As we all expected the last remaining long shots have been sent down to Providence:
F Max Sauve: 2008 2nd Rounder
F Lane MacDermid: 2009 4th Rounder
G Anton Khudobin: 2004 7th Rounder by MIN, acquired in a trade for Jeff Penner and Mikko Lehtonen
With Kampfer injuring his knee in the second to last preseason game, that pretty much ends that battle for the 7th defensemen. He suffered a sprained MCL and will be out for 2-4 weeks. This will give Matt Bartkowski some solid practice time with the big guys. I don't expect to see him in any games too early unless there is an injury. We all know Claude never ever sits anyone for performance... **cough** WIDEMAN **cough**. Excuse me, with the fall weather coming I must be coming down with a cold...
According to Boston.com, the Bruins will NOT give Chris Clark a contract. He was invited to training camp and played the whole preseason without a contract. That's some good news for Jordan Caron as many thought he was going to be sent down to Providence because he didn't need to clear waivers (me being one of them). Though I am very happy Caron staying. I'm just not completely sold on Pouliot.
Clark shouldn't have any trouble finding a home. From what I read he played well in the preseason and if Caron didn't show up to the table chomping at the bit, he probably would've made the team.
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Showing posts with label Preseason. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Preseason. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Roster Breakdown 2
Seven more players have been assigned to Providence. As I mentioned in the update to the first roster breakdown, Zach Hamill needs to clear waivers in order to be assigned to Providence. Trent Whitfield is also in the same boat.
F Zach Hamill (2007 1st Round Pick, 8th overall)
F Trent Whitfield (1996 4th Round)
F Jamie Arniel (2008 4th Round)
D Colby Cohen (2007 2nd Round by COL - part of Hunwick trade)
D Zach McKelvie (undrafted signed in 2009 but not released from the Army until recently)
D David Warsofsky (2008 4th Round by STL - part of Sobotka trade)
G Michael Hutchinson (2008 3rd Round)
Who's left? Glad you asked! We're coming down the home stretch and almost all the spots are already locked up as this team looks very similar to the one that just raised the Cup. There's still some good competition going on.
Forwards:
LOCKS - Patrice Bergeron, Gregory Campbell, Nathan Horton, Chris Kelly, David Krejci, Milan Lucic, Brad "the Gnat" Marchand, Rich Peverley, Tyler Seguin, Shawn Thornton
FIGHTING - Jordan Caron, Chris Clark, Benoit Pouliot, Lane MacDermid, Daniel Paille, Max Sauve
PREDICTION - Paille and Pouliot with Clark being the healthy scratch to start the season. I don't like it, but Claude hates change and loves veterans. Personally I'd like to see Paille/Pouliot the healthy scratches, Clark on the fourth line, and Caron on the third, but I just don't feel thats the way Claude's going to draw it up.
Defensemen:
LOCKS - Johnny Boychuk, Zdeno Chara, Joe Corvo, Andrew Ference, Adam "the Dude" McQuaid, Dennis Seidenberg
FIGHTING - Matt Bartkowski, Steve Kampfer
PREDICTION - I give the edge to Kampfer since he's played with the team before, but basically a coin flip at this point.
Goalies: Anton Khudobin is still in camp and has been playing well. He only gets any time if an injury occurs to either Thomas or Rask.
F Zach Hamill (2007 1st Round Pick, 8th overall)
F Trent Whitfield (1996 4th Round)
F Jamie Arniel (2008 4th Round)
D Colby Cohen (2007 2nd Round by COL - part of Hunwick trade)
D Zach McKelvie (undrafted signed in 2009 but not released from the Army until recently)
D David Warsofsky (2008 4th Round by STL - part of Sobotka trade)
G Michael Hutchinson (2008 3rd Round)
Who's left? Glad you asked! We're coming down the home stretch and almost all the spots are already locked up as this team looks very similar to the one that just raised the Cup. There's still some good competition going on.
