Ty Anderson: Bruins have collapse-free third, beat Panthers

Ty Anderson: Bruins have collapse-free third, beat Panthers
- tyanderson

wow, just wow, gotta do something at the deadline

i started biting my finger nails after they went up 2-0 with 5 to go in the first. looch is simply amazing. gives les sud hommes a goal and then takes one away from his own team!

The Krejci line is ice cold. Time for cloode to shake up that line. Maybe swap Peverly for Krejci

Ty Anderson: Bruins have collapse in 2nd, lucky to beat Panthers
- tyanderson

That's more like it.

Edit: I don't know how true it is, but more and more reports are coming out that the Bruins and Pens are trying to get Iginla. I do think they will have to do something for that 3rd line now that Kelly is out. Maybe the best play would be to move Campbell to center with Peverly and Caron, and look for a 4th line center because the market for that may be better.

That's more like it.
- GSDIV

it should not have been that hard

The Krejci line is ice cold. Time for cloode to shake up that line. Maybe swap Peverly for Krejci
- glove_was_stuck

i think krejci has looked good but he's been forced to play miracle worker with $8m worth of garbage. it's bad when the 4th line and a make shift 3rd line look way better than the 1st line but that's the bright side. why punish the other lines by shaking things up? lower the 1st line's minutes and double shift krejci.

i think krejci has looked good but he's been forced to play miracle worker with $8m worth of garbage. it's bad when the 4th line and a make shift 3rd line look way better than the 1st line but that's the bright side. why punish the other lines by shaking things up? lower the 1st line's minutes and double shift krejci.
- yinzer_nation

You make a good point. Claude always says there are no 1st, 2nd lines ect. But something needs to happen maybe benching one of Lucic or Horton might wake them up.

EDIT: Also this happened...

The Krejci line is ice cold. Time for cloode to shake up that line. Maybe swap Peverly for Krejci
- glove_was_stuck

they have been all year, maybe time to trade Krejci and get a real #1 center.

i think krejci has looked good but he's been forced to play miracle worker with $8m worth of garbage. it's bad when the 4th line and a make shift 3rd line look way better than the 1st line but that's the bright side. why punish the other lines by shaking things up? lower the 1st line's minutes and double shift krejci.
- yinzer_nation

double shift Krejci? where else is he gonna play. Maybe its time for a bigger shakeup, Trade Horton (UFA at end of season) or Looch, who has yet to live up to his Cam Neely comparisons. Heck, Thorton is only one goal behind Looch, maybe put him on the top line if only just to light a fire...

it should not have been that hard
- Rayven

no it shouldn't have been, but that goal they gave up was awesome, I don't care if it was a penalty or not, jumping up off the ice after running through Hamilton with the puck on his stick,

and of coarse jack had just been talking about how the B's hadn't given up a shortie.....

double shift Krejci? where else is he gonna play. Maybe its time for a bigger shakeup, Trade Horton (UFA at end of season) or Looch, who has yet to live up to his Cam Neely comparisons. Heck, Thorton is only one goal behind Looch, maybe put him on the top line if only just to light a fire...
- 77emac77

double shift Krejci? where else is he gonna play. Maybe its time for a bigger shakeup, Trade Horton (UFA at end of season) or Looch, who has yet to live up to his Cam Neely comparisons. Heck, Thorton is only one goal behind Looch, maybe put him on the top line if only just to light a fire...
- 77emac77

i could see looch or horton getting banished to the frozen calgary tundra. looch could nab iggy and picks, right? can thornton play the off wing? double deuce has a wonderful toe drag.

Hard to imagine we can find so much wrong with a team that has 4 regulation losses in 25 games but they have to get better to be in the conversation of winning it all.

Hard to imagine we can find so much wrong with a team that has 4 regulation losses in 25 games but they have to get better to be in the conversation of winning it all.
- GSDIV

It is odd. But that "1st" line is glaringly non existent right now

It is odd. But that "1st" line is glaringly non existent right now
- glove_was_stuck

True, they have hit a wall. I do have more confidence in them finding a way out of it than I do seeing the 3rd line gel together as currently constituted.

Can't break up the Bergeron line IMO. If they ever got Iginla I would put him out with Krejci and Lucic. Move Campbell up to 3rd line center with Peverly and Horton. Either give spooner a shot on the 4th line or trade for a 4th line center.

I think tons of teams would be looking for a 3rd line role player for the center position so I doubt the Bruins would overpay for that position. I really don't like Peverly at center even if he is good on draws.

It is odd. But that "1st" line is glaringly non existent right now
- glove_was_stuck

flip krejci and campbell and tell the latter you're sorry.

they have been all year, maybe time to trade Krejci and get a real #1 center.
- 77emac77

I don't see Krejci as the problem on that line

I don't see Krejci as the problem on that line
- Rayven

I completely agree that it's not Krejic that is the problem. I am infuriated by the play of Horton and even more so by lucic. This line is amazing when they want to be, but horrible when they don't feel like playing. It's the one line that doesn't move it's feet all game every game.
With bergy and the nose face killer taking on the extra tough minutes against the power play of the opposing team as well as being matched up against the opposing teams best scorers, shutting them down and contributing on the scoreboard at the same time, i.e. crosby's point streak was ended because of this line. The so called top line still doesn't seem to try and they have it far easier than most of the rest of the team.
The looch signing for SIX MILLION A YEAR, SECOND HIGHEST ON THE TEAM was a huge mistake in my opinion. I would have rather Horton, he is clutch and although seems dazed and confused sometimes he tries far more often than lucic.
How many fights has he gotten in this year?
Where does he rank in hits this year?
To be honest I haven't looked these states up, but from watching the games personally they can not be that high.
So.....in conclusion...THE VERY REASON WE BOSTON FANS FELL IN LOVE WITH LOOCH AS A HARD NOSE BLUE COLLER PLAYER HE WAS, he no longer desires to be. He has turned into a player that believes he is a dangler/finesse player, which he is clearly not.

