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Post by SeaBass on Jul 2, 2024 9:13:33 GMT -5
Please keep the content in here to Kasty.
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Post by nfld77 on Aug 21, 2024 10:12:46 GMT -5
thehockeynews.com/nhl/boston-bruins/latest-news/new-bruins-forward-should-grab-fans-attentionI truly believe we're gonna love his style of play, very physical BUT dont take a LOT of penalties considering..Plus he's good in the faceoff circle, very similar to Beecher..Im betting Beecher and Kastelic duke it out for 4th line centre OR maybe both make team with one sliding to the wing and dont forget Max Jones as Bruins will NOT be pushed arouind this season..Im optimistic going into this season with a very heavy team..Sweeney I believe made some critical mistakes this summer BUT making Bruins a big team isnt one of them!!
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Post by orym on Aug 21, 2024 10:41:21 GMT -5
thehockeynews.com/nhl/boston-bruins/latest-news/new-bruins-forward-should-grab-fans-attentionI truly believe we're gonna love his style of play, very physical BUT dont take a LOT of penalties considering..Plus he's good in the faceoff circle, very similar to Beecher..Im betting Beecher and Kastelic duke it out for 4th line centre OR maybe both make team with one sliding to the wing and dont forget Max Jones as Bruins will NOT be pushed arouind this season..Im optimistic going into this season with a very heavy team..Sweeney I believe made some critical mistakes this summer BUT making Bruins a big team isnt one of them!! Good in the faceoff dot, kills penalties, big, throws the body. There is lots to like here. I like the idea of him and Beecher both making the squad. Nice to have a couple of dependable faceoff men on the ice at the same time in case one gets thrown out!
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Post by nfld77 on Aug 21, 2024 11:41:16 GMT -5
thehockeynews.com/nhl/boston-bruins/latest-news/new-bruins-forward-should-grab-fans-attentionI truly believe we're gonna love his style of play, very physical BUT dont take a LOT of penalties considering..Plus he's good in the faceoff circle, very similar to Beecher..Im betting Beecher and Kastelic duke it out for 4th line centre OR maybe both make team with one sliding to the wing and dont forget Max Jones as Bruins will NOT be pushed arouind this season..Im optimistic going into this season with a very heavy team..Sweeney I believe made some critical mistakes this summer BUT making Bruins a big team isnt one of them!! Good in the faceoff dot, kills penalties, big, throws the body. There is lots to like here. I like the idea of him and Beecher both making the squad. Nice to have a couple of dependable faceoff men on the ice at the same time in case one gets thrown out! Exactly, 100%!! I love the idea of both making team..Poitras SHOULD be our #2 or #3 centreman, I would put Coyle on the wing if at all possible unless he improves in the FO dot, really the only thing I dont like about Coyle. He's still very strong controling and hanging onto the puck AND he had a career best 25 goals 60 points even though his -2 was one of the worst on the team especially when you compare it to Pavel Zacha's +12 or even Boquist +12..CC needs to improve in that area of his game.. Ory, I would imagine there will be plenty of moves between Providence and Boston as there's at least 5-6 players down there who are VERY close to the next step..Keep an eye on Trevor Kuntar, he's a legit grinder for sure, similar to Sean Kuraly..Gonna be very interesting to see how this all pans out..I believe Fabian Lysell will get every oportunity to make team, Merkulov right there with him..And Riley Duran might surprise alot of us..Gonna be a very interesting preseason for sure, hope we get lots of preseason games!!
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Post by orym on Aug 21, 2024 13:16:55 GMT -5
Good in the faceoff dot, kills penalties, big, throws the body. There is lots to like here. I like the idea of him and Beecher both making the squad. Nice to have a couple of dependable faceoff men on the ice at the same time in case one gets thrown out! Exactly, 100%!! I love the idea of both making team..Poitras SHOULD be our #2 or #3 centreman, I would put Coyle on the wing if at all possible unless he improves in the FO dot, really the only thing I dont like about Coyle. He's still very strong controling and hanging onto the puck AND he had a career best 25 goals 60 points even though his -2 was one of the worst on the team especially when you compare it to Pavel Zacha's +12 or even Boquist +12..CC needs to improve in that area of his game.. Ory, I would imagine there will be plenty of moves between Providence and Boston as there's at least 5-6 players down there who are VERY close to the next step..Keep an eye on Trevor Kuntar, he's a legit grinder for sure, similar to Sean Kuraly..Gonna be very interesting to see how this all pans out..I believe Fabian Lysell will get every oportunity to make team, Merkulov right there with him..And Riley Duran might surprise alot of us..Gonna be a very interesting preseason for sure, hope we get lots of preseason games!! For sure buddy! Who knows how camp goes and what injuries we might run into early. I think a lot of these guys are going to get a good strong look. I like some of the depth and size we have added.
