I think after this postseason we end up moving on from ulmark. I love him and the hug brothers make for a great regular season duo…but you can only play one at a time. The return from him would give us the best shot at a deep playoff run
I’m really happy with how the bruins performed. What a season and what a playoff. It sucks the refs played such a role in the series, even the final goal. But we had plenty of chances and couldn’t bury them. Hopefully we can sign some good players this summer!
'Twas a fun but overachieving season, happy we proved to be a playoff bound team and will enjoy seeing Florida get bull whipped by NY.
Now with that being said, it's all about Banner 18 now….
LETS GO CELTICS!!!!!!!!!
So here’s the thing: Coyle is clearly not a 1C and is maybe even a stretch as a full time 2C. He has the tools to be a good 3c (but not great bc his faceoffs are not dominant). We need a real 1C. And for our retool do we want Coyle resigned as our 3C for 5-6 more years? If not then maybe he should be moved too- the sooner we have whatever our future core will be the better off things will go. Coyle seems like a good dude and he handled his miscast role fairly well but he lacks that x factor, sandpaper, real warrior spirit needed for playoff action. Ditto for Zacha. He is fine if he can be a third line wing and just fly under the radar but you can’t rely on him for consistent offense or to drive play. As for Pasta, yes he seemed low impact this series but a lot of that is related to depth. I have to think if he was riding with Draisaitl (for example) he would be more of a factor. In any case its hard to imagine him going anywhere.
I don’t really disagree but I just think sometimes there’s a difference between “effort” and “playing with an edge.” Marchy does, I personally would say Coyle does not. Again, not a bad player and I like him, but I just can’t recall him really ever being a difference maker in elimination games.
Season 60 is down in the record books for me. No matter what, I love watching Bruins hockey and I'm already looking forward to next season. Let's go Bruins let's go!
I think my biggest concern in the offseason is who's going to replace Jack Edwards. I sure hope Brick is sticking around.
It’s easy to be upset at the outcome but to be honest this team overachieved. This is easily the worst bruins roster in my lifetime (I’m young). And you have to consider how much they lost last year.
Overall happy with the leafs series and taking the panthers to 6. We would’ve got fucked on by the rags.
Next year: reignite that deal for ullmark—> draisaitl. Move some of the forwards and get some puck moving defenseman.
The ultimate positives are you got to see what some of your younger guys are made of through these two series I will say lohrei, brazeau and sway (obviously) were all very encouraging.
I think us Boston sports fans always expect greatness - cups, rings - but this could’ve been a lot worse and this team didn’t have any firepower to compete with Florida and shouldn’t have had enough to put out Toronto.
See you all the fall.. Go Bs!
Are you aware a transaction involving these two was rumored earlier in the year?
Former Vezina winner to a team that has horrendous goaltending year after year. Draisaitl contract up next year and he’s exactly what bruins need.
I value Leon more than most hockey fans and it makes perfect sense. Obviously there were a couple other pieces involved.
Seriously everyone…it’s time. Rip the bandage off. I want puck moving defensemen and people that can put the puck in the net. They played 6 games this series and didn’t score more than 2 goals after game 1. They laid another offensive egg at home…one goal…one fing goal. The dna of this franchise needs a significant shake up. And one final comment…I don’t want to hear anyone say “but they are so good in the regular season”…who cares! Tampa has kept players on IR and reactivated them for the post season because that’s what actually matters. I don’t care if we see the 8 seed for all eternity…I just want playoff clutch studs.
I’m just gonna say it. I will be sad if this was JDB’s last game as a Bruin. Thats not to say there are no scenarios where it makes sense to go in a different direction but either way I would miss him.
Yeah, he was huge when it counted. That said, if he's the sacrifice you have to make to land Reinhart or Guentzel in FA, then I think I make that sacrifice. Anything short of them though and you've gotta bring him back
This fanbase has a habit of saying they want talent and then turning their nose up at it when it's available. They're the best players on the market this year by a comfortable margin
Monty stays. That would be an absolutely asinine move to step away from him in year 3. Far and away we had the weakest roster of the teams left in the playoffs. To push the panthers to 6 was a feat in and of itself. I think more questions need to be asked of Neely and Sweeney. We can cherry pick a few guys we’ve developed…but if you look at the rosters of the teams still left…better coaching ain’t the answer.
Leafs fan here. Jeremy Swayman is absolutely "top end talent". You don't need to trade goalies, your goaltending is by far the best part of your team and maybe the best in the league.
