so I badly need a goalie in one of my fantasy pools. Only wins and shutouts count (points league)

available goalies are:

Budaj
Lethonen
Legace
Mason
Kolzig
Smith
Labarbera
Bernier
Thomas
Fenandez

So I'd like to get Budaj but Im pretty sure a guy with a higher waiver choice is taking him. Is there a clear choice between Fernandez and Thomas?

It seems so far as though they'd get equal playing time. But I'm not 100%, they could give Manny more time to start the year to get him back in form since the injury, and I expect if one of them goes cold and the other hot, the other will get more time. But so far it appears to be 50/50.

Legace.

Legace is a sure fire starter, so he's a good bet. I like Mike Smith there as well.

hmm, too bad.

ty






cool, I've got Budaj followed by Legace on the waiver wire.

BOS-1 MON-3

GOAL SCORERS
BOS: Chara, Z. (PPG, 08:29 in 3rd)
MTL: Kovalev, A. (PPG, 00:26 in 2nd), Brisebois, P. (PPG, 01:08 in 2nd),Latendresse, G. (PPG, 11:25 in 2nd)





Big games fo halak too , 33 saves. Brisebois go the 1st star lol.

Im hopping in this thread for the Bruins as my team to root from the east this year before the season starts.

I whish upon the Bruins this year that Michael Ryder scores 14G and 17A this season.

EHHH everything I've read tells me Legace will be splitting a lot more time than we think with Mason. Lehtonen is very injury prone but not really too much pushing behind him, i dunno it's a tough call.

Welcome to the team!

Team ...... of losers!

Whatever

The team that will surprise is the team that this thread is about.

I cancelled the waiver call ups because a trade of mine got accepted. I received Vokoun in return for Parise. Problem solved.

That's the smartest thing I've ever seen you say.

Keep your eyes open for Blake Wheeler this year. He's had a great preseason!

Bruins win!!!

We got outshot 39-20, and looked pretty bad at times, but there were some upsides to the game (especially 2 points for the W).

Thomas - looked great, came up huge numerous times throughout the game.
Wheeler - First goal of his NHL career in the first period, and looked great on a line with Krejci and Kobasew
Ryder- Got the monkey off his back with a goal in the first game, let's see him get back to good form this year!
Sturm-Bergeron-Kessel - this line is fast, Bergeron had 2 breakaways already, ended up with 2 assists. Kessel with a goal. This line is going to be huge for us this season.
Lucic/Yelle/Thornton - this is our checking line, but they had some good chances. Yelle not known for point production, could have had a couple of assists easily last game. I look forward to some production from these hard working checkers!
Defence- these guys proved themselves last season. It was a bit rough last night but I have faith that Claude will get them back to old form as soon as possible. We are a defensive minded team, with an explosive offense.

What a season this is going to be!



Manny is starting tonight against his old team, the Wild. He looked good in preseason and think he will get the job done tonight.

The Red Sox game and the Bruins game on at the same time is going to be a struggle for me.
Kobasew injured already and I'm pissed because it hurts my fantasy team as well.

What the heck was Owen Nolan thinking? Going after Chara lol.

Well that sucked. I quit watching after Minny went up 4-1. And then watched after we made it 4-3. Played a great first period, but Minnesota got some momentum with the late period goal and took complete control in the 2nd period.

Pretty disappointing game after we came out flying. I guess it ended on an ok note with 2 more goals, but doesn't really matter since we lost.

Up next, we face the Habs on Wednesday.

I thought for sure it was going into overtime. Only time all year I will cheering against the Bruins I swear. I am liking Minnesotas offseason moves so far 2G and an assist I think for three of them.

I have to say it's pretty weird to go to the stats page at nhl.com and under goal leaders is a picture of Marc Savard.

Bruins v Montreal in an hour-ish.
I think Thomas will be back in net tonight. Here's to a good game, hopefully some of that playoff spark will be back.

I still haven't recovered enough emotionally from the playoffs for the train wreck against the Habs again this year.

Exciting game so far, but this is the worst officiating I've ever seen. Missed high stick on Montreal, missed trip on Thomas, the puck hit the net but play went on, there was a delayed penalty on Boston but they had the puck for about 5 seconds before it was called... the list will go on I'm sure since it's only the first period.

PPG sigh.

Wellll.
This one is getting lame.

FMP

LOL Your sounding like Serge!

How so? I said they missed a Thomas trip, maybe I worded it bad.

I missed the Thomas trip too. I didn't miss Kessell leaving the ice at one end of the bench and another Bruin hopping on the ice at the other end of the bench to break up a Montreal rush. Sneaky and close to too many men.


Chara and Koivu on the opening faceoff was funny. That has to be the unofficial record for the greatest height discrepancy between two captains at a ceremonial faceoff.

I didn't see that.

Price is playing good, Thomas is giving up rebounds and not shutting the door. I think I could have had a better period when I played net when I was 14.

I love this game, I don't know why but there is some small joy about watching these two teams even if one is getting hammered. I have an immense amount of respect for all the guys skating tonight.

I love this game to for other reasons..But i love this game....

WOWOWOWOW!

SO SWEEEEEET, SAVARD FROM RYDER!!

This game is goot, Boston flying in OT too.

TIM THOMAS WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING

It has been a great game!

Marco Sturm has been absolutely invisible so far this year and it's starting to bug me.

Good game. Ryder played very well...he should disappear for about a week now.

Bruins gotta be happy coming away with a point after the end of that first period.

Definately.

I couldn't understand why Fernandez wasn't in nets to start tonight. Thomas' record the Habs is just brutal. Is fernandez injured? whats the deal?

They are basically just sharing time right now. Tim won game one, Manny lost game two, but they both let in 4 goals. I don't think the decision was made on who has the overall better record against Montreal (I'm assuming they're both bad).

I got my tickets today for the Leafs vs Bruins game on Thursday. I wasn't really all that excited yet, but now that I'm holding on to the tickets, I am super excited! Serge look for me during the game, I'll be sitting front row in the section on the right side of the penalty box (if you're facing the boards). Not sure which seats exactly in the section, but keep an eye out for me...maybe I'll make a sign!

awesome I will watch out for you

Early goal yay! Looks like Sturm finally gets on the board.

yay to me for leaving kessels 2g 1a game (so far) on the bench.

Kessels now got 4 goals in 4 games... good start for him.

There's really not much to say about this one, I thought the Bruins played a great game and deserved the win! Maybe the only downside is we are getting in a lot of penalty trouble, and we have one of the worst penalty kills in the league, so that's something to work on.

Next up Pittsburgh on Monday night in our season opener. Should be an exciting high scoring game!

I'm glad I didn't go to the Sens game today!

RAY OMG AWESOEM IDRA!!

YOU COME TO OTTAWA FOR THE NEXT BRUINS @ SENS GAEM!!!!11

OMG, neat idea!