Morrow was also the only d man who could skate the puck put with any consistency. He had his defensive gaffes but to single out a rookie on the third pair for why this team got worked seems petty to me.

Never mind the rookies, who were all terrible but the supposed leaders on this team- Bergeron and Eriksson in particular were so bad... in all my years as a fan of this team I have never felt so ashamed for this team. An embarassment.

Krug, Beleskey and Rask showed up. The rest of the team didn't. Pathetic.
- PoketheBear

Yes ashamed is a good word to describe my feelings as well. Pretty tough to face the ridicule yesterday of some of my friends being MTL fans. Tough to see your team get their $&/! kicked and then try to start fights. Embarrassing!!!!
Bergeron could only do so much. Louie was a ghost.
The bottom 6 was on for every goal I think.
It's a different game if Spooner buries that chance at the end of the 2nd. Bos had the pressure in the 3rd which would have been a tying goal 3-3. But that never happened.

I named half of the d that played, not exactly singling him out, they need to upgrade at the top and push everyone down a spot. Not a lot of games where berry's gonna look that bad, but especially as a team,.. they gotta win more face-offs...
- 77emac77

No you're right you didn't and I agree with the sentiment. This team needs a top defencemen in the worst way because this team isn't going anywhere until they get that figured out.

If they had lost and played like they gave a poop I wouldn't have been so mad. But without Krejci and Marchand there should have been more desperation. Just pitiful.

Why did the Bruins send C. Miller down to Prov? Is it a roster thing? Is he the only one on the D on a two way contract? He should be in the lineup every night over some of the other guys Claude keeps trotting out there.

Without Krejci this team might fall quite a bit in the standings.

Still can't believe Marchand got himself suspended right after Krejci got hurt. Marchand needs to grow up.
- tunmasterflex

Yeah, basically, Miller was the only waiver eligible D man and the team needed forwards. It's not as big a deal as some people seem to think, just some convoluted asset management so we could ice a full team and not lose anyone to waivers.

In hindsight the team should have just dressed Randell and left Koko in prov but I doubt that makes a big difference

Yesterday's game brought back memories of last season. Krejci and Marchand are huge, but it's the effort that should be there regardless of the skill guys.

We didn't win puck battles or one on ones. We could not put basic passes together. When the Habs rushed the forechecking hard all the D panicked and often turned the puck over. Most of the O-zone time was all 5 feet from the boards around the edges...........

Bergy and Eriksson were killing penalties for what seemed like the whole first period. And the Habs just put there best line out there against them and they could only hold the fort.
They were EVEN on the night. Can't blame them for the goals the rest of the team was giving up.

That's the problem when FOUR players scored HALF the teams points and then TWO of them are missing from the lineup...........one dimensional hockey and the other team pours all its effort in to shutting down the two remaining guys and your screwed.

Chara, McQuaid and K. Miller were overmatched by the speed of the Habs in every zone. Any time a fast decision was needed they make me cringe.

Morrow needs more ice time and in a year may be better than almost every other D-man we have other than maybe krug or C. Miller, because the other four are becoming wildly inconsistent, but that's what happens with age, Seidenberg and Chara OR if you are really only a bottom pairing guy like Quaider and K. Miller.

Not a fan of many of the forwards either. Hayes, Connolly, and Beleskey are third liners. Beleskey can fill in and play well in the top six IF he doesn't need to carry the line, but he will never be a huge factor like a Marchand, Krejci, Eriksson or Bergy.

And again, the worst part of the whole game was the intensity! How do we have no fight? Too many "passengers" still on this team!

Sorry about the rant.

Yesterday's game brought back memories of last season. Krejci and Marchand are huge, but it's the effort that should be there regardless of the skill guys.

We didn't win puck battles or one on ones. We could not put basic passes together. When the Habs rushed the forechecking hard all the D panicked and often turned the puck over. Most of the O-zone time was all 5 feet from the boards around the edges...........

Bergy and Eriksson were killing penalties for what seemed like the whole first period. And the Habs just put there best line out there against them and they could only hold the fort.
They were EVEN on the night. Can't blame them for the goals the rest of the team was giving up.

That's the problem when FOUR players scored HALF the teams points and then TWO of them are missing from the lineup...........one dimensional hockey and the other team pours all its effort in to shutting down the two remaining guys and your screwed.

Chara, McQuaid and K. Miller were overmatched by the speed of the Habs in every zone. Any time a fast decision was needed they make me cringe.

Morrow needs more ice time and in a year may be better than almost every other D-man we have other than maybe krug or C. Miller, because the other four are becoming wildly inconsistent, but that's what happens with age, Seidenberg and Chara OR if you are really only a bottom pairing guy like Quaider and K. Miller.