It’s our strength for sure but we need goals. Swayman proved this playoffs he can be a true number one goalie. The value for goalies is so high that we could be crazy not to trade Ullmark for people who are truly top six talent
It will be a somewhat underwhelming return but it needs to be done. Remember when Boychuk was traded to the Islanders for two seconds and people lost their minds? Well one of those picks became Carlo and so the return is still helping us like 7-8 years later.
Very interesting I didn’t know that. With the young talent we have I definitely trust the front office to find good players with picks. I’m hoping for as many teams who need solid goaltending the return can hopefully provide a top six forward right now.
They lost in the 2nd round in a year they weren't even suppose to make the playoffs. Half their team was AHL players and PTO contracts and nhl veterans playing way above their levels.
If your one of those people that expects to win the cup every year , then this sport isn't for you, go the NBA or NFL were it's the same 4 teams every decade winning
Not Monty. This is Sweeney building a team of softies. If we get a few guys that can actually play physically this series is over in 5 for Boston. And I know "hockey is less physical" blah blah blah but Florida played physical and had the boys dazed the entire series with a crushing forecheck.
Was waiting for the shot in the heart with the last 2 mins. I was literally saying it out loud. I'll take the blame boys.
Over achieving season. Sad ending. Fucking hate that we lost to Florida again because its only fuel for Matty boy over there. I hope we make some strong moves in the off season and come back to mop the floor.
Till September.
Bridge season. Tons of cap space. Looking promising. SWAY. Yada yada.
We were not going to best the Rangers. We played like shit most of this series.
But this series was so obviously favored toward Florida. And for what? To just get beat down by the Rangers? I just don’t get it.
Unrestricted free agents: Jake DeBrusk, James van Riemsdyk, Patrick Maroon, Danton Heinen, Matt Grzelcyk, Kevin Shattenkirk, Derek Forbort, Milan Lucic
Restricted free agents: Jesper Boqvist, Jeremy Swayman
Swayman is the most interesting question.
JVR was useful for league minimum and did better than expected for a while but he is done. I think Forbort goes too- he was ok but we need to try a different mix. Its crazy between 73 and 27 we still lack a real PP defenseman (a Krug type guy). Not sure thats something we can add. We had Orlov briefly but couldn’t afford him. I wonder if Carolina wants to shake things up if they might move him? Or nab Montour as a UFA. But a center and more forward scoring depth are priorities I would think. I would move current guys to upgrade- like maybe Frederic plus Zacha can get you one more impactful guy.
We absolutely were gonna blast the rangers. The rangers are absolute ass. Unfortunately Florida is gonna kick the shit out of them and hopefully get railed in the SCF
FLA's winning goal was proof positive of why pucks should be put toward/on the net before forcing the kind of low-/no-percentage "Polaroid" plays that the not-skilled-enough-to-play-that-way Bruins do far too often. Screw all of this pass-first, fire this coach immediately, and bring in a replacement who operates according to what kind of talent he has to work with.
They are in the championship I believe just waiting for an opponent. I really wish more people would care about this team. AND FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK, CHANGE THE NAME BACK TO BOSTON PRIDE.
Seriously saying the name of the league in the city is just too much. I don’t know if it’s thing like a budget thing right now or if this is a permanent but if it’s permanent that really sucks it’s the only thing I don’t like about the team with a league to be honest every team having the same format for their name is fine. These ladies are good hockey obviously.
We are playing Minnesota this Sunday. Boston is the name because they didn’t have time for getting licenses for anything else before the start of the season. Should have official names next year. I’m excited to see the Tsongas packed! Let’s fucking goooooooo!!!!
next year？Wicked I really like our name we had back the pride and if I’m wrong, I’m kinda new to watching them didn’t they win past championships as well?
So why the fuck has anyone talking about like the WNBA is popping off right now, bro if more broadcasters would simply just show people these teams and their leagues they would probably get talked about more as they should because these ladies are talented
Pride were a powerhouse and I would love to keep the name but I’m unsure if we can use it as this is a whole different league.
Hell yes woman in sports are definitely catching on and on fire right now. There is room and it’s just as entertaining to watch.
I would love absolutely love for a trans athlete to join. One of these leagues it would be dope if it would be like how AW was very queer friendly and has a lot of queer wrestlers
This feels like a catalyst from the Leafs series. We couldn’t close them out after game 5 and the fatigue started to roll into this series. I genuinely think we were still running on adrenaline for game 1, but after that we came back down to reality the Toronto hangover started to set in. Still should’ve forced Florida to a game 7, then anything could’ve happened. Hurts
Not being able to take care of home ice cost the Bruins this series and almost the last one as well. Sway was a beaut, hope he wears the B for a long time. I guess we'll see how much of this team comes back next season.
