TurdBurglar

I wouldn't label us as sellers yet. The fact is Gill had no future with us past this season and even if, by the slim chance, we do make the playoffs, we're not going deep enough to warrant needing Gill. I think Gill was going to be traded by deadline unless we were in the top 4 spots in our conference. We have a nice pool of unmatured defensemen. Kostitsyn is in a Cammy situation now where he's gone, the only questions are to where and for how much. Moen I would hold on until deadline day just in case. Where did you get draft pick info? I been looking for it for awhile.

A 2nd and 2 young forwards with size. I don't see how we lose out of this. Now we have a value on Gill, Moen should be worth more than a 2nd as well.

Here's my issue with the shortlist. Vancouver, Boston, Los Angeles, the N.Y. Rangers, San Jose and Toronto. Philadelphia and Montreal are on it. Nash has already said, and it's a well-known fact, he does not want to play in a big hockey market. Of that list the smallest markets are LA and San Jose, which neither are that small. Other reports suggest he only has a list of 5 teams. Other reports are saying Howson is just dangling Nash out there looking for a deal that will knock his socks off, or he won't be moved. To me, all this speculation of his list and where he might go is pure bull. Just reporters trying to get people to read their stories.

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEE!

Marchand just low-bridged Subban. Twice in the same game?

Not used to seeing a bad call go our way. First time for everything.

That fight was needed, intensity dropped dramatically by both teams after the Cole rush Hoping it pick up again.

I can't stop laughing at Thorton when he was hit by Emelin. If you didn't know any better, it looked like the worse death scene from a movie. Tossed hit head back and arms up, spun around and fell to the ice like he was dead, only to pop right back up with nothing wrong with him 5 seconds later.

I'm not sure Chara would qualify a "tough." Most fights I saw of him he throws a punch, maybe 2, then tries to tackle the other guy. If your looking for skilled and tough, I would look at Iginla and Pronger.

He shoots like Gomez.

Someone on NHL.com suggested we trade Price and a 5th round pick for Nash. Also to their credibility, they think Thomas is only worth a 3rd round pick.

Only option we really have with Gomez is buy him out or send him to Hamilton. Nobody wants him with his contract, nobody. He's not even useful for the cap floor next year because the CBA is going to be renegotiated so the floor will change. Nobody will take him on right now with the chance they won't need his contract to hit the cap floor. Maybe in the summer it might be the case, but by then we'll have our decision to bury him or buy him out already made. I've said all along, bury him in Hamilton, there's no way he should haunt us for the next 3 years with a cap hit if we get rid of him. At least if he's buried and he's doing really well in Hamilton we can call him up and take a chance on him again if cap space permits that.

Gleason 2 minutes for roughing, Eller 2 minutes for being punched.

Holy blind passes batman!

I'm really liking how physical we've gotten since the last goal.

I missed the first 5 mins of the game. Chris Lee ref again tonight?

I wouldn't buy him out. The way he's playing, he doesn't deserve hurting our cap for another 2 years after this year. Bury him in the minors.

All pushing for the playoffs will do is mess everything up. We won't make the playoffs. Trying to make the playoffs hurts our draft and our future. Buying and losing contracts for nothing cripples our future. Now on the other side of this say by chance we do make the playoffs. Then what? We're a team that has little to no chance at the cup. So we make the playoff only to be put out the first round. Tank the season and build a contender or cripple the future to be a playoff bump for another team. I know my choice.

I think we're just on a f everything up year. Falling out of contention for the playoff early, making weird, ineffective moves to try to get in contention and still lose, now we're within sight of a great draft pick and we're winning again. Probably gonna end up outside the top 10 and nothing but a bad string of trades to show for it. In short a year wasted in building and a year wasted in contending.

So as you all may of read about already, Tim Thomas made another statement on Facebook regarding his personal beliefs. I was reading it on TSN.ca, then watched the video they provided. Multiple times the reporters asked about the comments and wanted him to elaborate on it. Multiple times he responded with, "that's my personal life and it has nothing to do with the Bruins or hockey." Finally he said if there are any other questions about the comments he's going to end the interview. Next question was about the comments, Thomas walked away. Now, on to the hypocrisy. I scrolled down to comment on the article and to my surprise, there's no comment section. Isn't it ironic that reporters find it unacceptable for Thomas to not comment on their questions, yet make it so the public can't comment on their story when you can comment on every other story?

Was it just me, or was the OT period a free-for-all. Refs weren't calling anything and it got out of hand at the end.

I didn't see a future for Gill on this team next year even at the beginning of the season. We have Subban, Markov(hopefully), and Gorges as a core at the beginning of the season. Now we have Emelin, Kaberle and Diaz. Gill doesn't have a whole lot of room on the roster at this point in the season, mostly still here bacuase Markov is still out. That being said I would expect Tinordi on the roster next season to replace Gill's size, and hopefully he uses it better than Gill did. With Emelin emerging as a solid defenseman, we have 5 roster defensemen. I think the wildcard that will push our defense from good next year to great will be Emelin. It'll be on his shoulders if he's good enough defensivily to be 2nd or 3rd pair. If he can push his game to be good enough 2nd pair I think we'll see Markov/Gorges, Subban/Emelin, leaving Kaberle/Diaz(Tinordi). Although I think defensively Kaberle/Diaz is kinda weak.

Pleks would be an excellent #2 center, maybe the best in the league. He could easily anchor the best second line in the league. With a strong first line (Patches/Carter/Cole) Bourque/Pleks/Gallagher would be a strong second line if Gallagher is ready, AK if he's not. The year Kovy/Pleks/AK did so well they started the season as second line and built confidence, then dominated as a first line. Any team thats going to make to to the playoffs needs a reliable second line, this year we don't even have a first line to designate a second line.

I think Moen is more than just a gritty 3rd liner that team will walk away from if there is a bidding war. He has a Stanely Cup, which is a big plus for any team looking at a player of his type. He's shown this year he can put pucks in the net the gritty way, which is needed for any 3rd liner on a cup contender. He's shown he's capable of being a strong shutdown guy, which is what you want from his roll. He's not a Hossa, but he'll probably be one of the top players, if not the top player at his role on the market. I don't think a 2nd round pick is much of a stretch for him. If we don't get a pick, we should at least get a center prospect with some size. Packaged with Gill to the right team, the return should be pretty good, a first round pick or a top prospect.

At this point Fleury is better than Price, but not by much. That being said when Fleury was Price's age, his career as a #1 goalie was on the fence. He was still being bounced from the AHL and NHL. Apparently it was a vision problem and his choice of pad color was affecting his vision of the puck, but who knew, right?