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Bruins Benders Live: 10/24/2024 vs. Dallas Stars
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Oct 30, 2024
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[Music] Bruins venders postgame live is back
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again on the inside the rank YouTube channel get click subscribe uh and follow us here all
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season long as we do post game lives and tonight the Bruins drop uh their third
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in a row now winless in their last three a five to2 lost to the Dallas Stars it's Maddie and Smitty in much of the same
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problems that the BR have had uh minor penalties needless minor penalties poor
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defensive coverage an ungodly amount of giveaways I mean all of it the same and
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you would have thought that after all the talk about their their problems and
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their issues that they would have cleaned some of that up and it just doesn't seem to be right now which is
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even more concerning it is concerning it is um I
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mean there are it is the first game back from a road trip which you historically doesn't go well for the home team
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they're also playing the Dallas Stars which is a a wagon a really good team a
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western conference finalist so you know couple things going against them off the
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Hop but you would expect especially after taking one on the chin in
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Nashville a little bit better effort and Barry Peterson said on the
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nesson broadcast that the first 10 minutes of the second period may have been the worst 10 minutes he's ever seen
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played at TD Garden that is something yeah saying
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something that is saying something I an awful lot of
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hockey and for him to say that that's
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extremely concerning to me it is especially after you had committed 1
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giveaways in the first period 13 we thought 18 for a game was a lot they
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committed 13 in the first period and come out in the second period and do that in the first half of the second
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period in the it just goes south two they commit five more minor penalties
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three Power Play Goals for Dallas two of those goals were a after David posano
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penalties who again just committing careless stupid penalties Brad marand
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careless stupid penalties it's just and it's not the young guys as much as it is
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the veteran guys like your two two of your top four best players on the team
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are making these careless stupid undisciplined mistakes the guys that are
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wearing the letters are [ __ ] up yes plain and simple the guys that are
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supposed to be the leaders of the team are not leading they're they're leading in the wrong direction right now you're
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getting nothing from them nothing from any of the leaders on this team the only guy with an a that was halfway decent
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tonight and he I don't think he was wearing it tonight was is Brandon Carlo right I mean he was fine tonight I
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thought he was physical in front of his net he was you know I I think he was the only guy defenseman on the [ __ ] team
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that didn't give the puck away yeah zero giveaways for Carlo in whatever you know
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20 minutes is um you know the leadership needs to be better playing and simple
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you're paying David posnock 115 million you're paying Charlie McAvoy $95 million
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like makoy was fine tonight he was fine he made some boneheaded plays like he usually does he was fine but Fine's not
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good enough when you're making n and a half million bucks you expect more from a guy like that you expect more from him
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you expect more from Brad Marian I don't care if you're hurt if you're hurt sit out you you I mean they need
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more from these guys David pak's been floating around all year yeah he has five goals but he has not been impactful
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unless it's negatively impacting the team with [ __ ] stupid penalties sorry
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John I mean Jesus Christ get it together yeah I don't I don't
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know I I don't I don't know what else to say and I think that Jim Montgomery doesn't know what else to say either I
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mean during a TV timeout he brings the entire team together he has the Whiteboard out he's highly animated this
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is another time he's been highly animated now I'll say this though too it's
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100% on him 100% on him that this this type of stuff
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is happening just as much as the players because if he can't get this fixed then
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he's going to be fired like this this is not what the Bruins in how they
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envisioned their their season to go I mean the front office thinks clearly
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that this team is very close to is at the very least very close to a contender
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and they're playing not even close to like one so it's not going to be they spent money the ownership spent money
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they went out and made signings you can just you can debate whether or not they were good or bad or indifferent whatever
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but they in their minds I'm telling you they think they did their job coach is screwing it up I I mean I I
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would agree with you on all those counts but I would also counter that by saying if the front office thinks this team is
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a contender they are delusional yes delusional that that I agree
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with it's not a contender I mean we talked about it in in the last episode
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of you know the weekly podcast um you know the forward group is just not good
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enough no it's plain and simple it's not good enough so I don't understand why
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guys like Fabian lysel um aren't getting a chance you know you you don't have
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enough offense you don't have guys that create offense you don't have enough off you you look at the Dallas Stars like
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they have young guys buzzing all around Logan skan colan scored tonight you know
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um Wyatt Johnson around they I mean hey Maverick bour didn't play tonight but is
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the was the reigning AHL MVP like they have talent young Talent um and then a
