Bruins vs. Carolina

cshea

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Leafs gave up an ENG with 2:06 left to go down 4-1. They then gave up 2 more with the goalie back in to lose 6-1.
 

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I'm sure the players are noting their displeasure, but do the Bruins as an organization have to comment on the ice? Its been consistently not great this season.
 

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Wild stat - today was Halak's 500th game (482nd start) and his 49th shutout. That means he's recorded a shutout in over 10% of his starts for his career.

To put that into perspective, here are some other contemporary (i.e. mainly post lockout) goaltender percentages

Rask - 47 SHO, 492 GS (9.55%)
Rinne - 58 SHO, 625 GS (9.28%)
Fleury - 58 SHO, 662 GS (8.76%)
Lundqvist - 63 SHO, 742 GS (8.49%)
Vasilevskiy - 18 SHO, 215 GS (8.38%)
Bishop - 31 SHO, 372 GS (8.33%)
Holtby - 35 SHO, 431 GS (8.12%)
Gibson - 19 SHO, 249 GS (7.63%)
Miller - 44 SHO, 617 GS (7.13%)
Price - 45 SHO, 634 GS (7.10%)
Schneider - 25 SHO, 383 GS (6.53%)
Murray - 11 SHO, 175 GS (6.29%)
Varlamov - 26 SHO, 444 GS (5.86%)
Crawford - 26 SHO, 448 GS (5.80%)
Hiller - 23 SHO, 404 GS (5.69%)
Howard - 24 SHO, 505 GS (4.75%)

Halak's ratio is made all the more impressive when you consider some of the teams he's been saddled with.
 

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I'm sure the players are noting their displeasure, but do the Bruins as an organization have to comment on the ice? Its been consistently not great this season.
They’ve already commented on the seat situation. Ice surface is probably next. The remodel looks great on the outside of the building, but inside it’s been a disaster.
 

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Aside from air temp and humidity, what else affects ice? It is noticeably colder in the arena this year, and I would asusme that humidity isn't a problem in early December. So what options are out there that they can work with? Is it just the fact that it's a multi-purpose arena that is going back and forth between other events too quickly?
 

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Wow, I hadn't realized just how much separation from the rest of the division this run has created. I guess L10 records of 5-5 and 5-4-1 will not really cut it when chasing a 9-0-1.
 

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Wow, I hadn't realized just how much separation from the rest of the division this run has created. I guess L10 records of 5-5 and 5-4-1 will not really cut it when chasing a 9-0-1.
That and the division being surprisingly bad. Who'd have thought the Lightning and the Leafs would be bottom 3rd teams?
 

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Tampa’s off to a slow start, no doubt, but they have played the fewest games in the league. They are on pace for 95 points which is well below any preseason projection but good ending for second in the division right now. I think they’ll turn it around. Handicapping, I’d still put them as a threat to the division.

Toronto has been more of a tire fire. They are on pace for 85 points. I think Keefe’s a good coach and they’ll respond to him but that was really the only major play they had to jumpstart the team. They still can’t defend and on top of that the backup goalie situation is a a mess. Their cap and prospect situation makes fixing any of these issues via trade trade unlikely.

That said, I think we’re still looking at Bruins, Bolts, Leafs 1-3 in the division. Tampa and Toronto left the for someone else to jump in and seize control of an Atlantic playoff spot but Montreal, Buffalo and Florida have shat themselves.
 

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Tampa’s off to a slow start, no doubt, but they have played the fewest games in the league. They are on pace for 95 points which is well below any preseason projection but good ending for second in the division right now. I think they’ll turn it around. Handicapping, I’d still put them as a threat to the division.

Toronto has been more of a tire fire. They are on pace for 85 points. I think Keefe’s a good coach and they’ll respond to him but that was really the only major play they had to jumpstart the team. They still can’t defend and on top of that the backup goalie situation is a a mess. Their cap and prospect situation makes fixing any of these issues via trade trade unlikely.

That said, I think we’re still looking at Bruins, Bolts, Leafs 1-3 in the division. Tampa and Toronto left the for someone else to jump in and seize control of an Atlantic playoff spot but Montreal, Buffalo and Florida have shat themselves.
It really would be nice to have a lesser team to play in the 1st round rather than a meat grinder in either Tampa or Toronto. But as the Lightning can attest to, sometimes it just doesn't matter what seed a team is.
 

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Tampa’s off to a slow start, no doubt, but they have played the fewest games in the league. They are on pace for 95 points which is well below any preseason projection but good ending for second in the division right now. I think they’ll turn it around. Handicapping, I’d still put them as a threat to the division.

Toronto has been more of a tire fire. They are on pace for 85 points. I think Keefe’s a good coach and they’ll respond to him but that was really the only major play they had to jumpstart the team. They still can’t defend and on top of that the backup goalie situation is a a mess. Their cap and prospect situation makes fixing any of these issues via trade trade unlikely.

That said, I think we’re still looking at Bruins, Bolts, Leafs 1-3 in the division. Tampa and Toronto left the for someone else to jump in and seize control of an Atlantic playoff spot but Montreal, Buffalo and Florida have shat themselves.
Yeah, Tampa certainly has a good shot at turning it around - their +10 goal differential is tied for 10th in the league and 6th in the Eastern, so they should pick up points at a faster pace than they have done. Though, even if they win the games in hand they have on the Bs, they are still 10 points back.
 

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Tampa’s off to a slow start, no doubt, but they have played the fewest games in the league. They are on pace for 95 points...
This is why I think standings should be ranked by points per game, earned points %, or point pace (same idea, expressed different ways).