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Forum: Armchair-GM1 août 2017 à 17 h 38
Sujet: Bruins 2018
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TopCornerShot</b></div><div>

O'Gara on the right because he's our best option to play there IMO. I am aware he's a left shot and prefers the left side, but I could see him growing into a role of playing alongside Grzelcyk, kinda like a Krug / McQuaid type pairing. Big guy + Little guy type stuff. Ideally we'd have more right shot defenseman and be able to go RHD / LHD on every pair for the foreseeable future, but it seems as if we like the LHD's better in recent drafts. In my mind I remember 2 top 2 round RHD's (Carlo McAvoy) in the last 3 years and 4 LHD's (Vakaanainen, Lindgren, Lauzon, Zboril,) That might not seem like a big thing, but when you add in the later round guys and the holdovers from Chiarelli, the situation becomes rather unbalanced.

I have yet to hear if Cassidy is as much of a believer in LHD / RHD pairs as Claude was, but if he is we might not be finished in the trade and UFA market yet. Gotta think we could grab someone for cheap as a LHD off the scrap heap in UFA or swing a deal with Vegas, who has too many NHL LHD's right now. If Vegas was willing to take McQuaid, I would offer them a 3rd round pick for Merrill or Schmidt. Maybe an obscure prospect as well, but I believe they only have really 2 RHD's on the team and one of them is nearing the end of his career. That type of stuff isn't for me to decide or get involved in, but I suspect Sweeney has been smart enough to place a call in with George McPhee about their given situations.

I don't see how you could be shocked if Adam McQuaid is on the team in a year. He's only slightly lesser than Kevan Miller and he's about the perfect match to play with Torrey Krug. If he craps his pants this year he's got negative value, so to get rid of him we'd have to buy him out Jimmy Hayes style. If he plays good than why wouldn't we want him back on the team? These 2 things lead me to believe that you think we're just going to buy him out in a year lol. I believe he's an NHL caliber defenseman and will be solid this year, but I don't think anyone wants him at the price he's being paid. He literally wouldn't be on the team right now if there was any type of market for him. We would have easily flipped him and a pick for a middle aged LHD with NHL experience to play the left side already. I clearly don't believe that we're hoarding Adam McQuaid right now and that including him in a trade would be a deal breaker from our side. He's been on the table for awhile I imagine and especially when the Bruins were shopping for Scandella or other LHD's that had considerable value. If we were to get someone dependable like Scandella, I would have given Spooner + McQuaid for him, even though I'm not a huge Scandella fan. I just don't see a ton of value in the type of game Spooner plays, or the reliability that McQuaid brings, given he gets hurt every year.

I never mentioned John Carlson so I don't know why you would bring it up. Is he a possibility? Yes. Will we be outbid by a large amount? Most Likely. I don't think he has any relevance to our team moving forward. That's not the type of guy we've won in UFA under don Sweeney. I'd basically ask you right now, "who is better, Backes or Carlson?" to which you'd reply "Carlson" if you weren't on drugs. I'd say to you "yes Carlson is better and it's common knowledge as well as the fact he is 4 years younger than Backes was when he signed with us." so you would say "yes I know this" and I'd ask you "If Carlson is clearly that much better than Backes, as well as younger and in his prime, why wouldn't his price be much, much higher?" and you would say something like "I believe Don Sweeney can get him for cheap" so I'd say "you must be dreaming, he's clearly better and just starting his prime, there will be a strong market for him and it wouldn't be prudent for us to bring in a 7 or 8M defender when we'll have to pony up the big bucks to McAvoy and Carlo very soon." and you'd reply something to me that suggested you were angry. That's kinda what could happen in conversation and I think the main point is that we're better off just saving money for McAvoy and Carlo than risking having to lose one in a season just to acquire Carlson, who I think atleast McAvoy could grow to be a better player then him and Carlo should be a cheaper alternative to him. Both McAvoy and Carlo have better qualities to them and add up to more value IMO than winning a top UFA like Carlson at a very high price, for very long term.</div></div>

A.) I mostly asked you why O'Gara was on the right side out of all people because Lauzon has played on the right side in the past
B.) Adam Mcquaid is no where near the perfect match for Krug. He has been holding Krug back for years and is the main reason krug gets looked down upon by the rest of the league. If Krug played with Carlo or even McAvoy, his game would be a lot better
C.) I mentioned John Carlson because you mentioned that there where no must have options for UFA
D.) You're off your trolley. I dont know what that last paragraph back and forth was with yourself, but you take this **** way too serious. No more internet time for you
Forum: Armchair-GM28 juill. 2017 à 21 h 28
Sujet: Comment your Worst
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TopCornerShot</b></div><div>I'm not sure you should be taunting anyone to do their worst when you roll out a mock full of ass droppings like this.

Landeskog to Boston is over, if it took only Zboril and Spooner + offset prospect, it'd have been done already.

Vatrano on the RW was terrible. He needs confidence and to put him on his off side is asking far too much from him.