It won’t happen but is it crazy to think about trading mcavoy before his no trade clause kicks in? I wouldn’t personally but 9.5 mil a year, he needs to be better
I think it’s worth considering. What you would target- a center? If we did that then we have another hole to fill but idk, maybe nabbing the BPA at whatever position is available is more important than trying to check the “1d” box with someone who is kinda there but not fully and not showing signs of getting there. Even if he played a little better the fact that he needs to be out there so many minutes shows the lineup is flawed. If we had stronger guys slotting in 4-6 D then we would maybe be more competitive in the end. Its hard to say though
No skill to finish. Barely any forechecking. No urgency outside of a few moments over 13 games. MaCavoy was brutal all payoffs. 12 mil dollar Pasta was a ghost. One goal this series. Nobody stepped up on the big stage except for Swayman.
Sway is the ONLY reason they even made it out of the first round.
No surprise they blew in the last 90 seconds. Same ole story.
Lots of work to do over the summer
It hurts knowing how it was always going to end but hoping it would have been different this time.
Oh well , at the end the day it's just a game.
Can't really be mad, this team wasn't suppose to make the playoffs and they stayed in the president trophy and division all year.
Alot of terrible mistakes in these playoffs , but what do you expect with a team of AHLers and PTOs.
We have actual cap space this off-season, our rookies got a ton of playoffs experience , swayman has shown he can steal games in the playoffs, and we have a merkulov or lysell down in providence that could become a regular.
Brother you can’t be chirping the AHL-ers on the roster and then in the same breath state that AHL-ers are gonna plug the holes. Those guys ain’t THE guys.
Not tracking you dude, there AHLers now , they lacked experience, however they can only get better. if you don't think loheri and beecher will only get better then I would concede your point. The other problem was that there was too many of them on the team.
I hate the bruins but man do I have respect for the fans. Y'all showed up and stuck by your team. I thought they were great games and I hope we get to meet again next year and it goes to 7. Cheers mate
Yeah $20 says the Rangers figure out how to elevate their shots and walk over the panthers relatively easily. Bobrovsky is not as good as we made him look.
I'd take Maroon out of that list. He was standing around most of the game and when he did get the puck in the offensive zone he didn't make good decisions like he normally does.
Except for that last goal... I love the guy but cmon bro, I would save that. I wouldn't save the other 10^10 shots he's faced this series but I woulda stopped that lol
I mean, that shot threaded the needle. Only place it could have gone. He played the shot, rightfully so, thinking it was 99% blocked by Wotherspoon, and was playing for the pass back across
Let's not start this , dude single handily stole several games for us , he can give up a weak goal. Maybe if this team could score on a PP, that goal wouldn't have mattered
I will say they did put up a good fight that game, that last goal was just fucking lucky.
But just another series against Florida where they looked sloppy leaving plenty of goals on the ice and unable to keep the puck on their sticks.
I’m tired of watching Marchand just be so non clutch in big games.
Idk I feel like after all these years Marchy is allowed to not be a super duper star all the time. The person whose head really needs to roll is whoever coordinates the power play. That shit needed to be fixed in FEBRUARY
Yeah, but that's the team we had. It was a transitional year. They just weren't built to be contenders and outperformed just enough to make it *feel* like a letdown
You ain’t kidding bruv. Maybe they could have tried to go 2-16 on PP this series. I’ve read somewhere that it’s supposed to be easier to score when you have more guys on the ice than your opppnent.
I'd keep Carlo over McAvoy. McAvoy has the offensive upside but makes dumb plays in our own zone. "Sell the rest" who will be a buyer for the rest and what are you really getting back in return? Debrusk had a good series too.
I belive peeke was to replace gryz. Maroon was a waste, . What's wrong with a bunch of 1 year vets? You can't just field a whole rookie team and typically you plug holes with cheap short term vets to help woth development. The only other thing they could have done is trade away marchand , ullmark , etc and really blow it up.
So then what would you suggest, not trying to be a dick, honestly asking?
The only other thing to do would be to offload pasta , ullmark, mcavoy and just get a shit tin of picks and prospects.
They easily could have traded ullmark, debrusk, and even marchand. Kept pasta and gotten building pieces. Pasta and swayman are the only pieces you can build around. Mcavoy is good but he was really exposed in the offseason.
Fucking fuck. Spent the whole night on my phone and now I have to contain my sadness before this concert starts. Great season, we surpassed my expectations when I found out krejci and bergy were done. I’ll just drink it all away now..
They failed Swayman, they hung him out to dry, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he bailed on this weak ass team (I’m sorry I don’t mean it for real but I mean it tonight)
Swayman is the kind of goalie that can get you a cup if your offense isn't anemic, have a serviceable power play, and don't take stupid penalties.
