There’s no telling what it’s going to take for the Bruins to put forth a 60-minute effort to at least put themselves in a position to win a game, let alone actually earn two points.
Playing in front of a packed house against their archrival on Hockey Night in Canada after waking up as the last-place team in the Eastern Conference didn’t do the trick.
The Bruins dug a 3-0 hole and couldn’t recover en route to a 4-2 loss to Montreal tonight at the Bell Centre.
The Bruins are now 3-7-0, the worst 10-game start by a defending Stanley Cup champion since the 1994-95 New York Rangers went 4-5-1 (they were coached by Colin Campbell — how’s that for a coincidence?).
Tyler Seguin scored a 6-on-5 goal and Milan Lucic also scored for the Bruins, who will be back in action Tuesday night at home against the surprising Ottawa Senators.
The Other Nifty, “If they keep this pace up they’ll put a Nail in their roster.”
Well said.
Yeah Karl, that was a tough one to swallow but if you really want to hurt us hab fans, it’s got to be this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tixyJJph2g
PS: You can’t trade Krejci (or at least I don’t think you should). Good centers are very hard to come by and they don’t come cheap either.
Cormac – Don’t like it at all. Hamill in the middle on the ‘energy’ line. C’mon. Not much for trade options with this club though. Kelly where’s an A on a club already short on leaders. I’m not sure he’s the guy you move.
Honestly though.. I’m at a loss. I will say that if the boys down in Providence aren’t playing with all they have right now (fighting for a call-up) that there ain’t nuthing down there.
Beantown,
I think Krejci is still aching from whatever injury he had. The B’s won’t trade their best play making center, this early in the season, because most of the wings haven’t,YET, found their scoring touch.
If you’re thinking immediate trade? I’d, first, explore moving Peverley and Kelly for a scoring wing. If that occured the B’s could have Campbell center the 3rd line and call up Hamill to center the 4th line.
If they keep this pace up they’ll put a Nail in their roster.
jpt is matt’s nom de guerre. no one will remember oct but they will remember this —> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmKP_nI2uXg&list=FLRvJgD-jtObZiSydyx9-PJw&index=12&feature=plpp_video
I want to hear everyones thoughts on David Krejci. He is my favorite player and when he is on his game he is a crucial catalyst to the bruins offense. A lot of good things he does go unnoticed but man, i really think he needs to step his game up! He looks weak on the puck. Even though he’s never been the most physical player, his hockey IQ and body positioning allow him to absorb hits and defend the puck.
Is anyone else seeing this? I want Krejci to do good and i would not want to see him traded but how long is his lackluster game going to continue? Yes, he usually suffers from inconsistent line mates who fail to finish on his beautiful feeds, but seriously this man is a better player than the one were seeing.
from what i remember of that 5-3 he sent out krejci,horton,lucic,chara,sides. if horton didnt take another bonehead penalty in a crucial moment you probably would have seen sequin,berg,marchand,corvo,kelly, for the 5-4. i would have loved to seen segs on that 5-3, but horton is the goat in this sitiuation. maybe he should sit in the press box for a few games
This power play is atrocious!!They need to give a different look on the ice. I think Geoff Ward is Horrible at designing the pp tactics. Maybe he needs to go?
why did seguin have limited pp time?He wasnt one ice for 5 on 3..Rich peverly is not a sniper but he was out there instaed of seguin..But hey claude won a cup LAST YEAR so he must be correct
Perhaps the time has come for some guys to take a seat on the ninth floor for a few games and bring up some guys from Providence. Maybe that will shake some of them up. I wonder if Peter Chiarelli will get much in return in a trade given the B’s current position in the standings. I can understand this start if some of the top players were injured, but not with a healthy squad.
Complaining about the refs is almost as weak as the Bruins’ effort last night. Simply put, you guys didn’t play well enough to win against another team that happens to be playing terrible.
The bruins are better than the effort they put in last night. You can cry about the refs or try or acknowledge that something isn’t right with the team atm.
As for Perry Pearn, he was dead weight. Was he dismissed correctly? NO WAY. Getting right of a guy 90 minutes before a match is classless. But the truth is that we already have one stone faced guy that never says anything behind the bench, we didn’t need a second one. Letting Muller go to Houston was a big mistake for the club in my opinion.
BTW, putting Thornton on with 15 seconds left in the game? Julien can be the scum of the earth at times…
JPT
The refs were calling the game as if they were your relatives. Your Hab colors are showing through if you think the refs did a good job. Keep chirping, we will see what’s happening a month from now! How many years has been since the Habs won the Cup? As far as I.Q. is concerned, no team that blames its poor start on an assistant coach should ever claim to be an intelligent organization. What goes around comes around.
JPT if u think the refs were fair last night then your IQ would not hit 50. Easy to gloat now. We will see when it matters.
I wonder what the IQ is of some of these players on the Bruins. My guess would be that Ference, Lucic, Horton, Marchant, Thornton and Julien would not even score above a 50. Nice to see the refs calling the games by the rules. Olay.
The B’s need 22 of 26 points this November to be where they were in points last year on December 1….changes are coming.
Time to fire an assistant coach.
The team lacks identity. Did mark recchi really mean that much?