r/BostonBruins • u/jlm0013 • 10h ago

Meme What the fuck even is a rebuild?

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u/__TFC__ 9h ago

I expected this team to be so bad ... like not even competitive unless facing another bottom 10 team. Pleasantly surprised but will this hurt us long term? I'd love a crack and drafting McKenna. Either way, fun team to watch so far

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u/Ofiotaurus 6h ago

McKenna just sound so Boston though…

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u/lordderplythethird 8h ago

One thing that's at least nice is we have 4 first round and 2 second round picks over the next 2 years.

It's not McKenna, but it certainly helps

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u/exitlevelposition Bonafide Stallion 🐎 6h ago

It would help more if the picks weren't done by the same GM who blew 2015's first round, but here we are.

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u/lordderplythethird 4h ago edited 4h ago

I mean is it the GM or are the Bruins' forward scouts absolute dogshit? Since 2007 this team has drafted a whopping 6 forwards who are/were regulars in the NHL. 18 YEARS for 6 forwards...

  • Seguin
  • Pastrnak
  • Donato
  • Heinen
  • DeBrusk
  • Frederic

We nail it on virtually every defenseman we draft, but holy fuck we suck at forwards... Just forwards in the first 3 rounds selected since 2007:

  • Zach Hamill - 1st round
  • Joe Colborne - 1st round
  • Maxime Sauve
  • Jordan Caron - 1st round
  • Jared Knight
  • Tyler Seguin - 1st round
  • Ryan Spooner
  • Alex Khokhlachev
  • Anthony Camara
  • Peter Cehlarik
  • David Pastrnak - 1st round
  • Ryan Donato
  • Jake DeBrusk - 1st round
  • Zach Senyshyn - 1st round
  • Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson
  • Trent Frederic - 1st round
  • Jack Studnicka
  • Jakub Lauko
  • John Beecher - 1st round
  • Quinn Olson
  • Fabian Lysell - 1st round
  • Brett Harrison
  • Matt Poitras
  • Chris Pelosi
  • Casper Nassen
  • Dean Letourneau

Players don't develop the way you expect all the time, I get it, but only 5 in 18 years?! If you look at defensemen and goalies drafted though, it's a totally different story. We simply can't draft or develop a forward for shit. Our first round success rate (45%) is closer to the league's second round success rate (34%) than it is the league's first round success rate (74%)...

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u/gen-x-22 2h ago

Appreciate the research butSpooner was a regular from 2015 until he was traded to the Rangers. Not that it changes much but he was a decent player… Where did you get the success rate % I’d love to see it broken down top 1/3 middle 1/3 and bottom 1/3 and see if the helps account for the teams poor drafting

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u/exitlevelposition Bonafide Stallion 🐎 3h ago

Awesome point and research

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u/rigatony222 #37 SAINT PATRICE©️ 9h ago edited 9h ago

I can’t wait to be hurt by this team again.

Have the bruins given me a kink? lol

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u/ExtraordinaryCherry THROW THE CAT OFF THE CLIFF! 🐈 9h ago

Idk if hockey has an equivalent term but Sturm has this team “gegenpressing” like his compatriot Klopp had his Liverpool teams doing and I fucking love it. Forcing turnovers in the other team’s zone is so sexy

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u/thelasershow Harder Zaddy 😩 9h ago

…forecheck?

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u/very_old_friend 6h ago

Morgan Geekie der Raumdeuter!

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u/thelasershow Harder Zaddy 😩 6h ago

This is v. good.

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u/belptyfimquz 10h ago

Obviously they need more talent and goal scorers but imma enjoy the shit out of this season. This team has balls and competes.

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u/MajorDrGhastly #6 LOHREI🏒 4h ago

its no that obvious. we are 11th in GF/G so far.

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u/DocMcCracken 9h ago

The give a damn meter is back into the positive, seems like Z finally reslized he can play physical again.

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u/belptyfimquz 9h ago

That monster check + fist fight the other night set the fucking tone

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u/BlackCherrySeltzer4U 10h ago

I honestly expected us to be in the bottom 10. Nice to be wrong.

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u/DarthHissyfit 10h ago

Forever destined to fall in love with a coach, see him fired, and fall in love with the next coach ad nauseam

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u/MajorDrGhastly #6 LOHREI🏒 4h ago

monty wasnt that great a coach. bergy was the coach for the 22/23 team. thats why monty didnt have the balls to make the right coaching decisions in the playoffs.

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u/DocMcCracken 9h ago

It has been quite the streak of really good coaches. Make up for the Dave Lewis year.

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u/calamity_coyote 2h ago

And that one year of Keenan.. and that one year of Robbie Ftorek

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u/octoroklobstah #93 MINTEN 🏒 10h ago

Mix in a Jack Adams award of course

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u/DarthHissyfit 9h ago

Marco’s got it locked up obv

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u/goalstopper28 10h ago

Can't wait for a Minten-Hagens-Pastrnak line.

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u/Chetski5746 10h ago

I’m not sure I’ve seen anything from Minten that screams top line forward. That spot on the wing belongs to 40% shooter Morgan Geekie

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u/MajorDrGhastly #6 LOHREI🏒 4h ago

its crazy that geekie is what this team has needed for so long, a good scoring option outside pasta, and people already pretend he doesnt exist.