6/3 - Y'Hall Ready for This?

[RetractableRoof]

The fact that he understood the question is surprising

Yep. My biggest concern is that 2 concussions in close proximity is worse than 2 spread out (assuming the last absence was in fact a concussion and that tonight's diagnosis is one). The person is more valuable than the player obviously.

I like hearing the ups and downs of the crowd. I’m ambivalent about announcers and don’t assume they hate the Bruins but they’re more background noise if anything.

I don't enjoy the announcers, and do enjoy the crowd, I loved the crowd only feed that was posted here after one of the Boston home games. The best of both worlds - the crowd, and no talking. There really should be an SAP hack or something that allows this.

 

[McDrew]

There really should be an SAP hack or something that allows this.

Used to be on a 5.1 sound system, the announcers were only on the center channel. I think they fixed that though.

 

[RetractableRoof]

I'd love a 'crowd mode' option, where only sound was the crowd, and closed caption for anything the referees announce (penalties, review decisions, etc.).

 

[TSC]

Did you guys even read the opening post of this thread? Do you know what edging is? Jesus I spelled it out for y’all and you were still doubting the outcome.

 

[tmracht]

I started doing that a few months ago. It’s a game changer.

Yeah there was some games where the announcers were only on center channel, so if I muted the center channel on my stereo system I would just get the ambient sounds that was really awesome for a while.

 

[tmracht]

Used to be on a 5.1 sound system, the announcers were only on the center channel. I think they fixed that though.

That's what I get for not getting through the whole thread first.

 

[Marbleheader]

Just want to note Marchand was selected with a pick that the Islanders had originally.

 

[uk_sox_fan]

Just want to note Marchand was selected with a pick that the Islanders had originally.

Can you imagine how much he would be hated in Boston had he spent his entire career in Nassau County?

 

[cshea]

Credit to Down Goes Brown on this, but the angle on the Marchand winner was very similar to Dan Boyle scoring on his own net in overtime against Colorado. Pretty much the same spot on the ice.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcKODNOU6yk

 

[Ferm Sheller]

It's close to the same spot, but it's actually about a 5 foot difference. I don't think anyone could pick the top corner from where Boyle shot with a goaltender in net -- would be nearly impossible with an empty net. Boyle shot less than a foot from the goal line, whereas Marchand was nearly flush with the end of the face-off circle.

 

[Zososoxfan]

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[joe dokes]

Used to be on a 5.1 sound system, the announcers were only on the center channel. I think they fixed that though.

That was the best.

 

[BostonFanInCanesLand]

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I’ve been waiting for this. Here‘s to seeing it progress on Saturday.

 

[RedOctober3829]

I feel really good for Tuukka today. He's been absolutely incredible this whole postseason and maybe(just maybe) should get a ton of credit for how he's played through what is probably a pretty serious injury in his back. He takes way too much shit in this town.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

This always makes me irrationally happy

 

[fiskful of dollars]

I’ve been waiting for this. Here‘s to seeing it progress on Saturday.

I was wondering if this had been retired as some sort of strange superstitious SOSH purge. I was afraid to mention it. Happy it's back!

Edit: Typos

 

[ledsox]

Quite the 3 second shift by Marchand at the end there. Wonder if he was actually aiming far top corner. Incredible!

 

[Zososoxfan]

I feel really good for Tuukka today. He's been absolutely incredible this whole postseason and maybe(just maybe) should get a ton of credit for how he's played through what is probably a pretty serious injury in his back. He takes way too much shit in this town.

I was so impressed with his positioning last night. He made plenty of flashy plays that showed off his physical ability, but he also made a lot of hard saves look easy by just being in great position. Masterclass last night and he won a bona fide goalie duel. 2 U's, 2 K's, but no stars

 

[The Napkin]

Quite the 3 second shift by Marchand at the end there. Wonder if he was actually aiming far top corner. Incredible!

he will swear he was until his dying breath

 

[Norm Siebern]

I feel really good for Tuukka today. He's been absolutely incredible this whole postseason and maybe(just maybe) should get a ton of credit for how he's played through what is probably a pretty serious injury in his back. He takes way too much shit in this town.

