Game 7 - Montreal @ Boston - Protect the Civic

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ivanvamp

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I can't decide if hitting all those posts meant that they were really good (getting all those shots by Price) but horribly unlucky, or were just not as accurate shooting as they should have been.

Maybe some of both, I guess.
 

Al Zarilla

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I've said it before and I will say it again, I fucking despise the fact that we are going to have to play this god damn team every damn year to advance. Playing them is awful and not any fun at all
So, channeling Sox - Yanks, what's wrong with that (i.e., if the Yanks get it going again some year).
 

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He looked like he was trying not to take penalties and it ruined his game.
Yes and no. While it was ticky tack, the snow job was just dumb.
 

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SJH, what fucking changes can there be? Of importance Only Iginla and Thortnon are UFAs. We all know Mezsaros is gone and replaced by Seids. So is Potter. They still have the compliance buyout left but there's nobody to use it on. Definitely not Chara, but he's looked real slow at the end of the last 2seasons.

Lucic has a modified NTC fwiw.
 

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I don't think this team needs drastic change. I think we played like shit for the series and still somehow took it 7. I think you move a couple pieces around and you're in pretty good shape. It feels like shit, but this is a very solid team that just needs a little tweaking.
 

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So find a new team. You hate half the players on the Bruins and the teams they play against. Just move on.
oh come on cshea, stop acting self righteous. You don't hate the teams the Bruins play against? You don't think Montreal is a horrible matchup most years for the Bruins? This series was not particularly fun or entertaining, it was incredibly frustrating.

Also there are always players on all my teams I dislike. I'm not sure disliking 1 or 2 guys on the Bruins means I hate half the team
 

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Marchand sure has that over skating the puck and curling the opposite direction thing down pat though.
He does that a lot, as well as dumping it off the boards and losing possession. He must be pretty easy to scout.
 

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I hate Looch, always have. I actually hate Marchand too, I wouldn't mind both going. Also please make sure Bartkowski never plays again for this team
Wow.. I disagree with every post you make... Interesting.

Except for bartkowski... But how can you hate Looch and Marchand and pretend to be a fan?
 

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Nah man bad puck luck!
Price severely outplayed Rask and they didn't get anything from 3 of their top 6 this series.
Five series losses on home ice under Claude and four game 7s. And Rask does nothing in another elimination game.
Get the fuck outta here with the Rask blame. Price outplayed him, maybe, but he certainly didn't "severely outplay" him. Please tell me which goal he should have saved tonight? The one where Bart was playing with his dick? The one where nobody was within 50 yards of Pacioretty that he still got a piece of? The one where he was starting to slide over to the shooter and Chara fucking kicked it in?

Our defense sucked balls this series. We had maybe 3 forwards show up at all. I'd love to hear what Rask could've done or really what Clode could have done. They picked a bad time to play like shit.
 

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Fuck it. Just fuck it. Canadiens Rangers series is boring as hell. They might score a total of six goals in five games. Hawks or Ducks to win.

Fuck the Canadiens. Just fuck them. Cynical hockey. Dive, pack in on defense, counter, then rely on home cooking, even on the road. They are setting hockey back fifteen years to the boring Devils. Fuck them with Satan's thorny phallas. They would make a great EPL team.
 

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Wonder if Chia wishes he added a solid defenseman at the deadline. Bartkowski was a HUGE factor this series
 

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Really missed Seids. As much as I want to blame hitting posts and the refs, hard to win when your hall of fame defenseman is the second worst player on the team behind Bartkowski. Montreal had a fantastic defensive series. We played like shit.
 

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This is going to be my first post after hanging around for years.
 
There is not much to say about this team and the series. We can complain all we want about them not showing up, or the horribly reffed game 7, but sometimes it is just not meant to be. Outside of game 4 and game 6 they carried the play and had the best opportunities, MTL finished and we did not. Terrible luck, and an inability to finish ended their season. Nothing more. 
 
