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  1. nope! You can take every rat, cheap shot artist, and weasel the Bruins have ever dressed in their history, assemble a team and have them play Calgary and I would still cheer for the Bruins! I'll never forget '89 when they kicked in the puck vs Canucks round 1 game 7 OT and they went on to win the cup.
  2. Im not asking for much this year, but please beat my most hated team in all pro sports anywhere in the world in any league.
  3. If im in game 7 in any round of the stanley cup i cant think of a situation where id want Miller on the ice over Bo. Not one. Whether they are up by one, down by one, or tied. Miller and his brain farts would make me highly nervous. In a way its the same reason flames fans think a guy like Kadri is an upgrade over gaudreau. Little johnny will rack up more points but who would you rather have out there when the screws are being put down and the game / series is on the line.
  4. not questioning the hits here. Ive seen a number of posters bring up fighting and backing down from scrums (as a criticism of Horvat) my point is...dont expect Petey to do any of that either. And rightfully so, its not a prerequisite to be a captain (neither is hitting imho)
  5. Petey will be a good captain....but i dont expect him to be answering any bells....is this going to be one of the measures of a captain now?
  6. Good point. i think the ‘converse’ is important too. How much do Petey and Miller benefit from not having to take a million face offs - in all situations, If Bo is traded and they hand Miller those duties will it be better or worse for the team. I’m thinking worse. Miller hasn’t looked great at Center this year imho.
  7. It’s game 7 in the playoffs. There is not a circumstance I can think of where is rather have Miller on the ice over Bo. Miller is erratic, will make the same low percentage cross ice pass over and over, gives up on plays, and let’s emotion direct his game. This got him traded out of NY- so he has a history of this. Don’t care if he gets 15-20 more points in a season. His high risk high reward style is not a good attribute when it’s all on the line. Regarding hits. J Toews racked up a whopping total of 24 hits in 2013- the year Chicago won the cup. Other attributes trump hitting - this isn’t 1987.
  8. Dont know what to say anymore. I just want to see what the outcome will be and who they get back in return. The real burn for me is not that they signed Miller (they should have traded him imho). The past 8 years seem to be a failure, outside of drafting a couple high end players. Forget about winning a cup, how about just being a consistent playoff team by now....nope...
  9. Dont disagree with you Petey. Moving Bo would create a big hole at C and Dubois would fill that and maybe would be a long term improvement. I think we need two top 4 dmen (at least) and probably a solid bottom pair guy too. If Miller isnt going to be moved the quickest way I see of filling that is to use the best available trade chip if they do actually trade him. At the end of the day, its going to take some good moves to better the team (obviously lol)
  10. meh, i dont mind these guys, maybe coz im in the same age range and remember them from past gigs. Whether the rumour has any truth behind it or not, it would almost make sense...eat one more year of cap from Monahan, it might be the way out for those that want Boeser out.
  11. Dhaliwal just brought up a Boeser for Sean Monahan rumour. Roughly similar cap hits except Sean has one less year on the contract. Says it would make sense too as Monahan is a C...and if they move out Bo they have a buffer. Edit: this was on the Donnie and Dhali show
  12. Any player that gets traded has to be with an end goal to fix the defence. Either free up cap to go towards defence, get draft picks that can be combined to be traded for defence, or get a young d man with upside. Swapping out forwards for more forwards will not fix the travesty on the back end. Bo Horvat, should have been a priority over miller, but if he is traded will be our biggest trade chip and best chance to fix the defence relatively quickly. What will Dubois do to fix this team? Will he even be an upgrade on Bo?
  13. I agree. I put him at one coz I don’t think we will realistically get a number 1 any time soon. If we can somehow get two top 4 dmen, even with bear I think I’m being generous having him at 4.. prob a 5 .. closer to your assessment.
  14. He still has the same mug though, just put on a couple pounds! I wonder if hes still married to Christi Yamaguchi
  15. Management getting ripped for some things, but they have found some pretty good bottom 6 players this year...for cheap...
  16. yz250 ...i swear i wanted one too...yeah PG ..grew up there moved down here in '88 ....great town to grow up in, a little rough and tumble by todays standards but lots to do...
  17. Lol! i had one of these....very similar...my mom was scared to death so she bought me a helmet that was the size of a beach ball. After playing street hockey for 6 hours we would go to the abandoned drive inn movie theatre and crash into the bushes...
  18. i had one of these things , it was never fast...but pretty good in spring time Prince george for traction when all the snow was melting
  19. no problem with your opinion Sam. I dont think he can sustain being a top 3 scorer in the league. But i think hes been fine as a captain, and have no problem if the team extended him. My preference would be to keep him and move Miller, but theres a million other topics about that haha
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