Great job giving up a 1st and 2nd for 2 ufa's and a prospect goalie lesser than what we have. The guy above me is clueless in what we need. "3 really good players" Yeah, what are you doing your times tables and multiplying James Neal by 3? Pickard was crap and McNabb is also a UFA and has very little NHL experience given his age. As if we're winning that deal by a long shot lol. I wouldn't give up a 1st and 2nd for James Neal and those other guys are complete afterthoughts. How is Pickard any better than Subban as a prospect? With Subban he just has one big mental hurdle of getting to the big show and making it work, Pickard wasn't even as good in the AHL, so he's a whole other mess of stuff and probably needs technique work and much more.

Backes at C is not happening. I bet if you interview'd him about it he'd be like "f skating that much, no way it's happening" He's in the bottom 10 % of the league in foot speed so you choose him for a C slot? Super weak, just infantile type pathology.

The best part is you brought all of this upon yourself and deserve the 1 I'm giving you because of it.</div></div>

LOL sorry you may not realize who those guys are. Neal is good for 25 goals a year and has the ability to net 30+ when he's on. Pickard is a young talented goalie who happens to unfortunately play for the worst team in the league. Put some talent around him (like in the worlds) and he's shown that he's a solid goalie. Put it this way, Dobby has a similar SV% with a far superior team in front of him and without his hot stretch in Feb his numbers would be worse than Pickards lol. McCabe is a smaller left handed version of Carlo. Similar style, similar numbers....lol.

You crack me up lol....then again I can't take you serious after you judged a prospect after 8 NHL games HAHAHAHA

Man the block/ignore button can't come fast enough on here. To many "know it alls" that don't actually do even a fraction of research on guys. BTW on that trade...

McCabe &gt; McQuaid (straight from another mock you did)
Pickard &gt; Dobby (its not even close either, Dobby was trash last year)
Neal = 1st (1 year UFA rental of a 25+ goal scorer would fetch that easily)

So that leaves us with what....Oh right, 2nd + 6th + Beleskey. To be honest, that's probably what it would take to get someone to take Bels at this point. So lets recap

Boston gets the better d-man (even you agree from another mock you did)
Boston get the better goalie
Boston gives up value for the best piece in the draft
Boston dumps Bels contract for a 2nd and 6th.

How you don't see Boston getting the better end of this blows my mind...then again you did want to give up a 40-50 point center + one of our top LHD prospects + 2nd for JVR, who like Neal is a rental lol.

Please don't worry about responding because I'm not coming back to this mock haha.
Forum: Armchair-GM28 juill. 2017 à 14 h 53
Sujet: My Providence Bruins Lineup Fall 2017
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TopCornerShot</b></div><div>It's looking right now like Bjork has the highest chance to make the NHL of any of our wingers. Not really sure how you have DeBrusk beating him out and am guessing you're basically just assuming that DeBrusk is better because he played in a professional league last year. I think Bjork is better than Heinen and Debrusk by a wide margin. Bjork could get AHL time, but he'd likely demolish the league in a matter of 10 to 15 games, proving he was NHL ready. I think he signed with us because we told him he would be in the competition for a top 9 role this season. He's done nothing but impress everyone who's watched him thus far. I don't understand how that equates to him losing the battle against either Heinen or DeBrusk. Bjork is in the lead right now with all the momentum he's created. Heinen is slightly behind, but also a solid option. DeBrusk has the longest odds and although he's a good player, is likely going to be a "go-to" guy on the P Bruins. This will only be his 2nd AHL season and he regressed in the CHL the year after he was drafted. It would be a better option to see if he can build on his first year of experience and prove he's gotten better. I think he's good, but he's the least ready of the 3 to be depended on in the big league.</div></div>

Debrusk didn't regress the year after he was drafted. He suffered a serious lower body injury. He took a puck to the nuts after he went to block a shot and one swelled up the size of a tennis ball. He rushed himself back from the injury that year and stated he wasn't fully healthy until that season's development camp for Boston. He then goes out and has a solid first season with the Providence Bruins. To say he's the least ready of the 3 is quite comical to me. Honestly, there is no wrong answer when saying Debrusk/Heinen/Bjork could make the team.
Forum: Boston Bruins21 juill. 2017 à 12 h 56
Sujet: Realistic Expectations?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>krakowitz</b></div><div><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BreKel</b></div><div>I'm going to pick this apart a little bit....Meaning, I'm going to just hit on the points you made, so if you see parts missing, it's just because I didn't feel the need to respond to them.



Chara is still the team's number one. I think McAvoy won't overtake him for that role this upcoming season, but will help a lot. We're very excited for him. Most Bruins fan see him as a #1 down the road. The Bruins top 4, in general, should be solid. Chara, Krug, McAvoy, and Carlo. Their 3rd pairing actually won't be bad either. At the end of the day, McQuaid and Kevan Miller are solid bottom pairing guys. The young rookies we have will now put them in positions they belong in. I think the Bruins defense as a unit will be solid.



