LQR Game 62: Respecting Ourselves :Bruins @ Islanders

LQR Game 62: Respecting Ourselves :Bruins @ Islanders

All right here we go consistency that’s what it’s about we had that big win against Vegas and now we got to come out come out hot come out playing hard maintain leads finish checks shifts down ice really get them on their heels that’s what we’re going to do that’s

What we’re going to do we’re going to lock in we’re going to stay good we were good we’re going to stay good we’re not falling back into the slump we are showing up and we’re sticking around hey man you ready for the game brother you have no idea what I’m about to

Do and disappeared the capitals cracken Flames Kings en lightning warned me about this low quality fans of a high quality Bruins team that is not a dub I owe you an apology I genuinely do I you owe you an apology because this is the kind of game that

Requires a dog to be in the opening bit right it requires a fluffy little love ball and I have three of them well one of them’s kind of a huge [ __ ] but he’s still very cute you deserved that here’s the problem my dogs were smart enough to go to bed after the second

I’m guessing most of you weren’t I certainly wasn’t I watched the whole thing because of course I did so really we’re all just proving that uh that my dogs are smarter than us so take that as you will on a night where Vegas got thumped 7 to2 by

The Buffalo Sabers on a night where the Carolina Hurricanes blew a three-goal third period lead to lose in regulation this one still feels worse and I’ll tell you why it feels worse because I’m a Bruins fan I don’t give a [ __ ] what the keeser knights do that seems almost too Fair like comment

Subscribe nailed it I’m a little bummed but I also I can’t help but kind of be laughing through the the third period meant nothing to me I kind of believed in the beginning of the third I’m like if we get a quick one here we took like a penalty immediately I

Just uh it just got funny it just turned into being funny at a certain point at a certain point you have to laugh I’ve got a lot of practice in my life failing so hard that eventually you just kind of have to laugh you just got to laugh at

It and uh that’s what the Bruins did tonight they failed so hard so hard I don’t want to see them laughing I don’t I don’t want to see Monty laughing who again Monty’s not getting fired this has to get way way way worse for Monty to get fired and the

Portion of the fan base who says that is very loud right those of you who are not including Monty in any of the criticism that’s bizarre to me now I’m not sitting here crying trying to crush Monty but he’s got to be part of the equation right I mean this

Was how do you how is your team this unprepared to play you had you they even said it before the game it’s so hard to find time in the season for actual practices you got two of them before this game what did you work on he might as well

Have said nothing we just hung out had a couple beers you know chilled that’s not what he said he had a whole explanation details details through the neutral zone hey Monty whatever the [ __ ] you did Undo It undo that one the neutral zone it was not good let’s everything I’m going

To talk about not good three players showed up tonight lco did everything that he possibly could to stand out and he did mlin had moments it’s not about the goal but he had moments his energy was there he was active omark Omar wasn’t fantastic he wasn’t Flawless but that man held down

The fort on odd man Rush After odd man Rush After odd man Rush he makes the save if there’s a rebound he found out real early in this one if you give up a rebound get [ __ ] we’re not helping you that’s the message he got from his team

Tonight and I mean I mean that that one there are times where I push back when I hear you guys say they didn’t have effort they didn’t they didn’t give a damn about it I I didn’t see the effort tonight outside of those three guys I didn’t see the effort tonight I didn’t

See anything and I if I’m olark if I’m olark I am kind of looking around like what the [ __ ] guys like really that’s you couldn’t even skate for me a little bit I boquist dude that third goal I think it was the third goal how

Many times did you let a guy with the puck walk right by you I’ll give you the answer three what what are we doing what are we doing like not to get dramatic but it’s disrespectful not to the fan not to the organization not to the spoke B it’s

Disrespectful to your teammates who showed up it’s disrespectful what they did toar through at least 40 minutes really the whole game but I think even Omar at a certain point was like whatever but what they did was disrespectful it genuinely was I don’t feel like that’s an overreaction at all

And we’ve got a mercer situation coming up it is March second the deadline is 6 days away and Sweeney’s got to be sitting there like what is who what is this team like who who deserves to stick around right this team’s second in the division they’re looking to make the