Absolutely correct

 

[cshea]

Quite the 3 second shift by Marchand at the end there. Wonder if he was actually aiming far top corner. Incredible!

Crazy as it sounds,, I think he was. If it was a shoot-for-a-rebound then it would've been on the ice.

 

[ObstructedView]

Made the mistake of stopping on Felger & Holley after the game. Predictably, Felger was ho-hum about the Marchand winner & said it was soft; compared it with the Caps game-2 OT mistake by SamSOnov. Click

 

[joe dokes]

Made the mistake of stopping on Felger & Holley after the game. Predictably, Felger was ho-hum about the Marchand winner & said it was soft; compared it with the Caps game-2 OT mistake by SamSOnov. Click

What garbage. I think a fair number of NHL players wouldve missed that shot into an *empty* net from there while on the move.

 

[Gold Dust Twin 19]

 

[steveluck7]

Quite the 3 second shift by Marchand at the end there. Wonder if he was actually aiming far top corner. Incredible!

Didn’t he say, after the game, something like it just goes to show that in OT, you just get pucks on net?
I can’t imagine from that angle he was trying to do much more than make Varlamov make a stop and look for a rebound. (Which, for as good as Varlamov was last night, he was a bit unsteady with rebound control & securing pucks after saves)

 

[LogansDad]

I still can't figure out what kind of magic made that go in.

Also, my feed cut due to an internet outage less than 2 seconds after Brad started celebrating. I was still processing the goal when it went out.

Holy shit how pissed I would have been if it was a couple seconds earlier.

 

[esfr]

I feel really good for Tuukka today. He's been absolutely incredible this whole postseason and maybe(just maybe) should get a ton of credit for how he's played through what is probably a pretty serious injury in his back. He takes way too much shit in this town.

i am happy for him too. He has not been incredible this whole postseason imo. Game 2 he made some great saves and overall was very good, but he let in at least 2 goals that were borderline soft. Again last night he was incredible in OT and the end of the 3rd but he got caught out of position playing the wrong post for the goal he gave up. It came after a long spell of Bruins dominance and several great saves (38 to that point) on the other end of the ice. It was a play he should have made at a point where he had not been called upon in quite a while. It completely deflated the team and almost cost them, but his credit he responded in excellent fashion. Tuukka probably does take too much shit, but he can be both outstanding and maddening.

 

[RedOctober3829]

i am happy for him too. He has not been incredible this whole postseason imo. Game 2 he made some great saves and overall was very good, but he let in at least 2 goals that were borderline soft. Again last night he was incredible in OT and the end of the 3rd but he got caught out of position playing the wrong post for the goal he gave up. It came after a long spell of Bruins dominance and several great saves (38 to that point) on the other end of the ice. It was a play he should have made at a point where he had not been called upon in quite a while. It completely deflated the team and almost cost them, but his credit he responded in excellent fashion. Tuukka probably does take too much shit, but he can be both outstanding and maddening.

He stopped the first attempt. Where were the help to clear the players out?

 

[Ed Hillel]

He stopped the first attempt. Where were the help to clear the players out?

Yeah, both defenders got lost and one forward came in late and whiffed.

 

[kenneycb]

Made the mistake of stopping on Felger & Holley after the game. Predictably, Felger was ho-hum about the Marchand winner & said it was soft; compared it with the Caps game-2 OT mistake by SamSOnov. Click

He’s right though. Goalies save a shot from that spot 99.99999% of the time. It was a great shot but a goalie in position easily turns that away.

Now I feel dirty.

 

[kenneycb]

He stopped the first attempt. Where were the help to clear the players out?

And why hasn’t he scored too?

