Re: Is this the beginning of the end for the Bruins?
It’s not the end if Hamilton and Krug can improve next yr. Right when the old vets lose their step, the young guys have to step up (like in Detroit), and for the first time in like 9 yrs Boston will get a very good spot for the draft, so they’ll likely get a solid forward for 2016-17 season.
They did miss their “star” players a lot this yr due to injuries, if they even had 1 less game lost to injury, they had a chance at making it in. They missed it by nothing. Also with the Bruins, I feel like they would give any team a run for their money in the playoffs just because they’re vets. And a NYR vs Boston matchup is great; the Bruins would have started 70% of every faceoff with the puck. And Elite goaltending changes a lot.
Personally I was hoping Penguins would miss and Boston make it in. Just because I think Boston would put up a better battle than the Penguins.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Trocheck, Horvat, Kopitar, Stankoven
LW: Hughes (C), Vatrano (C), McCann (C)
RW: Michkov, Tolvanen (LW)
D: Makar, Bouchard, Fox, Seider, Werenski
Util:
G: UPL, Kuemper, Levi
IR: Landeskog (LW)