3/6/18 -- Red Wings at Bruins

[The Napkin]

See? Playing longer than 60 minutes and winning can be fun too! Losing sucks. Let's not do that anymore.

 

[Boston Brawler]

We're 3-0 against them this year. Win again.

 

[cshea]

Looks like Wingels and Grzelcyk in; Acciari out. Khudobin in net.

Marchand - Riley - Pastrnak
DeBrusk - Krejci - Rick
Heinen - Backes - Gionta
Schaller - Kuraly - Wingels

Chara - Carlo
Krug - Holden
Grzelcyk - Miller

Khudobin

 

[LogansDad]

Considering they've lost two of their most important players (perhaps THE 2 most important??) in the last week or so..... that lineup isn't terribly awful.

 

[edmunddantes]

Get to catch this one. Make it worth it Bruins.

 

[edmunddantes]

What a shot!

 

[LogansDad]

Holy smokes.

 

[cshea]

KRUG

 

[durandal1707]

Can't watch, but oh hey an early lead!

 

[cshea]

JAKE

 

[edmunddantes]

Another goal!!!!

 

[LogansDad]

Put up triple digits!

 

[JCizzle]

What the hell haha

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

What a nightmare start lol. How slow is this guy’s glove?

 

[Maximus]

Blast by Krug then DEBRUSK

 

[edmunddantes]

Take the deflection!

 

[McDrew]

Wow. Up 2 52 seconds in.

 

[edmunddantes]

PA just catching up to the first goal.

 

[Haunted]

Love it. Keep firing, assholes!

 

[edmunddantes]

That’s a weak slash penalty.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Real soft. That’s a video game AI call.

 

[Haunted]

Love it. Keep firing, assholes!

Not you guys, YOU guys...

 

[edmunddantes]

Damn

 

[LogansDad]

It's the Madden "Not Gonna Let You Run Away With This" Ref Special (TM).

 

[edmunddantes]

Wait. That was another tap like the slash penalty. No call.

 

[LogansDad]

Nyquist with WAY more of a slash on Nash there.

 

[edmunddantes]

Some nice forecheck.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

How about a hold on the Wings there in the corner? I’m going to complain until a penalty goes the other way.

 

[edmunddantes]

Should have been another slash called on bruins. Two actually. Standard is off.

 

[LogansDad]

I'll be honest. I just had my first hockey lesson in full pads on Sunday.... I'm 38 and January was the first time I've skated since high school.... I'm so excited for the next 23 weeks of lessons, but man am I jealous of how easy these guys make skating look.

 

[edmunddantes]

Goalie for Wings doesn’t even seem to know how to react after shot sometimes. Just freezes.

 

[edmunddantes]

Another Wings slash. Hmmm... why isn’t the ref calling these? Is it because if he did we’d already have 8 penalties in this game?

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

B’s are just on a different level even with guys out. Keep up the pressure and put this one away early.

 

[TFP]

I'll be honest. I just had my first hockey lesson in full pads on Sunday.... I'm 38 and January was the first time I've skated since high school.... I'm so excited for the next 23 weeks of lessons, but man am I jealous of how easy these guys make skating look.

It's even more insane when you see them in person and realize how fast they're actually moving.

 

[RetractableRoof]

I'm hoping that as well. Just ignore the refs and blow this one out early. Take the suspense out of it, and keep chugging along.

 

[LogansDad]

It's even more insane when you see them in person and realize how fast they're actually moving.

Oh, I know. Hockey is easily the best live experience in sports out there, in my opinion. Just watching NHL players in warmups is simply mind blowing.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Worst line change ever.

 

[edmunddantes]

Sloppy

 

[LogansDad]

God damn it.

 

[FelixMantilla]

That was disgusting.

 

[RetractableRoof]

It's even more insane when you see them in person and realize how fast they're actually moving.

I think that is the thing that amazes me about the difference in levels. Even most college players are slow compared to the NHL skaters. Between that and the precision passing, it's really interesting to see a college game and a pro game in a short span.

 

[edmunddantes]

5 men all on the same side of the ice covering 3 guys.

 

[Haunted]

Well. So much for that

 

[edmunddantes]

There was a two hand hack at a bruin. And nothing.

 

[Maximus]

That was a good start until it wasn't

 

[edmunddantes]

Haha... only 10 minutes gone in this game.

 

[LogansDad]

I think that is the thing that amazes me about the difference in levels. Even most college players are slow compared to the NHL skaters. Between that and the precision passing, it's really interesting to see a college game and a pro game in a short span.

I don't even think it's just the college level. The difference between the AHL and the NHL is like night and day. It doesn't surprise me at all that a lot of guys (especially goalies) struggle with the transition their first time up. It's not a completely different sport, but it's not that far off.

 

[LogansDad]

Oh my god defense

 

[edmunddantes]

Lucky he couldn't elevate that shot.

 

[durandal1707]

So they buffered the usual 1st period defensive brain-farts with a couple of goals first.

Progress?