Tuukka wasn’t faultless on that goal but I’d say something like 60/40 on the D. His positioning was fantastic the rest of the night. Steadiest he’s been in a while.

 

[Haunted]

And why hasn’t he scored too?

Tuukka wasn’t faultless on that goal but I’d say something like 60/40 on the D.

Agreed. The defense should have, you know, defended, but Tuukka should have made the save. Both of these things can be true.

 

[cshea]

The guy has a .927 career playoff save percentage in 101 games. 7th all time in the history of the NHL, and he's played more than double the games of any of the 6 guys in front of him. He's in the conversation of best playoff goalies of all time, but alas, the city of Boston hates him. 31 other teams would kill to have a goalie with Rask's playoff track record.

 

[Mr. Wednesday]

Quite the 3 second shift by Marchand at the end there. Wonder if he was actually aiming far top corner. Incredible!

I wouldn't guess he was specifically trying to pick that spot out, more just get it on net, force Varlamov to make a save. Maybe you get a rebound chance out of it, or maybe you force him to glove it and get an offensive zone draw out of it.

 

[esfr]

The guy has a .927 career playoff save percentage in 101 games. 7th all time in the history of the NHL, and he's played more than double the games of any of the 6 guys in front of him. He's in the conversation of best playoff goalies of all time, but alas, the city of Boston hates him. 31 other teams would kill to have a goalie with Rask's playoff track record.

Simply not true. Nor are any of the 6 guys ahead of him. He’s an overall excellent goalie who has been anything but one of the best playoff goalies of all time. He got badly outplayed by a rookie in Game 7 against the Blues. If you need a reminder…

View: https://youtu.be/Ptc6tOMa3n8

 

[kenneycb]

Yet he was going to win the Conn Smythe if they won and maybe if they lost depending on how Game 7 went. For some reason everyone is so quick to blame him but never gives him any credit.

You should be banned for posting that video. I think we all remember. Fuck.

 

[esfr]

Yet he was going to win the Conn Smythe if they won and maybe if they lost depending on how Game 7 went. For some reason everyone is so quick to blame him but never gives him any credit.

You should be banned for posting that video. I think we all remember. Fuck.

You are right, he was. He had played great up until that point and I was thrilled for him and us! And then he didn’t, and Binnington did. Same story as Game 2 this series. As a result some B’s fans don’t trust him, they don’t hate him. He’s the only one that can rewrite the script. I hope he does.

 

[kenneycb]

Don't pawn it off on other B's fans. You don't trust him because of one game, 30 seconds of another, and a couple of last regular season games (assumption on those). You discount all the other great regular playoff and elimination games he has played and won. But about 5 games trumps 10+ years.

 

[The Napkin]

we're not doing this again here

 

[kenneycb]

YOU'RE NOT MY DAD!

 

[joe dokes]

You are right, he was. He had played great up until that point and I was thrilled for him and us! And then he didn’t, and Binnington did. Same story as Game 2 this series. As a result some B’s fans don’t trust him, they don’t hate him. He’s the only one that can rewrite the script. I hope he does.

That's some real "sports" "talk" radio fantasy bullshit in which a great player is only great if he's always great. "Hey!!!!!!; Look!!!!! He can't be great because here's that time he wasn't."
You're right, Mike.

 

[esfr]

That's some real "sports" "talk" radio fantasy bullshit in which a great player is only great if he's always great. "Hey!!!!!!; Look!!!!! He can't be great because here's that time he wasn't."
You're right, Mike.

Just so I’m clear on the rules, how often do you have to be great to be a great player? Some of the time, more often than not, most of the time, substantially all of the time? It’s a little confusing.

 

[kenneycb]

Yes depending on the agenda and counterargument.

 

[Red Right Ankle]

Like about the same amount Rask is great.

 

[Myt1]

Agreed. The defense should have, you know, defended, but Tuukka should have made the save. Both of these things can be true.

Never.

 

[Myt1]

And why hasn’t he scored too?