Too many people sleep on David Krejci. This is a guy last season who was coming off hip surgery. He was invisible the first 10 or so games, and still went out and tied a career high for goals with 23. His assists were down, but if you look at the revolving door of LWers he had this past year, it makes sense. Schaller, Vatrano, Cehlarik, Spooner....None that really produced consistently. Also, Bergeron was injured to start the year and that affected his game big time. This is a guy who scored 32 goals just a year ago. Is Bergeron a superstar when it comes to being offensive? No, but he's certainly good enough to be mentioned.



JFK may end up in Providence to start, which wouldn't be bad. I honestly don't see him being a huge point contributor, if he does make the team. Personally I think Anders Bjork and Jake Debrusk have more of a chance of making the team and being productive. Vatrano, i don't know what to make of him right now. He had a big-time 'honey moon' factor when he first came up. Now it's time to see if he can take that next step. He can score...That's evident. He has some good speed. Everything else about his game, right now, have question marks. On Backes, he may be on a decline, or he may have had issues adjusting to a new system. We'll see this year. I think the Bruins would be better off having him as the 3rd line center, to create more depth in the bottom 6. Spooner isn't consistent but still is good for 40+ points. The bottom 6 will be interesting.....It's really just the 3rd line. The 4th line is actually pretty solid.



You're putting a lot of weight into two players when it's a team game. Bruins have good players. They'll be on the bubble just like the teams you mentioned. Why are those teams all sure things but Boston is a question mark? What did Montreal do to get better? What did Ottawa do to get better? It's too early to ask about this, in my opinion. Who knows really....</div></div>

Obviously we could go through every single player and say that they need to step up a little bit and think that they can, so I mentioned the players that I feel need to have the biggest improvements over last season. As far as the other teams go, I think Montreal got worse, which puts them on the bubble. However, I still don't see the Bruins passing them. Ottawa I think got better by simply adding Chabot and White into the lineup this year. Methot is getting pretty overrated, I could see this being an upgrade for the Sens. Of course there are very few sure things to make the playoffs, but those are teams that I project to be better than Boston right now, which is why I see them needing to take bigger steps forward.

Does Boston have a realistic chance of the playoffs? Of course they do. Anything can happen, and injuries can derail seasons (Tampa last year, Montreal the year before, etc). But if we're basing things off of right now, I think the 100%, realistic, best case scenario for them is making it to the second round. I just think there are too many teams that are better than them right now.</div></div>

But is making the second round the worst thing right now? It would bring great playoff experience to a rookie-laden lineup (since we figure to have at least four of them) and still allow us to draft in the position that we finished in the standings (which seems like it'll be in the upper teens/low 20s).

That being said, many of the underlying metrics for the Bruins indicate a bounce-back year is coming, both in shooting % and save %. Chara and Backes are on the decline; no one is going to debate that. But with Bergeron and Marchand still elite contributors, along with lots of young players stepping up and bounce-back seasons from vets (Krejci and Beleskey), they should easily be offset and have improved results.

If you look at the rest of the division and the conference, there isn't a ton to be inspired about.
Montreal got actively worse this year, or at best is treading water.
Ottawa still hasn't been impressive, and while they're adding two top prospects, a drop off to start the year should be expected, especially with Anderson aging and Guy Boucher's consistent coaching decline.
Florida doesn't even have Boston's depth
Buffalo might take a step forward, but saying they'll be better than Boston when they have a worse goaltender and a definitively lacking defense is a stretch.
Detroit doesn't need explanation
Even if you want to make the case that Toronto has arrived and is ready to compete, hopes are still hinged on the young kids continuing to develop and the same amazing injury luck they had.
So although everyone expects Tampa to return to form, nobody else in the division even looks that scary

Are the Bruins competing for the cup this year? Likely not. But does that mean they can't take a stride in their development and in results? No, they absolutely can.

Expectations should be a playoff appearance and a top 3 division finish, with something around 99 points.
Forum: Armchair-GM27 juill. 2017 à 11 h 42
Forum: NHL22 juill. 2017 à 16 h 10
Sujet: Top 30 NHL Goalies
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Blazingbat11</b></div><div>

The first batch of stats you reference definitely shows he had a down period.

The second batch you reference shows that he was bombarded with shots (7318) and still managed to put the 2nd best save % in the league. Add that to the decent GAA 2.35 which then shows how bad Columbus were. So those bad periods shouldn't really count as just Bobrovsky being inconsistent, and more Columbus sucking. So I think it doesn't become out of the question that people consider him Top 3.

Also, I personally think Save % is a much better indication to the skills of a Goaltender, than say, Wins or GAA.</div></div>

So then couldn't you argue he's only as good as the team in front of him? To me elite goalies carry their team no matter whose in front of them. They take a average team and make them above average. If BOB needs a good team to be a good goalie, how can he be considered elite?