Post-game quote and notes

Wheeler is terrible right now. He drives down the wing, stops and tries to center each time, he was responsible for the second goal, no backchecking, inexcusable, he's done it a lot in the past couple of months. You don't play defense, you shouldn't play at all. I'll take a hard working Bitz or Hunwick over him. He should be benched.

Did the Krecji-Ryder-Wheeler line suit up tonight?
Claude needs to keep Kessel-Savard-Lucic together at all times. They were the only line tonight that even threatened to score (aside from the Kobasew goal).

I have a feeling Wheeler may get the weekend off to get a view from the pressbox. Reunite Bitz-Yelle-Thornton and figure out some combo for Bergeron, Krecji, Ryder, PJ, Recchi, and Kobasew. Maybe after Wheeler, Krecji needs to do the same thing. They seem to be hitting the wall pretty hard right now.

Funny how these guys are saying the same thing over and over for 10 games now - about playing 60 minutes, getting to the net, etc. - and they haven't done a darn thing about it.

Is it me or can't anyone see that no matter how many hits they throw, no matter how much time they spend in the other team's end, it means nothing unless they can move faster, shoot to the net faster, pass faster? Key word here: FASTER.

THis team is one or two steps slower than it has been for a while now.

The game was boring as hell. It's been a while since i've been to a B's game and felt bored - but I think I felt bored because the Bruins themselves looked bored. There were almost no clean passes all night, lots of bad give-aways and just no finish. Can't fault Thomas for tonight, and that Penalty against Chara was total crap, but I'll refrain from sounding like a Habs fan and blaming the game on the refs.

Very disappointing.

Lucic is exactly right! If the B's would have played the whole game like they played the thrid period, we wouldn't be on here showing our disappointment. I saw a lot of breakdowns defensively tonight, mostly by our D but also buy the forwards not backchecking. Julien needs our defensemen to work on hitting the net with their shots! It drives me frickin nuts to see them taking wide open shots and hitting nothing but the boards. The passes out of our own zone were ridiculous, if you want to call them passes. One good note was we started hitting again.

@Mike
Amen. Wheeler should get the Kessel treatment a la last year's playoffs. Only this time the message should come across in the regular season that lackadaisical play is unacceptable. Bitz has definitely earned a place in this lineup and he works hard every night, and is one of the few to consistently win the little battles over this bad stretch. Wheeler should ride the pine for as long as it takes to get the message.

Bored as hell sitting there at The Garden. Agreed with you Al. Also I think something is missing there...lack of passion, maybe? This could lead to another sad season ending to us all fans once again...Devils and Washington are looking great. They look ready to get into playoffs battle mode and unfortunately The Bruins are an opposite of that. Please don't play that ad "we want it as bad as you" ever again. Screw you on that! Look in the mirror you liars!

You can't blame the game on a bad call when your team only scores a lone goal. The B's aree patrhetic right now. Three hopme games in a row they have dropped and what nine of 12 overall? That puts them right at the bottom of ther pile. They are terrible and continue to regress. At this rate they will be fourth in the conference.

This incessant "throwing the puck behind your own net" strategy is driving me mad. Instead of moving forward out of their own zone, they cylce it behind their own net... over and over again. Ugh. Is Julien morphing into Dave Lewis? It sure looks like it right now...

A while back I remember a player commenting that a common part of the pre-game was drinking an energy drink. I wonder if we are seeing the consequences of three-fourths of a season's worth of use of that stuff?

Boys, you have 5 weeks to get your act together or it's going to be early golfing for the lot of you!

F*in Upshall... is this guy like Bucky Dent, or what?
Did I really stay up until 3:30 a.m. to watch that fiasco? I did...
I'm starting to think that this team peaked way too early...

Slow and sloppy, all 9 in the last 12 that they lost have been sloppy and slow hockey games on the Bruins side. Passing is off, no pucks are hitting the sticks. Only a select few are finishing their checks and you've got Wheeler who once a guy gets around him it's a free for all, no back checking or anything. Where are the big, bad, fast, heavy hitting Bruins?! Claude better light a fire under their butts and get these boys into shape, the season isn't over yet, the East isn't won and the Cup sure as hell is not in view. There's 17 games left to play and still some big teams to play like the Rengers, Devils, Lightning and Habs. Season's not over yet, guys! Don't quit on us yet!

What? I just found out that the B's lost. Glad I stopped being a Bruins fans after they hired Mark Recchi. This is an insult to the fans. What a wasted year, once again. Oh well, maybe Boston will finally win the cup again in 100 years.