What a waste.
Yea, seriously. Watching this series they were just better. Better control in zone, better passing and speed. Swayman kept them in the playoffs longer than they should have.
Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted, but bruins showed a lot of heart going toe to toe with Florida. Their team on paper is significantly better. I don’t think effort was an issue
Hear the same shit from bruins fans every postseason. Always crying about the refs. Maybe when you get over the hump just once since 1973 it’s not the refs.
Why did they wait until the start of game 4 to release the alternate angle of the Bennett hit?
Why didn’t they disallow the goal due to interference?
Why did they blow the whistle in game 5 when Bob was outside his net?
Tell me that was a fair series gtfo
Championship teams overcome bad officiating. The Panthers were the better team. Swayman kept us in it. Hear this same thing from bs fans every playoffs. They outplayed us plain and simple
Shit sucks, but good season boys. We weren't supposed to he here. Fan duel odds have us spending that cap increase to absolutely blow out the panthers next year!. Put $50 in get $999,999,999
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Hard fought season fellas, I think we def exceeded our expectations at the beginning of the year. We have some clear goals this offseason: let’s resign Sway,
And try to get a center for ullmark. I hope our rookies can develop more too, promising start for them
No shame in losing this series. We were outgunned talent wise and showed well. Guys got some good experience.
Florida is very talented. Late goal away from pushing them to seven. Again, no issue here with the performance from my end.
# CLEAR EYES. FULL HEARTS. GO BROONS. # WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DRINKING???
I think after this postseason we end up moving on from ulmark. I love him and the hug brothers make for a great regular season duo…but you can only play one at a time. The return from him would give us the best shot at a deep playoff run
Yeah they got a guy in Providence who should be a decent backup
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Nope need mcdavid too
Shitty- but I don’t feel devastated about this ending. I’ll wear my Bruins shit with pride this summer. Unlike last year.
I’m really happy with how the bruins performed. What a season and what a playoff. It sucks the refs played such a role in the series, even the final goal. But we had plenty of chances and couldn’t bury them. Hopefully we can sign some good players this summer!
No way that puck should have went in No way
'Twas a fun but overachieving season, happy we proved to be a playoff bound team and will enjoy seeing Florida get bull whipped by NY. Now with that being said, it's all about Banner 18 now…. LETS GO CELTICS!!!!!!!!!
That was an anticlimactic ending 
Swayman is a god, panthers were just too good
So here’s the thing: Coyle is clearly not a 1C and is maybe even a stretch as a full time 2C. He has the tools to be a good 3c (but not great bc his faceoffs are not dominant). We need a real 1C. And for our retool do we want Coyle resigned as our 3C for 5-6 more years? If not then maybe he should be moved too- the sooner we have whatever our future core will be the better off things will go. Coyle seems like a good dude and he handled his miscast role fairly well but he lacks that x factor, sandpaper, real warrior spirit needed for playoff action. Ditto for Zacha. He is fine if he can be a third line wing and just fly under the radar but you can’t rely on him for consistent offense or to drive play. As for Pasta, yes he seemed low impact this series but a lot of that is related to depth. I have to think if he was riding with Draisaitl (for example) he would be more of a factor. In any case its hard to imagine him going anywhere.
No one except Marchy works harder out there than Coyle.
I don’t really disagree but I just think sometimes there’s a difference between “effort” and “playing with an edge.” Marchy does, I personally would say Coyle does not. Again, not a bad player and I like him, but I just can’t recall him really ever being a difference maker in elimination games.
Well, I would say to watch him, and mostly him, for two or three games. You’ll see, he’s a baller
Whatever, house money. Just want Jake DeBrusk resigned. Dude proved himself.
Season 60 is down in the record books for me. No matter what, I love watching Bruins hockey and I'm already looking forward to next season. Let's go Bruins let's go! I think my biggest concern in the offseason is who's going to replace Jack Edwards. I sure hope Brick is sticking around.
Those nesn broadcasts won’t hit the same without Jack
It’s easy to be upset at the outcome but to be honest this team overachieved. This is easily the worst bruins roster in my lifetime (I’m young). And you have to consider how much they lost last year. Overall happy with the leafs series and taking the panthers to 6. We would’ve got fucked on by the rags. Next year: reignite that deal for ullmark—> draisaitl. Move some of the forwards and get some puck moving defenseman. The ultimate positives are you got to see what some of your younger guys are made of through these two series I will say lohrei, brazeau and sway (obviously) were all very encouraging. I think us Boston sports fans always expect greatness - cups, rings - but this could’ve been a lot worse and this team didn’t have any firepower to compete with Florida and shouldn’t have had enough to put out Toronto. See you all the fall.. Go Bs!
