I actually don’t know what to say, however I’m going to attempt.
Final yr was devastating. That is embarrassing. To have a staff on the ropes after which put out the trouble the Bruins have proven is reprehensible. Two pictures on objective in half an hour of play? They wakened partially, however to what avail? We will gripe about missed calls (particularly Lohrei being ragolled by Pontus Holmberg that ought to have been a boarding 100%), however in the long run, that is on the highest 6. Pastrnak, Marchand, Zacha, and so on., and so on., they give the impression of being similar to final yr. Going via the motions, no emotion, no effort. How about Zacha and Coyle wanting horrible within the face-off dot?
The Bruins have misplaced 65 of the final 103 faceoffs.
— Ty Anderson (@_TyAnderson) May 3, 2024
The ghosts of Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci are haunting me proper now and needs to be shaming their “top-6 facilities”.
DeBrusk was semi-lively, however that’s about it for the forwards. Geekie wants new skates for now a lot he was slipping and sliding tonight. It’s fallacious for Brandon Carlo to have the third most pictures of any Bruin on this collection. Charlie McAvoy and Mason Lohrei tried their darndest, however that’s about it for the skaters. None of this falls ought to fall on Jeremy Swayman’s shoulders, who’s genuinely enjoying lights out hockey. I’d be screaming at my teammates for not supporting that form of play with such an absence of goalscoring.
I really feel even worse for Jack Edwards. To ship a New England icon out with that fart of a recreation—love him or hate him—is simply fallacious.
Sport 7 Saturday evening, 8pm, TD Backyard. One thing HAS to vary. Monty’s job feels prefer it’s on the road. As Jack so fittingly made his final line, “Love Dwell the Boston Bruins.” That’s what it’s going to should be, or else it’s a really, very lengthy summer time in Beantown. The objective highlights are beneath, if you wish to be a masochist, however I wouldn’t blame you in case you didn’t.