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Terrific Press Release on the SLU site about Bollig and Peverley playing against each other for the Stanley Cup.

Great quotes from Pierre McGuire who gave SLU an on-air shout out during the first OT Wednesday night.

"Bollig is in the lineup for the Hawks because of his toughness and board play," said McGuire, who mentioned St. Lawrence University during the game one broadcast when talking about the Hawks' left-winger. "The Hawks see the Bruins as a physical team that can out-hit you and maybe even intimidate you. Bollig can do the same thing for Chicago and the Bruins know it."

McGuire added, "Rich Peverley plays such a smart game. His speed and skill make him dangerous, but it's his hockey-sense that makes him so valuable to the Bruins. This is going to be a great Stanley Cup final and both St. Lawrence University men are going to be right in the middle of the fray."

There's a twitter hashtag too: #SLUintheCup

http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/saints/men's+hockey/story/12470
 
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Peverley to Dallas along with Tyler Seguin and RYAN Button in a trade to-day---
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While I'm sure Tim and Mike are disappointed that Pevs is going to Dallas, I think he'll shine there. Sounds like he'll be slotting in as the 2nd line center, where as in Boston he was bouncing between 3rd and 4th line, along with some PP and PK time.

Hope everybody is having a good offseason. 3 short months until we start back up for another season!
 
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While I'm sure Tim and Mike are disappointed that Pevs is going to Dallas, I think he'll shine there. Sounds like he'll be slotting in as the 2nd line center, where as in Boston he was bouncing between 3rd and 4th line, along with some PP and PK time.

Hope everybody is having a good offseason. 3 short months until we start back up for another season!
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Interesting day of trades and signings in the NHL for certain. Never in my lifetime have I seen a day like that. Every minute another signing or blockbuster. Have very mixed reactions about the Bruins. Peverley at his best did so much for that team. Penalty kill, face offs, occasional PP time, one of the fastest skaters on the team. Seems like between the cap hit and one off year they gave up on him. Of course......giving up on Seguin is a bit more of a stunner. As immature as Seguin was...there is still a ton of upside and I do think he will flourish in Dallas. I keep thinking about the Joe Thornton trade.......he has been productive for so many years and the B's are left with nothing from that deal (that I can remember.)
 
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I see where Greg Carey's linemate in Juniors, Josh Jooris of Union, has foregone his final year of eligibility and signed with Calgary. This, along with Grosenick also leaving early, are setbacks for Union but also bode well for the quality of players that the U has had on their team of late.
 
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Interesting day of trades and signings in the NHL for certain. Never in my lifetime have I seen a day like that. Every minute another signing or blockbuster. Have very mixed reactions about the Bruins. Peverley at his best did so much for that team. Penalty kill, face offs, occasional PP time, one of the fastest skaters on the team. Seems like between the cap hit and one off year they gave up on him. Of course......giving up on Seguin is a bit more of a stunner. As immature as Seguin was...there is still a ton of upside and I do think he will flourish in Dallas. I keep thinking about the Joe Thornton trade.......he has been productive for so many years and the B's are left with nothing from that deal (that I can remember.)
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I am still bitter about Pevs heading to Dallas. His salary was earned by his performance two years ago and the dip**** Harvard GM in Boston was unable to plan for the salary cap dropping and has to have a fire sale. He blew away the entire right side of the forwards. No way I give up Pevs over Chris Kelly who has the same salary. Pevs is so much more versatile, fast, and has finish. It seems that Dallas asked for him and that he was packaged with Seguin. Giving up on Seguin was brainless. Absolutely stunning stupidity. He was the leading scorer for the B's as a 20 year old in 2011-2012. I also can't grasp letting go of Andrew Ference who signed for the same $3.25 Million that Pevs, Kelly, Campbell are all making. Then you sign an aging power forward in Iginla. Very few power forwards make a dent past their prime. Iginla is a great player, but I'd rather have the young legs and talent of Sequin. We'll see, but I am bitter. What made Boston so good was their team chemistry and Chiarelli just screwed that up. It is Thornton all over and that was one of the worst one-sided trades of all time.
 
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I am still bitter about Pevs heading to Dallas. His salary was earned by his performance two years ago and the dip**** Harvard GM in Boston was unable to plan for the salary cap dropping and has to have a fire sale. He blew away the entire right side of the forwards. No way I give up Pevs over Chris Kelly who has the same salary. Pevs is so much more versatile, fast, and has finish. It seems that Dallas asked for him and that he was packaged with Seguin. Giving up on Seguin was brainless. Absolutely stunning stupidity. He was the leading scorer for the B's as a 20 year old in 2011-2012. I also can't grasp letting go of Andrew Ference who signed for the same $3.25 Million that Pevs, Kelly, Campbell are all making. Then you sign an aging power forward in Iginla. Very few power forwards make a dent past their prime. Iginla is a great player, but I'd rather have the young legs and talent of Sequin. We'll see, but I am bitter. What made Boston so good was their team chemistry and Chiarelli just screwed that up. It is Thornton all over and that was one of the worst one-sided trades of all time.
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Got 6, this is a bit biased, no?

I like Pevs, but I think we can all agree that he did not do much come playoff time this year which for a Bruin team that is built to win now with the aging Chara, that made Pevs expendable.

As for Seguin, he was expendable because he did not fit the culture of the Bruins. He was a periphery player that shied away from the 2-way game. He has lots of talent, but at $6M per, I'm not sure that salary is smart money given the return from a points and +/- perspective.

