Corvo backtracks on Turris talk prior to Bruins-Senators
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BOSTON — Yesterday Joe Corvo flat-out threatened Kyle Turris with revenge for the hit the Senators forward doled out Saturday night in the third period in Ottawa.
After obviously getting scolded by his organization and having some time to think about what he said, Corvo today defused the notion he was going to target Turris tonight when the Bruins host the Senators in a rematch at the TD Garden.
“Yeah, I definitely, obviously, said some things I probably shouldn’t have said,” said Corvo after the Bruins’ morning skate. “That was my first interview after the game. I didn’t do an interview after the game [Saturday], so I was just kind of letting off some steam. Obviously I’m not going to chase him around the ice and disrupt anything like that.
“I think it was just a selfish thing to say, an individualistic thing to say and I thought about it a lot last night. I felt bad about kind of putting myself ahead of the team. In terms of that, our main priority is to win a game, my main priority is to win a game, so whatever comes along with the game comes along with the game. I’m sorry I said it. And once you put it out there you can’t take it back. So like I said, I’ll focus on the game and that definitely was a little bit of foot-in-mouth syndrome.”
Corvo will be in the lineup tonight along with newcomer Mike Mottau, as the Bruins will only have six available defensemen. Head coach Claude Julien said he wants newcomer Greg Zanon to get a practice in before he plays a game.
Forward Brian Rolston is scheduled to be in Boston’s lineup as well. Expect him to center Jordan Caron and Benoit Pouliot. Shawn Thornton, who missed Saturday’s game because he’s been ill, should also be active for the Bruins.
Big Jim you own me on Corvo. His no show either on the score board or the hit against him on the prior game ah no good and I will take my licks. I am with Kevin we are not playing that close to the edge style I don’t know if the boys just want to limp into the playoffs, Claude is not permitting it, or what reason. It’s like the loss of horton, pev, Boychuck, are forcing all of them to try harder and it’s not working. I can not remeber the last time Tim played so well that could have been a 10 zero Sens in the the first two periods.
the d men acquired are fine but this team needed a forward capable of playing amongst the top 6. not necessarily nash but someone.
kampfer may well end up a good player but it was pretty clear he didn’t fit here. perhaps it would be better to say he wasn’t going to break the top 6 any time soon. that being said, i’m sure he can do corvo’s job at least as well as corvo is doing it.
Big Jim
Wishful thinking! It would have probably taken Rask, Spooner, and our first pick in 2013. Columbus did want a goaltender, and I like Rask but our greatest need is a goal scorer. The player also has to play like a Bruin, and Nash fits the bill. If Horton doesn’t come back and play like he did before the “hit”, in the playoffs, the Rangers or Penguins will represent the East. PC needed to realize that you get only so many real chances at the Cup, before you have to recycle. However, I do like his trades for D-men. I think one is going to replace Corvo. He’s too soft defensively to play on a Stanley Cup Champion club.
Kampfer is a disappointment. I thought, after last year, he would be the sixth d-men and play well. Good Luck to him in the future.
boy that corvo sure showed turris!! what grit! if turris were a woman corvo wouldn’t have taken no for an answer.
BigJim,
People always have dreams of the value of their own players. You should have seen how mad people were mad in Montreal when they got 2 picks in return. What they hell are they thinking?
We have a guy who’s a UFA this spring, has 12 goals and doesn’t play defense. What did they expect to get?
Bad is bad. Lumping 2-3 bad assets together does not equal value.
Nash didn’t move because Columbus wanted 1st rounder(s) and impact players in return.
B 16, why on earth would columbus have done that? a guy hey could have had on waivers twice and a d-man that sucks.
@Kevin
We have plenty of scrappers as RD pointed out.
Not sure about you guys, but I really feel like since the B’s have had some suspensions slapped against them and had the microscope thrown on them, plus throw in a couple major injuries and they have been steadily losing their grit/physicality. Yes, we show our bursts of the old now and again, but it’s just not there right now. We play our best games when we physically overwhelm teams and wear them down. Everyone then takes their game to the next level and great things happen from it.
I’m not fully nervous yet, but it’s quickly moving in as games slip away and we continue this funk. I almost feel like it’s time for that Dallas(believe it was them) game that puts out like 200 penalty minutes for both teams and win 7-0.
Let’s Go B’s, bring us back that Grit baby!
Anyone not want to make the deal Nash for Rask, Corvo, Hamill, and second round pick (2013), NOW!
KEVIN
The Bruins are plenty tough enough, even with the guys injured.
kevin,
isn’t that thornton’s gig?
Yeah I have to admit when I read yesterday’s rant from Corvo I thought he handled it all wrong. He should have just taken the high road. Explained why he thought it was a cheap shot and left it at at that. Then tonight, first chance he got to drop the gloves with Turris he does so. Either Turris fights and Corvo has the chance to pound him or he turtles and Corvo wins by default and Turris looks like a jerk. But threatening and then having to retract makes him look like the jerk. He should ask Todd Bertuzzi how public pre-game threats worked out for him.
Kevin,
Had I been drinking coffee, I would have spat it out on my computer when I read your post.
The Bruins have
-Thornton
-Lucic
-Chara
-Horton (when not concussed)
-McQuaid
-Boychuk (when not concussed)
They also have middleweights
-Marchand
-Campbell
-Pouliot (ask Krejci)
-Ference (who isn’t a terrible fighter)
The rest of the NHL can’t pick up any fighters because Boston HAS THEM ALL!!!
Sure, Chara doesn’t have to fight Neal, but 3-4 other guys could in this case starting with Thornton.
Kevin you said it. I think the only reason Chara fought Neal was because he was paired with Johnny when he took the hit, and Thorty wasn’t in the lineup. Thorty really is our guy for things like that, as an all around tough team I think carrying a goon might waste a spot, McQuaid or Looch would have been better fits to fight Neal. In the end yur right, players have to police themselves.
First off he should have never said this, it’s a given that Turris has to answer the bell.
As far as iam concerned the Bruins need a goon for playing teams like Ottawa.Look Chara should not be fighting low life like Neal or Carkner they win when we loose a player like Chara for 10 or 15 minutes and he could easily get hurt John Scott would have been a good cheap pickup to do this job.The nhl has not changed you still need a goon and untill the rules change and the refs are willing to call the cheap shots it will always be that way