Sure they should have shown up in game six, or Tuukka could have been a little better but in the end the puck bounced the wrong way.
I would not change much on this team, have two of their 13 post go in and they win the series in 5, or tie it up in the third.
 
All we can ask for is to get to the dance and hope things work out, a few years ago they did. Last year, they almost did. I hate losing to the Habs, other than that I can not be that disappointed. Make a few minor changes and lets go further next year. I am concerned about Chara, but Dougie's play has helped with the anxiety.
 
Thanks for making my favorite sport and team even better to watch this year and all the years past.
 

ivanvamp

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Very much a solid team. Great depth, great scheme, good mix of veterans and young players. I'd like Iginla back if possible, maybe explore the market for Marchand, and regroup and try it again. Clearly one of the very best teams in hockey. Kind of like the Patriots...you know they'll be really good.

Remember, when they won it all, it was largely on the back of an historically great performance in the net by Thomas. We simply did not get that from Rask. Not that this is on him, but he also wasn't particularly outstanding this series.
 

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So wait...does this mean we only get a 3rd rounder for Meszaros? Fucking Habs.

Seriously, sucks for you guys. Losing is losing, but losing to your rival is a shitburger with a piss chaser.
 

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I'm not sure what the fuck happened with Marchand at the end of the year, but maybe the long season and the Olympics wore out Chara more than usual?  I think Krejci just had a slump at the worst part of the year and will bounce back, but maybe Claude needs to do a better job of managing the minutes for the older players.  Who gives a shit about the President's Trophy when your best players are tired as fuck once the playoffs come around?
 

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Wow.. I disagree with every post you make... Interesting.

Except for bartkowski... But how can you hate Looch and Marchand and pretend to be a fan?
Lucic has a tendency to go overboard and do dirty shit, like spearing and that sort of stuff. He takes dumb penalties a lot. He turns the puck over more than any other forward on the team and his hands are made of stone.

Marchand is the exact type of Canadiens type player I despise. He's a little rat who also does dirty shit and worst of all he dives. I just don't like those types of players
 

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I've said it before and I will say it again, I fucking despise the fact that we are going to have to play this god damn team every damn year to advance. Playing them is awful and not any fun at all
i know how u feel when denver lost the super bowl i was pissed for about 5 Weeks  
 

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Lucic has a tendency to go overboard and do dirty shit, like spearing and that sort of stuff. He takes dumb penalties a lot. He turns the puck over more than any other forward on the team and his hands are made of stone.

Marchand is the exact type of Canadiens type player I despise. He's a little rat who also does dirty shit and worst of all he dives. I just don't like those types of players
Marchand for Galchenyuk. Get it done, Theo.
 

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Fuck it. Just fuck it. Canadiens Rangers series is boring as hell. They might score a total of six goals in five games. Hawks or Ducks to win.
Fuck the Canadiens. Just fuck them. Cynical hockey. Dive, pack in on defense, counter, then rely on home cooking, even on the road. They are setting hockey back fifteen years to the boring Devils. Fuck them with Satan's thorny phallas. They would make a great EPL team.
You just described Chelsea.
 

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ivanvamp said:
Very much a solid team. Great depth, great scheme, good mix of veterans and young players. I'd like Iginla back if possible, maybe explore the market for Marchand, and regroup and try it again. Clearly one of the very best teams in hockey. Kind of like the Patriots...you know they'll be really good.

Remember, when they won it all, it was largely on the back of an historically great performance in the net by Thomas. We simply did not get that from Rask. Not that this is on him, but he also wasn't particularly outstanding this series.
Don't the forwards deserve most of the blame?the team barely scored all series... And most of the goals for Montreal were atrocious plays by the d or turnovers by forwards that lead to 3 on 2s... And how many fucking posts?!!
 

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Wow.. I disagree with every post you make... Interesting.

Except for bartkowski... But how can you hate Looch and Marchand and pretend to be a fan?
I don't like Marchand myself. He's a weasel with really high highs and really low lows. I'd rather have a consistent player out there that represents the organization better.
 

