Poll result: Readers want Seidenberg to stick with Chara on Bruins’ D
McQuaid/By S. Bradley
McQuaid showed last season how tough he is and what a solid defender — with his reach and strength — he could be. He also showed brief flashes of offensive ability. While he didn’t put up that many points, he showed a knack for getting his above-average shot on goal and for knowing when to join the play and be in the right place during attack time or even on the rush.
The Bruins have made a commitment to McQuaid beyond this season, so it’s time to see how much more he can bring. It’s also time to see if Seidenberg can be the leader of a Chara-less pair for the long haul. Seidenberg struggled for stretches of last year’s regular season. The opportunity to play with a up-and-comer like McQuaid might do the trick to keep Seidenberg at a respectable level of consistency.
So to recap, here’s what my D pairs would look like:
Chara-Boychuk
Seidenberg-McQuaid
Ference-Corvo
The Bruins might just go with no set pairs for the first several months next season like they did last year. But if they’re looking to keep things orderly, this is the way they should go.
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I like those pairings. Boychuk is a solid player with a good attitude, a team player. Sure he makes mistakes, who doesn’t.
Pairings are realistic, but, you forgot to mention Boychuck’s weakness in decision making. Let’s not forget where the Canucks scored 7 goals against when Boychuck was on the ice
good pairings since sides and corvo don’t fight, but i’d like to z and darth make it rain.
By the way – I’d let Corvo learn the system next to Chara the way every other newbie does. Its the safest place to play.
Chara – Corvo
Seids – Boychuk
AF – McQuaid
Boychuk is playing to remain with the Bs this season. It’ll be interesting to see which one shows up.
Makes no sense to pair these two in the regular season. Folks – they played great together in the playoffs. No argument they are the best tandem. They won the cup – proof enough for me.
But they also played together for about 30 minutes a night – they did this b/c they were the best tandem, but also because the Bs would never have won playing the other two tandems regular season minutes.
You can’t play Z and Seids 30 minutes a night through the regular season. They HAVE to use different pairings during the season, but I’m all for the two teaming up again for the next run on Lord Stanley.
Sorry – but its extremely short-sighted to think these two should pair up over the long-haul toward the seedings.
I like the idea of giving Darth Quaider a chance to be full time 2nd pair, but not sure it will suit him. I also, really don’t mind one bit having Corvo on 3rd pair, as he is a bit defensively weak. Should be interesting to see how all this turns out.