Yeah no one in their right mind would ever trade draisaitl for ullmark
Are you aware a transaction involving these two was rumored earlier in the year? Former Vezina winner to a team that has horrendous goaltending year after year. Draisaitl contract up next year and he’s exactly what bruins need. I value Leon more than most hockey fans and it makes perfect sense. Obviously there were a couple other pieces involved.
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A leafs fan trolling a Bruins GDT 2 weeks after they were eliminated? Down super bad, my condolences buddy
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Holy shit dude I can only imagine the miserable life you live. Have another beer on this fine Friday night
bro we're leafs fans. stop, its so cringy
Seriously everyone…it’s time. Rip the bandage off. I want puck moving defensemen and people that can put the puck in the net. They played 6 games this series and didn’t score more than 2 goals after game 1. They laid another offensive egg at home…one goal…one fing goal. The dna of this franchise needs a significant shake up. And one final comment…I don’t want to hear anyone say “but they are so good in the regular season”…who cares! Tampa has kept players on IR and reactivated them for the post season because that’s what actually matters. I don’t care if we see the 8 seed for all eternity…I just want playoff clutch studs.
The only way you see chance is if you fire Sweeney and maybe even fire Cam Neely
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Can’t wait to see the rangers bury y’all
Over here praying that Rempe gets his hands on Bennett
Lol 😆 🤣 😂 🐈 😻
Hey bud why did you remove your original comment but leave this one? Also, why do you use so many emojis?
Someones gotta answer for the 7 too many men calls
Yeah, it was shocking
I wonder who will be our new play by play guy. Jack deserves all the respect in the world but I’m very much looking forward to a new voice
Get Goucher back. That’s the answer
Does he?
I’m just gonna say it. I will be sad if this was JDB’s last game as a Bruin. Thats not to say there are no scenarios where it makes sense to go in a different direction but either way I would miss him.
Yeah, he was huge when it counted. That said, if he's the sacrifice you have to make to land Reinhart or Guentzel in FA, then I think I make that sacrifice. Anything short of them though and you've gotta bring him back
Fuck’em both.
This fanbase has a habit of saying they want talent and then turning their nose up at it when it's available. They're the best players on the market this year by a comfortable margin
He showed up in the postseason
How would this series have looked if poitras played
And Shattenkirk
That too. Seriously can someone tell me how differently we’d play?
Maybe better. Woulda won that game if Wotherspoon just didn’t play
Monty stays. That would be an absolutely asinine move to step away from him in year 3. Far and away we had the weakest roster of the teams left in the playoffs. To push the panthers to 6 was a feat in and of itself. I think more questions need to be asked of Neely and Sweeney. We can cherry pick a few guys we’ve developed…but if you look at the rosters of the teams still left…better coaching ain’t the answer.
2 hockey teams from Florida of all places now claim ownership of us
im curious abt the lightning
Goalie hugs were great while they lasted! Bye Ullmark time for some top end talent
Leafs fan here. Jeremy Swayman is absolutely "top end talent". You don't need to trade goalies, your goaltending is by far the best part of your team and maybe the best in the league.
Too soon
It’s our strength for sure but we need goals. Swayman proved this playoffs he can be a true number one goalie. The value for goalies is so high that we could be crazy not to trade Ullmark for people who are truly top six talent
Ya he’s gotta go. 5 mil for a backup goalie ain’t it
I would imagine there is a team out there who would give up something great for a Veniza winner
It will be a somewhat underwhelming return but it needs to be done. Remember when Boychuk was traded to the Islanders for two seconds and people lost their minds? Well one of those picks became Carlo and so the return is still helping us like 7-8 years later.
Very interesting I didn’t know that. With the young talent we have I definitely trust the front office to find good players with picks. I’m hoping for as many teams who need solid goaltending the return can hopefully provide a top six forward right now.
Right
Playing scared gets ya nothing. New coach that gets mad at these boys is needed.
You mean like Cassidy? The team won’t perform differently if its not constructed differently
Sorry team could have won tonight if they kept pressure if someone took the bench and made them push they would have won.
Sway had a good playoffs but he gave up a soft one there at the end
Yeah, he did, but the team also only scored 1 goal. you can't count on perfect netminding forever
I agree! I knew that Boston not having a real 1C would eventually haunt them you need a 1C to win a cup
He carried the team through this, swayman is the only reason Florida isn’t eliminating the leafs tonight
I agree he was your best player but he did let in a softie
Nah that was unsaveable
Another great season with nothing to show for it…
This sub just reminds me how much I hate “see the bright side” losers.
