still seem to value experience and depth.
 

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Stephen Kampfer needs 17 more appearances to be eligible to be etched on the cup. In 2011, he was 2 short.
 

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Arizona (W), Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Carolina losses characterized by sleepy starts, sleepy hockey against teams they should probably beat. 3-3 in their last 6, these are their losses and they have a common theme with this one. Haven't seen all the games, I only catch them when they're starting slow, it seems.
 

Salem's Lot

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Arizona (W), Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Carolina losses characterized by sleepy starts, sleepy hockey against teams they should probably beat. 3-3 in their last 6, these are their losses and they have a common theme with this one. Haven't seen all the games, I only catch them when they're starting slow, it seems.
They had a 2-0 lead in Carolina and were well on their way to winning that game until their best defenseman had a rough period and handed them 3 goals. They were even through one with Buffalo. And it’s hard to beat teams with dominant #1 centers like Eichel and Crosby without Bergeron anyway.
 

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Even harder to beat them when you cough the first 1 or 2 up of both games and never lead either. Outshot against Carolina in the 1st, too, FWIW. Before surrendering 5 of the next 6 in what should qualify as a sleepy stretch the equal of having gone down 0-2 to Arizona at home. As much as I like Wagner's finish on that goal just now, I like the shoulder he throws the Devil cruising in to clean him out just as much. Put him in the net.
 

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What's the consensus on Alex?
Best hockey-knowledge the B's have had since Naoko. She's actually had some really good questions about secondary passing and defensive coverage during rushes.
Sometimes I think she overdoes it a tiny bit with her screen presence/personality, and that detracts from the good interviews she does otherwise.

Also, Donato got crosschecked in the face there. What the hell?