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bunch of really good other guys who are talented as well so yeah um right I I
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just I I I don't know where you really go from here I think you need to kind of
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get back to basics and for me that's the that's cleaning up the defensive end
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like until you clean up the defensive end you're not going to win games you just won't here's part of the problem
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when you give it away as much as they do it leads to transition which leads to
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you being out of position which leads to desperate defense which you can't get
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yourself set up like if you're continuously turning it over then the other teams the other team is getting
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the puck like from the Blue Line in and you're scrambling you're in scramble mode so that's part of it sure but the
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but the other part is is that they're gaps are terrible like this is a team that used to have terrific Gap play
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defensively like there's so much room in the ice and not only 515 but when the
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Bruins had power plays I've never seen an a short-handed team have more space
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with the puck than Dallas did they had they must have had five or six golden
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opportunities offensively short-handed yeah like three saves in the first
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period alone that while Dallas was uh on the penalty kill that were huge sa like
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gigantic saves at the time huge like those could have been goals yeah but I
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mean the Gap thing I'll say this about um if there's not back pressure from the
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forwards the defense has to give up the blue line they have have to right so and there was more than one occasion
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where Dallas came down and the fourth guy back the fourth guy for Dallas the trailer was wide open scored a goal on
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it once another time they missed him didn't see him but he was wide open wide
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open so you know that's effort that's effort on the back check and if and if the forwards aren't gonna score goals
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the least they could do is [ __ ] back Check Yes yes and be beer had one where
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he kind of coasted and duch Shane scored the goal you know it was just that that
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is the type of thing that they used to be really good at and I don't know if it's a speed thing or if it's an effort
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thing or both but you're right they aren't they aren't about backchecking
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nearly as well as they used to and of course as coaches if if your guys aren't
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back checking and you're seeing it on video and they continue not to do it then I mean what do you do well I mean I
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don't know what you do it's just the the the effort just not there to make the
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play and to and to play some defense and some of these guys have been here so they know what the defensive structure
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is they know what the responsibilities are what the expectation is they know so
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I don't I don't understand um you know what the problem is in that regard it's
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such a sloppy play right now and I'll tell you what and I and I don't mean to hop on Monty all the time about it but
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the line changing thing is like it makes me dizzy and I can imagine if you're a
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player what it's like I mean they there are different combinations of guys out
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there every shift yeah I mean it's got it's got to be maddening to be a player
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you don't even know who you're playing with playing with now who's out here how can you develop any kind of chemistry if
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the lines are changing shift to shift not even period to period or game to game shift yeah like what is happening
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right now and could that be something that causes some defensive problems I would think so I would think so too like
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who am I out here with where how does he you know how does he defend you know
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right where am I all of a sudden right wing what are my
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responsibilities now that I'm not a center like yeah there's all kinds of things there that can cause issues so
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yeah some of that's on him but but you know some of the players you know we
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gave them kind of a pass like oh there's some you know some new guys here you know you got to give them some
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time to get acclimated same with the you know defenseman zadorov new um a lot of
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these guys aren't new you know no no they aren't they aren't those guys
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shouldn't have any problem with the defensive system and the back check and and how you're supposed to play in your
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own Zone the problem is is that they're they're either not talented or they're
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scouted so well now that everybody knows what they're going to do and they don't counteract it in any way there's no
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adjustments and that goes back to the coaching too yeah it does I mean you had also last year he had the brusk who you
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know say what you will about the brus but he became a pretty good defensive forward who would and he would back
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check sure like so you know so yeah I mean it's I just I just thought you'd
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get a little a little bit different of an effort and I thought the first 10 minutes of the game I thought the Bruins
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were pretty good they were okay they were fine then they scored the goal to take the lead one to nothing potra makes
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a really good read makes a nice play poson not finishes it's great but then from then on from then and then through
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the second period or the first half of the second period was like a 15minute stretch of gameplay where they didn't
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even have a shot on net no and they played horrific hockey like horrific
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hocky as Barry Peterson said and that's that to me is just stunning when you
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lose two in a row when you know your coach is getting a bunch of heat when you know you guys are being questioned
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about your your speed and and how good you are and that you're not good enough
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and all this other stuff and it just didn't seem like there was a ton of desperation and that tells me that you
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know if you know your coach's neck is is starting to get out there on the line and you're not really responding that