Playoffs looking to make the playoffs comfortably they should make the playoffs comfortably they will make the playoffs comfortably but you can’t be a seller if you’re in that position position but after a 10 game start which we went 90 and one or 91 and oh whatever it was

We’re 500 our raw win loss total is 26 and 26 since then with some real stinkers in there you’re not going to be a seller I truly believe that there might be some people sold off I’m not saying that like there’s not someone going to be moved but it’s not going to

Be a piece that you see for your future getting moved I mean d but you’re also not going to you’re not going to sell off guys that you think can help you this year more than what they’d bring back it’s just not going to happen I I don’t think the organization

Is looking at it that way but every decision is going to be made with two three years down the road on the mind that’s that’s become very clear to me let’s talk about this game I’m rambling too much the Islanders are 53 and two in their last 10 compared to our 32 and

Five on the season they have the 13th ranked power play the worst penalty kill in the league they’re 21st in goals scored and 23rd in goals allowed and so roken is not playing up to his standard Vibes are gross man that team isn’t happy here’s the thing you might say

Well loal that’s not really fair they got a new coach let’s look at the numbers since then great Point great point and there is Improvement God you guys are good at this you’re good at this if we only consider the game since January 20th when uh W was brought on

The Islanders are sixth in gold goals allowed per game during five on five hockey and 29th in goals four kind of rough on the offensive side but that’s progress still that’s five on five the full numbers not great 19th in goals allowed per game they Dro from six to 19th thanks to a

Penalty kill that is allowing a goal almost 35% of the time not even the worst penalty kill during that stretch by the way hello Anaheim Ducks there’s your monthly Ducks mention for those of you who wait for that because you’re a weirdo yeah the the numbers are bad 22nd

In goals four which is much better than 29th thanks to a 14th ranked power play at 21.4% during that stretch so their power play middling but getting by their offense 22nd during the the WW era is not Amazing by any means but it’s an improvement and the defense if their

Penalty kill could pull its Collective head out of its ass would be Stellar the thing is with all those negative facts about the team you watch him play and you go yeah yeah that that feels right and then you watch the game tonight and the Islanders and the crowd

Oh bless that crowd that was a good one the Islanders wanted that the whole time they were engaged the whole whole time and you know something they didn’t do that the Bruins have been famous for for the past couple of weeks get a big lead and then stop playing they pushed the whole

Time you got to give a ton of credit to the Islanders after this one because they made that win happen the whole time the Bruins on the other hand Marian Coy poast knock’s going to be your first line it’s a first line that we know doesn’t work we know that but we keep

Doing it jvr zaka debrus hin and geeky Frederick Loco Bist mlin wspoon McAvoy laor Carlo forbort shaton kerk Omar Omar had won the previous two meetings against them this season not this one the mlin call up makes a lot of sense in a vacuum brazo is hurt so you need to

Fill in that fourth line spot I would still have loved to see them mix in a higher Talent Prospect and trickle jvr or Heinen down or some sort of mix of that but hey they would have preferred to keep in and out on that same line

Whatever for more is in for grizzli who is managing uh day-to-day soreness so that’s what we can expect there they are both expected to play in Toronto but they’re just not available today that was Monty’s quote let’s talk about this stupid game puck drops 332 in

Lori we talked early in the season about this stop overextending dude play defense play defense when it’s time to play defense why do you have to impact the play before the play happens sometimes preventing things just helps you know you’re not playing prevent defense you’re just playing the role of

Preventing goals against that would be nice that would be nice uh the way this works is it’s a breakout from the Islanders in their Zone Dobson has the puck on the right side of their Zone and he sees that Paul Mary is behind lorai on our Blue Line great pass great pick

Up by Paul Mary not off sides collects and he is a breakaway because lorri tried to take a stab at this pass which was Out Of Reach rather than back up and control the play either way it’s a breakaway and he’s going to beat goark

Uh low glove side it’s one Zer early on okay recover that’s fine it’s so early it’s a one-goal lead doesn’t really mean anything in 511 in jvr for holding we’re going to go to the Penalty kill 15 15 seconds later as Jack Edwards is talking about how our penalty kill has been

