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Bruins Need Their Confidence Back
by Paul on 03/21/09 at 08:31 AM ET
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from Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe,
When they were at their best, the Bruins dominated time of puck possession by transitioning swiftly, employing a straight-line attack, and using their speed and skill to cycle deep in opposing zones.
Recently, general manager Peter Chiarelli has seen his passive players regrouping with the puck far too often, indicating that they’re not confident enough to turn up ice and fly into the teeth of other teams’ defenses.
“Now your forwards have to come back and everything has to move this way instead of that way,” Chiarelli said, pointing to the defensive side of the ice. “I’m not blaming the defensemen. I’m not blaming the forwards. I’m not blaming anybody. It’s something where the confidence isn’t there.”
It’s an affliction that is not unique to the 2008-09 Bruins.
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Did the Bruins really dominate possession? When they started going on their crazy run of wins, I made a point of watching at least a few games, and that never seemed the case to me. It looked like they were scoring most of their goals off rushes and counterattacks. Somehow they managed to make every 2-on-2 or 3-on-2 look dangerous. And then they counted on Thomas to stop enough shots, and he usually did. And their shots for and against for the year would seem to bear out my version of events (30.0 shots for, 30.1 shots against per game).
But like I said, I only saw a handful of games.
Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 03/21/09 at 09:58 AM ET