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Post by nfld77 on Aug 21, 2024 13:41:03 GMT -5
Exactly, 100%!! I love the idea of both making team..Poitras SHOULD be our #2 or #3 centreman, I would put Coyle on the wing if at all possible unless he improves in the FO dot, really the only thing I dont like about Coyle. He's still very strong controling and hanging onto the puck AND he had a career best 25 goals 60 points even though his -2 was one of the worst on the team especially when you compare it to Pavel Zacha's +12 or even Boquist +12..CC needs to improve in that area of his game.. Ory, I would imagine there will be plenty of moves between Providence and Boston as there's at least 5-6 players down there who are VERY close to the next step..Keep an eye on Trevor Kuntar, he's a legit grinder for sure, similar to Sean Kuraly..Gonna be very interesting to see how this all pans out..I believe Fabian Lysell will get every oportunity to make team, Merkulov right there with him..And Riley Duran might surprise alot of us..Gonna be a very interesting preseason for sure, hope we get lots of preseason games!! For sure buddy! Who knows how camp goes and what injuries we might run into early. I think a lot of these guys are going to get a good strong look. I like some of the depth and size we have added. I feel pretty confident Bruins will not be pushed around by any team this season..Every defenseman is well over 6 feet 200lb, big players throughout lineup,,I believe our defense will be awesome and should be a big help to whoevers in net..Can we get production from our bottom 6?? Lots of bodies and I also love the depth on this team..Might take a few games for everything to fall in place but we'll be ok I believe or hope..
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Post by kjc2 on Aug 21, 2024 15:10:18 GMT -5
My only fear overall this year is about our goal production. The Pasta line will be fine, Brad’s a year older and we don’t know who’s playing RW on that second line. The bottom six will be big except for Poitras but can we get production from them? I think we’ll be fine but I don’t know we’ll be fine🤷♂️
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Post by nfld77 on Aug 22, 2024 14:21:18 GMT -5
My only fear overall this year is about our goal production. The Pasta line will be fine, Brad’s a year older and we don’t know who’s playing RW on that second line. The bottom six will be big except for Poitras but can we get production from them? I think we’ll be fine but I don’t know we’ll be fine🤷♂️ Sounds like we're of same opinion KJC..My concern seems to be the same, 2 big concerns..Major being our 2nd line..Lets take for granted Lindy, Pasta and Zacha are our top line..2nd line of Marshy, Coyle and Geekie looks more like a 3rd line..What we need are surprises from Providence, mainly Lysell and Merkulov..IF Poitras can grab that 2nd line that would help alot..Marchand is another year older so maybe a decline in his production this season..IF Bruins can somehow get production from 2nd line after losing not only DeBrusk but also Heinen that would be great BUT some players NEED to be better including Coyle..Max Jones might surprise, Kastelic or Beecher should improve on their numbers with more icetime so one of those 3 needs to get up to at least 3rd line..I like Geekie-Coyle-Freddy on 3rd line if someone else can centre 2nd line like Potsy..Im optimistic it'll all come together in due time but like you kjc, more hope than knowing..
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Post by nfld77 on Sept 9, 2024 12:57:59 GMT -5
I never realized he did so well in the faceoff circle last season and he certainly had his share of FO wins..He won 190 Faceoffs compared to 159 losses good for 54.4% best among any Bruin last season actually almost identical to Beecher.. www.espn.com/nhl/team/stats/_/name/ottExpanded Skating Stats - All Splits, Go to 2nd row of Ottawa stats where you can compare his faceoff numbers..Maybe Ottawa's 2 or 3 best faceoff guy..
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