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kind of tells me that you don't you don't really care all that much if he comes or goes yeah I think that's true I
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I mean to me it's it's striking when you watch like so the so the Bruins when it
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was six on five or you know when it got to be later in the third and they were chasing down two you saw them play with
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a sense of urgency and and they do it in spurts and when they do they're pretty
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good right but why why does it take you until you're down
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two with 10 minutes to go in the third to actually start skating like why does Trent Frederick finally decide with you
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know three and a half minutes left in the game to take the puck to the net why is it now why isn't it in game one right
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where the hell has that been right where's the Des I'll tell you what why why now are you deciding to skate right
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he he he spent five games not skating at all no I mean I I just don't understand
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right I don't either are you tired did you not get enough preseason you know are you winded what what's the what's
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the issue why why can't you give that same effort over the course of an entire
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game yeah I I I I I just I I believe that maybe in the last couple of years
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you know they got away with some things with really great goal tending and they and they got away with some things and they won some games and I just think
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that they thought they could show up and kind of play and and win some games and and kind of
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pace themselves and get to the playoffs and and all that but this is this is a different year in a different team
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different group and I I'm not sure they I think they're going to need much better effort every single night to win
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games like even against teams that aren't as good as they are like they're going to need to bring the effort to win
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games because they're not as talented as they used to be so right now it's um you know and I think Swan was that good
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tonight either and I you know it's you know that's you know that's a whole other thing it's it's way down the list
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of things but I didn't think he was great either like it just it I just was really surprised at I didn't expect this
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tonight I really thought that they would play with much more energy for throughout I thought the third period
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they actually played really well but it's too little too late like why do you
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have to be down four to2 and in danger of losing three in a row to all of a sudden turn the third period yeah I mean
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that seems to me like that's been their MO this group's Mo for like a few years now it's like slow they they always like
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they P like they Pace themselves they're like you know we're we're we're just gonna you know go through the motions
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hopefully we score and take the lead uh but if they don't they get behind then they turn it
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on and you can't just turn it on in this league not anymore not with the amount
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of talent that they have now no like maybe years ago you could you know you could survive that with all the
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talent you had you know if one line wasn't going one line was coasting you know there would be another line or two
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even to pick them up right but that's not the case now like no that's not the
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case and then they you know they break up the fourth line tonight all those guys end up minus one so another you
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know done there right they gave up their first goal together after they go back they get back together later in the game
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came they give up their first goal together on the on the duchang goal yeah and U yeah I mean that's to me and I
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said this don't break up the fourth line yeah I don't give a [ __ ] what Cole Ki
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looks like on the third line why do you need to know that like why do you need to know if he can play in the third line
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I'm sure he can because the rest of your third line blows so I'm sure he can do fine there but you got to keep together
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the best line in hockey that line that line going into tonight was a combined
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plus 26 yeah and no other forward on your hockey team was a plus everybody
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was a minus on the forward group every single individual but them so why why
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are you breaking them up don't do that don't break them up please but they did you know just what I thought they would
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and then Monty was asked about it Monty said well we kept two guys together and we're just going to see if guy can come
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in and you know they can bring another guy along I mean screw you dude like you
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I mean this Montgomery is grasping at so many straws right now that they're
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falling through his fingers like it's unbelievable the the amount of [ __ ] he's
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throwing up against the wall right now because he has no answer structurally or adjustment wise it's just we're going to
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just move move lines around and I really honestly believe that because I don't see how they've changed any any style of
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play they have at all no that's their answer for everything and clearly it doesn't work it doesn't so you need to
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maybe make an adjustment to the system not not you know align every other
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shift so I I just I don't I don't get it I don't understand it I think he's too
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reactionary I I don't think he allows the players to develop any sense of chemistry I don't think he puts him in
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the best position to succeed either I don't think so either because I think it's there's too much um transition
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transition transition transition like that's not your team anymore that's not
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your team anymore and I don't know if it really ever was your team to be honest with you that's that's a good point I
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mean they had some speed but they were never a really great transition team it
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was like if you cause a turnover you you could get an onade rush but it wasn't because you had a quick up and you were
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burning somebody with no you know that that's not teame right now they're at
