Helmethead

They were so damn good. We have been blessed for years here.

First row behind visitor bench this morning was running at 240ish a ticket

Might just have to take the trip to Beantown then..

I’d gladly take Kane and their 2026 1st back.

They’re gonna be cranky.

You are definitely missed! All those old posters were phenomenal. Kept me in the loop during my sejour in Greece for all those years. @kaos was another one that comes to mind.

If I were Marty i'd put Dach back at the 2C position. Minus the half assed attempt to defend that OT goal he had a good game. And he was visibly pissed at himself after it too. Caufield - Suzuki - Slaf Laine - Dach - Roy Anderson - Dvorak - Gallagher Armia - Evans - Newhook

Slaf right now looks even worse than slaf did during his first season. We saw what he’s capable of last year. Seems to me we might be dealing with a too much too soon situation in regards to the contract. Same thing happened after he went 1st overall. He will be fine but he needs a heavy dose of humble pie to set him straight.

It’s horrible. But it’s great for draft positioning.. Silver lining my friend.

We lost also..

If you really want to build this team into a legitimate contender over the next 2 seasons you have to re-sign him. Putting the full onus of production from the back end on Hutson's shoulders is not the best idea.

Just spitballing here but if Guy Carbonneau and Chris Chelios could co-captain couldn’t Marty and Jim co-Coach?

I’d bring him in just to spite Bruin management (and fans). But I get petty like that.

I missed the first and most of the second but from what I saw they were flat out dominant after that. Remarkably efficient and overall dominant. It was a classic example of a team carrying itself as a sum of their parts and not their stars doing the all the work. They are starting to believe in the process.

Team in on the verge of turning things around.

Your exuberance mirrors mine after I watched him play live in Long Island. I urge anyone who hasn’t watched him play live to do so. This kid is so damn special. His poise, his talent is undeniable. And his ability to defend is very underrated.

Not a detailed analysis of our play so far but man do we ever suck!!

Absolutely nothing changes. Part of the process.

You know it’s bizzaro night in Montreal when we eat 8 and Anderson scores.

Dvorak is so bad he deserves to have the spelling of his name butchered that bad.

That might be the STUPIDIST call I’ve ever seen in my 42 yrs of watching.

You should’ve seen how everyone on the bench reacted 😳

He plays a lot bigger than his size suggests.

As someone who was at the game I have to agree with your assessment regarding yesterdays game. Their puck possession was minimal, they lacked fluidity in their game. Penalties definitely killed any chance of that. We sat two rows behind the bench which allowed me to focus to their reaction after certain plays. There was one in particular during the second period where Kapanen was coming down the right wing with slaf on the left. The obvious (and correct play) would have been to dish off the puck to Slaf. He didn’t end ended up turning it over. When slaf skated off he was launching f-bombs. Normal reaction that didn’t carry over however he showed passion which you don’t get to see watching on tv. Another instance happened in OT when Caufield and Hutson busted in on the 2 on 1. Watching it develop live it seemed like Cole was indecisive, which ultimately led to him passing the puck to Lane, albeit way too late. During the break between OT and the shoot out they sat together and went over that play. While watching the team warm up in the tunnel pre game you could tell there is phenomenal camaraderie amongst them. The one thing that really stood out to me was Hutson. Apart from what we see on the ice (which is purely magical). He was alone in the hallway before everyone came out of the locker room; so calm and stoic. He was not chest thumping with everyone else, not running around, no special handshakes. Just alone, in the zone. Same thing happened before the 2nd and 3rd periods. Also, what gets lost in tv is how good a body to body defender he really is for his size. There’s something about him I tell you. This kid is so damn special.

You think that’s bad ass.. Get a load of this! Security came up to me right before the game and asked if they could “borrow” my kid.