If I hear one more interview between periods where they say that “we just have to stick with our game plan,” I’m going to lose my mind. The game plan isn’t working. Chip and chase hockey is dying a slow death and the Bruins seem hell bent on being the last team to play this dull style. Look at the West they carry the puck and play hard fast transition hockey they don’t rush to the red line and then dump and run. Because everyone in the league, including the Bruins, has figured out how to beat this style of play. Our power play s a complete joke and has been for over a year Mark Savard and David Krechi would definitely help but even with the two of them in the line up we still won’t cyle like a team that gives a damn. I mean, I’m sorry but the center droping the puck off to the winger coming out of the corner and then switching positions with him while the other three guys on the ice just stand there and watch isn’t a cycle, its two guys skating in a circle. Movement and an unwillingness to give up the puck are the keys to a good powerplay and the Bruins don’t seem to be capable of either, and I don’t see David Krechi and Mark Savard changing that. At the beginning of the season, the Bruins seemed to be having a great deal of success when they activated the defensmen and allowed them to pinch down and keep pucks in the offensive zone, this doesn’t seen to be happening any longer weather they’ve been instructed by the coaching staff to no longer pinch down or if thier earlier success with this was just a fluke remains to be seen but they need to be more agressive on offense and more confident in their defense to keep them in games if thay are going to have any success down the line. This team plays well when thay are confident and that confidence seems much like last year to be waning. If they have too many more games like the last few they are going to have to make some changes because the fans aren’t going to pay to watch this for much longer.

*tough

Goaltending isn’t the issue. If you left a peewee player unguarded on the doorstep where Kane was for the first goal, he would have banged it in. The other goals were Byfuglien in all alone, Stuart failing to pick up Slater (essentially giving him a chance all alone), and a crazy tip by Bergfors I believe it was. Atlanta executed more effectively by a mile. Their breakout was infinitely better, as was their passing game in general. Combine that with a D-corps that collectively wants nothing to do with handling responsibility and a lackluster offense, and you have the recipe for a loss.

every time they have gotten a lead this season, they’ve won. Thomas is clearly the number one goalie and he should be playing six of every seven games for most of the season. there needs to be a focus on quick starts with quick scoring. being awesome on defense doesn’t win without getting good shots on goal and neither does getting volume in shots. they aren’t too far from being the best team in the league, but the missing element would be quick starts. somebody needs to tear the letter off of Chara’s chest and motivate this team with some rah rah before they slip down too far in the rankings. Captain Marchand (or Thornton or Recchi or Thomas or….) would likely have more encouraging intensity in his words and attitude.