Caligula_K wrote:
emperorblackdoom wrote:
Savard needs to be healthy, and the team needs consistency from a number of people lacking this year.
It's been a bad year for the Bruins, (the Thomas contract was idiotic!), and they've played a couple awful games in a row putting them on the brink of missing the playoffs. The Kessel trade looks really bad for Boston now, I am not sure if it will remain that way. I have nothing against the Leafs, or even Montreal...
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Look, every team would have signed Thomas to that much after two great seasons, including a Vezina season. Just hope he's having a bad year and that he'll be be back in shape next year (and it's not like he's been awful or anything- could be better, but .914 isn't bad), and be happy you have Rask.
And a Kessel trade had to happen, and will pay off. Kessel wasn't getting along with Julien and other members of a team, and that will just destroy any team. Now you guys get two first round draft picks for two years, and whether you get Taylor Hall or not, you're probably getting at least one good one this year. That's going to make you a dangerous team for the future.
And you also have to keep in mind how the NHL works. Sometimes the most succesful teams are just the healthy ones- the Bruins haven't been healthy this year and they suffer for it. And last year, the Bruins weren't winning tons of games by three goals- there were a lot of one goal wins, with Tim Thomas playing fantastically and the Bruins just getting by. The law of averages usually dictates that eventually those one goal games will start going against you, and this year they have. But all in all, I think the Bruins should be pretty happy with their future.
Yes, I agree anyone would have signed Thomas after those last two years, and I would have been fine with 5m/year, but that fourth year in the contract is just a killer, and I said that when the deal was signed. But hey, much like Montreal's problem, it is a good problem to have two good goalies.
Personally, I hated Kessel, and I know most Bruins fans wanted him out for his playoff tantrums...but I never said it was a bad deal for Toronto. They've got somebody who is very good at the most important forward asset--scoring goals. We shall see who Boston gets.
Injuries and struggles happen to supposedly good teams, whether you are Boston, Carolina, or Detroit. There is always next year!