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their best when they turn the other team over in the offensive zone down low they did thir yes they did that in the third
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period tonight over and over and they kept possession over and over in the third period they didn't score or they
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didn't really you know get what they needed to get but they turned turned Dallas over quite a bit and kept pucks
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alive in the offensive zone in the third period playing that way but going from
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their their goal line all the way down the ice is a chore and a half for them
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they just aren't good at it especially like right away they do that north south
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thing like let's move it up quick let's move it up how many times in parkka W spoon just give it to the other team oh
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my God tonight it was just gross like why is he in the game I don't want to see him again for another month if
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someone pulls a hamstring that's about it like enough I mean Jesus like this is
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a game where lowai could have done pretty well I think this is a team in Dallas that he actually could have made
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a little bit of a difference and they took him out of the game like you know I just again I don't know what they're
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doing in the Nashville game he was not their worst defenseman by any stretch of
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the imagination so for him to come out of the lineup I think that sends a bad message to the rest of the group MH you
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know it's like you know and I'm sure they'll couch it as saying oh you know we just wanted to get Parker some work
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you know water spoon hasn't been in there he's gonna get rusty whatever blah blah blah play it off you know he's a
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rookie you know he's the one who comes out which is [ __ ] he's one of better [ __ ] players should have been out
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yeah it it should have been zadorov 100 lowai has been one of your better players play the the [ __ ] guy yes I I
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just don't I I don't understand the whole um hierarchy within the team where
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like some guys are Untouchable and then some guy makes a turnover and he sits for a period or two you I I just don't
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get it I just don't get it and I I feel like they need a different coach in there because like a guy like belich or
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torella like the the superstars will get it the same way a fourth liner will get
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it to courts bench [ __ ] Sean coutou just like scratched see you like you're
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not giving enough effort you can sit watch so you know they need a guy like
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that I'm not saying torella because obviously he's coaching the Flyers but they need a guy like that to come in and
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kind of set lay down the law again they need they need a disciplinarian in to
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lay down the law and say look you're not going to get away with the same [ __ ] you've been getting away with here the last you know two three years right and
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and I agree with you and and I'll tell you you know who had the least amount of shifts for forwards
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tonight Patra yep yeah Matt Patra who sets up your goal with a great play who
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sets up who was like 70% in the faceof dot this season who is you know yeah
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there's some times where he struggles a bit but so does everyone else how many
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times does poshak take take bad penalties and turn the puck over how many times Martian take bad penalties
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and turn the puck over and pter pter gets pushed down once or twice in your
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in you bury him for a length of time there was a time where he had under 10 minutes of play he was the only guy in
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the team who had under 10 minutes of play like you set up your goal like he's a one playmaker you have at Center like
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I mean can you just play the guy like why they're playing these guys who just
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have no future like they don't there's no chance they'll score there's no chance they'll do anything offensively
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just I'd rather watch ptra and lowai make mistakes but then make really great
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good plays and great plays and get me excited about the future than to watch
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these other guys make mistakes and do nothing how are they how are they ever going to learn and become the player
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that you want them to be if every time they make a mistake they sit yes how can
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they they can't fight through any adversity they can't learn from it because every time and and a creative
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guy creative guys especially are going to make mistakes with the puck they will
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so you know how can they become the creative playmaker you want them to be
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if every time he's has the puck he's scared of doing something wrong with it
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right so he doesn't try to make the play he just dumps it down the wall like every other [ __ ] guy on the team
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dumps it down the wall yeah sorry John I'll tell you I I just send him down to Providence for a couple of months if you
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don't trust him like I so he can play 25 minutes a game and and play All Night
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Long like I if that's the thing if he needs experience or if the thing is you
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don't trust him because he can't handle it then send him to a place he can handle it for a while like I'd rather
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that than to have this thing like every single time it just seems like why is
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Potter I'm looking at the you know and I'm like why is ptra not playing like why he I can set up the
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goal like why is he not playing like your other centers are doing nothing
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like lolm and Coy are doing nothing like why isn't he playing play him and play
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him with asak and zaka that that's the line right there and then linol and
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marand and somebody I don't give a [ __ ] find out who it is and then you know Coyle Frederick geeky and and your
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fourth line and then just go like bring Johnson up playing with Maran and and and linol sign him put him in there and
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then and then Frederick Coy geeky and although geeky is [ __ ] he stinks I mean I I'm sorry John and Morgan but
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he's he's terrible like he's just there's no chance that he survives next
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like he's a bruin next season there's no chance so why is he playing so much like