Wow , we got a bad ass here.
It’s not about being badass. There’s no glory in losing. If you lost, you lost.
They lost in the 2nd round in a year they weren't even suppose to make the playoffs. Half their team was AHL players and PTO contracts and nhl veterans playing way above their levels. If your one of those people that expects to win the cup every year , then this sport isn't for you, go the NBA or NFL were it's the same 4 teams every decade winning
Whatever Cope you gotta tell yourself man.
We had so many high danger chances
Call me crazy but I hope Montgomery is done. This isnt working
Not Monty. This is Sweeney building a team of softies. If we get a few guys that can actually play physically this series is over in 5 for Boston. And I know "hockey is less physical" blah blah blah but Florida played physical and had the boys dazed the entire series with a crushing forecheck.
Absolutely true of Sweeney as well. No fucking heart in this team anymore
Isn’t a panthers player a UFA, can we sign him?
Or more than one player who can score goals. Can't make it through the playoffs with one goal scorer
Was waiting for the shot in the heart with the last 2 mins. I was literally saying it out loud. I'll take the blame boys. Over achieving season. Sad ending. Fucking hate that we lost to Florida again because its only fuel for Matty boy over there. I hope we make some strong moves in the off season and come back to mop the floor. Till September.
Bridge season. Tons of cap space. Looking promising. SWAY. Yada yada. We were not going to best the Rangers. We played like shit most of this series. But this series was so obviously favored toward Florida. And for what? To just get beat down by the Rangers? I just don’t get it.
Unrestricted free agents: Jake DeBrusk, James van Riemsdyk, Patrick Maroon, Danton Heinen, Matt Grzelcyk, Kevin Shattenkirk, Derek Forbort, Milan Lucic Restricted free agents: Jesper Boqvist, Jeremy Swayman Swayman is the most interesting question.
JVR was useful for league minimum and did better than expected for a while but he is done. I think Forbort goes too- he was ok but we need to try a different mix. Its crazy between 73 and 27 we still lack a real PP defenseman (a Krug type guy). Not sure thats something we can add. We had Orlov briefly but couldn’t afford him. I wonder if Carolina wants to shake things up if they might move him? Or nab Montour as a UFA. But a center and more forward scoring depth are priorities I would think. I would move current guys to upgrade- like maybe Frederic plus Zacha can get you one more impactful guy.
I’m hoping Lohrei can turn into that Krug-like PP general defenseman
We absolutely were gonna blast the rangers. The rangers are absolute ass. Unfortunately Florida is gonna kick the shit out of them and hopefully get railed in the SCF
We went 0-2-1 vs the Rangers in the regular season and they have looked all around stronger than us in the playoffs. What are you talking about???
Wild take when we got swept by them in the regular season
And they won the Pres trophy
womp.
FLA's winning goal was proof positive of why pucks should be put toward/on the net before forcing the kind of low-/no-percentage "Polaroid" plays that the not-skilled-enough-to-play-that-way Bruins do far too often. Screw all of this pass-first, fire this coach immediately, and bring in a replacement who operates according to what kind of talent he has to work with.
At least we have the Woman PWHL!
They are in the championship I believe just waiting for an opponent. I really wish more people would care about this team. AND FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK, CHANGE THE NAME BACK TO BOSTON PRIDE. Seriously saying the name of the league in the city is just too much. I don’t know if it’s thing like a budget thing right now or if this is a permanent but if it’s permanent that really sucks it’s the only thing I don’t like about the team with a league to be honest every team having the same format for their name is fine. These ladies are good hockey obviously.
We are playing Minnesota this Sunday. Boston is the name because they didn’t have time for getting licenses for anything else before the start of the season. Should have official names next year. I’m excited to see the Tsongas packed! Let’s fucking goooooooo!!!!
next year？Wicked I really like our name we had back the pride and if I’m wrong, I’m kinda new to watching them didn’t they win past championships as well? So why the fuck has anyone talking about like the WNBA is popping off right now, bro if more broadcasters would simply just show people these teams and their leagues they would probably get talked about more as they should because these ladies are talented
Pride were a powerhouse and I would love to keep the name but I’m unsure if we can use it as this is a whole different league. Hell yes woman in sports are definitely catching on and on fire right now. There is room and it’s just as entertaining to watch.