Forwards:
LOCKS - Patrice Bergeron, Gregory Campbell, Nathan Horton, Chris Kelly, David Krejci, Milan Lucic, Brad "the Gnat" Marchand, Rich Peverley, Tyler Seguin, Shawn Thornton
FIGHTING - Jordan Caron, Chris Clark, Benoit Pouliot, Lane MacDermid, Daniel Paille, Max Sauve
PREDICTION - Paille and Pouliot with Clark being the healthy scratch to start the season. I don't like it, but Claude hates change and loves veterans. Personally I'd like to see Paille/Pouliot the healthy scratches, Clark on the fourth line, and Caron on the third, but I just don't feel thats the way Claude's going to draw it up.
Defensemen:
LOCKS - Johnny Boychuk, Zdeno Chara, Joe Corvo, Andrew Ference, Adam "the Dude" McQuaid, Dennis Seidenberg
FIGHTING - Matt Bartkowski, Steve Kampfer
PREDICTION - I give the edge to Kampfer since he's played with the team before, but basically a coin flip at this point.
Goalies: Anton Khudobin is still in camp and has been playing well. He only gets any time if an injury occurs to either Thomas or Rask.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Preseason Sweep
Preseason Game 4: Good Guys 2 - Bad Guys 1 (Bell Centre)
When the Patriots can't beat the Bills and the Red Sox just don't know how to play baseball, I'll take even more enjoyment in a Bruins victory over the Habs. So what if it's a preseason game, the B's have beaten the Habs on back-to-back nights.
Tuukka got his second start of the preseason tonight for and didn't disappoint us, collected 31 saves in the victory. Another positive sign was the power play scored again, this time from Seguin. Man I want to see him on the first unit pretty damn badly. When was the last time the power play scored in 3 straight games, 2003!?
We got some serious competition going on between some forwards and dmen. Both Caron and Clark (1 G) had solid games on the forward front. My question is why do we assume it has to be one of these two? If they are playing better than Paille and/or Pouliot, why can't they go? We'll keep an eye here.
Another one that continues to develop is for the 7th defenseman between Kampfer and Bartkowski. Both had solid games again last night. If they both prove they should be in the bigs, do one of them get traded? Or does one of the big boys (Boychuk) get traded? The plot thickens...
When the Patriots can't beat the Bills and the Red Sox just don't know how to play baseball, I'll take even more enjoyment in a Bruins victory over the Habs. So what if it's a preseason game, the B's have beaten the Habs on back-to-back nights.
Tuukka got his second start of the preseason tonight for and didn't disappoint us, collected 31 saves in the victory. Another positive sign was the power play scored again, this time from Seguin. Man I want to see him on the first unit pretty damn badly. When was the last time the power play scored in 3 straight games, 2003!?
We got some serious competition going on between some forwards and dmen. Both Caron and Clark (1 G) had solid games on the forward front. My question is why do we assume it has to be one of these two? If they are playing better than Paille and/or Pouliot, why can't they go? We'll keep an eye here.
Another one that continues to develop is for the 7th defenseman between Kampfer and Bartkowski. Both had solid games again last night. If they both prove they should be in the bigs, do one of them get traded? Or does one of the big boys (Boychuk) get traded? The plot thickens...
Monday, September 26, 2011
Preseason Games Part 1
I'll run through the preseason games that happened so far. Now this all my opinion on what I've read, so an opinion of an opinion.
Preseason Game 1: Ottawa 2 - Boston 1 (OT)
There isn't much to talk about in this game. Even though it went to overtime, from what I read the Senators controlled the entire game. The reason the Bruins were able to keep it close was because Rask played a great game (34 saves). Lane MacDermid, playing on a line with Chris Kelly and Shawn Thornton, scored the only goal for the Bruins. As the first preseason game, I'll just be happy Rask played well and we'll move on...