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I don't understand send him through waivers maybe someone will take him like he's just he doesn't do anything like
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it's not he can't play second line Winger like come on it's
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just no giveaways in this game zero giveaways yeah so why isn't he playing
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like I don't understand I don't I don't you need you need win time on Ice zero
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giveaways one assist one shot plus one yeah yeah I I don't know I I mean
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what can you do I don't know um all right we we'll look at the uh the box
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here here five hits for castc who I thought was pretty good tonight uh couple of shots on net um you
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know Frederick he had four hits but we're back to Whipping Boy
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Freddy um and if we did that again he'd be I'd be back with it I just this
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Freddy had a had one of those years last year and where it kind of
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clicked and this is more of who he is and which isn't just isn't it's so
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replaceable like so you know dime a dozen I mean I think you I think like I
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said I think he's I think he's leaving I mean and I think I think I welcome that
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I don't mean to offend Bruins fans but I think he's I think he's gone I think he's gonna probably price himself out or
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you know he's not gonna have a good enough year and the Bruins aren't gonna right either way either way he prices
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himself out I mean although you know you have Cam Neely in the front office and if he's still around you know he's big
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you need a fighter yeah and he can fight so Neely might keep him around might might uh over step Sweeney on that one
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but I just you know you see flashes from Freddy like the play towards the end of
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the game where he takes it hard to the side of the net like that should be you all the all the time y why why is that
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not you all the time I mean I need you to be TJ ooshi
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you here's what really pisses me off about Freddy yeah I've never seen
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someone play with one hand on the stick more like yeah TR Frederick yeah it
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drives me yeah insane John Thorton of 2024 what the [ __ ] are you doing
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yeah and protect it with your body don't just one hand like I mean what are you
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doing he plays smaller than he is like I I don't I don't remember that he's 6'2
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or three or whatever he is how big he is because he feels like just another guy
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like he to me and he I feel like he plays smaller and looks smaller on the
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ice than he actually is and it's weird I don't know it just I don't consider him
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one of the bigger boys out there but he is structurally I mean physically
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genetically he is but I don't don't I don't know I just tonight was one of
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those nights where I'm I'm thinking of the post game and I'm just like where do you begin and how do how do you break it
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all down I just I told you before I'm I'm extremely extremely frustrated with
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this team and I mean clearly you sor earlier and I I don't even know what to
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do about it like I I I'm just and I'm not even playing like if I was playing I
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probably would have decapitated Somebody by now so I can a teammate yes yeah I
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mean I yeah if I'm if I'm marand I'm I might pull a rasmas Dalene in practice
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Yeah throw a hip check fight them yeah L bridge and just jump a guy somebody wake up like Snap
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these guys out of this yes and if it takes poso or Maran trying to fight
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somebody in practice fight somebody in practice right like I don't know they
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need something somebody needs to do something fight a teammate fight Monty I
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don't care throw like go into the stands with your shoe and beat somebody with it doesn't matter to me but show some life
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show some energy something anyone who was it yesterday I think it was might have been JT Miller and and and Elias
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Pettis or somebody like there was a fight at practice I think it was the Canucks a fight at practice where they
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were like fighting and the coaches had to like had to like break it up you need
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you almost need one of those cast just he he big open Ice hit on Payton Krebs
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in practice and then they fought yeah like right I mean they need to do
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something they need some kind of a spark some kind of energy and I I don't know
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if maran's too hurt to provide it doesn't seem like he's given it to them
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so he's been the guy that drags the team into the fight usually whether it's
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through a hit or you know a face wash or a chirp or you know whatever the case
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may be he's the one who usually drags him into it they don't have a guy to do that right now they don't have a guy
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that drags them into the fight the rest of the team into the fight so that's why
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I think maybe it's a guy like Trevor countar who's just going to stir [ __ ] up
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on the you know I don't want to say the fourth line put him on the third line because I don't want to break up the fourth line right right but put countar
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up here and just have him cause Havoc give me give me some kind of energy give
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me some kind of spark um they already take enough penalties so I
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mean I don't I don't know I don't know I don't know what to say about it but they need to do something to and it goes back
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to their identity like what like what are they and I think that there's a disconnect between the general manager
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and the coach like okay I got all these big guys now what now what do we do with them like do do they play the way that
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the size indicates like do they play that way or have they just start playing
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the same way and just added some size and less speed like that that's what it
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seems like to me like they don't change the way they play no they Haven they just they don't they got they got
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players who don't match the way they play or should play right so now it's like discombobulated mess like what what