Ference was a great player and leader, but with the young (and cheap D in Krug, etc) he became the odd man out. Best to put that $3.25M into re-signing Bergeron and Rask.

Iginla is pricey, but he's a 1 year rental. No long term issues that you potentially have with Seguin who will prove to be a "bust" if his current trajectory doesn't change significantly.

As for Thornton, he was 0 for the playoffs. Nuff said!
 
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bothman said:
Got 6, this is a bit biased, no?

I like Pevs, but I think we can all agree that he did not do much come playoff time this year which for a Bruin team that is built to win now with the aging Chara, that made Pevs expendable.

As for Seguin, he was expendable because he did not fit the culture of the Bruins. He was a periphery player that shied away from the 2-way game. He has lots of talent, but at $6M per, I'm not sure that salary is smart money given the return from a points and +/- perspective.

Ference was a great player and leader, but with the young (and cheap D in Krug, etc) he became the odd man out. Best to put that $3.25M into re-signing Bergeron and Rask.

Iginla is pricey, but he's a 1 year rental. No long term issues that you potentially have with Seguin who will prove to be a "bust" if his current trajectory doesn't change significantly.

As for Thornton, he was 0 for the playoffs. Nuff said!
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Whether the moves pay off or don't, Chiarelli was bold and will either reap the rewards or deserve to be fired. No, I don't think it is biased. Peverley was one of the most versatile Bruin forwards playing on the PP, PK and even strength. In 2011, he didn't disappear in the playoffs as Kelly did both years, he stepped into Horton's roll and was clutch. Half the lineup disappeared this year....Kelly, Jagr, and the little ball of hate had fewer goals in the finals than Peverley did. I don't think it was a priority to move him and there were other players I would have moved first.

Iginla doesn't want this to be a one year deal. For now it is, but it's clear there have been talks.

That argument that Thornton doesn't have a ring is ridiculous...he is as good as any forward the Bruins have and, at any rate, that bonehead move is not on PC. I absolutely disagree with you about Seguin. PC drafted him and you don't ship him off after giving him such a big contract. The vast majority of 20-21 YO hockey players are partying it up in college or juniors. There are guys on the Bruins that are devastated by the trade of Seguin and, ultimately, I predict this will be one of the worst trades of the year. Seguin has been the leading scorer for a team and still has upside. Erickson is not as good and that's the bottom line. Very few experts regard this as a good trade, and I certainly don't. If he didn't fit in the culture, Cam and PC shouldn't have drafted him.

Compared to what the GM's in Detroit, Pittsburgh, Chicago and Toronto have done, PC has been outclassed. After Iginla's season in Calgary and Pittsburgh I am skeptical he is the answer. As for Bergeron getting a raise...sure, he earned it. Rask is one of the best in the game but I completely disagree with giving him so much money. If he gets hurt, the Bruins are toast.

Why gut a team that was a triple OT goal away from a 3-0 lead in the SCF's? It makes no sense. Yeah, Horton went on his own and that's just weird. I keep a guy like Ference because he is a leader, a fighter and at $3.25M he is a guy I'd keep.

The Dallas GM made it clear he wanted Peverly and Seguin as their one and two centers. I stand by my thoughts that Peverley is I'd keep over 2-3 other guys with the same impact on the cap. You can't replace speed, hockey sense and versatility which CJ said was a key to the Bruin's success in 2011 playoffs. That's another factor for Seguin, he is a center and the B's used him as a wing. I predict he will light it up in Dallas and the B's were foolish to let him go without getting more in trade. Time will tell. I hope you are right and I am wrong, but I don't think so.
 
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Always fun to "discuss" the NHL moves, especially when the trade hurts a division rival of the Leafs (the greatest sports team in the history of the world). I really don't think, though, that Peverley completely fit in with the Bruin style of keeping it close, wearing teams down with Lucic & co--and then winning in the 3rd. On a different note, now that I'm in lovely downtown Greece, I get to see the two RIT games this fall--anybody got any info on what the team members have been up to? Is Carey the Younger ready to star with his bro? I can't wait for both the NHL and SLU to get going!
 
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I kind of understood why Peverly got traded when it happened, although I didn't like the move. The one thing I'm really sure of is that Boston's PK will be worse next year. And they lost their fastest skater, and they lost a center, which Julien seems to value pretty highly. (And of course by trading Seguin they actually lost two.) Patrice Bergeron is my favorite NHL player, but he has a TON of pressure on him now, and he is one dirty hit or one fluke play away from the end of his career.

Here's what bothers me even more: as soon as the playoffs ended, Chiarelli made it clear to anybody who would listen that his #1 priority was signing Horton, and that he needed to free up cap space to make that happen. He said he was going to let Ference go (another move I didn't like, but could understand given the Horton thing and all the young defensemen who blossomed at the end of the season), and everyone figured Peverly's days might be numbered as well. Horton knew perfectly well that the Bruins were going to give up really good players just to bring him back, and he didn't say anything to anybody, even though he had no intention of re-signing. Then Ference - who has kids in school and really wanted to stay - gets shipped out, and Horton bolts. What an *******.
 
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Thinking about doing a road trip to Canton for the weekend that Northeastern plays 2 at St. Lawrence (10/25 & 10/26). Anybody have suggestions on where to stay, or where not to stay
 
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Best Western (where the team will stay) or the Comfort Suites both fine hotels...that's about it.
 
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