Really good lately and how their power play has been really [ __ ] lately face off one we won the faceoff and Carlo has the puck behind uh that Faceoff Dot and he swings it around the boards and I don’t know man maybe zaka was hustling didn’t look like it to me because zaka

Seemed to be listlessly headed towards that puck allowing Nelson to come in and just pick it up and move it it with zero pressure or or anything he’s going to get the puck over to barzo in that left Circle they got the triangle set up homary is

To the right ofar just two feet over quick pass to him he immediately passes up to Horvat who’s in that bumper position in the slot Horvat launches it save is made but Paul Mary gets the lucky bounce right to him and has a wide open net he’s got two goals in the first

Six minutes of this one two- Z power play goal an 844 in thank God forar because forbo passes the puck to mlan in the defensive Zone gives him a free Bid onar omark shuts the door five hole brutal play really encapsulates what this team is about and then 741

Left of the period we’re down two zero and pal Mar is going to get his Natty Hatty off of one of the worst shifts of hockey I have seen all year it would take me 20 minutes to point out every single mistake that was made on this

Shift it was abysmal but let’s start it where Carlo pinched into the neutral zone while the Islanders had possession seems like a bold play certainly is because of course that now leads to a two-on-one against lorai now look the play gets broken up they miss the pass

Nothing comes from it but they also retrieve the puck and manage to get set up they’ll then push the puck to Lee who is skating through three white jerseys untouched and he’s going to get a sharp angle chance Omar is going to be there for the save on that one it’s going to

Bounce up to boquist oh by the way Lee went right by boist just walked right by him no nothing no contact anyway bounces right to Bist Bist bobbles it it just sits in the middle of four different white jerseys no one jumps on it leaving Pou with way more hustle than all of

Them to LEAP in grab that Puck and recollect to allow them to set up once again well Pou as he gets everyone set up he’s going to work this p Puck up to the Blue Line it’s going to get up to poock who’s on the right side he’s going

To walk with the puck directly past boquist untouched right in onar he shoots olar makes the save but then no one’s there for the rebound there’s plenty of people there but palmary is going to walk right by boquist pick up that Puck and throw it into the empty net and it’s three- Z

Boquist what are you on a scoring streak so you’re too good to play defense now you’re on the fourth line Bud wake the [ __ ] up what what the hell was that and it’s not just him any one of those players could have impacted that shift every single one of them stood around

That whole shift just abysmal 554 left cikas gets a breakaway he misses it wide thank god well what does it matter really but still 317 left AO the better AO Sebastian AO for hooking we’re going to go to the power play there was two really great chances during this power

Play both of them were two on ones by the Islanders that first period was just nonsense absolute nonsense so the second period starts and let’s have a little belief and let’s have a little pride and let’s put this game like back in view you know let’s let’s do what other teams

Keep doing to us and pot a goal or two and make them Sweat Make Them grip the the stick a little tight they don’t want to blow this make it difficult on them no zaka to start the second which obviously is is a loss and that changes

Some things he has a lower body injury he would not return 47 seconds into the second period the Bruins have a two-on-one and marshand Tow drags his Defender to open himself up for a wide open chance from the slot he decides to try a pass to a covered poster knock streaking down back

Door pass never gets to him so he turned away the shot that was right there wide open in the slot you’re done three goals 10 seconds later it’s in the back of our net because that’s a fast break the other way and it’s sort of a two on two

Maybe a three on two kind of setup for them but pal Mar from the left side he’s going to feed Pou on the right who is wide open as W spoon was way too close to makavo man not sure what his plan was there wat spoon goes down to block it p

Goes that’s just fine I’ve got a trailer he’s going to whip it back up into the top of the slot for Lee Lee’s going to launch this on net he flubs the shot it actually goes it looks like to me goes off makavo chest and bounces down omark

Sold out on that leaving the net wide open Lee picks up the rebound Chucks it into the empty net it’s 4-0 I’m more pissed about Martian not shooting the puck honestly that’s the thing I’m most upset about with that whole cluster [ __ ] but here we are it’s