Tuukka wasn’t faultless on that goal but I’d say something like 60/40 on the D. His positioning was fantastic the rest of the night. Steadiest he’s been in a while.

The guy has a .927 career playoff save percentage in 101 games. 7th all time in the history of the NHL, and he's played more than double the games of any of the 6 guys in front of him. He's in the conversation of best playoff goalies of all time, but alas, the city of Boston hates him. 31 other teams would kill to have a goalie with Rask's playoff track record.

Yet he was going to win the Conn Smythe if they won and maybe if they lost depending on how Game 7 went. For some reason everyone is so quick to blame him but never gives him any credit.

These were responses that began in response to the notion that Rask should have saved a goal that he admitted he should have played differently.

Tuukka gets plenty of credit. The guy you’re both responding to said he’s been playing well this playoffs and specifically in this game. Just about every time this tired bullshit gets whipped out, Tuukka has been getting plenty of credit but people have the temerity to suggest that he should have made a save that he didn’t.

Every other player on this team gets mentioned when they fuck up—even the stars. No one elicits this fanaboyish, “Leave Brittney alone!” strawmanning.

It’s never enough to disagree. We have to act like his honor has been impugned. This was also true in years in which he was perfectly average by almost all metrics.

Tuukka is our Derek Jeter, without the championships and with better range to his right: simultaneously underrated and worshipped as utterly beyond reproach.

 

[kenneycb]

God forbid there’s a bit of hyperbole and a less serious discussion (followed by what I really felt and was being more serious, which you chose to conveniently not bold) in a game thread where I yelled at Nap for not being my dad. Keep on fighting the good fight. I can break down why that’s a shitty post but game threads are for one-ish liners IMO.

I get that this is how I always post and I attack strawman and all that jazz. The second post in the Game 2 Caps thread talks about benching Tuukka if he struggles. People feel this way.

Edit: Your third quote is about how a guy can’t trust him because of one game (and I assumed 4ish more). Everyone is not correct. Many is probably more precise. Oops. Thanks for the call out. Can you go after the “all most announcers hate us” crowd next?

 

[Myt1]

God forbid there’s a bit of hyperbole and a less serious discussion (followed by what I really felt and was being more serious, which you chose to conveniently not bold) in a game thread where I yelled at Nap for not being my dad. Keep on fighting the good fight. I can break down why that’s a shitty post but game threads are for one-ish liners IMO.

I get that this is how I always post and I attack strawman and all that jazz. The second post in the Game 2 Caps thread talks about benching Tuukka if he struggles. People feel this way.

Edit: Your third quote is about how a guy can’t trust him because of one game (and I assumed 4ish more). Everyone is not correct. Many is probably more precise. Oops. Thanks for the call out. Can you go after the “all most announcers hate us” crowd next?

Yeah, that’s the issue here. It’s not like you bust this out literally every time that someone—

And so it begins again #benchTuukka. First goal is arguable. Second goal had 8 deflections and third had one deflection based off a shit front man clear. For fucks sake.

Hooray another playoffs to shit on Tuukka has started! Until he plays well and posts a.920+ sv%. Then he’s fine. Until they lose.

You’re right. Just a tiny bit of hyperbole. Not at all something as certain as Lou Gorman having lunch.

You know that he doesn’t read these threads, right? You don’t get Tuukka Fan Club advancement for calling for someone to be banned because he hurt Tuukka’s feelings?

 

[BostonFanInCanesLand]

View: https://youtu.be/ohDB5gbtaEQ

 

[joe dokes]

Just so I’m clear on the rules, how often do you have to be great to be a great player? Some of the time, more often than not, most of the time, substantially all of the time? It’s a little confusing.

Ted Williams choked in his one shot at winning the Cup. Nevertheless, he's still considered great by most observers. But that's only one data point.

I was responding only to the "rewrite the script" comment. References to "scripts," and "narratives" are most often lazy ways of saying something without saying it.