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Is it just me or is Lucic having the same presence as Cam Neely did during his great years. You can't move him off the puck, playing physical, fights, and now scores big goals. Impressive and fun to watch.
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I was to young to watch neely but he definetly can not be moved off the puck, he is using speed along with his big body to back the defenseman up, the fighting u can really see he is worried about breaking his hand again. The kid is surely feared thats for sure. I for one can not wait till saturday nights game.
They continue to impress. Thomas had to cover the puck very quickly after it wrang off the post as a TB player was right there trying to swat it in.
The smothering defense the B's are playing right now is the ticket to the finals. Even when the other team gets shots through it is almost always the Bruins who get to the rebound first.
It's a little early to be peaking so lets hope the injury bug stays away!
Was watching the other night when Chara almost killed that guy. The same thing happed the last game I went to (photo above) in my previous post
Chara didn't get any suspension and I don't believe he wanted to decapitate this guy but my thoughts are it is time to redesign the arena for today's style of play. This "old time" hockey rink does not work in todays game. IMO the rink is too small and should be increased in size by at least 15% in all directions, similar to the way golf courses are stretched to accommodate the more skilled players and new equipment. Also it is time to do away with these areas that consistently cause serious damage, names these 90 degree stanchions, hard corners, seams and the dasher. It should be much more smoother, less abrupt and perhaps energy absorbing materials that will deflect the puck but will give when a 200# guy makes impact at high speed.
Frankly I thought this guy was killed when it happened and jumped out of my seat.
This "old time" hockey rink does not work in todays game. IMO the rink is too small and should be increased in size by at least 15% in all directions, similar to the way golf courses are stretched to accommodate the more skilled players and new equipment. Also it is time to do away with these areas that consistently cause serious damage, names these 90 degree stanchions, hard corners, seams and the dasher. It should be much more smoother, less abrupt and perhaps energy absorbing materials that will deflect the puck but will give when a 200# guy makes impact at high speed.
Frankly I thought this guy was killed when it happened and jumped out of my seat.
Increasing the size would really take away from Playoff Style hockey so I would not want to see that. The european style IMO sucks to watch because they have such large rinks. The dashers have already been changed and are very small now compared to what it used to be a few years ago (still a small lip that could be reduced but nothing like it used to be). I agree there is room for improvement on the 90 degree stanchion. I'm sure they could somehow make it a 45 degree or curved so that it isn't as abrupt.
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