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I take it you weren't around in 1971
I can't imagine how those of you around before the 1980s felt when facing the Canadiens  At least in the last few decades they have done decently against them
 

ivanvamp

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Don't the forwards deserve most of the blame?the team barely scored all series... And most of the goals for Montreal were atrocious plays by the d or turnovers by forwards that lead to 3 on 2s... And how many fucking posts?!!
Not disagreeing. But Thomas was otherworldly. He allowed just eight goals in seven games in the Cup finals. An otherworldly goaltending performance can pretty much cover for everything else.

Again, I don't think Rask was bad this series. But he wasn't incredible either. And given how poorly the offense performed, he needed to be incredible.
 

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SJH, what fucking changes can there be? Of importance Only Iginla and Thortnon are UFAs. We all know Mezsaros is gone and replaced by Seids. So is Potter. They still have the compliance buyout left but there's nobody to use it on. Definitely not Chara, but he's looked real slow at the end of the last 2seasons.

Lucic has a modified NTC fwiw.
I would not be at all shocked if Brad Marchand has a new address next year.  
 

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Canadiens as Canada's team are about as likeable as a certain Vancouver team from 2011.  Screw them.  As much as hurts, go Rangers and may they also lose miserably in the Finals
 

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Get the fuck outta here with the Rask blame. Price outplayed him, maybe, but he certainly didn't "severely outplay" him. Please tell me which goal he should have saved tonight? The one where Bart was playing with his dick? The one where nobody was within 50 yards of Pacioretty that he still got a piece of? The one where he was starting to slide over to the shooter and Chara fucking kicked it in?

Our defense sucked balls this series. We had maybe 3 forwards show up at all. I'd love to hear what Rask could've done or really what Clode could have done. They picked a bad time to play like shit.
He played one of his worst games of the season in Game 6 and every scoring chance Montreal had found the back of the net in this series. I don't think it's unreasonable to say he was a disappointment in this series and did not give them what they were looking for.

I don't care who you blame but I also think Tuukka is getting a bit of a free pass by a lot of people here. He was not consistent enough to win.
 

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Lucic has a tendency to go overboard and do dirty shit, like spearing and that sort of stuff. He takes dumb penalties a lot. He turns the puck over more than any other forward on the team and his hands are made of stone.

Marchand is the exact type of Canadiens type player I despise. He's a little rat who also does dirty shit and worst of all he dives. I just don't like those types of players
Ok I hear what you're saying. I like em both for various reasons... I reserve 'hate' for players that typically aren't on my team I guess
 

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ivanvamp said:
Very much a solid team. Great depth, great scheme, good mix of veterans and young players. I'd like Iginla back if possible, maybe explore the market for Marchand, and regroup and try it again. Clearly one of the very best teams in hockey. Kind of like the Patriots...you know they'll be really good.

Remember, when they won it all, it was largely on the back of an historically great performance in the net by Thomas. We simply did not get that from Rask. Not that this is on him, but he also wasn't particularly outstanding this series.
 
How solid can this team be when they didn't bother to show up in Game 6 and then played sloppy, tight, nervous hockey in Game 7? I'm serious. Montreal played well, but the Bruins had their heads up their asses the whole series. Mental and physical mistakes galore. The President's Trophy is nice, but it don't mean shit if they can't beat the fucking Canadiens in the playoffs.
 
I think they need changes. They need to get faster. Much faster. They skated in cement this whole series.
 

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71 was awful but they just got stoned by the greatest goaltending performance in playoff history. And they came right back to win the cup.

Too many men on the ice was much much worse. You knew that was the end for that team.

This series? They got their collective asses kicked in the last two games. Very disappointing given Saturdays performance. But I think they come right back next year.
 

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Apropos of nothing, and it's more served for the post-mortem/looking to 2014-2015 discussion, but I wish they had the Seidenberg contract back.
 
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