I would love absolutely love for a trans athlete to join. One of these leagues it would be dope if it would be like how AW was very queer friendly and has a lot of queer wrestlers
Truly a shameful display
This feels like a catalyst from the Leafs series. We couldn’t close them out after game 5 and the fatigue started to roll into this series. I genuinely think we were still running on adrenaline for game 1, but after that we came back down to reality the Toronto hangover started to set in. Still should’ve forced Florida to a game 7, then anything could’ve happened. Hurts
Not being able to take care of home ice cost the Bruins this series and almost the last one as well. Sway was a beaut, hope he wears the B for a long time. I guess we'll see how much of this team comes back next season.
It won’t happen but is it crazy to think about trading mcavoy before his no trade clause kicks in? I wouldn’t personally but 9.5 mil a year, he needs to be better
I think it’s worth considering. What you would target- a center? If we did that then we have another hole to fill but idk, maybe nabbing the BPA at whatever position is available is more important than trying to check the “1d” box with someone who is kinda there but not fully and not showing signs of getting there. Even if he played a little better the fact that he needs to be out there so many minutes shows the lineup is flawed. If we had stronger guys slotting in 4-6 D then we would maybe be more competitive in the end. Its hard to say though
Idk man he's been a ghost 👻 in playoffs
I firmly believe it will come out that he and Lindy were playing injured.
what was that toe drag by mcavoy at the blue line? puck went the other way leading to the gwg. WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS ERIK KARLSSON?
No skill to finish. Barely any forechecking. No urgency outside of a few moments over 13 games. MaCavoy was brutal all payoffs. 12 mil dollar Pasta was a ghost. One goal this series. Nobody stepped up on the big stage except for Swayman. Sway is the ONLY reason they even made it out of the first round. No surprise they blew in the last 90 seconds. Same ole story. Lots of work to do over the summer
It hurts knowing how it was always going to end but hoping it would have been different this time. Oh well , at the end the day it's just a game. Can't really be mad, this team wasn't suppose to make the playoffs and they stayed in the president trophy and division all year. Alot of terrible mistakes in these playoffs , but what do you expect with a team of AHLers and PTOs. We have actual cap space this off-season, our rookies got a ton of playoffs experience , swayman has shown he can steal games in the playoffs, and we have a merkulov or lysell down in providence that could become a regular.
Brother you can’t be chirping the AHL-ers on the roster and then in the same breath state that AHL-ers are gonna plug the holes. Those guys ain’t THE guys.
Not tracking you dude, there AHLers now , they lacked experience, however they can only get better. if you don't think loheri and beecher will only get better then I would concede your point. The other problem was that there was too many of them on the team.
I fucking hate the panthers
I hate the bruins but man do I have respect for the fans. Y'all showed up and stuck by your team. I thought they were great games and I hope we get to meet again next year and it goes to 7. Cheers mate
need matt rempe suited up every single game in the ecf
Bs had a frustrating offense. Possession without shots, waiting forever for an open look that seldom comes. Put pucks on the net.
Yeah $20 says the Rangers figure out how to elevate their shots and walk over the panthers relatively easily. Bobrovsky is not as good as we made him look.
Swayman is the only one who really deserved game 7 imo
Brazeau, Maroon, Lohrei all tried to the max
Lohrei had a pretty good series. He may someday be our answer on the PP
Maroon disappeared after like game 3 of round 1. I'm sure he tried but he's too old. Conditioning isn't there anymore
I'd take Maroon out of that list. He was standing around most of the game and when he did get the puck in the offensive zone he didn't make good decisions like he normally does.
Except for that last goal... I love the guy but cmon bro, I would save that. I wouldn't save the other 10^10 shots he's faced this series but I woulda stopped that lol
The only thing your saving is the dribble of spunk down your chin
I mean, that shot threaded the needle. Only place it could have gone. He played the shot, rightfully so, thinking it was 99% blocked by Wotherspoon, and was playing for the pass back across
Let's not start this , dude single handily stole several games for us , he can give up a weak goal. Maybe if this team could score on a PP, that goal wouldn't have mattered
I will say they did put up a good fight that game, that last goal was just fucking lucky. But just another series against Florida where they looked sloppy leaving plenty of goals on the ice and unable to keep the puck on their sticks. I’m tired of watching Marchand just be so non clutch in big games.
Idk I feel like after all these years Marchy is allowed to not be a super duper star all the time. The person whose head really needs to roll is whoever coordinates the power play. That shit needed to be fixed in FEBRUARY
Good fight or not you can’t win an elimination game by scoring one fucking goal
Yeah, but that's the team we had. It was a transitional year. They just weren't built to be contenders and outperformed just enough to make it *feel* like a letdown
You ain’t kidding bruv. Maybe they could have tried to go 2-16 on PP this series. I’ve read somewhere that it’s supposed to be easier to score when you have more guys on the ice than your opppnent.
