Monday, January 29, 2007

Same old song and lack of Dancing

Once again, “coach” (I use this term very loosely) Lewis thought it best to muster up some offense with the likes of Jeff Hogan (30 games, 2 Pts, shooting a whopping .000 %) Sean Donovan (47 Games, 12 Pts, shooting .060%) Mark Mowers (45 Games, 10 Pts, shooting .056%) and the best one of all is Stanislav Chistov (31 Games, 7 Pts, .091 %) All four of these guys have seen more ice time than Phil Kessel this season and there is nothing to explain why. Phil has 35 Games, 12 Pts, and is shooting .100 %. Looks to me like the kid has decent shot selection (those of you wondering Muzz shoots .135%, and we all know he can shoot) I know some of you are using the same excuse that Lewis has been ramming down the throat of the media, Phil is weak on D. Hmmm he was NOT drafted for his defensive abilities now was he. Yes he is a minus 12, however Donovan is a minus 11, Hogan is a minus 3 Chistov is a minus 7. Hell Marco Sturm is a minus 16, Bergeron is a minus 17, Boyes is minus 14. So lets drop that now, in fact there is ONLY one player that is not a minus on the Bruins and that is Bobby Allen, give the kid a couple of games (he has only played in 4) and I am sure he will be just like the rest of the team, MINUS something.
Back to the “coach”, he has a kid who battles back from having cancer, ok so you say it was minor, just a little lump, a quick snip, snip and no Chemo. Umm Hello this was CANCER, I don’t care what form, how it is treated, it drains you physically and emotionally, not to mention being 19 and having one of your nuts chopped off! So if your thinking along those lines do us all a favor and put your head in the toilet, flush repeatedly while slamming the seat down on the back of your head, repeat as many times as needed until all the shit between your ears is gone. Anyway he beat cancer, comes back plays six games has four points, including the game winning shootout goal against Pittsburgh where his ice time hit a career high of 14:32 (still in the bottom five for the game) and is given a chance to play on the second line with Bergeron and Sturm. Then comes the all-star break where the kid is invited to the young stars game (they must have needed a roster filler, because we all know he sucks, and defensively he is a liability.) He goes out, nets a hat-trick, confidence goes up, he is excited to get back to work in Boston, and what happens? He gets 10 minutes of ice time, most of that coming in the third period when Lewis decides that Hogan and Mowers are not providing the offensive punch he hoped for, and Kessel sets Primeau up for what should have been the game tying goal (Nice one Primeau, you choke artist) even after sitting for the majority of the first two periods. Is anyone else seeing this? What the hell is Lewis thinking? I know Defense wins championships, well we have little to work with there, and in hockey, GOALTENDING wins championships, but only when someone scores a couple of goals. YOU CAN’T WIN 0-0 but you can win 10-9, so OFFENSE just simply WINS!
Oh by the way, the Bruins lost if you have not figured that one out.

3 comments:

March2theSea said...

I can't think of any time in the last 10+ years that ANY bruin has even been in the top 5 of the +/- (on the plus side mind you).

This team is gonna have a huge shake up soon..and yet another "we need to re-build" press conference.

psacake said...

Unwatchable.

I feel bad for the people that actually pay to go to a game. I hope they at least get a kiss before being bent over.

Huge shakeup = Kessel, Bergeron, Thomas and Murray, only becuase they are the only ones worth a lick.

psacake said...

6-1 then a 7-1.. nice..

I have an idea.. regarding the points structure.. it's not all the way worked out.. but.. still..

+ 2 points for a win
- 2 points for a loss
forget the tie thing.. for now..

So right now, the hapless B's are 22 - 23, so... 44 points for the wins less 46 points for the loss' leaves a net of -2.

So how does that look boys? 49 games in to the season and you have -2 points compared to Buffalo's +40 or Nashville's +46.

Just a thought.. fuckers