Preseason Game 2: Boston 6 - Islanders 3 (TD Garden)
Is there some man-crush going on with the Islanders?? Rookie games, this preseason game and another one this weekend. Sheesh. Well, this game didn't start out well for the B's, with Thomas letting in 2 of the first 5 shots he faced. They turned that around as you can see by the final score. It also looks like my prediction of Jordan Caron stepping into Recchi's spot on the second line is not looking too good. Not because Caron is playing poorly, but because the line of Marchand (1 G, 1 A, +2), Bergeron (1 G, 2 A, +2), and Peverley (1 G, 2 A, +3) absolutely dominated this game. It's also good to see Lucic (2 A) and Krejci (1 G) show up on the stat sheet.
Remember that awful power play last year? Yeah, I don't want to either, but that will definitely be under the microscope all preseason and season until they can prove us they've turned it around. They took a step in the right direction going 2-5 on the man advantage.
Preseason Game 3: Boston 7 - Habs 3 (Halifax)
Even in preseason, it's always awesome to beat the Canadiens. Again the Bruins scored 2 power play goals (Corvo and Marchand) and even 2 shorties (Chara and Paille). Best part of this game? Horton playing. We've seen what concussions have done to Savard and Crosby, so it's nice to see Horton has been able to bounce back like Bergeron.
From what I'm reading, both Matt Bartkowski and Steven Kampfer are having good preseasons. I'd give the edge to Kampfer since he's had some big league experience already. Camp invitee Chris Clark (veteran who had his best seasons with the Capitals), is also having a good early preseason. He could put a wrinkle in Jordan Caron making the team. Caron doesn't have to clear waivers to be sent down to Providence, but Clark does. Clark also has that "veteran experience" that Claude drools over.
Preseason Game 1: Ottawa 2 - Boston 1 (OT)
There isn't much to talk about in this game. Even though it went to overtime, from what I read the Senators controlled the entire game. The reason the Bruins were able to keep it close was because Rask played a great game (34 saves). Lane MacDermid, playing on a line with Chris Kelly and Shawn Thornton, scored the only goal for the Bruins. As the first preseason game, I'll just be happy Rask played well and we'll move on...
Preseason Game 2: Boston 6 - Islanders 3 (TD Garden)
Is there some man-crush going on with the Islanders?? Rookie games, this preseason game and another one this weekend. Sheesh. Well, this game didn't start out well for the B's, with Thomas letting in 2 of the first 5 shots he faced. They turned that around as you can see by the final score. It also looks like my prediction of Jordan Caron stepping into Recchi's spot on the second line is not looking too good. Not because Caron is playing poorly, but because the line of Marchand (1 G, 1 A, +2), Bergeron (1 G, 2 A, +2), and Peverley (1 G, 2 A, +3) absolutely dominated this game. It's also good to see Lucic (2 A) and Krejci (1 G) show up on the stat sheet.
Remember that awful power play last year? Yeah, I don't want to either, but that will definitely be under the microscope all preseason and season until they can prove us they've turned it around. They took a step in the right direction going 2-5 on the man advantage.
Preseason Game 3: Boston 7 - Habs 3 (Halifax)
Even in preseason, it's always awesome to beat the Canadiens. Again the Bruins scored 2 power play goals (Corvo and Marchand) and even 2 shorties (Chara and Paille). Best part of this game? Horton playing. We've seen what concussions have done to Savard and Crosby, so it's nice to see Horton has been able to bounce back like Bergeron.
From what I'm reading, both Matt Bartkowski and Steven Kampfer are having good preseasons. I'd give the edge to Kampfer since he's had some big league experience already. Camp invitee Chris Clark (veteran who had his best seasons with the Capitals), is also having a good early preseason. He could put a wrinkle in Jordan Caron making the team. Caron doesn't have to clear waivers to be sent down to Providence, but Clark does. Clark also has that "veteran experience" that Claude drools over.
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