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Post by lari on May 27, 2019 18:35:13 GMT
It starts tonight. www.nbcsports.com/boston/bruins/2019-stanley-cup-final-projected-lines-pairings-bruins-vs-blues-game-1Here are the projected Game 1 lineups for both teams.
BOSTON BRUINS
Brad Marchand--Patrice Bergeron--David Pastrnak Jake DeBrusk--David Krejci--David Backes Marcus Johansson--Charlie Coyle--Danton Heinen Joakim Nordstrom--Sean Kuraly--Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara--Charlie McAvoy Torey Krug--Brandon Carlo Matt Grzelcyk--Connor Clifton
Tuukka Rask
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Jaden Schwartz--Brayden Schenn--Vladimir Tarasenko Sammy Blais--Ryan O’Reilly--David Perron Pat Maroon--Tyler Bozak--Robert Thomas Ivan Barbashev--Oskar Sundqvist--Alex Steen
Joel Edmundson--Alex Pietrangelo Jay Bouwmeester--Colton Parayko Carl Gunnarsson--Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
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Post by lari on May 27, 2019 18:36:15 GMT
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Post by garyu on May 27, 2019 20:44:28 GMT
Poor Brad Marchand.....Pussy.
BOSTON – Brad Marchand has won a Stanley Cup during his sometimes controversial, mostly outstanding career, and he's also gotten the most bang for his buck when it comes to celebrating afterward with that Cup.
He's also been to the Stanley Cup Final twice and was with the Bruins again in 2013 when the B's famously lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games, and weren't able to bring home a championship at a time when Boston really could have used one. The Cup Final was in the months following the Boston Marathon bombing with the Bruins playing the first pro sports game in Boston, against Buffalo, following the April terrorist attack.
For all of those reasons and more Marchand still holds onto the heartache of losing that chance at a second Cup title six years ago, and clearly is using that as motivation with another opportunity this spring against the St. Louis Blues.
B's bracing for the 'most physical team they've faced' in Blues
"It was so sweet to win, but it hurts to lose. It was devastating. It still hurts to this day. I probably look back more on the loss and what I would do differently than the win [in 2011]," admitted Marchand, who had just four goals in 22 games during the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs and wasn't a big factor in that final series. "When you lose something like [the Stanley Cup Final] when you're that close and you work that hard, it never leaves you. Hopefully we don't feel that again."
Certainly it sounds like Marchand has beaten himself up a bit over the Cup Final loss in 2013, but they also lost to the best team of the decade in the Blackhawks. They were also extremely banged up in that Final with players like Patrice Bergeron and Zdeno Chara hurting at the very end as well.
Still it's that kind of big game experience, knowing what it feels like to both win and lose in the Stanley Cup Final, that's going to give Marchand and the Bruins a massive advantage headed into the best-of-seven series against a St. Louis Blues team with just four Cup Final games of experience (all for winger David Perron) on their roster's resume
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Post by HawkDad on May 27, 2019 22:33:09 GMT
I want Boston to win, with Marchand not around to celebrate with his mates on the ice because he was speared in the nuts by Binnington in Game 1, and surgery was needed. Is this to big an ask ?
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Post by khawk20 on May 28, 2019 1:37:10 GMT
I want Boston to win, with Marchand not around to celebrate with his mates on the ice because he was speared in the nuts by Binnington in Game 1, and surgery was needed. Is this to big an ask ? I'll co-sign that if Binnington also drives the bus that runs over their fagget announce team a game prior to the clincher.
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Post by brendan on May 28, 2019 4:05:58 GMT
yuck.
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Post by garyu on May 28, 2019 10:41:08 GMT
Blows will rue the day they let a 2-0 lead go.
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Post by dhull10 on May 28, 2019 14:01:52 GMT
Boston came out flat from long layoff, I can't stay up that late so I was pleased when I saw they won.I like Ryan O'Rielly but he cried his way out of Buffalo but Sabres should have made him suck it up and stay. They got fleeced on that deal. Yeo is an assistant with Flyers. I can't believe he will be a head coach again.
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Post by dhull10 on May 29, 2019 12:19:51 GMT
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Post by lari on May 29, 2019 13:42:40 GMT
Must be the natural charisma of Jordan Binnington.
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Post by brendan on May 29, 2019 21:44:04 GMT
or all the Boston superfans...
lets go blues !!
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Post by Giovi on May 30, 2019 3:35:56 GMT
Good game 2. Blues deserved it.
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Post by tedbulley on May 30, 2019 14:38:02 GMT
Fuck the Blows.
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Post by dbc on May 30, 2019 17:10:02 GMT
Boston really had a shit-ton of turnovers in their own end and in the Neutral Zone. They can't be that bad can they? On the other hand, St. Louis cant miss all those open nets again can they? Could've been 5 or 6 goals easily if they weren't Fuck-Tards.
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Post by lari on May 30, 2019 20:07:18 GMT
The Chief vs papa DeBrusk:
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