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twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Chiarelli is a whiney bitch but he is right. No way that he could make a reasonable trade once Mr. Burns told Smithers to put him squarely on the hot seat. Or is Neely Smithers? I guess then Larry Burns sabotaged the trade market for him. No respect I say, no respect.

Oh and once I saw a blimp!

b0mberMan {l Wrote}:

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Chiarelli is a whiney bitch but he is right. No way that he could make a reasonable trade once Mr. Burns told Smithers to put him squarely on the hot seat. Or is Neely Smithers? I guess then Larry Burns sabotaged the trade market for him. No respect I say, no respect.

Oh and once I saw a blimp!

It is ironic that this Mr. Burns runs a souvenir stand, no?

Connolly out for 6 weeks. That was quick.

Gaudreau with a PP goal vs. the B's - rocket of a wrister over Rask's shoulder. Wish we had him for one more year.

BostonCollege1 {l Wrote}:Gaudreau ... Wish we had him for one more year.

So do the people responsible for manipulating data for BC's alleged stellar graduation rate for "student" athletes.

I thought murt banned this lame agenda

BostonCollege1 {l Wrote}:Gaudreau with a PP goal vs. the B's - rocket of a wrister over Rask's shoulder. Wish we had him for one more year.

Great shot by Gaudreau, but can anyone tell me why the B's gave him so much time with the puck? They didn't have to make it so easy.

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:I thought murt banned this lame agenda

i will admit that it surprises me as well. maybe murt is at huang's funeral

familiar name signed with the bruins early, frank vatrano who led umass in goals is leaving after his sophomore season

http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/this- ... nk-vatrano

Man the Bruins flame out and no one bumps this up? It would boggle my mind if they kept both Chiarelli and Julien...one of them has to go.

Looking forward to seeing if my Caps can finally break through this year. Unfortunately, Dick's Rangers are looking like quite the unstoppable force right now.

The Bruins didn't flame out, they were awful all season. Not making the playoffs spared me watching that shitty team.

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:The Bruins didn't flame out, they were awful all season. Not making the playoffs spared me watching that shitty team.

I would say they were mediocre for much of the season. In the end, all they needed to do was win 2 of their last 3 -- and not only did the lose all 3 but they looked inept in the first two games. They flamed out.

bchockey04 {l Wrote}:

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:The Bruins didn't flame out, they were awful all season. Not making the playoffs spared me watching that shitty team.

I would say they were mediocre for much of the season. In the end, all they needed to do was win 2 of their last 3 -- and not only did the lose all 3 but they looked inept in the first two games. They flamed out.

I didn't notice, frankly, because they sucked all season.

bchockey04 {l Wrote}:

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:The Bruins didn't flame out, they were awful all season. Not making the playoffs spared me watching that shitty team.

I would say they were mediocre for much of the season. In the end, all they needed to do was win 2 of their last 3 -- and not only did the lose all 3 but they looked inept in the first two games. They flamed out.

They were streaky all year. To close out the season the went lose 6, win 1, lose 1, win 2, lose 1, win 5, lose 6, win 5 and lose 3. Not really flaming out, just par for the course for the year. Went all in last year with the Iginla contract (still the right move IMO) and had to give up Boychuk this year as ramifications. Still have a good enough core with Krejci, Rask, Bergeron and Chara, though Chara slowed down due to his permanently torn PCL. Curious to see what the offseason entails but I wouldn't be too surprised if Chia and Julien come back. One bad year out of eight doesn't necessitate firing IMO.

Yeah, Chara's injury was a big problem, as was having 6 centers and 3 forwards.

They already have Rask. That's like, half the work of building a contender right there.

The way I see it is they have a nice collection of 3rd liners and then Bergeron on offense. That's not enough up front. And Chara is older and slower now. Still a good defensemen, but you're paying him now for what he did 6 years ago, which is more or less what you end up doing in a lot of these situations, but it kind of sucks.

b0mberMan {l Wrote}:They already have Rask. That's like, half the work of building a contender right there.

The way I see it is they have a nice collection of 3rd liners and then Bergeron on offense. That's not enough up front. And Chara is older and slower now. Still a good defensemen, but you're paying him now for what he did 6 years ago, which is more or less what you end up doing in a lot of these situations, but it kind of sucks.

Agree with all of this, but would note Kreiji's injury and the promise of a couple of young talented guys up front.

Soderberg to Colorado for a 6th in 2016. He was the Bs best player in the 2014 playoffs against Canadians. Otherwise, he did nothing.

well that return was underwhelming

Slightly more than they would have gotten to let him walk (which everyone knew they were doing). Terrible trade on paper, but not much they could do.

if the bruins had just kept the players they traded away (hamilton boychuk and seguin) and traded away everyone else they may have had a better core

I'm still not convinced that Hamilton will ever play any defense, but yes.

Officially in rebuilding mode. As much as I like McQuad on this team, there is no reason no sign him now.

The Seguin revisionist history is one of my favorite NHL things in recent memory.

Sweeney is also an incompetent moron as evidenced by the Hamiltob trade, McQuaid signing and trading a 2015 5th for a 2016 5th.

flyingelvii {l Wrote}:The Seguin revisionist history is one of my favorite NHL things in recent memory.

Sweeney is also an incompetent moron as evidenced by the Hamiltob trade, McQuaid signing and trading a 2015 5th for a 2016 5th.

bruins fans revisionist history on the perception of the seguin trade by non bruins fans is one of my favorite NHL things in recent memory

Never said it was a good trade but last I checked Greg Wyshynski and Jeff Marek, amongst other prominent hockey folks, aren't Bruins fans. Probably talked myself into the trade but Seguin was relative shit that year, especially in the playoffs with a disappearing 0-fer and general lethargic play, and likely wouldn't become what he is now in Dallas for a myriad of reasons, some legit, some bullshit. He certainly wasn't going to get center minutes and he was certainly an immature shithead, as many young kids are, even disregarding the Sox-esque smear campaign but he wasn't going to get to leverage a Benn type or a kick in the ass. The B's lost that trade by a wide margin but it was a lot more defensible back then. Even then, the trade gave them a President's Trophy via Iginla.

Boychuk is slightly overrated and currently overpaid and over-lengthed (non-TRE...though I have heard he does well for himself), which is made worse by the fact Seidenberg shredded his knee a few weeks after signing a new deal. He may have been the difference between a few playoff games and their current position but not by much.

And again, the fucking shift key.

Zac Rinaldo for a 3rd. Yeah, they're fucked for the next few years with Sweeney and Neely at the helm.

flyingelvii {l Wrote}:Zac Rinaldo for a 3rd. Yeah, they're fucked for the next few years with Sweeney and Neely at the helm.

I don't think I've posted here for awhile but yeah...