40 here a minute into the second period four goals is a lot I get you you could still make you could still raise the pressure you can she have some pride 248 in loo and cikas for roughing 4v4 for two minutes and they dominate the 4v4

You finally get a little more ice little more space and you get bowled over on it about a minute into that Omar has to make a huge save on Romanov who’s going down Main Street untouched the defense has completely given up at this point Omar hasn’t he makes the save 30 seconds

Later another stressful save forar as we give up a three-on-one that was fun to watch and then the 4v4 ends 634 in W spoon Rex palmier into the boards little bit of life I think the hit might have been a little high no call on it though

Pal would return it was a little scary for a minute there as he struggled down the tunnel 936 left Carlo turns the puck over behind Arnette Carlo had a terrible game he he really really genuinely did everyone did but Carlo did have a bad game Islanders caralot Horvat from the left corner he’s

Going to Chuck this to a completely uncovered Nelson coming down the right side no one would pay attention to a single defensive coverage at all he shoots omark makes a crazy save there’s a rebound still no one there it’s still just Nelson he hits it over olark on the rebound it’s

5-0 so you know we’re respecting ourselves we’re respecting ourselves 5:30 left it’s on the comeback is on it’s an odd man Rush after a block shot broken stick is play in our Zone jvr on the left side back diagonal to makoy in the slot everyone prepares for the shot

Everyone sells out for it macavoy the extra pass but the extra pass was to a wideopen Laughlin who would have a wide open net and the only way he could possibly [ __ ] this up is if he completely missed this pass he didn’t it’s an easy goal for mlin the guy

Deserves it because he was one of the few people who actually had energy tonight it’s 5-1 go into the third and just first shift make a statement it doesn’t have to be a goal you’ve lost this game in all likelihood but make them earn this win make them at

Least if you didn’t make them work for the first 4 minutes make them work for the last 20 Buck 44 in omark swats the puck away when it’s in the air it goes over the glass they call delay of game on them kind of weird to me this is a

Weird one just because I get why they call it it makes sense to me but also I’m like can’t you kind of chalk that up to them like saving it I don’t know either way it was clearly not going in the net so whatever we kill it says that

And then 742 in geeky for hooking we kill it neat five minutes left Dobson for interference we power play looks terrible there’s no Silver Linings here like that’s a game 5-1 there’s no Silver Linings there’s nothing nothing fun to talk about with it the zaka injury opens

Up a whole new world of hurt here if he’s injured long term I don’t I mean we didn’t have a lot of Center depth to start with this changes the entire landscape is zaka that important he probably shouldn’t be but he is the deadline’s murky now it’s the only way you can look

At it it’s Murk we’re not going to be big sellers we aren’t but also you can’t justify trading real assets to bring in help you just can’t you can’t justify that right now not for a team that’s been 500 for four months I’m sorry I just don’t think you

Can I love the unrelenting optimism it’s how I watch hockey I wanted to believe we were going to win that game up until about 12 minutes left in the third at that point I’m like okay probably not making going happen I can be optimistic about this

Team and get to the playoffs see if we can pull off some upsets and see if see what we can do right but I also am not going to use that optimism to justify doing stupid things that are going to prevent this team from getting better and making shortterm moves right

Now doesn’t make sense it does not make sense this team genuinely gonna sound harsh hasn’t earned it you know how last year we went all in orov and berzi and hathway and went all in that team had earned the right to sell the future to go after a cup that

Year they had earned that didn’t work out it’s a whole different conversation this team hasn’t earned [ __ ] haven’t earned a damn thing right that’s not like harsh or mean it’s just a truth they haven’t eared anything here so what are we doing why would we sounds stupid why would we invest in this

Right you have to smartly invest in sports I’m not giving up on this team not waving the White Flag this is a playoff team that can if things go right Make Some Noise you can’t give up the future for this run not that you have much there to

Give up anyway but you just can’t you can’t do it that’s as negative as I’m willing to get right now trade deadlines coming up we’re live streaming that day and then right after that I am across the world in Thailand for two weeks so that should be

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