Not a fan of many of the forwards either. Hayes, Connolly, and Beleskey are third liners. Beleskey can fill in and play well in the top six IF he doesn't need to carry the line, but he will never be a huge factor like a Marchand, Krejci, Eriksson or Bergy.

And again, the worst part of the whole game was the intensity! How do we have no fight? Too many "passengers" still on this team!

Sorry about the rant.
- JIwasinskiJr

no no.. it was a good rant. Intensity was non existent, they all got too drunk watching the alumni game. This is where I look at Chara and wish he wasn't the captain.

no no.. it was a good rant. Intensity was non existent, they all got too drunk watching the alumni game. This is where I look at Chara and wish he wasn't the captain.
- 77emac77

Looked like Bergy was trying to get the Habs together for a handshake at the end of the game but the officials said no. He seems to be the "guy" now, way more vocal with every passing day.

Just give him the "C" already.

Wish we could just throw Ray back out there.........probably still faster on his skates than Chara.

Looked like Bergy was trying to get the Habs together for a handshake at the end of the game but the officials said no. He seems to be the "guy" now, way more vocal with every passing day.

Just give him the "C" already.

Wish we could just throw Ray back out there.........probably still faster on his skates than Chara.
- JIwasinskiJr

yeah, bergy's not getting the C while Chara is here, but with every team in the league looking for D, maybe its time to see what you can get for him....

Everyone needs to reeeelax lol. Both of our top two lines were demolished with Krejci and Marchand out and it didnt help that they were playing Montreal in an uncomfortable setting. The game sucked for sure but the sky isnt falling because of one poor game outdoors.

Everyone needs to reeeelax lol. Both of our top two lines were demolished with Krejci and Marchand out and it didnt help that they were playing Montreal in an uncomfortable setting. The game sucked for sure but the sky isnt falling because of one poor game outdoors.
- Mahewman

Not sure about you, but I haaaaaate watching this team get schooled badly by its #1 rival. The record over the past few years is inexcusable against the Habs.

That was a pathetic effort and they should be ashamed of themselves. Once again many plays where both McQuaid and K Miller are chasing the puck and not watching the guy in the slot. Their play especially Miller continues to be abysmal.

Missing Krejci and Marchand definitely hurts. As they are main cogs on both the PP,PK, and the Bruins offense as a whole. Hopefully Marchand feels ashamed for having to sit that out. wienerhead.

Kochlachev is Caron 2.0. Invisible. Weak. Useless.

Not sure about you, but I haaaaaate watching this team get schooled badly by its #1 rival. The record over the past few years is inexcusable against the Habs.
- Tachmo

Remember just a few years ago when we owned the Habs? It goes in cycles, they're a bad matchup right now doesn't mean there's some massive underlying issues with the team like some would like to believe. I promise you, with Krejci, Marchand and Pasta in the lineup that is a VERY different game. Habs were 100% minus Price (who would have made no impact on that game).

That was a pathetic effort and they should be ashamed of themselves. Once again many plays where both McQuaid and K Miller are chasing the puck and not watching the guy in the slot. Their play especially Miller continues to be abysmal.

Missing Krejci and Marchand definitely hurts. As they are main cogs on both the PP,PK, and the Bruins offense as a whole. Hopefully Marchand feels ashamed for having to sit that out. wienerhead.

Kochlachev is Caron 2.0. Invisible. Weak. Useless.
- glove_was_stuck

I'm OK with quaiders play for the most part, just wish he'd make more controlled plays and less icing/ delay of game plays.

Time to waive Kevan. The dudes a fitness freak already, its not like he's gonna get bigger, faster or quicker. Hes at best a 5-7 D man. B's have better options.

I've been over Koko for a while. Hes the poster boy for why pink hat fans need to shut the hell up about "skill!!!!" and trust claudes opinion. Hes smarter than they are

I'm OK with quaiders play for the most part, just wish he'd make more controlled plays and less icing/ delay of game plays.

Time to waive Kevan. The dudes a fitness freak already, its not like he's gonna get bigger, faster or quicker. Hes at best a 5-7 D man. B's have better options.

I've been over Koko for a while. Hes the poster boy for why pink hat fans need to shut the hell up about "skill!!!!" and trust claudes opinion. Hes smarter than they are
- Shaundre93

McQuaid is fine in your 3rd pairing. But he is playing next Chara which is bad bad bad.

It kills me to say it but, Chara's ice team needs to be reduced to under 20 minutes. In additon he needs to be taken off of the powerplay and most importantly the penalty kill. HE SHOULD NEVER PLAY A 3 ON 3 AGAIN. The guy just cannot move laterally anymore.

Agreed on Miller. Bye see ya. Why he plays yet Collin gets scratched is baffling. C. Miller is not wonderful defensively either but scratching the kid or benching him does not give way for improvement. They're not competing for a cup this season let the players with actual upside work towards it.