Bruins’s tank is rolling and may not stop: “At this moment, we have nothing”
Anaheim, California – David Pastrnak played in 747 games for Boston Bruins. The right wing n. 1 has never suffered from anything so painful: a fall of seven games, a shocking commercial deadline, no end of misery in sight.
“Yes”, Pastrnak, after 6-2 defeat on Wednesday against the Anaheim Ducks, replied simply when he was asked if this was the most difficult thing he had suffered since he became a Bruin in 2014.
Pastrnak is alone. It is the only Bruin wearing a letter. The n. 88, which scored his 35th goal on Wednesday, is the main threat of the main score of the Bruins.
So Pastrnak is bringing pain more than anyone else. He wants to stop. Being affected by the Golden Knights of Las Vegas (5-1), Los Angeles Kings (7-2) and now the Ducks have emptied Pastrnak of his usual good joy.
“They just rolled us on us,” said Pastrnak of Las Vegas and “today was not very different. We simply not play enough with the album. It is very much of what he does. Game you have in the first 10, maximum 15 games, at the beginning of the season.
The Ducks exceeded the Bruins 37-25. It was the seventh time in the last eight games that the Bruins have allowed the most shots than they did.
The reason is simple: their list has been deleted.
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– Boston Bruins (@nhlbruins) March 27, 2025
Brad Marchand, Brandon Carlo, Charlie Coyle, Trent Frederic, Justin Brazeau, Max Jones, Charlie McAvoy, Hampus Lindholm, Mark Kastelic and Nikita Zadorov played in opening the season against the Florida Panthers. None of the 10 was uniform against the ducks due to operations, accidents and personal reasons. The last departure was Zadorov, who returned to Boston due to a family question.
Five of the 18-skiers on Wednesday began 2024-25 in Providence: Fabian Lysell, Vinni Lettieri, Patrick Brown, Michael Callahan and Ian Mitchell. Mason Lohrei and Andrew Peeke, couple n. 1 against the Ducks, were the only defenders available on Wednesday who dressed in the game 1.
Bruins also had bad luck. A nightmare turn for Callahan in the second period began with a disc that escaped his stick on the offensive blue line and a rebound by Joonas Korpisalo who entered the defender’s skate, giving the Ducks an advantage of 2-0. The turn ended with Callahan who highlighted his stick on Jansen Harkins for a penalty of four minutes. Later in the second, Jackson Lacombe’s blow against a record blocked in the net flushed by Pavel Zacha’s arm and chased Korpisalo.
“Coming to the track is a privilege,” said Callahan, who accepted the invitation of the third period of Harkins and engaged in his first career struggle. “We must maintain that mentality in which we enter, be positive and work as hard as possible to straighten the ship along the stretch here.”
It is no wonder that the Bruins are falling faster than an incubated pushed by a window. This is not an NHL team. This is aggravated by the fact that they are boundless, unable to prevent a snowflake from becoming an avalanche.
“It is a frustrating moment in this moment more than anything else,” said the interim coach Joe Sacco. “When we take some goals like us, you start trying to play hockey.
Only seven teams have less points than Bruins (69). This is an organic tank. Bruins are bombed appropriately, given the thinness of their list and the mental jokes they have endured.
They could easily slip between the top five in the draft 2025 due to how much they are scarcely played. It would be a good advantage for amateur scouting staff. But this reward would not be a consolation for the coaches and players who are embarrassed.
“Our commitment to control must be better,” said Sacco. “Regardless of what is happening, we can control. We can protect the center of ice better than us. It is something we assure ourselves, in the stretch, we concentrate.”
The Bruins are 0-4-0 on their five-games trip. Saturday they are wrapped in Detroit. Red wings will not be merciful.
But the Bruins cannot afford to stop. They want this misery to be short -lived and start rapid reconstruction. Otherwise, this brutal elongation will be wasted.
“We have to be better than that and start building something here,” said Pastrnak. “Because at this moment we have nothing.”
(Photo by Joonas Korpisalo who looks back to the goal of Nikita Nesterenko: Gary A. Vasquez / Image Images)