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are we doing like the fourth line plays the way that the rest of the team should
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play largely but the rest of the team doesn't and some of them are uncapable of it so that that's a bad mix too like
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I you're in this Crossroads of what what are we doing we're changing the way we do things okay well I mean there's so
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many things wrong with with all of it I think there's a disconnect between management and Coach I think there's a
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disconnect between coach and player I think management went out and got a certain kind of team and the coach
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doesn't coach that way no uh and so you know he's like well what do I do with
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all the guys you got me I don't I I can't coach a team like this right uh and then the players are like what's
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going on like why playing this way or you know they're questioning it because you know I don't
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think Montgomery has answers for the roster he was given and then the players are like what is what's happening like
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why can't we you know get the park out of the Zone like what why are we playing
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the way we're playing or or the style we're playing yeah I I wonder what the buyin is like what I don't think there
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is much yeah I I wonder what it is it's a bigger problem and people were saying
33:27
well it's only seven games in or it's only eight games in or whatever but but we we've just seen the we've seen too
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many of the signs that it's that that this is going to be longlasting like it's it's not just a temporary thing to
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me it's a there's a lot of things there that are that are warning signs that
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this isn't great and I'm not saying that they're going to completely tank and be bad they may even make the playoffs yeah
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they don't they don't have any chance to win a series or to you know they'll
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barely get in at this point and you know they'll be okay a decent team but they
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don't have anywhere near what you need to have for playoffs or to make any type of cup run or anything like that they
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they just don't have it and we've seen the signs and you you saw for me because
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I really thought with the additions they made that you know I think they'll be a little they have the chance to be a
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little bit better if things go right and you were like no they don't and you were right I mean you they are not as good as
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they were last year and I thought I thought they were signs last year that they were starting to slip yeah so it's
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it's a it's worse this year than it was last year so it's it's trending in the
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wrong direction when you watch them every night like we do you notice [ __ ] like this you do a high danger chance
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like they were bailed out last year by their gold they were they were 100% out they were they were if Swan didn't stand
34:59
on his head you know in the playoffs even they probably wouldn't even won the first round never mind absolutely true
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never mind you know giving Florida a a a decent Series in round two like their
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goal tending played great and that's why they were around yeah they won a lot of
35:19
games because of it but like their daytoday play last year five on five
35:25
wasn't good wasn't good they're five on five really slipped from the year before yeah um you know a bunch of talent that
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happens but still like it you know like I said trending in the wrong direction five on five was bad this year it's
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worse they their bottom you know 30 31 30 32 in in high danger joint uh chances
35:50
four and I don't know if against maybe I don't know about their def as far as
35:56
that goes right now they penalty kill sucks terrible it's because they're on the penalty kill the whole time I know
36:04
yeah yeah they give up three to Avalanche they give it three to night I mean Jesus you can't do that they used
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to be very good in the PK um that was their Forte you know maybe it was Derek
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forbort you know I mean it's just but you know what I'll tell you it's early in the season obviously but I'll tell
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you if they lose Saturday if they lose Saturday in in much the same
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way I'm telling you I have this feeling that Monday morning the axe comes down I
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really do I have a feeling that it could very well happen if this happens again
36:43
let's say they lose 62 Monday uh Saturday and it's a lot of the same [ __ ]
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giveaways penalties you know can't score you know get outplayed for large periods
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of time Maple Leafs are losing tonight they lost two a row now so they're going to be hungry to win another game so
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they're going to come in Saturday and I I'll tell you what they lose six to2 or something or five to one I I would not
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be surprised if Monday morning there's a there's a mutual parting of ways Mutual
37:13
parting of ways really yeah I think it might be like a they they could spin it that way really you think Montgomery
37:19
would just be like I'll step down I don't think so no I don't no no no I I don't think it'll be a firing but I
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think it'll be I think it'll be like we just decided that it's just not a good fit right now for what for what this
37:31
team is you know much of what we've been talking about you know what I mean so that's that's going to be yeah he'll get
37:38
his the rest of his money this year or whatever the hell they'll probably cut him a check right there in the office
37:44
like so you know but I think it could happen I think it really could happen if
37:51
Saturday go south they got the Flyers and then they got the Hurricanes you know
37:58
I mean the Flyers play hard so if the ruins don't play hard they're going to
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lose that game yes they are yeah and then there's a I mean the canes are a terrible matchup for them so you could
38:09
be looking at terrible you could be looking at what's that five six in a row that they lose could be looking at five
38:15
or six in a row if they lose to the flyer yeah you could because the Hurricanes at Carolina is not going to be easy at all no so yeah I mean it
38:23
could it could start to steamroll downward um and I I don't know I don't
38:29
know how far they would how long they would go because this you know Don Sweeney his whole Mo this is why they're
38:35
so risk averse is that he needs to make the playoffs the only way he can lose his job is if they don't make the
38:41
playoffs yeah they've had four general managers in like a hundred years uhuh like and it's the only times they left
38:48
was because when they they when they sucked right like completely sucked yeah
38:53
so if they don't make the playoffs that's the only time he becomes vulnerable and he knows that so he just
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needs to get to the playoffs and he'll keep his job and I don't think I don't
