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  1. RIFan

    Most Disappointing Red Sox Team of Your Lifetime

    ’78 and ‘86 are the obvious choices, but I’m going to throw a different one out there. 1979 Coming off the near miss in ‘78 they should have been poised to be strong contenders to win it all in ‘79. Offseason went badly. Bill Lee was traded for Stan Papi and they allowed Luis Tiant to sign with...
  2. RIFan

    2024-25 NHL News and Notes.

    View: https://www.twitter.com/bobgrove91/status/1880447155783291154?s=61&t=_SdvmbsSxS2LzzXDzXDveA I was at the Providence game when he scored one.
  3. RIFan

    '24-'25 Bruins Regular Season

    Bruins pregame show made a point out of Pasta not playing well and with the effort he’d shown in the past. I’d be surprised if this was an out of the blue move for Monty. He probably tried to push a few other buttons without making his point and resorted to the most public one.
  4. RIFan

    '24-'25 Bruins Regular Season

    What bothered me most about last night was the Flyers targeting Poitras and no apparent response from his teammates. Poitras has done nothing this season to cause me to doubt he is going to be key piece for years to come. What is the point of going big and strong if you aren't going to protect...
  5. RIFan

    2024 camps and preseason stuff

    Swayman's agent is Louis Gross. He took Nylander and the Leafs to the RFA deadline in 2018 and ended up $2M million under what he was looking for. He "settled" for a similar number as Pasta's deal at the time. The idea he was going to get $2M more than Pasta was lunacy. I think the same...
  6. RIFan

    Gaudreau tragedy in NJ

    This hits hard. I know someone who is fighting for his life right now because a drunk driver hit him while riding his bike. She was found a mile away with a piece of his bike under her SUV. Two lane straight flat road and she ran him down drunk on Wednesday afternoon. There is no punishment...
  7. RIFan

    Wyc ownership group planning to make Celtics available for sale

    How liquid would Kraft be? I’m sure he is pulling a ton of cash out of the Patriots annually, but most of his wealth has to be tied up with the Patriots, real estate, and the paper company.
  8. RIFan

    Post-Championship Media Thread

    The hat is terrible. It’s ugly and uncomfortable. I’ll also bought it for the tradition, but this is one I’ll probably never wear. Glad I waited a week and got it at 1/2 price.
  9. RIFan

    Ullmark to Ottawa

    Ottawa’s team D was horrible. Korpisalo was a more than serviceable goalie prior to going to Ottawa. His 2022-23 season was comparable to Ullmark’s last year in Buffalo. I’m guessing they think they can either build up his value this year and trade him with 2 years of term left or they think...
  10. RIFan

    Post-Championship Media Thread

    Now I definitely need a D White jersey. That is gold.
  11. RIFan

    Rank the best moves by a Celtics GM that contributed to a Banner.

    Not a trade, but drafting Larry Bird should be a choice. Bird was draft eligible but told the Pacers and other teams he was going back for his senior year and would not sign. He fell to the Celtics at 6 because the teams didn't want to wait and see if they could sign him before the next draft...
  12. RIFan

    23-24 Bruins Season Thread

    Maybe it is a mark against him, but adjustments would be just as much an organizational failure as a coach failure. I’d be surprised if the front office is hands off on lineups and desired usage patterns. If they are feeding him data on recommend matchups and he is ignoring without...
  13. RIFan

    2024 PGA Championship - Valhalla

    Xander has been in the hunt so many times. Rooting for him all the way. Glad to see him break through. Won’t be the last one he wins.
  14. RIFan

    The Search for a number 1 center

    Beat me to it. Reinhardt makes sense on a lot of levels. I also want Jake back. He’s was arguably the best forward in the playoffs and I think the relief of having a long term deal will free him up to just go out and play. They obviously need a #1 center, but Zacha and Coyle have proved...
  15. RIFan

    Round 2 Bruins-Panthers

    I think the graphic said “5th most wins among active coaches”. That’s nice but he is the all time biggest loser in regular season and playoff games among coaches. They won’t talk about that. He is the very definition of mediocre. Nothing is shocking with the NHL coaching carousel, but he...
  16. RIFan

    Game 5 - Do not go gentle into that good night.

    Only the NHL would realize that a lot of eyes are on them and will judge their incompetence and decide to take an even bigger shit on themselves.
  17. RIFan

    Game 5 - Do not go gentle into that good night.

    Bruins should go old school WWF and use a small razor blade to draw some blood on their face to get a call. This is nuts.
  18. RIFan

    Game 5 - Do not go gentle into that good night.

    It seems ludicrous to believe in the league putting their thumb on the scale, but this level of incompetence is getting harder to believe.
  19. RIFan

    Game 5 - Do not go gentle into that good night.

    When the Bruins overcome the odds to take this series we can send them a copy of the game threads. Let them laugh at being called soft and not talented enough, knowing that those that call them soft would piss down their leg 10 seconds into a shift. Blood lust won't be settled tonight...
  20. RIFan

    Round 2 Bruins-Panthers

    I definitely subscribe to Hanlon's Razon being the root of this. I'll throw in that part of the stupidity is that the belief that the Bruins are cheap shot artists and don't deserve any benefit of the doubt.
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