3/15. Bruins at Pens, take 1

[The Napkin]

Let's win a game.

 

[cshea]

DeBrusk is off the Covid list and will play tonight. Apparently it was a false positive (as was Coyle's Covid list appearance earlier this year).

Wagner out, Kuhlman getting in. Vaakanainen out, Kampfer in. Halak is in net. Rask is with the team but won't play tomorrow, so it'll either be Vladar or Swayman.

Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak
DeBrusk - Krejci - Smith
Ritchie - Coyle - Bjork
Frederic - Kuraly - Kuhlman

Grzelyck - McAvoy
Zboril - Clifton
Tinordi - Kampfer

Halak

 

[Maximus]

Tinordi & Kampfer is an epic 3rd pair.

 

[FelixMantilla]

FUCK YEAH!

 

[BostonFanInCanesLand]

Great shot to the upper corner. Fantastic screen by Ritchie too.

 

[cshea]

6th goal by a defenseman this season. It’s game 26.

 

[BostonFanInCanesLand]

6th goal by a defenseman this season. It’s game 26.

Ties them with Drew Doughty and John Carlson.

 

[FelixMantilla]

How the fuck did he miss that?

And I have always hated Rodrigues.

 

[Ferm Sheller]

They struggle so badly to get goals, they can't give up cheapies. Ugh.

 

[Maximus]

Halak with a softy.

 

[cshea]

Bubble Halak made an appearance

 

[FelixMantilla]

No wonder Halak seldom plays two games in a row,.

 

[Jordu]

Yikes, Jaro. This is turning ugly real fast.

 

[ColdSoxPack]

Halak playing like a backup today

 

[joe dokes]

If tinordi and kampfer backed up any more they would have gone through the glass behind halak.

 

[Maximus]

Halak is a soft as baby poo tonight.

 

[The Napkin]

Two softies, Tinordi on the ice for both.
Woo.

 

[cshea]

Lol Crosby against Tinordi. Instant goal.

 

[FelixMantilla]

B's played pretty well for most of the period. Two horrible goals allowed by Halak.

 

[Salem's Lot]

I hope it’s Vlader time for the 2nd.

 

[ColdSoxPack]

listening to the radio broadcast on the way home they said Rask will not play tomorrow. Dunno if that impacts if Jaro finishes this game.

 

[Salem's Lot]

Any ideas on what Pastrnak did there?

 

[Jordu]

Malkin went wide after his pass and the Bruins lost him. Big hill to climb now.

 

[joe dokes]

Tinordi should just be stationed behind halak.

 

[The Napkin]

Tinordi has been a total of less than 10' cumulative from the 3 goals

 

[cshea]

Just not a good hockey team.

 

[RetractableRoof]

That was a nice pass by Crosby, led him all alone moving towards the net.

 

[joe dokes]

Tinordi has been a total of less than 10' from the 3 goals cumulative

But 100 miles from any opposing player.

 

[cshea]

Try changing something other than the fucking lines, Bruce

 

[Salem's Lot]

I don’t know what more Neely & Sweeney gotta see before they do something.

edit: then again they thought Tinordi was a good idea, so maybe they’re the problem.

 

[ColdSoxPack]

Thank goodness they made more cousin Sal commercials

 

[ColdSoxPack]

It's going to be hard very hard to overcome the 2 softies Halak let in.

 

[cshea]

1 5x5 goal in their last 11 periods and counting.

4-7-2 in their last 13 games (half the season) if they can’t muster anything in the 3rd. Those early season comebacks are the only thing keeping them afloat.

 

[Salem's Lot]

What I want to know is, what are they doing as an organization? Are they trying to compete? Well then trade some young players. Are they trying to develop young defensemen? Well then why are veteran stiffs like Tinordi & Kampfer playing?

 

[cshea]

Feels absolutely hopeless.

 

[Salem's Lot]

I know I got laughed at a few weeks ago when I wondered if they were tuning out the coach, but they sure look like they may be tuning him out.

 

[Salem's Lot]

Everything perimeter, nobody taking it hard to the net.

 

[catomatic]

They’ve got shitty puck luck but they make up for it by playing shittier. Ready to fill out Jake’s luggage tags for him. Ship him anywhere.

 

[cshea]

I think Jake has been their best F tonight

 

[durandal1707]

Cash in, FFS

 

[Salem's Lot]

Two missed open nets. Jesus Christ.

 

[The Napkin]

Puke

 

[pedro1918]

They will never score.

 

[Maximus]

Feels absolutely hopeless.

Pasta misses two open nets on the PP. 10-1-2 seems like a decade ago.

 

[durandal1707]

Welp. This team is not good enough to survive its goalie giving up softies. It especially can't survive if the Bergeron line's execution isn't on for the evening.

 

[Maximus]

Everything perimeter, nobody taking it hard to the net.

And they take so long to decide to shoot, the opponents D has time to square up to the shot.

 

[Salem's Lot]

Welp. This team is not good enough to survive its goalie giving up softies. It especially can't survive if the Bergeron line's execution isn't on for the evening.

Yeah if it wasn’t for those two softies we’d be looking at the inevitable shootout loss. There is just a deep organizational problem with how they scout, draft, develop, and coach offensive talent.

 

[cshea]

Rookie goalie tomorrow. Good luck, kid. You need a shutout.

 

[Salem's Lot]

Rookie goalie tomorrow. Good luck, kid. You need a shutout.

I wish they would let Studnicka play center and bench Coyle. Talk about a guy that needs a wake up call.

 

[FelixMantilla]

Game thread so I feel I can piss and moan.

Zboril, DeBrusk and Senyshyn have combined for 2 goals and 8 assists this season.

Barzal, Connor and Chabot have combined for 25 goals and 44 assists this season.