thesportsbuff Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Great article. Read it here. I want to focus on this portion of it: A breakdown of the Bruins since 2005-06 Holdovers: Three (Bergeron, Thomas, Krejci) Free agency: Four (Recchi, Ryder, Chara, Thornton) Trade: 11 (Horton, Peverley, Ference, Kaberle, Boychuk, Seidenberg, Paille, Kelly, Campbell, McQuaid, Rask) Draft: Three (Marchand, Lucic, Seguin) Interesting, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyldnwoody44 Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Great article. Read it here. I want to focus on this portion of it: A breakdown of the Bruins since 2005-06 Holdovers: Three (Bergeron, Thomas, Krejci) Free agency: Four (Recchi, Ryder, Chara, Thornton) Trade: 11 (Horton, Peverley, Ference, Kaberle, Boychuk, Seidenberg, Paille, Kelly, Campbell, McQuaid, Rask) Draft: Three (Marchand, Lucic, Seguin) Interesting, right? Buffalo, Holdovers: sucky player, sucky player, overpaid player Draft : tiny prospect, another tiny prospect, jolly green giant Trades : outta shape guy, guy that has the accuracy of pominville, guy that coulndt cut it on other teams. Free agents: guy that left and won cup with other teams Ok now that I got that outta my system : ) boston def did something right. They will Prolly have a tough team next year as well. Maybe we'll actually have a captain this season. Don't get me wrong, im optimistic, but at the same time, im in the process of deficating out some quaker steak and lubes atomic wings and that is making me grumpy ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Buffalo, Holdovers: sucky player, sucky player, overpaid player Draft : tiny prospect, another tiny prospect, jolly green giant Trades : outta shape guy, guy that has the accuracy of pominville, guy that coulndt cut it on other teams. Free agents: guy that left and won cup with other teams Ok now that I got that outta my system : ) boston def did something right. They will Prolly have a tough team next year as well. Maybe we'll actually have a captain this season. Don't get me wrong, im optimistic, but at the same time, im in the process of deficating out some quaker steak and lubes atomic wings and that is making me grumpy ; ) We need more guys on our team who deficate grumply some atomic wings... then maybe we would be gritty and win stuff like the bruins, ALTHOUGH: The bruins were able to win because they relied on a team system not a talent system and I think that is also a key. The bruins have talent but do not rely on it alone unlike the canucks did. Think 06-07 sabres... talent wins round 1 and 2 but gets turned upside down by a team in round 3. Not saying the sabres were not a team but that they did not have buckle down and win mentality that got them within a period of facing the oilers for the cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Goes against the conventional wisdom that you build a SC champ and keep it near the top via the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Interesting, right? Mirtle is always good...... In sentence it could be Chara, Thomas, and center depth down the middle. Trap and choke. What team ever won the cup with 8 power play playoff goals? (Buffalo had 5 in the playoffs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Well, hopefully, now that OSP and Quinny are out of the picture, things may turn around. After all, when Darcy arrived on the scene, it wasn't long before we were in the Stanley Cup finals. Ah, if only the Rigases hadn't screwed up like they did :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Well, hopefully, now that OSP and Quinny are out of the picture, things may turn around. After all, when Darcy arrived on the scene, it wasn't long before we were in the Stanley Cup finals. Ah, if only the Rigases hadn't screwed up like they did :rolleyes: Being from a small PA town near where the Rigases were from i've always had a soft spot for the old man. He really was a kind man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Being from a small PA town near where the Rigases were from i've always had a soft spot for the old man. He really was a kind man. I've heard that too. Unfortunately, his criminal record supersedes everything else that he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabel79 Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 I've heard that too. Unfortunately, his criminal record supersedes everything else that he did. Plus, ask anyone living in Coudersport what they think. Literally all of the population there either worked, was related to someone who worked, or lived next door to someone who worked there. Not so much now. Also, Rigas threw a party, right before all hell broke loose, where an ice-sculpture Venus De Milo lactated White Russians. Seriously, if he wasn't in jail for other reasons, he deserved to go for that. Nero was killed by his bodyguards for less ostentatious displays of depravity.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braedon Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Plus, ask anyone living in Coudersport what they think. Literally all of the population there either worked, was related to someone who worked, or lived next door to someone who worked there. Not so much now. Also, Rigas threw a party, right before all hell broke loose, where an ice-sculpture Venus De Milo lactated White Russians. Seriously, if he wasn't in jail for other reasons, he deserved to go for that. Nero was killed by his bodyguards for less ostentatious displays of depravity.. Word is the party in the plaza will have something similar with Harry Neale lactating Bloody Caesars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Word is the party in the plaza will have something similar with Harry Neale lactating Bloody Caesars. Edible stigmata for the win !