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think he'd go very long with this [ __ ] show right now sorry
39:11
John you know yeah I mean you're right I I think you're right I think you know
39:18
the signs are are definitely you know the writing is is on the wall if they end up 381 or something they can't do
39:25
that no or are they're going to be digging out of a hole like you're getting closer and closer to American
39:32
Thanksgiving and if you're under 500 no way yeah I mean they can't come
39:39
back during a game never mind in a in a season when they're you know out of it
39:45
yeah or out of it by Thanksgiving you know teams go on runs big runs and and get into the playoffs and get hot but
39:52
right um you know I I just haven't seen enough from their from their good play
39:57
to make me think that there's anything like that on Horizon right and that's what and that's what most alarming
40:05
that's the most concerning is that their best players aren't playing well at all and don't seem like they're digging out
40:12
of it or anything like they seem to be not playing well at all and they can't have that like your your your other guys
40:18
can go through dips and and all that stuff but your your really great players
40:24
need to play great all the time and right now that not even close to what their potential is or what they are as
40:31
players and that's what really is concerning and tonight just showed me
40:36
that you know what this is a bigger problem than people are giving it credit for it's not just a beginning of the
40:42
season with trying to figure it out thing I think this there's some real
40:48
issues with this team um in how they play in their
40:53
roster construction all of it their coach methods I mean all of it is just a
40:59
bad mix and tonight showed me that because I was really expecting tonight that they would that they would come
41:06
back home that they would button a lot of that stuff up I didn't I didn't know if they would win or lose but I thought
41:11
they would button that stuff up and not have what they had and they come in and they they give it away 13 times in a
41:21
period I thought that they I I didn't think they were going to win this game and I thought was going to be Bleak
41:28
again um well then you were nostram yeah I mean well I thought they were going to get shut out so when they scored the
41:34
first period I was like okay maybe maybe we're gonna turn the corner here a little bit well they were close to getting shut out they were yeah um but
41:43
poso did have seven Shots tonight yeah so although I thought he was I thought
41:48
he played with better energy thought he was more noticeable but he committed two [ __ ] ass
41:55
penalties I know I was gonna say I thought he was better tonight overall but still the penalty I mean the
42:01
penalties are killers yeah because what are you doing because it's you know it's a it's a it's a close game if you don't
42:07
if you stay out of the box it's close game they scored twice with it both penalties resulting in goals yes so I
42:14
mean I know you he scored one but right at the same time you know you a good
42:21
ratio right uh so I I do like the seven shots I do like that he was more Gage he
42:27
threw a huge hit in the corner he yeah so yeah he was feeling it you
42:34
know I like all of that stuff yeah and he seemed to be skating a little bit better getting the puck maybe a little
42:39
deeper in the zone with speed or um you know a few times you know when the Bruins could actually break the puck out
42:47
um so you know that was encouraging there weren't many encouraging signs in
42:53
the game I thought you know ptra was pretty good like I like you said the steal behind the net was a great play um
43:01
right you know he had another shot that he went short Side High on the goalie made a good save on him he had a good
43:07
angle on it yeah so I mean you know he showed some flashes you know and then
43:12
the Bruins in the third period like you said when they got down they finally started getting the puck below the goal
43:19
line causing turnovers getting pucks to the net you know being quicker to the puck winning battles you know all that
43:25
stuff so that's encouraging but can they do that can they sustain that over the course of
43:34
a full game it doesn't appear that they can uh and that worries me they you know
43:41
you can't beat teams in this league um if you play for 12 minutes out of 60 no
43:49
you know and especially not if you're a less talented team you have to play for 60 minutes and hope that they don't you
43:57
know play as hard and and you can win some games the goals that Dallas had was
44:03
like guys wide open in the slot like wide open that's what I mean like their
44:08
their dzone coverage is has just been badmal and I don't know why they have good players I think people the Bruins
44:17
have been running the same system for since Cloe so what is that going we're
44:22
going on what that 11 10 to nine yeah 15 years 15 years or so they've been
44:29
running the same system right needless to say it's been pretty heavily scouted
44:35
yeah I feel like people know the soft spots now they do like you can get the
44:41
puck on the half wall above the top of the circle and there's a weak spot there
44:46
where the defenseman won't come up and the forward won't come down right and you can hold it there yeah and then guys
44:53
can move in and out of the slot and they can get open in the high slot they won't get open in the low slot but the high
44:58
slot is open yeah and teams are getting glorious GL yes the high yeah so until
45:07
they make an adjustment which I think this coaching staff struggles with I do
45:13
and it was the case last year as well same thing High danger chances in the high
45:19
slot they're going to struggle until they until they adjust to that and and
45:24
they haven't and I don't think they will I don't I don't think that there's
45:30
enough there and I'm stunned there isn't because they have Jay leech and sako's
45:36
been here forever and I'm I'm stunned that they don't but they just don't seem to make a ton of you know good
45:43
adjustments and it's all like the line suck and and the players aren't doing it
45:49
and the line suck and let's change the lines and let's change the lines and that's and let's put this guy out and
45:54
this guy in and this guy out and this guy in and and now got to hear about the you know the Justin brazzo thing again
46:01
now because he scored a goal which I could have scored it was on the power play he was standing in front of the net
46:07
and Freddy made the whole play happen and gave it to him and he tapped it in
46:13
five on five though he can't keep up like he offers very little to nothing
46:19
five on five I mean he just does he can't skate that well he has to get to
46:26
the front front of the net or behind it and if he does that he's fine but in
46:32
between Nets it's like forever to get him skating he just doesn't have the
46:39
speed and it's it's just not a good fit for the team no he had he had two shots
46:47
they were both on the power play he had a giveaway a take away and one hit uh
46:53
and obviously the goal so in 12 and almost 1 minutes yeah both goals were
46:59
set up by really great hustle plays effort plays by Frederick and Patra you
47:04
know yeah that that got guys wide open in front for a goal both plays you know and those are the types of things
47:10
they're gonna have to do to score because they don't have they don't have a ton of you know great creativity all
47:15
right do you have three [ __ ] stars
47:21
um I give ptra one I thought he was I thought he was pretty good and I don't know why he's
47:27
not playing more yeah I'll give I'll give ptra I'll I'll go ptra Star number
47:32
three I'll go brenon Carlo star number two because I thought he was good tonight and I'll go uh I'll go uh Mason
47:41
lowai Star number one because he should have been in the [ __ ] game right because he avoided this mess yeah I mean
47:47
yeah I I saw that today and I was just like what are we doing like I saw ke to
47:53
the third line and I and I almost blew a blood vessel yeah and then I saw lowai
47:58
not in and I'm like why would you have wspoon and Peak as a pairing tonight
48:04
when you need a win like you need to play better I don't I don't I don't get that I don't get it but that's you know
48:11
that's what happened uh tonight five to2 loss to the Dallas Stars the Bruins are three four and one on the season Dallas
48:19
is now five and two on the air it's Saturday night and it'll be Toronto
48:25
Maple eafs at TD 7 p.m. we will be at lops brewing in Waka Rhode Island half
48:33
