Public Skate: Bruins @ Pittsburgh Penguins
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 7:00 PM EST
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Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins, Nov 14, 2009 7:30 PM EST
Boston Bruins @ Pittsburgh Penguins
Mellon Arena
Pittsburgh, PA
7:30
NESN
Watch the game and discuss it with other B's fans. Remember to always skate in a counter-clockwise direction and no rough-housing. Have at it, Chowdah Heads, Puckheads, and Hockey Krishnas!
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Brent Johnson will get the start in goal for the Pens. Thomas for the B’s.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 7:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Lines for tonight (according to KPD)
Marco Sturm — Patrice Bergeron — Mark Recchi
Blake Wheeler — David Krecji — Michael Ryder
Daniel Paille — Vladimir Sobotka — Brad Marchand
Shawn Thornton — Steve Begin — Byron Bitz
Zdeno Chara — Derek Morris
Mark Stuart — Dennis Wideman
Matt Hunwick – Andrew Ference
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 7:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Hey, welcome back!
Haven’t seen you around here much lately.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 7:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
vet school has officially taken the life out of me this semester. i’ve been trying to keep up with, and at least watch a period or two of every game, but commenting and being obsessive just isn’t in the cards right now. it isnt going to get much better when i go into clinics in march.
but if you’d like to do the 350ish pages of reading per exam per week for me, i’d be more than happy to comment all the time, hahaha :)
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 7:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
particularly for this upcoming week. veterinary economics. just shoot me.
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 7:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, I’m all set with that. I went to 4 yrs of undergrad and 2 yrs of grad school. I am done learning.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 7:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You were public skate all-star last year.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 7:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, last year we had a lot more classes, but a lot less reading (usually 100-150 pages per exam).
also, shit on the pens. what the hell.
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 7:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Malkin will play tonight for the Pens
Pittsburgh’s lines should look like this:
Fedotenko-Crosby-Malkin
Bourque-Staal-Guerin
Cooke-Letestu-Dupuis
Rupp-Adams-Godard
Skoula-Lovejoy
McKee-Goligoski
Eaton-Engelland
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 7:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
that fan flipping out is rocking a nice Canadian tuxedo
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 7:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
what the heck is wrong
with sturm and ryder this year? sturm i was willing to give a free pass for a while because of injury….but really?
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 7:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Ryder always starts slow.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 7:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not much landing there but maybe it’ll give them a spark
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 7:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
anddddd kreejci/wheeler decides its finally time to make an appearance
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 7:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
everytime i decide that i want to like marchand, he goes back to the penalty box……
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 7:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
he makes some bad decisions
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 7:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
its kind of the decision of who i like less……whitfield is just boring, but marchand is dynamic but spends too much time in the box. can we just send them both back and clone sobotka?
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 8:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I like what Sobotka has shown this season. Much more physical than we have seen in the past.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 8:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
the good thing about sending him to providence was that he came up with something to prove – he made the team out of camp and wanted to prove that he should stay. it opened up a whole new interesting aspect to his game
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 8:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He does have some good tools though, I think when he gets used to level of NHL play he’ll be a good third line checker…..possibly second line guy in years to come. When Lucic and Savard come back he needs to go back to Providence and fine tune his game
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 8:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thomas was in position for the save before Stuart pushed, I think it was Cooke, into him. Very unfortunate
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 8:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
They were lucky to kill that one off
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 8:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i attribute that goal entirely to my previous comment calling him out
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 8:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
B’s look awful in their own zone tonight
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 8:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
its times like these that they miss their “disposable” defensive specialists from last year – axelsson and yelle. you can say what you’d like about their offense, and most of it is true, but they could shut down like nobody’s business. the loss of ward for the more offensively minded morris is also showing up right now
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 8:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree. Scoring has been the problem this yr not defense. Morris has looked good moving the puck (in my opinion the B’s biggest problem last yr).
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 8:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
in general, scoring has been the problem. i totally agree. but when we are confronted with a huge line from a team – aka the pens malkin/crosby combination, we don’t have enough of an answer for them. morris i am totally not sold on. he moves the puck well, but he still gives me the “wideman scares” from time to time
and that goal just solidified my point
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 8:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m just not sure that Axelsson and Yelle would be the answer.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 8:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
but i think that getting rid of 3 out of our top 4 penalty killers is going to kill us, in the end. i don’t think we should have kept them all….but i felt like Chiarelli was missing a defensive shutdown presence at the beginning of this year. only 2 of our 6 defensemen (chara and stuart) are truly “defensive” defensemen. at some point (may be now) that’s going to hurt us.
