Haula should be benched not promoted. He’s been terrible, demoted to 4th, did you see that stellar defensive effort yesterday on that first Rangers goal?

He’s never been a playmaker that makes linemates better anyway. He’s not suited for top 6 role.

Coyle is not a playmaker either but at least he’s productive and solid on every shift. He takes an awful lot if unwarranted criticism from Bruins fans (something they are great at). But he has been serviceable at C2. I’d rather he was RW2 with a playmaker in the middle but nobody on this roster is worth pulling him from that role.

I think haula should be tried out on the 9th floor. He brings nothing to the table.

It's crazy how much Krejci leaving hurts this team. Also I don't think it helps matters that between Foligno and Smith they only have two goals at almost 7M combined. I haven't watched enough games of the bruins to see, have they at least been effective in other areas? Is Hall pulling his weight at least considering who he's got to play with?

Smith is a very good player at a very good cap number. Don’t know why he’s bought up here.

Why not try and see. Haula and Hall might have good chemistry. I don’t think Haula fits with the Debrusk and Foligno. Coyle has been playing well. But Haula needs a shot in the arm and Hall could use a little boost. You would change your mind if suddenly Haula and Hall started lighting it up. And if it doesn’t work. Then bench him.

Both have been injured and missed time. Neither ever hurts you when they are on the ice. Consummate professionals that contribute even if they are not putting up points.

Well he just finally scored his second goal in 12 games Played, I think he went 9 without one. Doesn't seem like a whole lot of production for him, just wondering if he's at least bringing other tangibles to the game to justify his contract or not right now is all?

He’s good at playing hockey. Don’t know what else you want. A 9 game goal scoring drought and it sounds like you’re assuming he’s bad? That’s a little absurd.

Good player. Moving on.

That's what I was wondering thanks. I haven't watched enough bruins to know. All I know is pastrnak isn't quite getting my fantasy team the points he usually does.

The “why not try and see!” Line is a cop out you can say about literally anyone. Use your eyes. The guy is a big fat nothing.

Lol. Once again. What’s the harm. He’s under contract and we don’t have anyone to replace him.

All goes back to this past offseason. With all that cap space DS had two main things to accomplish. 2C and impact LD. He accomplished neither and tied this teams hands for this year and next. Did you see Zboril get bullied by Gauthier on the way to Gauthier setting up Lafreniere yesterday? Reilly's and Forbort's limitations are out there for everyone to see. No playmaker for 2C position just like you said. The truth hurts.

In fairness there was no LD1 to be had. And not much at C2 either. But all they did was try to put band-aids on wounds that needed stitches.

I said it at the time, they needed to make a big push for Ryan Graves when he was on the market. Everyone complained that it meant altering their expansion protection list. So what. Had they been able to get him for 2nd and Urho or another prospect they protect 8-1 lose Debrusk in expansion. D would have been Graves/Mac Grizz/Carlo Lauzon/Zboril/Clifton. I also said to go with Swayman/Vlad in goal at the time. See what they did for a few months and re-sign Rask when ready. The 11m they spent on Reilly/Forbort/Ullmark could have been used much better. Granlund was the guy i wanted them to target in free agency along with a middle 6 scoring wing.

The "harm" is that you promote a bad player on a bigger role and it will likely not help the team. Studnicka had a good camp and played well in the few games he was in Boston. So yes, they can try and see what they have in Studnicka. Foligno can also slide to C and Steen on the right wing. That's two options here.
But keeping the same lines when it's not working is not the way to go.

The harm is losing hockey games.

Do we really have to walk you through why playing bad players isn’t a good thing?

Not much available at impact LD or C2 I agree. That's when a GM has to be smart or creative to fill his needs. Graves is playing almost 22M on the top pair with Hamilton. Perfect example. I wanted Oleksiak. Trade a pick for the rights to negotiate with him. Beat Seattle to the punch and he is yours. You don't think he would jump at 4.75M and the chance to play with McAvoy on a team like the Bruins? I would have offer sheeted Petterson at 10.9 M. Strive for excellence. The cornerstone players on this team deserve that. DS settled for mediocrity and this team will pay the price this year and next.

He’s one of the worst GMs in the league. Awful.

One thing don Sweeney needs to figure out is that doing nothing is better than doing something bad. Take that 11 mill and add in Foligno and Haulas money. It was a disastrous off season for Sweeney.

Haula is not a bad player he doesn’t have chemistry with his line mates. Need to try something new and then trade them if it doesn’t work. Haula is a good player. Try a few different options to see what works. Then trade if it don’t.

He’s not a bad player. He’s a horrible top six player though.