Comment on Tenacious Forward Cole Koepke a Surprise Addition to Bruins Lineup by Joe Prosser

1 month ago  /  Boston Hockey No

My opinion hasn't been made on his game yet, I think he might be better with Frederic's left wing since he's a pretty good corner guy at least until Poitras gets back healthy, Frederic is a good scorer and Brazeau is a bit of both. E.Lindholm I know is really good, man he looked rusty at times, and Florida pickup on it so they doubled teamed Pastrnak all night. In fact a few times they had 1 defenseman 2 forwards surrounding Pastrnak.
Zacha looked really good hitting guys and he looked faster than last year which is great. He said in a summer interview after his vacation he worked on his skating with the skills coach and stick work. It would be nice for him to get 30 goals this year.

To be honest Marchand looked a little bit rough, I get it though 3 surgeries in the office season, give him a 2 more weeks and he'll be skating better. He never misses that down low shot like the one on the PP. Geekie I like his game a lot. He is really fast, has wicked wrist and snap shots and used the body like he did last season. Coyle played well it's got to be hard to know your Captain isn't quite there yet and some of the passes he makes and gets to he wasn't able to execute cleanly. This line is close, really close. 3rd and 4th lines 3rd was playing tough and scored a pretty goal Brazeau has skills. I really appreciated the 4th lines consistency, fore checking hard and fast skating and had a couple scoring chances.
I don't like the loss of DeBrusk, there was no way he was going to stay in Boston he already made up his mind before the season last year, I really liked him and I believe he is going into his prime years and will become at least 30 to 35 goal scorer over the next 3 or 4 years. The Bruins needed a really good 2 way center and E.Lindholm is really his replacement up front. Geekie has the ability to score 25 goals or more as long as he stays on the 2nd line. Marchand was playing hurt all season so I believe he will score 30 to 35 goals and Coyle will be score at least 30. Frederic 25 goals Brazeau 20 Poitras 20 if he stays healthy.

1. Zacha, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak
2. Marchand, Coyle, Geekie
3. Koepke, Frederic, Brazeau
4. Jones, Beecher, Kastelic

I love this team, the Bruins will have some growing pains to get through and once the new guys develop chemistry they will be fine, perfect no, really good yes....

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