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Edible stigmata for the win !!! :lol: Cue Crosschecking in 3, 2, ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Mirtle is always good...... In sentence it could be Chara, Thomas, and center depth down the middle. Trap and choke. What team ever won the cup with 8 power play playoff goals? (Buffalo had 5 in the playoffs) Note who scored all four goals in game seven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 :lol: Cue Crosschecking in 3, 2, ... You better keep counting up, not down. I don't swear my allegiance to the guy in the white frock over at the Vatican. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Being from a small PA town near where the Rigases were from i've always had a soft spot for the old man. He really was a kind man. My completely uneducated view on that family, it always seemed like little Timmy was the real driving force behind the jail time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabres1970 Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Looking through your breakdown, it shows how well the Bruins used all aspects of acquisition.Chara came through free agency, Lucic through the draft, Horton from a trade, now that's using everything to your advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 My completely uneducated view on that family, it always seemed like little Timmy was the real driving force behind the jail time. There's no doubt. He was and probably still is an arrogant ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Looking through your breakdown, it shows how well the Bruins used all aspects of acquisition.Chara came through free agency, Lucic through the draft, Horton from a trade, now that's using everything to your advantage. Let's not forget the Wrecking Ball... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Paille party! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Paille party! I completely forgot about that. Just so sickening. He happened to be in the right place at the right time. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Hilarious! How can anyone be angry that Dan Paille won a Stanley Cup. :doh: Looking at how the Bruins were built two words come to mind, opportunity and risk. This is a franchise that took advantage of opportunities when they became available like acquiring Chara and Horton. This was a franchise willing to take risks like acquiring Kaberle and trading away a player like Kessel. Did they bat 1.000 on every move, of course not. I truly hope Terry Pegula was paying attention. There are no rewards without risks and opportunities to acquire top end talent can't be ignored. Those are concepts Pegula needs to instil into Regier for this franchise to be successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 I completely forgot about that. Just so sickening. He happened to be in the right place at the right time. <_< Paille played awesome in the Cup series. He deserves it just as much as anyone on the Bruins. Who do u think shut down the twins and killed their PP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevecana Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 The key for the Bruins winning this series was 3 things- 1. Poor goaltending by Luongo. 2. Superb goaltending by Thomas and 3. Horton being wheeled off the iced and in turn providing the Bruins with an extra edge in the motivation department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesportsbuff Posted June 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 The key for the Bruins winning this series was 3 things- 1. Poor goaltending by Luongo. 2. Superb goaltending by Thomas and 3. Horton being wheeled off the iced and in turn providing the Bruins with an extra edge in the motivation department. I don't think Luongo played all THAT poorly, but he definitely deserves some of the blame. But, while I think it's nice to say that Boston rallied around Horton's injury and all that, truth be told Boston was never being badly outplayed in the series. They lost a game with 20 seconds and lost one in OT -- it's not like Vancouver was blowing them out or anything. IDK. The Horton hit happened, and it sucked for Boston, but who's to say they weren't going to win their games at home anyway? Just trying to look at things realistically. Think people are blowing the whole "Horton's injury motivated the team" thing out of proportion just a tad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braedon Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 The key for the Bruins winning this series was 3 things- 1. Poor goaltending by Luongo. 2. Superb goaltending by Thomas and 3. Horton being wheeled off the iced and in turn providing the Bruins with an extra edge in the motivation department. Poor play by Edler and Ehrhoff. Fixed. And I'd put Luongo and the D as 1 and 1a. It went to game 7, if they could have put it together for just 1 game, it wouldn't have mattered how good Thomas played or the whole 'rally around 18'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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