Bruins @ Winnipeg
- Thread starter Salem's Lot
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The shootout still sucks.
Great road trip against some good teams while playing without some key players. Hopefully Grz isn't out too long.
Great road trip against some good teams while playing without some key players. Hopefully Grz isn't out too long.
Jets win 4-4 in a shootout!
Seriously though, great trip by the B’s. 2-0-2 swing through the Central division with 3 of 4 teams playing for their playoff lives and icing a severely depleted lineup. I’m the drivers seat for the 1 seed if they can take care of business. Administered the death blow to Dallas in the process.
Seriously though, great trip by the B’s. 2-0-2 swing through the Central division with 3 of 4 teams playing for their playoff lives and icing a severely depleted lineup. I’m the drivers seat for the 1 seed if they can take care of business. Administered the death blow to Dallas in the process.
I realized how stupid my last comment was so I with sarcasm to mask my burning desire to hate admitting when I’m an idiot.
Just watched the Morrisey boarding. Don't understand how that's not a match penalty given the applied "standard". I eagerly await whatever bullshit rationale the DPS gives for that not being a 3+ suspension too.
6 out of 8 points on this trip with a number one D pair and a whole 2nd line out is beyond fucking impressive.
Following up through 8/15 games on my prior post in the 3/13 Carolina thread:
They've also gotten through the harder trips (length and time at home), and have 4 at home with a Florida trip left.
That being said. 3 of 7 against a Florida team fighting for a playoff spot. 2 against Tampa, who wants the first seed. Philly is fighting for a playoff spot. Ottawa doesn't give a fuck.
I think if Khudobin takes the PHI and OTT contests, Rask will be on a 2-3 day per start schedule going in to the playoffs where that is the norm. Even if he starts 5/7 left, he's still 11(!!!!!!) starts and over 500 minutes played behind last season.
Also,
Last year the backup goalies were 7-10-2. Khudobin was 7-6-1. He's 15-6-6 this year. That's a 21 point standings improvement over last season. I think that's the stat that cements him as the 7th man this season for me. His competent play has made Rask not have to shoulder all of the burden, and I think he'll be sharper in the playoffs for it.
They've gone WLWOOWWO for 4-1-3 (11/16). They need 9 of 14 to hit my arbitrary goal, which I'm even happier about given the injuries.
They've also gotten through the harder trips (length and time at home), and have 4 at home with a Florida trip left.
That being said. 3 of 7 against a Florida team fighting for a playoff spot. 2 against Tampa, who wants the first seed. Philly is fighting for a playoff spot. Ottawa doesn't give a fuck.
I think if Khudobin takes the PHI and OTT contests, Rask will be on a 2-3 day per start schedule going in to the playoffs where that is the norm. Even if he starts 5/7 left, he's still 11(!!!!!!) starts and over 500 minutes played behind last season.
Also,
Last year the backup goalies were 7-10-2. Khudobin was 7-6-1. He's 15-6-6 this year. That's a 21 point standings improvement over last season. I think that's the stat that cements him as the 7th man this season for me. His competent play has made Rask not have to shoulder all of the burden, and I think he'll be sharper in the playoffs for it.
Khudobin has a .903 save percentage in his last 20 appearances going back to November 24th.
He was hot at the right tine early in the year when Rask was dealing with some issues, but he really hasn’t been all that good for a few months.