Bye Bye Bruins in the first round!

So sad.

The last two games have been the mosy boring games of the year. They didn't even try. Flyers got smoked by Calgary. They looked terrible on Tuesday to me as well. Going thru the motion is not worth $50 a ticket. If Julien has lost the team its time to fire him. Lou Lam did and he actually knows hockey.....

concur w/ ryanpatrick - 2nd line has been mia. we're at the point where the b's don't get to overtime unless the d scores.

lack of goals have put more pressure on timmy - he's been giving up too many softies lately. and speaking of soft, was that his wife singing the national anthem? yikes! bring back rene!

I'm starting to see why the Devils and the Canadiens fired Claude...he doesn't learn from his mistakes....

I hope that the lads call a team meeting to sort things out. It's time for the leaders on this team stand up and get their act together. Time for Chara, Bergy and Co. to hash it out and find what's going to work again.

Watch some of your games from Nov./Dec. to see what you guys are capable of.

Get out of this funk.........NOW!

Actually, Washington and San Jose are sucking real bad right now. That's because they are pretenders just like Boston. Time for the Bruins to wake up to the fact that they aren't all that and start trying or expect 10,000 in the seats next year like always....

Annoying that the 2 quotes are from the only 2 players that showed up to play a full game last night. What about Wonder-Boy-Wheeler who frankly deserves a spot in the AHL at this point? What did he think about his effort, or lack thereof?

If Julien rolls Ryder-Krejci-Wheeler as a line again, I'm not going to be able to watch the game. They are pathetic and deserve to spend some time riding pine. Next game, sit Wheeler and play Bitz. And make Krejci earn his ice-time - stop just giving it to him because he was good 3 months ago.

The B's need to stop telling us that they need to play 60 minutes and actually do it! No more excuses!

nash and stewart, why do you even bother anymore, it's obvious you enjoy when the bruins struggle and when they do good you try to find anything to whine about. Get lost please.

Could Savard have been any more useless last night? missing the net, couldn't handle passes, coughing up the puck... count wideman in that category as well. Lucic played strong but his timing was definitely off a little, puck kept bouncing off his stick and a couple of passes were behind teammates. I'm still confident we can turn it around.... A little emotion would go a long way. Chara kept trying but the team just didnt respond

North-End Bruins.... i couldnt agree more, i was swearing at the tv everytime wideman blasted a shot off the boards (well wide of the net). This was a frustrating game to watch all around, i say sit wideman or ference for a game and throw in Hnidy, then put hunwick or bitz in wheelers place up front...these guys need a wake-up call

Bottom line to hard work and dominating you have to see it with results. How many chances last night did guys miss the net. I'm sorry this was a pathetic loss to a team who has no defense and goaltending isn't any good. Still wondering why Lucic is playing 4th line all game then 1st line in 3rd.. Plus Wheeler thrown on 4th line also. For all the speed and chances Kessel gets he should score a lot more. He misses the net last night on that partially breakaway 5 feet from the goal.

All that matters at this point is where the Bruins end the season in the standings and how they are playing as they enter the playoffs. They have proven they can play unbeatable hockey for an extended period and have hit a painful slide during a very long season. Reality is that had the Bruins been managing a solid season at the #3 slot, we'd all be pleased after last season and looking for them to get hot heading into the playoffs. So we are less happy because they are #1 in East and expectations are high. Last night's game could easily have been a 4-1 loss, and with some luck a 3-2 win. All I want to see is a healthy team hang on to the #1 spot and head into the playffos with momentum and on a role. The two players acquired are not big diffrence-makers and the Bruins who have been here all season are the only way they get to the FInals. They have proven they can be unbeatable for a long period of time, keep those lineups in tact and the magic will return.

Good post SoCal, I agree

They're 30 minute men. The first period, and then the last 10 minutes of the third when they realize they need to catch up quickly. That's not going to win anybody any games...

What will it take to get Axelsson onto the 4th line for the Love of God. He has 4 goals on the season at least 2 are ENG. He needs to get off the Bergeron line, but Julien will not do it. He put Kobasew there earlier in the year, then we got Recchi everyone projected PJ on the 4th line but Julien punishes Lucic. Then in the 3rd period he put Wheeler on the 4th line. I think most people want to see Bitz on the 4th line and Axelsson a healthy scrath. At least he was of the PP unit, Julien couldn't get away with that after we got Recchi.

no mention of the puck hitting the ref and chara screaming at him after the game was over?