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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 9, 2024 16:31:53 GMT -5
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Post by cdj on Mar 9, 2024 16:47:31 GMT -5
I don’t think trading Linus in-season was all that realistic given the teams that need goalies and their geographic location. It will be much easier to move him this offseason
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Post by soxfansince67 on Mar 9, 2024 17:09:24 GMT -5
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Post by tizzle on Mar 9, 2024 18:17:19 GMT -5
These aren't multiple reports of an Ullmark trade, btw. It is multiple people reacting to the Weekes story. I'm not saying he's wrong, but no one else really has confirmed it.
Be curious what the return would have been. People are speculating that it was Lub-Dubois, but that seems unlikely.
Seems like NJ was interested too. Their GM talking about being "extorted" for a G seems like it means Sweeney was asking for a lot.
If we were to deal him to a team on his No Trad list, it really seems like it would have to be wrapped at least a few days before the deadline. Te way to get him to waive was probably a contract extension and that kind of thing isn't happening on deadline day.
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Post by benogliviesbrother on Mar 9, 2024 18:53:29 GMT -5
Sean McDonough said late during today's broadcast that LA/Boston had a deal vetoed by Ullmark.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 9, 2024 21:23:25 GMT -5
I don’t think trading Linus in-season was all that realistic given the teams that need goalies and their geographic location. It will be much easier to move him this offseason He's not worth as much then, two playoff runs with Ullmark is better than one. The trade at the deadline was perfect because it also allowed you to have a strength during the majority of the season, two top 10 goalies keeping you in every game nearly every single game. The deadline for the B's represented the 80% of the season mark, lessening the need for two goalies especially with two good goalies in Providence in Bussi and DiPietro in that they could play as little as 4 or 5 games and Swayman would still be fresh going into the playoffs. The truth is despite Ullmark having better numbers than Swayman, Swayman was the better goalie for the majority of last season. Ullmark was unworldly at the beginning of the season but from December on Swayman was better to the end of the season last year and has been the better goalie the entire year this year. |
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Post by cdj on Mar 9, 2024 23:44:06 GMT -5
I don’t think trading Linus in-season was all that realistic given the teams that need goalies and their geographic location. It will be much easier to move him this offseason He's not worth as much then, two playoff runs with Ullmark is better than one. The trade at the deadline was perfect because it also allowed you to have a strength during the majority of the season, two top 10 goalies keeping you in every game nearly every single game. The deadline for the B's represented the 80% of the season mark, lessening the need for two goalies especially with two good goalies in Providence in Bussi and DiPietro in that they could play as little as 4 or 5 games and Swayman would still be fresh going into the playoffs. The truth is despite Ullmark having better numbers than Swayman, Swayman was the better goalie for the majority of last season. Ullmark was unworldly at the beginning of the season but from December on Swayman was better to the end of the season last year and has been the better goalie the entire year this year. Yeah but all that doesn’t matter if the guy has a NTC and doesn’t wanna go anywhere |
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Post by texs31 on Mar 10, 2024 10:50:18 GMT -5
FWIW Jimmy Murphy (Boston Hockey Now) has 3 separate sources who say it wasn't LA. Colorado is the team he's saying.
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Post by texs31 on Mar 10, 2024 10:55:12 GMT -5
Moving Ullmark this offseason, from a NTC perspective, only gets a hair easier this offseason as his list of teams only decreases by 1 (16 to 15).
The big issue is that we don't know WHY he vetoed it. I think he has school age kids so is it that he didn't want to uproot them (or be away from them) mid year? Would he be more willing in the offseason?
Would he want to stay if Bs said that, going forward he'll be a pure backup instead of sharing the starting gig?
