Anthony Travalgia: Bubble hockey comes to an end for Bruins The Bruins season came to an end on Monday, losing Game 5 to the Lightning in overtime

I think it may be curtains for this team for a while. Krug likely gone. Legend Chara is ancient. Bergeron has a ton of wear on his tires. The goalie abandoned his team.

I think it may be curtains for this team for a while. Krug likely gone. Legend Chara is ancient. Bergeron has a ton of wear on his tires. The goalie abandoned his team.
- BernardShakey

Good point, obviously some depth is needed. We all respect Rask’s move but it stings.

Rask to Toronto for Freddy, trade Kase and Ritchie for picks, Chara retires, sign Krug
Buyouts and retained salary comes off the books, sign Debrusk to a bridge deal.

Rask - Gutless
Chara - retire
Krejci - Seen enough
Miller - Done
Moore - Trash
Nordberg -PLug
Lindholm -plug
DeBrusk -plug
Kase -plug
Ritchie -pant load
Zboril -bust
Senyshyn -bust
Kuhlman - plug
Bjork - plug

I would keep Krug over any of these losers(Excluding Chara from that comment) and that's absolutely the decision that should be made.

We'll see if there even is a 20-21 season. Neely alluded to it, the NHL can't function without fans in the stands. They don't have the NFL's super rich TV contract. Doing this playoff series is one thing, doing a regular season with full player salaries and very little income is an entirely different thing. Better hope for a successful vaccine.

Rask - Gutless
Chara - retire
Krejci - Seen enough
Miller - Done
Moore - Trash
Nordberg -PLug
Lindholm -plug
DeBrusk -plug
Kase -plug
Ritchie -pant load
Zboril -bust
Senyshyn -bust
Kuhlman - plug
Bjork - plug

I would keep Krug over any of these losers(Excluding Chara from that comment) and that's absolutely the decision that should be made.
- glove_was_stuck

You've seen enough of Krejci and yet he was one of our best performers in the playoffs.

I think it may be curtains for this team for a while. Krug likely gone. Legend Chara is ancient. Bergeron has a ton of wear on his tires. The goalie abandoned his team.
- BernardShakey

Hard to take input seriously from people ashamed to identify the team they cheer for.

We'll see if there even is a 20-21 season. Neely alluded to it, the NHL can't function without fans in the stands. They don't have the NFL's super rich TV contract. Doing this playoff series is one thing, doing a regular season with full player salaries and very little income is an entirely different thing. Better hope for a successful vaccine.
- bluemoon737

We might be knee deep in plague corpses and embroiled in a full-blown civil war by then. It is possible that this will be the last playoffs/season for a long time.

You've seen enough of Krejci and yet he was one of our best performers in the playoffs.
- Nasty_Duck

I agree, has one year left on his contract. If he can be signed for a team friendly short (2-3 years) contract do it. He has already said he wants to be a Bruin for his whole career. I also wouldn't give up on Kuhlman, reminds me a lot of Marchand...needs to be given more of a chance. I don't agree with Krug being a priority...he is slowing down at a rapid pace.

I agree, has one year left on his contract. If he can be signed for a team friendly short (2-3 years) contract do it. He has already said he wants to be a Bruin for his whole career. I also wouldn't give up on Kuhlman, reminds me a lot of Marchand...needs to be given more of a chance. I don't agree with Krug being a priority...he is slowing down at a rapid pace.
- bluemoon737

Krejci may coast a bit during the regular season but he is one of the few players that turns it up a notch in the post-season. A 2-3 year deal would be great if we can convince him to sign that.

Krug is skilled but problem is his size. So he bulked up some and lost speed. Not a great trade-off. He's a good PP quarterback, but his contract will always be limited by his size. I'd like him on the team but do not want to overpay for him. Let some other team do that.

Glad they made an effort last night, the wagon that was this team 4 months ago lost a wheel, they were outplayed, Tampa could win it all.

Krejci may coast a bit during the regular season but he is one of the few players that turns it up a notch in the post-season. A 2-3 year deal would be great if we can convince him to sign that.

Krug is skilled but problem is his size. So he bulked up some and lost speed. Not a great trade-off. He's a good PP quarterback, but his contract will always be limited by his size. I'd like him on the team but do not want to overpay for him. Let some other team do that.
- Nasty_Duck

Think he will be too expensive to warrant the keep (Krug). We need help on the back end badly. We need some hitters that actually make an impact. Clifton loves to hit but with his size all that results is a scoresheet stat...no impact what-so-ever. McAvoy is the only hitter capable of delivering punishment on the back end and that's not going to cut it.

Once again we can repeat the refrain over and over again, we need someone else stable on Krejci's line...can't keep jumping on and off the carousel. Although I did like Kuhlman on the top line with Pasta on the second line.

Studnicka with Coyle and maybe Frederic for the third line? Set things up for when Krejci and/or Bergy move on...Coyle moves up and Studnicka moves to center.