to fully shitfaced oh no we're getting fully shitfaced if we have to watch game
48:38
happens if we have to watch this team we are gonna be fully shitfaced so the post game live after that one is going to be
48:45
epic yeah it's gonna be a little loopy uh because it it could be a loss a win
48:50
or a loss yeah either join us live or join us uh on the post game live uh right let's let's get this a CP of fan
48:57
comments before we get out of here t-boss 42 is just running running the show here uh he wants three moons of the
49:04
game because he played like ass nice nice overall energy tonight
49:11
against a clearly better opponent they are better Dallas and I thought the energy was better in the beginning and
49:17
in the end in the middle was dog [ __ ] on a stick yeah um really really happy
49:23
sidorov showed some of the highlight real hits he did have a couple couple of hits in there that were pretty big hits
49:30
and he also had a an epically horrific turnover in front of the net that didn't
49:36
score turn into a goal but it was like JV hockey yeah it was so bad um he just
49:44
needs to play better and he's overpaid I don't know what to to say um pasta did
49:50
commit two big penalties tonight uh just inexcusable Martian 2 two penalties
49:56
inexcusable pman says I don't love Monty but the players deserve most of the blame Monty is not the one turning the puck over
50:02
every 3 seconds and taking stupid [ __ ] penalties time for a players's only meeting I'm sure they've had player
50:09
meetings about this I'm sure that they say all the right things and Monty today I wanted to touch on this real quick
50:15
after the game he said this about uh of course I just lost it he said this
50:21
about the uh the overall uh atmosphere on the team our attitudes need to go in
50:26
a better healthier Direction our attitudes are not in the moment they're on the
50:32
results so basically he's trying to say that they are so worried about the
50:37
result that it's affecting their play like they're over worried about it I think that's [ __ ] I think that they
50:45
are playing the same sloppy way I think they're unfocused I think that something's happening where they're just
50:51
not getting the message across so he could say that and say hey we just we we TR almost like he's saying we're trying
50:58
too hard or we care too much like well you you know what though I think with
51:03
this team there is an element of that yeah there you know what it's historically yes historically it's
51:11
always been there any kind of big moment for this team this they grip the sticks
51:16
a little too tight and it's like we need to win for the city or for each other or
51:22
for berson or when Chara broke his jaw and came back to win for them the Boston
51:28
Strong game they lost like any kind of big moment right the team gets so jacked
51:35
up like we need to do it for the fans we need to do it for the city we need to do
51:40
it for buron or Chara or wrecky or it's berson's last season like all this stuff
51:47
it's always we gotta do it and right they lay an egg and I I so I I I'm not
51:55
saying he's right but I think there's certainly with this group is an element of that because they're like overly
52:02
conscientious nice guys everybody wants to do well for the other guy everybody
52:07
feels good everybody's best friends you know they want to win for the next guy
52:13
there and maybe they need a a few more Matthew
52:19
kachuck on the team and they let the players dictate what happens and peson says it here I loved Cassidy but the
52:27
organization chose the players over the coach they dump him for a players coach who now Al also is constantly repeating
52:34
the same [ __ ] to his team they need a DNA changing hockey trade which I would
52:39
almost agree with like they do they never do it they never do it they won't they need a they need a DNA changing
52:47
like Coy and Frederick and somebody to somebody for a couple of guys like just
52:53
change of scenery type of thing I don't know if I don't know if that's big enough well probably not probably not or
53:01
or it's bigger it's a makavo it's like a bigger part of the team it's Warrior ponar or yeah I mean I think it's got to
53:08
be something like that like you gotta trade a guy trade a guy with a letter like yeah poso makoy Maran Carlo like
53:17
somebody need one of those guys needs to go one of those guys needs to get traded I think in order to shake up the DNA of
53:23
the team right yeah right now is I love all those guys and I I would hate to see
53:29
them gone but I I just feel like questionable there's something like in
53:35
the DNA of the team that's missing that's that's not quite right and I
53:40
don't know if the same group can can do it it just it seems like they keep
53:48
getting the same results over and over again and it you know it makes me it makes me sad kind of but you know that's
53:55
the reality of it all is I think that's what might be needed you know they change the coach and it's the same it's
54:02
the same [ __ ] then you're looking at a DA altering trade in my opinion yeah and
54:08
tboss also says drop the ax on Monday I didn't drop Six bills on that Centennial
54:14
Jersey for this [ __ ] sorry oh I love it solid solid point
54:19
that is a solid comment right there yeah I mean that's true December 1st is Centennial game uh hopefully the still
54:26
in the race by then those things are [ __ ] sweet though so good for you they're sweet they're sweet as hell most
54:34
consistent Brewing this season it might be it might be celik or Ki one of those
54:39
two yeah I would say so cik was pretty good like celik has I can't remember a
54:45
game or either one of them really but castc for sure like where he didn't play
54:51
at least fairly well like he's been pretty good and a pretty good pickup in that trade like will it continue I have
54:58
no idea he's a fourth line Center I don't know but right now he seemed to
55:03
find his Niche he seems to find the right place he's a he's a fan favorite
55:09
type of guy Bruins fans love his type and I think he plays hard WR it he plays
55:15
hard he plays tough he plays physical he's willing to fight he's willing to scrap he has a little bit of skill like
55:23
he has speed like all those things he has size like he has a pretty good
55:28
package that Bruins fans would like um is it you know is he is he great no but
55:36
he's the type of player Bruins fans will definitely uh Embrace oh yeah 100 per
55:44
yeah for 100% um yeah so you know tonight was just you know one of those
55:50
one of those thinkers and um again three in a row really the first one against
55:57
Utah was just offensively challenged like it just kind of a dud of a game and
56:03
then Nashville they just you know really just Nashville jumped on them Nashville
56:09
was desperate Bruins didn't have an answer when they did have chances they couldn't finish and then that game Slips
56:17
Away you know that night Montgomery pulls a golender with six and a half minutes left tonight you know he waits
56:25
to like three minutes left I'm like what what what is the philosophy here pull a even even that he
56:32
doesn't do the same way yeah he doesn't do it the same way like get the guy to do the same yeah like it's it's almost like he
56:40
spins like it's [ __ ] questions himself yeah he questions himself a lot it's obvious it's obvious what are we
56:47
doing are we pulling the goalie are we not pulling the goalie are we trying to win are we not trying to win are we
56:53
gonna keep a line together so they can get some chemistry or are we gonna rotate a guy through for the entire
56:58
season so you're never quite sure who your Winger is gonna be I mean it's
57:04
maddening yeah it is it is it is um it is but hey Saturday's a new day yeah at
57:14
least we'll be drunk so that yeah we'll be drunk and we'll be around people that love the Bruins and it'll be a good
57:21
atmosphere we'll do a podcast at five like a pregame of sorts and then we'll
57:27
do the post game afterwards highly intoxicated and everyone will have just
57:32
a great time that should be a good time yeah it'll be a good old time I it will that's gonna be epic you guys should
57:38
tune in for that one yeah that's gonna be all yours yeah tell tell all your
57:43
friends we're gonna have some colorful language and John's gonna be I mean yeah John's gonna turn over turn over gonna
57:50
have apologies to John in advance yeah um for sure uh yeah Bruins uh leavs on
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Saturday Bruins Los it tonight 5 to2 thanks everyone for watching and listening and come join us Saturday
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