It'll be interesting for sure.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 10, 2024 10:55:37 GMT -5
He's not worth as much then, two playoff runs with Ullmark is better than one. The trade at the deadline was perfect because it also allowed you to have a strength during the majority of the season, two top 10 goalies keeping you in every game nearly every single game. The deadline for the B's represented the 80% of the season mark, lessening the need for two goalies especially with two good goalies in Providence in Bussi and DiPietro in that they could play as little as 4 or 5 games and Swayman would still be fresh going into the playoffs. The truth is despite Ullmark having better numbers than Swayman, Swayman was the better goalie for the majority of last season. Ullmark was unworldly at the beginning of the season but from December on Swayman was better to the end of the season last year and has been the better goalie the entire year this year. Yeah but all that doesn’t matter if the guy has a NTC and doesn’t wanna go anywhere His NTC is limited to 16 (?) teams. So he can be traded. |
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 10, 2024 10:57:05 GMT -5
FWIW Jimmy Murphy (Boston Hockey Now) has 3 separate sources who say it wasn't LA. Colorado is the team he's saying. Interesting. I'm assuming they were going after a 2 way center. |
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Post by cdj on Mar 10, 2024 11:50:06 GMT -5
Yeah but all that doesn’t matter if the guy has a NTC and doesn’t wanna go anywhere His NTC is limited to 16 (?) teams. So he can be traded. Right but he can essentially put the goalie needie teams on it and leave the ones with strong goalie situations off it and in effect it’s blocking out the heavy majority of trade possibilities I figure it’s easier in the offseason because Linus won’t have to leave his family behind for months (or uproot them in the middle of what I presume is the school year). It’s logistically a lot easier for Linus to manage a trade in the summer. I’ve seen speculation from Friedman that the team was an EC team, I’ve seen some Ottawa smoke out there. If that’s the case he may never approve a trade to there, they should not have even bothered to try lmao |
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 10, 2024 14:50:34 GMT -5
His NTC is limited to 16 (?) teams. So he can be traded. Right but he can essentially put the goalie needie teams on it and leave the ones with strong goalie situations off it and in effect it’s blocking out the heavy majority of trade possibilities I figure it’s easier in the offseason because Linus won’t have to leave his family behind for months (or uproot them in the middle of what I presume is the school year). It’s logistically a lot easier for Linus to manage a trade in the summer. I’ve seen speculation from Friedman that the team was an EC team, I’ve seen some Ottawa smoke out there. If that’s the case he may never approve a trade to there, they should not have even bothered to try lmao So it's my understanding that he had to previously pick the teams and I believe the overwhelming amount of teams on his list were West Coast teams. |
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Post by cdj on Mar 10, 2024 16:59:17 GMT -5
Right but he can essentially put the goalie needie teams on it and leave the ones with strong goalie situations off it and in effect it’s blocking out the heavy majority of trade possibilities I figure it’s easier in the offseason because Linus won’t have to leave his family behind for months (or uproot them in the middle of what I presume is the school year). It’s logistically a lot easier for Linus to manage a trade in the summer. I’ve seen speculation from Friedman that the team was an EC team, I’ve seen some Ottawa smoke out there. If that’s the case he may never approve a trade to there, they should not have even bothered to try lmao So it's my understanding that he had to previously pick the teams and I believe the overwhelming amount of teams on his list were West Coast teams. I’m sure the list included every Canadian team and most if not all west coast teams because none of them seem to be stable in net and he probably doesn’t wanna go to either place, especially on such short notice without his family |
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Post by tizzle on Mar 11, 2024 18:15:32 GMT -5
OK, that was the most ridiculous call that Ive seen go in our favor this year.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 11, 2024 18:22:43 GMT -5
Anyone notice the past 4 games the B's have only allowed 1 goal each game during regulation?
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Post by tizzle on Mar 11, 2024 18:25:50 GMT -5
Anyone notice the past 4 games the B's have only allowed 1 goal each game during regulation? Yes. Until you just jinxed it. |
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Post by tizzle on Mar 11, 2024 19:13:35 GMT -5
UGLY
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Post by tizzle on Mar 11, 2024 19:29:44 GMT -5
Ready to screw us again. Clearly knocked in by STL
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Post by cdj on Mar 11, 2024 19:45:07 GMT -5
It’s unbelievable at this point
Should have been 3-1 with a Bruins PP. instead it’s now 4-0 with a completely deflated team
My fault for betting Bruins -1.5
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Post by tizzle on Mar 11, 2024 20:02:29 GMT -5
I am ready to start embracing conspiracy theories. It is so ridiculous how they justified invent ways to screw the Bruins on these plays every time.
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Post by benogliviesbrother on Mar 11, 2024 20:42:31 GMT -5
I am ready to start embracing conspiracy theories. It is so ridiculous how they justified invent ways to screw the Bruins on these plays every time. Hanlon's Razor tells us to never attribute to malice what might be explained by stupidity. I'd suppose Hanlon has a near cousin that exchanges "incompetence" for "stupidity"? |
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Post by tizzle on Mar 12, 2024 12:13:02 GMT -5
I am ready to start embracing conspiracy theories. It is so ridiculous how they justified invent ways to screw the Bruins on these plays every time. Hanlon's Razor tells us to never attribute to malice what might be explained by stupidity. I'd suppose there is a near cousin that exchanges "incompetence" for "stupidity"? Yeah, no. That ignores all the context that I'm talking about. Hate to repeat myself, but when our guy brushes a Goalie the answer is "contact with Goalie, No goal" and when it's our G being hit it's "didn't significantly impede his ability to make play" That's not incompetence or stupidity when they use one set of standards against us and a different one for us. |
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Post by cdj on Mar 14, 2024 20:14:35 GMT -5
If they don’t call this high stick we riot
They called it!!
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Post by cdj on Mar 14, 2024 21:59:48 GMT -5
Not the prettiest but they finally got one done in OT, felt like they’d lost 10 3 on 3’s in a row
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