Because he's the opposing team's goalie in the Stanley Cup Finals?BTW, why are people crapping on Bennington?
I highly doubt it.One thought on the suspension...
St. Louis can clinch and Barbashev is missing the game. Might the “fear” of missing a game 7 cause any of the Blues to hold up just a bit in game 6?
Pulling up on one or two hits could make the difference in a series that has been this close.
He can be cleared after morning skate tomorrow.Hearing Grz is not cleared to play via Bruins Bear on Facebook
ThisPhysical play aside, the top 2 lines need to find their games moreso than anything else.
It's Binnington, and he was a career minor leaguer who was nearly sent to the East Coast League last season and has a grand total of 33 regular season games. He sure looks pretty good, but his season has been a SSS, and we've seen a metric shit ton(ne) of goalies come into the league, light it up, and get exposed as time goes on.BTW, why are people crapping on Bennington? Here's his season stats compared to Tuukka's:
Bennington: 1.89 GAA, .927 sv%
Rask: 2.48 GAA, .912 sv%
I think Rask is great, but it's not clear to me why some people are saying that Bennington is not good. Those numbers would belie that notion.
Just remind the Bruins of 50 years ago when Jack Kent Cooke , then owner of the Lakers had balloons on top of the forum and passed around leaflets saying....When the Lakers win balloons will drop and the USC marching band will come on the court playing Happy days are here again. Russell read it and said...…"Those bleeping balloons are staying up there". And of course they did.Oops:
Clearly that talking head has been Berube’d.One of the commentators on NBCSN noted the reduction in Boston PP goals and surmised that the Blues must have done something. And then just left it at that.
It was kinda weird. I generally just lurk here but thought I would share.
And McAvoy. What are the chances the Bruins will be willing to offer him the monster contract he’d command on the market?
agree with most of that...but takes a lot to get suspended for game 7 finals...There's no chance of it happening but damn the league should at least think about suspending Bortuzzo. WTF was that garbage at the end on Acciari? Piece of shit player on a piece of shit team.
It won’t happen this year, but I really like the idea (I think it came up in the game thread) to have penalty minutes at the end of a game carry into the start of the next. It wouldn’t solve penalties at the end of a series-winning game, but it might help in a situation like this.There's no chance of it happening but damn the league should at least think about suspending Bortuzzo. WTF was that garbage at the end on Acciari? Piece of shit player on a piece of shit team.
I think they should adopt a rule similar to how the NBA handles technicals. Accumulate a certain number of misconducts and you are automatically suspended. A game misconduct could count double. This is Bortuzzo's only misconduct for the full season regular and playoffs, so it wouldn't affect game 7 in this case if the rule existed. The NHL could (and should) allow that misconducts can be applied after the game based on further review. It would force players that pull crap after the whistle and away from the play to clean up their act. Guys like Bortuzzo don't suddenly do crap like that. It's just the 1st time he's been called during a game. And before it's said, Marchand would obviously be in jeopardy if something like this was implemented and I'd be completely fine with that.It won’t happen this year, but I really like the idea (I think it came up in the game thread) to have penalty minutes at the end of a game carry into the start of the next. It wouldn’t solve penalties at the end of a series-winning game, but it might help in a situation like this.
Yes to all of this but I would add that the most important contributing factor in a Game 7 W will be scoring first. St. Louis is a completely different team playing from behind.One more to go. Keys continue to be the same. Get good breakouts, and get the top line going. When they do that, they win. When they don't, they don't.
Yes. Game situation should matter in circumstances like this.No, but shit. It's the last minute of a blowout game, Cassidy sent out the 3rd line for a 5 on 3 PP instead of either one of his PP units, the game was over. And Bortuzzo fucking assaults Acciari. Two huge cross checks in the back followed by the punch. And then the fucker winks as he goes off the ice.
He ought to be suspended.
Yeah that wink was basically "We can do whatever we want right now and you can't do anything about it".No, but shit. It's the last minute of a blowout game, Cassidy sent out the 3rd line for a 5 on 3 PP instead of either one of his PP units, the game was over. And Bortuzzo fucking assaults Acciari. Two huge cross checks in the back followed by the punch. And then the fucker winks as he goes off the ice.
He ought to be suspended.
Yeah if the Blues are down late in Game 7 expect it to get VERY dirty. Suspensions don't matter in the final game of the season and the refs have shown an inability to correctly call penalties on those types of hits in real time.Yeah that wink was basically "We can do whatever we want right now and you can't do anything about it".
Thankfully nobody got hurt...
Sadly, I fully expect the Blues in G7 to be back to head-hunting and late hits...especially if down. Physical abuse has been the only way they've gotten the upper hand. Hopefully the Refs don't swallow their whistles, but I'm not optimistic.
Thanks for this.
Sorry if this has already been posted. Stolen from cbs and Michael Hurley.
Whither Brad Park?If anyone wants some additional Bruins porn, go to the NHL Instagram account. They have Charlie mic'd up, and posted a clip of him telling Chara what to do off of a faceoff.
Shore to Orr to Bourque to Chara to Charlie.
Bruce said he was a “wild card.”Do we have any kind of lead on Grzelcyk's status? I assume not given the particular injury and the generalized cone of silence, but I haven't heard anything since he was ruled out for Game 6 a couple days ago.
EDIT: Glad to see the board update didn't kill good ol' avatar Burt!
Yup, they were gonna go game 5 refs, thank God they stuck with these guys.Same refs as last night on Wednesday.
https://twitter.com/jsportsnet/status/1138204988222640128?s=21
So, Chris Rooney is reffing a game in Boston in which the winner gets the Stanley Cup. Christ.Yup, they were gonna go game 5 refs, thank God they stuck with these guys.
His ten older brothers will give him an armed escort out of things go south.So, Chris Rooney is reffing a game in Boston in which the winner gets the Stanley Cup. Christ.
It'd be weird if it were tomorrow, as the game is on Wednesday.My family is headed to Red Sox game then trying to go watch the game somewhere after. Is there a big screen watch party type of thing around TD Garden tomorrow?
Sorry yes on Wednesday.It'd be weird if it were tomorrow, as the game is on Wednesday.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BydpC7enSq2/?hl=enIf anyone wants some additional Bruins porn, go to the NHL Instagram account. They have Charlie mic'd up, and posted a clip of him telling Chara what to do off of a faceoff.
Shore to Orr to Bourque to Chara to Charlie.