Whatever happens, let's hope they don't go after yet another 30+ winger for ridiculous price/term.

Krejci may coast a bit during the regular season but he is one of the few players that turns it up a notch in the post-season. A 2-3 year deal would be great if we can convince him to sign that.

Krug is skilled but problem is his size. So he bulked up some and lost speed. Not a great trade-off. He's a good PP quarterback, but his contract will always be limited by his size. I'd like him on the team but do not want to overpay for him. Let some other team do that.
- Nasty_Duck

I think the thing that might worry teams about Krug are guys like Barrie and Shattenkirk getting out of a sweet position and just falling apart.

You've seen enough of Krejci and yet he was one of our best performers in the playoffs.
- Nasty_Duck

Yes. I have seen enough of him taking pieces of the season off. At his age and cap hit. Yes seen enough. You disagree? fine. You're incorrect if you do.

Glad they made an effort last night, the wagon that was this team 4 months ago lost a wheel, they were outplayed, Tampa could win it all.
- 77emac77

Agreed, think they did outplay Tampa last night but things just didn't go our way. Shame we will never know how things might have turned out if covid hadn't hit...

Gotta say to me the biggest disappointment (other than Rask bailing) was Carlo's play. Any progress/improvement shown last year (which was actually pretty good) was completely wiped out this post season. A complete meh at best (actually much worse).

It’s amazing how quickly people turn on this team. Tampa made the right moves at the deadline and they were already stacked. The Bruins did not.

Everyone calling for Rask to be gone. You just saw what life will be like with out him.

Krejci may coast a bit during the regular season but he is one of the few players that turns it up a notch in the post-season. A 2-3 year deal would be great if we can convince him to sign that.

Krug is skilled but problem is his size. So he bulked up some and lost speed. Not a great trade-off. He's a good PP quarterback, but his contract will always be limited by his size. I'd like him on the team but do not want to overpay for him. Let some other team do that.
- Nasty_Duck

Krejci for as slow as he plays is still viable. He is also one of the few players on the team that can carry the puck into the zone. That is something that the Bruins desperately need.

It’s amazing how quickly people turn on this team. Tampa made the right moves at the deadline and they were already stacked. The Bruins did not.

Everyone calling for Rask to be gone. You just saw what life will be like with out him.
- Mahewman

Never said Rask should gone, he has a year left and we should keep him. I would also sign him to a reasonable extension if possible...have the feeling that may not be in the cards though, he might hang up the skates or want a change of scenery. Playing for Boston can take it's toll mentally.

Never said Rask should gone, he has a year left and we should keep him. I would also sign him to a reasonable extension if possible...have the feeling that may not be in the cards though, he might hang up the skates or want a change of scenery. Playing for Boston can take it's toll mentally.
- bluemoon737

If Rask is retiring, do they make a move for Holtby? Dude has absolutely killed us.

Hard to take input seriously from people ashamed to identify the team they cheer for.



- Nasty_Duck

Harder to take him seriously for judging a man picking his family over sport.

If Rask is retiring, do they make a move for Holtby? Dude has absolutely killed us.
- Mahewman

Holtby is the not the same goalie he was. He is in decline, or at least appears to be. Maybe a change of scenery would do him good, but I wouldn't put high expectations on him to equal or exceed Rask.

I hate to say it, but the Rask era is probably over in Boston. Maybe one day we will hear the entire story of why he left the bubble early. He probably has solid reasons and there may be gory details to the story that we are not aware of. Dude is/was a competitor, I don't think he would bail on a team lightly, especially a team he was been through so much with. But, I think he has lost a portion of the fanbase regardless of what his reasons were, and that lack of support and confidence can impact his mental game.

It's not a buyer's market for goalies, so expect to overpay for a reliable, above-average starter.

I'd go after Kuemper before Holtby or Andersen.

Krug's not worth $5.5-6 mill...Gryzelek can do the same job...they need size on the back end as it's pretty obvious at this point that Carlo is not going to use his and Z is no longer a top 4 guy.
Doubt Rask is back (I'd go after Lehner over Holtby but bidding will be fierce). Wouldn't mind seeing Hoffman in a B's uniform- they need a winger with size, skill and grit. (Say what you will about the Ottawa- Karlsson thing but I think Karlsson was the issue there)
DeBrusk, Bjork, Ritchie ,Kase, Carlo all need to check their pants for their manhood- they DO know they were in a playoff series, right?
Team can be retooled but the players mentioned above are not the answers. We'd better hope Studnicka develops into something.
For the 3rd time in 3 years we've proven we can't get past a team with a big, mobile hard hitting blueline and can't survive solely on a 37-63-88 line...until this changes, the result will be the same. Love my B's til the end, but we need to shuffle the deck a bit.

out of the five that need new contracts, Grzelcyk gets a good raise chara at 2 mil would be fine, debrusk had bad year so minimal show me contract. krug will be to expensive so trade his rights and nordstrom whatever.