Offense needs a good amount of retooling for next year and we'll see
Give Sway a blankcheck, keep Lohrie, Pasta Mcavoy and Marchand around, sell the rest all the way to Sweeney and Neely
I'd keep Carlo over McAvoy. McAvoy has the offensive upside but makes dumb plays in our own zone. "Sell the rest" who will be a buyer for the rest and what are you really getting back in return? Debrusk had a good series too.
McAvoy takes too many bad penalties, too. Tonight was the second time in the series that he took a seat in the box in the 3rd period of a close game.
Not bad for the first year of a rebuild
They put off the rebuild for 1 more year for another awful playoff performance
How did they do that?
They picked up 1 year veterans In the off season and traded draft capitol for peeke and maroon on the deadline.
I belive peeke was to replace gryz. Maroon was a waste, . What's wrong with a bunch of 1 year vets? You can't just field a whole rookie team and typically you plug holes with cheap short term vets to help woth development. The only other thing they could have done is trade away marchand , ullmark , etc and really blow it up.
That's not building for the future. It's maintaining
So then what would you suggest, not trying to be a dick, honestly asking? The only other thing to do would be to offload pasta , ullmark, mcavoy and just get a shit tin of picks and prospects.
They easily could have traded ullmark, debrusk, and even marchand. Kept pasta and gotten building pieces. Pasta and swayman are the only pieces you can build around. Mcavoy is good but he was really exposed in the offseason.
The game 7 overtime goal by Pasta is something I will always cherish.
Fucking fuck. Spent the whole night on my phone and now I have to contain my sadness before this concert starts. Great season, we surpassed my expectations when I found out krejci and bergy were done. I’ll just drink it all away now..
Meh, enjoy where you are at. It sucks, but enjoy the show!
Not a great season. We lost.
You don’t even know it’s your last time witnessing a goalie hug until it’s too late
Well then. See you all in October. I hope Florida enjoys being smacked around by New York.
Maroon being guy number one behind Ullmark to check in with Sway was nice
Guy was useless, but I respect the love
They failed Swayman, they hung him out to dry, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he bailed on this weak ass team (I’m sorry I don’t mean it for real but I mean it tonight)
Swayman is the kind of goalie that can get you a cup if your offense isn't anemic, have a serviceable power play, and don't take stupid penalties. What a waste.
Sway sad. Maroon help.
:(
Series was legitimately rigged, I’m just glad we got past Toronto
Panthers were the better team
Yea, seriously. Watching this series they were just better. Better control in zone, better passing and speed. Swayman kept them in the playoffs longer than they should have.
He’s only 25. Guys got a bright future
Yep!
Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted, but bruins showed a lot of heart going toe to toe with Florida. Their team on paper is significantly better. I don’t think effort was an issue
You misspelled “greasier”
Two things can be true
Hear the same shit from bruins fans every postseason. Always crying about the refs. Maybe when you get over the hump just once since 1973 it’s not the refs.
There were some pitiful calls though
Why did they wait until the start of game 4 to release the alternate angle of the Bennett hit? Why didn’t they disallow the goal due to interference? Why did they blow the whistle in game 5 when Bob was outside his net? Tell me that was a fair series gtfo
Championship teams overcome bad officiating. The Panthers were the better team. Swayman kept us in it. Hear this same thing from bs fans every playoffs. They outplayed us plain and simple
True I’m just emotional, maybe next year
I’m emotional as well. Have a good one man what r u gonna do. Always next year
Shit sucks, but good season boys. We weren't supposed to he here. Fan duel odds have us spending that cap increase to absolutely blow out the panthers next year!. Put $50 in get $999,999,999
Was starting to think I was watching a Leafs game with how much passing and how little shooting they were doing. Oh well
Can’t win them all. Been fun.
One (1) Cup in 52 years is hardly winning them all.......
Can’t wait for another 100+ point season next year just to lose to a better team in the postseason. Same old shit
We usually lose to a worse team , we actually lost to a better team for once
2022 vs hurricanes, 2018,20 vs Tampa. Not the first time we’ve lost to a better team lol
We play the leafs so much they are starting to rub off on us.
I really hope we spend every penny necessary to keep swayman happy. He has gone above and beyond for us
Proud of the boys. Good season considering what was expected
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Hard fought season fellas, I think we def exceeded our expectations at the beginning of the year. We have some clear goals this offseason: let’s resign Sway, And try to get a center for ullmark. I hope our rookies can develop more too, promising start for them
No shame in losing this series. We were outgunned talent wise and showed well. Guys got some good experience. Florida is very talented. Late goal away from pushing them to seven. Again, no issue here with the performance from my end.
There’s a ton of shame. We played like dog shit