Also, I don't hate Ference but he is less reliable than karerle with the puck, we need to boot his ass.

I completely agree that it's not Krejic that is the problem. I am infuriated by the play of Horton and even more so by lucic. This line is amazing when they want to be, but horrible when they don't feel like playing. It's the one line that doesn't move it's feet all game every game.
With bergy and the nose face killer taking on the extra tough minutes against the power play of the opposing team as well as being matched up against the opposing teams best scorers, shutting them down and contributing on the scoreboard at the same time, i.e. crosby's point streak was ended because of this line. The so called top line still doesn't seem to try and they have it far easier than most of the rest of the team.
The looch signing for SIX MILLION A YEAR, SECOND HIGHEST ON THE TEAM was a huge mistake in my opinion. I would have rather Horton, he is clutch and although seems dazed and confused sometimes he tries far more often than lucic.
How many fights has he gotten in this year?
Where does he rank in hits this year?
To be honest I haven't looked these states up, but from watching the games personally they can not be that high.
So.....in conclusion...THE VERY REASON WE BOSTON FANS FELL IN LOVE WITH LOOCH AS A HARD NOSE BLUE COLLER PLAYER HE WAS, he no longer desires to be. He has turned into a player that believes he is a dangler/finesse player, which he is clearly not.

Also, I don't hate Ference but he is less reliable than karerle with the puck, we need to boot his ass.
- JIwasinskiJr

this

I don't see Krejci as the problem on that line
- Rayven

Krejci might not be the main part of the problem, but he is part of it. Yeah, looch is the elephant in the room, he doesn't seem to developing further, and a lot o what he was paid is potential, which he isn't reaching. That said, krejci has historically given a half assed effort during the season, thinking he can turn it up for the playoffs. How can his linemates not be affected by that? And Horton, I still wonder if he's back 100% from his bell ringer, so I do cut him more slack.

Krejci might not be the main part of the problem, but he is part of it. Yeah, looch is the elephant in the room, he doesn't seem to developing further, and a lot o what he was paid is potential, which he isn't reaching. That said, krejci has historically given a half assed effort during the season, thinking he can turn it up for the playoffs. How can his linemates not be affected by that? And Horton, I still wonder if he's back 100% from his bell ringer, so I do cut him more slack.
- 77emac77

the problem is they are all getting chances, they just aren't going in

the problem is they are all getting chances, they just aren't going in
- Rayven

Last year I may have thought the same thing, but krejic signed a new contract and is fulfilling his side of the bargain. Looch at SIX MILLION A YEAR, THATS MORE THAN BERGY SEGUIN AND MARCHAND there top three forwards, I.e. one just won the selke and should have gotten it the year of the cup, but the love fest for Kesler and datsyuk was pathetic, I understand that the magic stick man is amazing and if you want to rename the awarded after him fine, but bergy was on the Stanley cup team with the best GA average and a better plus rating against the better players, and still snubbed, b.s.

Looch is $6 a year to krejic's 5.5? And he is clutch in the playoffs. We have four players that are either or almost a PPG and its bergy, marchy, seugin, and the krejic, hard to argue David is the problem with that line.

Anyways, if you had to trade one of the "top line players", who would it be? I know Horton is an UFA but I would rather sign him at another $4 mil a year deal and bounce Lucic and spooner and maybe a first rounder for iggy and JBO.
That would give us the perfect over the top line-up to almost assure the cup, and if we can get iggy to sign a rechic type deal we would be the favorite next year too!!!

the problem is they are all getting chances, they just aren't going in
- Rayven

That's a more believable for peverleys line, which that's what they were saying about. A 15 million dollar line should miss the net that much. No just to reel it in a sec, they're a game out of first, they beat most of the teams there supposed to. But clearly there's room for improvement, and the place that clearly isn't pulling their weight is the "top" line. Kejkci gets more pp time, so his numbers are gonna look a little better. He has 15 assists but his linemates have 7 goals.

That's a more believable for peverleys line, which that's what they were saying about. A 15 million dollar line should miss the net that much. No just to reel it in a sec, they're a game out of first, they beat most of the teams there supposed to. But clearly there's room for improvement, and the place that clearly isn't pulling their weight is the "top" line. Kejkci gets more pp time, so his numbers are gonna look a little better. He has 15 assists but his linemates have 7 goals.
- 77emac77

I won't argue that, but it just seems to me they are getting no puck luck. I agree that looch seems to have lost some of that physical edge, I dunno what to say. I would suggest moving Seguin up there but you don't wanna mess with that second lines chemistry. Julien rolls all four lines on a nightly basis so it's hard to get one line or another extra ice time.