1/18 - Beat Ottawa

katnado

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Bruins just absolutely love to beat themselves over and over. They didn't deserve any points in this game. Blow this garbage team up and start over
 

Dewey's 'stache

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Just when I thought the Bruins had found their way out of the 40+ games of wandering in the desert, they get lost again
 

mostman

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The last 1:30 of regulation was beyond terrible. All 5 Bruins were basically standing in place.
 

Haunted

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So I’ve barely been able to/chosen to watch this year. I didn’t watch tonight, but the small handful of games I’ve actually watched this season have been abysmal. Low effort (at least the appearance of it), awful play, awful goaltending. The team just isn’t very good. I had more fun watching the horrible Dave Lewis year.

Just blow it up already.
 

Myt1

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Your captain, second place in franchise history in GWG doesn’t play OT?
 

Myt1

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Yeah I don’t get this. What the hell is going on in that room? That’s two different coaches in three months having an issue with the captain.
Need that win for the massive emotional swing coming, good or bad, and he sits him? After a game in which the team seemed to have each other’s backs emotionally, even if their execution sucked at multiple times?

That’s certainly a choice, I guess.
 

Salem's Lot

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Need that win for the massive emotional swing coming, good or bad, and he sits him? After a game in which the team seemed to have each other’s backs emotionally, even if their execution sucked at multiple times?

That’s certainly a choice, I guess.
Yeah I don’t get it at all. He benches Marchand but not Lindholm who made a worse play on the 4th goal? I’m leaning towards it just being a poor coaching decision.
 

Jordu

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Marchand is third all time in OT goals, behind only Ovechkin and Crosby. Something must be seriously wrong between Marchand and Sacco, or among the players, for Sacco to grocery-stick Marchand.

I have the same question as @Salem's Lot: what’s going on in the room?
 

ColdSoxPack

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From the Hockey News:

During the Boston Bruins' ugly shootout loss to the Ottawa Senators, head coach Joe Sacco benched Brad Marchand for all of overtime. This was after Josh Norris, the player Marchand was defending, scored with just 12 seconds left in the third period to tie the game up at 5-5.

Marchand said "Yeah, I mean, he’s going to make decisions based on how he feels each guy is playing each night," Marchand said. "I get it. It’s on me to be better."
 

The B’s Knees

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Yeah I don’t care if Marchand told him to go fuck himself, they needed that point and not having Marchand out there reduced the probability of getting that point.
This.
If the Bruins end up just missing the playoffs, I think we’ll look back at this game as one of the key reasons why.