EC Finals Series Thread | (3) Boston Bruins vs. (5) Tampa Bay Lightning

[SLY]

 

[SLY]

Did it work? I just see a white box, but thats because youtube is blocked for me. Do you see the vid?

 

[MrMagooo]

nope i deleted it

I fail. No biggie just click the linky.

 

[SLY]

lmao

 

[SLY]

I havent seen it yet, they made a Seguin one already? Nice! We better ink that kid long term. Def gonna be the future of our offense.

 

[MrMagooo]

I clicked the you tube thing and pasted the share link and got a big white box..I usally like white box but not int his case

 

[SLY]

lol, agreed.

 

[MrMagooo]

Tyler Seguin - History Will Be Made Video - NHL VideoCenter

Try that one maybe it is not blocked at your work

 

[SLY]

Nope, they block NHL.com vids too, assholes. ESPN videos work. I can prolly find one on google search if I am lucky.

 

[MrMagooo]

Tyler Seguin- History Will Be Made | The Boston Sports List

Tyler Seguin featured in new NHL "History will be made" ad - Stanley Cup of Chowder

couple more that may work. I am out got shit to do Peace

Go BRUINS

 

[SLY]

Found it, that was cool.

 

[SLY]

Tyler Seguin- History Will Be Made | The Boston Sports List

Tyler Seguin featured in new NHL "History will be made" ad - Stanley Cup of Chowder

couple more that may work. I am out got shit to do Peace

Go BRUINS

Later bro, catch ya later.

 

[dboy97]

History doesn't act it's age. I like it.

 

[SLY]

Keys to a Bruins win in Game 3... taken from ESPN.

Boston Bruins Blog - ESPN Boston

Don’t be satisfied, and tighten up the defense. Yes, Boston won an exciting and dramatic Game 2, as Tyler Seguin thrilled fans with his electrifying four-point performance. Yes, the Bruins exploded for five goals in the second period and also got two power-play goals. But they also veered away from their structured game plan and their defense suffered as a result. They proved they can hang in what Tampa Bay head coach Guy Boucher termed “pond hockey,” but with all that speed and offensive firepower on the Lightning, the Bruins can’t expect to win another game of shinny.

The defense needs to tighten up and start playing more physical as the Lightning forwards penetrate the zone. They need to be stronger on the boards and, most importantly, they need to clear Lightning forwards out in front of the net and make life easier for Tim Thomas. There have been too many scrambles and rebound chances in front of Thomas in this series and the Bruins can’t expect Thomas to save the game all the time -- as he had to in the third period of Game 2, when the Lightning scored two unanswered goals and turned a 6-3 Bruins lead into a 6-5 nail-biter.

The Bruins have shown that when they play as a unit they can clog up the neutral zone and eliminate the opponents’ first outlet passes. That was key to their success in shutting down the Flyers' attack in the Eastern Conference semifinals. If the puck does get into the Bruins' end though, then the Bruins must play a tough, physical brand of hockey and not allow bodies to roam free in front of or behind the net to set up scoring opportunities.

Don’t look ahead or behind. One of the Bruins' biggest strengths this season has been to isolate each game, not looking ahead or behind and not getting too high or too low. They did a good job of not dwelling on the 5-2 loss in Game 1 and now they must not get too high heading into Game 3. They can’t think about what the game means in terms of the series or that if they win Game 3 and then possibly four, they can head back to Boston with a 3-1 series lead and chance to clinch the series at home in Game 5. For now the focus must be on Game 3 and only on Game 3.

“Honestly, I know it sounds cliché and we say it all the time, but I really do just take it a game at a time,” said forward Shawn Thornton. “You can’t think about 'what if' or 'what could be.' You just live in the moment and the now. I think that’s why we’re still playing. We’ve done a great job of practicing what we preach and maintaining that even keel. That’s how we need to keep approaching this.”

Thornton is right. If the Bruins had let the magnitude of trailing 2-0 in the series with Montreal weigh on them they wouldn’t have come back and won that series in seven games. If they had let their failure to close out the Flyers in a sweep in the 2010 Eastern Conference semifinals haunt them, they may not have been able to finish what they couldn’t last spring and sweep the Flyers this time around. The Bruins need to stay even-keeled and just worry about winning Game 3 right now.

Continuing with this theme, the Bruins need to also remind Tyler Seguin and themselves that things aren’t always going to come as easily or go as smoothly for the 19-year old rookie as they did in Game 2. The Lightning knows what he can do now and will focus more on him. That means they will hit him more and try and wear Seguin down. Seguin needs to be prepared for this.

Continue to improve on the power play. Don’t look now but the Bruins' power play has scored four times in the last three games. With two goals in Game 4 of the series against Philadelphia and then two goals in Game 2, they’re now 4-for-47. The Bruins finally appear to have something going on the man-advantage and if they want to advance further in the playoffs they will need to improve their power play even more.

Instead of trying to look for that perfect play and passing the puck around until they find that play, the Bruins are taking chances when they present themselves and finding a way to get pucks to the net, with players in front for rebounds. Their net-front presence was a huge factor on both power-play goals as they made it hard for Dwayne Roloson to see the puck. Nathan Horton’s tip-in of a Dennis Seidenberg blast from the point was the perfect example.

“That’s huge when we have that traffic in front and get shots through,” said Seidenberg after the game. “It just makes it tougher on the goalie and allows scoring chances.”

Head coach Claude Julien liked that traffic in front as well as a bevy of things the Bruins were doing right on the power play.

“I think it had to do with a lot of things,” Julien said Wednesday afternoon of the power-play success. “I think we were moving the puck better, we shot it more and we had better net-front traffic and we just seemed to be more determined as a group. We talked before the game that we felt it was important for us to win the special team battle against a team that is really good in regards to that. And it was a big challenge for us and our guys responded well. Yeah, our power play was better and if we can continue to play like that, it will help us a lot.”

 

[SLY]

2011 Stanley Cup playoffs: Tyler Seguin will play for Boston Bruins in Game 3, Claude Julien says; Patrice Bergeron (concussion) a game-day decision - ESPN Boston

 

[beantownmaniac]

nope i deleted it

I fail. No biggie just click the linky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1APmQAgS-8
You copy after the = as I've show with the bold highlight. Then to post here, click the you tube box above and paste between the you tube boxes

[YOOTUBE]paste it here[/YOOTUBE]<--I changed the spelling so a white box would show up.


[YOUTUBE]g1APmQAgS-8[/YOUTUBE]

 

[MrMagooo]

 

[SLY]

I wont be around for the game. I dont have a cable box yet at the new place, i get it tomorrow. So I am hittin the bar. I'll prolly chime in on my celly from time to time.

 

[dboy97]

Let's go Bruins!!!!!

 

[SLY]