11-19-2024, 04:37 PM
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#41
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Lifetime Suspension
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It's a weird roster as well, its signed long term but aging as well.
Rolling with Temu Joe would be strange.
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11-19-2024, 04:50 PM
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#42
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Junglist
Pasta, Marchand, Lindholm, Coyle, Zacha and not much else on forward.
McAvoy on D.
Lindholm/Carlo..
Swayman in net.
The just dont have the depth the have had for years
The team
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I don't know, I'd disagree. Compared to last season, they haven't lost any consequential upfront (Debrusk, but he was not great last year) and they've added Lindholm. On D, Shattenkirk, I suppose but he too wasn't great last year and then they added Z this year, who has been bad. It's the same team, but their goalies haven't been good (not sure if Swayman finds it after missing camp). I personally think they'll be just fine.
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11-19-2024, 05:11 PM
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#43
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by activeStick
I don't know, I'd disagree. Compared to last season, they haven't lost any consequential upfront (Debrusk, but he was not great last year) and they've added Lindholm. On D, Shattenkirk, I suppose but he too wasn't great last year and then they added Z this year, who has been bad. It's the same team, but their goalies haven't been good (not sure if Swayman finds it after missing camp). I personally think they'll be just fine.
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The team is mostly the same, but as I've seen online, maybe putting that much money in a center ice crew that doesn't drive play is a bad idea. And they really, really look disinterested right now.
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11-19-2024, 06:39 PM
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#45
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Apr 2015
Exp: 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Huge overreaction to fire the coach who took an ordinary roster to the greatest regular season of all time, whose only weakness was not matching up well against the Panthers in the playoffs.
The Bruins are still in a playoff spot while getting poor goaltending and special teams. Show some patience in your $66M goalie or make some PP adjustments before firing the coach.
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The coach was a lame duck who nearly got fired after the playoffs last year. He wanted a new deal in the summer, the team refused and they’ve looked like trash so far to start the year.. It’s not a shock that he got fired.
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11-19-2024, 06:51 PM
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#46
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Singapore
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Bruins are a mess I think. Long term contracts on the wrong people. Might be hard to compete unless they get some help from prospects or a fantastic trade.
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11-19-2024, 06:54 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ottawa
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First thing I wondered is if the Habs might look at asking St. Louis to step aside to bring in Montgomery.
It is probably a little early in the rebuild for someone like Montgomery, but there's pressure and dissatisfaction in Montreal for the first time in quite a while. I don't think anyone truly believes St. Louis -- however good he is for young players and culture -- is really gonna be the guy to get them over the hump. So if you are Hughes you might look at making the change a little earlier than planned in order to get a coach of this calibre and pedigree (Montgomery is a Montrealer who speaks French fluently)
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11-19-2024, 07:02 PM
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#48
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Definitely seems like an overreaction 1/4 the way into a season after the regular season they had last year.
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11-19-2024, 07:05 PM
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#49
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by liamenator
First thing I wondered is if the Habs might look at asking St. Louis to step aside to bring in Montgomery.
It is probably a little early in the rebuild for someone like Montgomery, but there's pressure and dissatisfaction in Montreal for the first time in quite a while. I don't think anyone truly believes St. Louis -- however good he is for young players and culture -- is really gonna be the guy to get them over the hump. So if you are Hughes you might look at making the change a little earlier than planned in order to get a coach of this calibre and pedigree (Montgomery is a Montrealer who speaks French fluently)
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Hell, he played for the Habs (briefly)
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11-19-2024, 07:09 PM
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#50
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Lifetime Suspension
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St. Louis isn’t a good coach. Montgomery would be a massive upgrade. Heck he would be an upgrade on many teams us Buffalo and Ottawa come to mind as well.
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11-19-2024, 07:49 PM
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#51
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Franchise Player
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Meat shield for the GM who didn’t replace the vets that retired.
GM is next on the list
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11-19-2024, 08:01 PM
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#52
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Franchise Player
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I personally will not be shedding a tear for the guy.
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11-19-2024, 08:18 PM
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#53
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Franchise Player
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Jack Adams curse?
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11-19-2024, 09:55 PM
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#54
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damn onions
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Montgomery shouldn’t be fired, the GM should be though.
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11-19-2024, 10:11 PM
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#55
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Montgomery shouldn’t be fired, the GM should be though.
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The Bruins are 433-203-84 since Sweeney became their GM.
8 straight playoff appearances.
Not sure why he should be fired?
It's inevitable that a team gets older and has their contention window close.
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11-19-2024, 10:13 PM
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#56
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
St. Louis isn’t a good coach. Montgomery would be a massive upgrade. Heck he would be an upgrade on many teams us Buffalo and Ottawa come to mind as well.
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Careful, I said this in the summer and was attacked pretty hard
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11-19-2024, 10:15 PM
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#57
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Franchise Player
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Probably an overreaction - that's what it looks like to most on paper, including myself. They play in a tough division.
However, maybe some of the players have had it with him? If that's the case, then this will make more sense to me. Otherwise, I think it is a complete overreaction as well.
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11-19-2024, 11:40 PM
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#58
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
And made it to the finals and had a 46-18-5 regular season record.
In the end it would only happen if McDavid somehow said he was okay with his junior coach and friend being fired.
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They won’t fire The Knob, the will just bring in Coach Q as an associate coach.
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11-20-2024, 09:51 AM
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#59
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Calgary
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Of course, I kid, but I was reminded of the time Les Nordiques traded coach for a 1st rnder...with how Huska has this team playing, has this come to Connie's mind lol:
"Rangers made historic trade for coach ahead of 1987 NHL Draft:
Bergeron lasted fewer than 2 seasons with New York after being acquired from Quebec for 1st-round pick"
https://www.nhl.com/news/new-york-ra...-nhl-344923178
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11-20-2024, 09:58 AM
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#60
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
The Bruins are 433-203-84 since Sweeney became their GM.
8 straight playoff appearances.
Not sure why he should be fired?
It's inevitable that a team gets older and has their contention window close.
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Don't know if the GM should be fired, but the roster was prime for a retool. Instead, they went out and signed a couple of soon to be 30-year-olds to long term deals and banked on Zacha and Lindholm to center their top 2 lines. Probably not smart.
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