The streak continues in front of a sell out crowd (what?! Sell out?! No way!). I am out the door to go stop some pucks. I'll do a recap upon my return. In the mean time, leave your thoughts on the game in the comment box.
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This game should have been won 13 to 2 by the Bruins. They peppered so many damn shots on Atlanta, but could hardly get any in, or on net. I mean Hedberg is ok, but he's not phenomenal. Overall, I thought the game was a bit sloppy on the bruins end, but they never appeared to lose their momentum. One thing that did upset me was to see Reich on the PK. Given an attempt to clear the puck with ease (no blue jerseys), he decided to rush the puck out of his own end, turning it over to Atlanta for a scoring opportunity - poor choice. I don't believe he has the ability to play with the big boys mentally, send him back to Ptown. Krejci and Lucic continue to impress and David even stepped his physical game up in this one. Hey, is it just me, or when Lucic gets the puck he skates with his head down? Hey if it works for him keep it up.
The biggest problem with this game was the transition and the power play. Usually The Bruins have a dump and run offense that works pretty well against some of the tougher defensive teams in the league. Against the Thrashers though there was really no tough defense to get around. So they continuously tried to split the defense and would either get their shots blocked, or would end up taking straight fire bombs from thirty feet at Hedberg. Yeah Hedberg is not that awesome, but his rebound control is legendary. He is an inverse Thomas.
The other problem was, in my view the overly stationary man advantage. The past 5 games we really had to work to keep the advantage set up and there was a lot of movement. Against the thrashers they weren't challenging out players and would collapse. It was very hard for Savard because 2he had to peel 15-20 feet off the boards to draw in two defenders instead of the usual 5-10 feet which totally destroyed his angles.
We play so well against really good teams because they challenge us as a team, but when we play middling teams they don't challenge us to work as a collectvie, and in turn we don't have the necessary star horsepower to go out there and exploit their weaknesses to the fullest. -Chas
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