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 8:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We are fourth in the league in goals against this season (not including tonite) Tim Thomas and the defense has been the only that has kept the B’s in most of the games this year. Our offense is struggling and giving roster spots to players like Axe and Yelle would not help the Offense at all. And also keep in mind Begin and Morris who took spots from Axe and Ward are tied for 2nd on the team in points. Morris has good transition out of the defensive zone and generates offensive (see third goal of this game for reference) Oh and Ward is minus 12 this year so maybe his defensive play was boosted by the B’s team D last year. Begin is good defensively and is part of the biggest surprise line of the B’s this year, and is a big offensive upgrade over Axe and Yelle
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 9:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
and I believe Yelle is currently unemployed
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 9:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
By the way what happened to Carolina this year they dropped like a rock, didn’t see that comming
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 9:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
that’s what happens when your off-season strategy is rumaging through the Bruins scrap heap
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 9:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
and your starting goalie gets axed by a rogue skate
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 9:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Celts are down in the 4th 96-92
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 9:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Does Brian Boitono know that Milan Lucic stole his shirt?
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 9:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i’m no fashionista, but good god, what the hell is lucic wearing?
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 9:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I think Lucic’s watch is as big as my head thing was ridiculous
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 9:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That thing is like Flava Flav’s clock on a watch strap
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 9:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It had to be his girlfriend dressing him although I know some crazy hockey buddies of mine have worse taste
by Ljcav7788 on Nov 14, 2009 9:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
wow, chara really went for the emmy there. not that it wasn’t a trip, but man….
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 9:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
the stick was in his skate. I don’t think that was a dive
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 9:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it wasn’t the fall, it was the 5 seconds of writhing agony afterwards
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 9:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not really worried about it cause the call went in the B’s favor, but it kinda looked like the ref had his back to the play and just saw Chara go down and called the penalty. It was a trip but how could the ref see it with his back turned?
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 9:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
That doesn’t look good for Wides hopefully it’s a stinger
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 9:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
He took a seat on the bench and didn’t go directly down the tunnel (if there is a tunnel at the bench) or go right to the trainer. So, that’s a good sign. We’ll see.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 9:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
“Milan Lucic was supposed to be here for 5 mins but refuses to leave the studio”
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 9:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
That hurts after the couple of chances we had
by Ljcav7788 on Nov 14, 2009 9:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
No need for Chara to be skating that close to Morris. You learn in Squirts to cover the middle and look for the wide skater on plays like that. Morris was in position it was Chara’s job to shut down the passing options. If Chara was playing for my peewee team he woulda been benched for a shift lol
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 9:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Time to capitalize 4 minutes we need something here
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 9:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
dumbest rule in hockey…but i will take it
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 9:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
especially when most players will bite their lip to gain the extra 2
by Ljcav7788 on Nov 14, 2009 9:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think Delay of game over the glass and trapezoid infractions are worse, but that’s a close third
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 9:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That was clutch right there very nice
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 9:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
THOMAS!!!!! Hes been a desk toy tonite@!!!!
by Ljcav7788 on Nov 14, 2009 9:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i don’t think being a desk toy is a positive thing in Edwards vocab…but who knows???
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 9:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
that one has perplexed me. is he referring to the boring overdone rubix cube? or the cheeky bobblehead?
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 9:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yea I guess absolutely noone can understand or follow the JE diarrhea of the mouth
by Ljcav7788 on Nov 14, 2009 10:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No Way Bruins come back to take the lead outf*ckinstanding
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 9:59 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
NHL.com called Chara’s slapper a wrist shor
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 10:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Useless knowledge but that guy Mark Eaton lives 2 miles from me. He married some Rhode Island girl
by Ljcav7788 on Nov 14, 2009 10:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
It was pretty cool when he brought the cup to our town
by Ljcav7788 on Nov 14, 2009 10:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
pfffft whatever i’m from hal gill’s hometown. wayyy better. his dad was my sheep vet. no joke.
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 10:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If I were bergeron I would ask for a much larger endorsement fee from the manufacturer of his POS stick
by Ljcav7788 on Nov 14, 2009 10:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i think he is an RBK guy
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 10:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
here comes a rant about composite sticks…
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 14, 2009 10:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
oh good lord, i should have just studied economics.
by andie on Nov 14, 2009 10:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
You have got to be fucking shitting me….that was horrific
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 10:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
worst disaster game ive seen in a good while
by Ljcav7788 on Nov 14, 2009 10:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
There it is Jack blamed the loss on Composite Sticks
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Nov 14, 2009 10:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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