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MikeyG thinks the Bruins will rue letting Bruce Cassidy go: “Please add me to the listing of we gained’t win a Cup till the Don Sweeney-Cam Neely combo is lastly gone. I hope Bruce Cassidy wins the Cup straight away. As a Bruins fan there’s not a lot to stay up for … Jack Studnicka, or retread David Krecji (7 million) returning or one other cast-off to the rescue? And now a brand new coach who shall be in contrast all through with Cassidy… Boston followers know a uncooked deal once they see one.
Bruins beat author Steve Conroy responds: “I don’t like how the Cassidy firing went down way more than most followers did, however whether or not or not it was the precise transfer remains to be to be decided. Cassidy set a excessive bar for Jim Montgomery, nevertheless it’s anybody’s guess as as to whether even Cassidy may have stored up his .672 factors share. Six years is a reasonably good run within the NHL and sooner or later, the effectiveness wanes. We’ll quickly discover out if the connection ended too quickly, or simply on the proper time.
Sweeney and Neely took a beating when Claude Julien was fired, too, nevertheless it turned out they took too lengthy to drop the axe in that case.The way forward for this workforce, and thus the futures of Sweeney and Neely, shall be tied to whether or not they can get David Pastrnak’s signature on a long-term contract. If not, then a way more drastic rebuild is so as.
The failures of the Neely/Sweeney regime are well-known — the 2015 draft, some ill-fated free agent signings — however there have been some excessive notes. The trades for Hampus Lindholm, Taylor Hall and Charlie Coyle have been all strong acquisitions. And they did get to inside one win of a Stanley Cup. They’ve made the playoffs for six straight years. It hasn’t been all peaches and cream with this regime, nevertheless it definitely hasn’t been the pits.
But they higher begin hitting on a few of their draft picks.”
MikeyG then turns his hearth on the Pats: “As for the Patriots’ coaching status… it’s like who’s on first? Who calls the offensive plays? Who. Oh he’s the kid? Will it be Joe Judge a special teams coach, O-line — Matt Patricia a defensive coach and the defense still coached by committee like the Red Sox bullpen.”
Not actually a query, Mikey. We’ll let it slide.
Now about these Red Sox … Paul Baranofsky query Chaim Bloom’s roster-building: “Thanks to the failure of Chaim Bloom in getting a real first baseman this past offseason, the Red Sox are stuck with two guys who cant play the position and cannot hit. Franchy Cordero cost the Red Sox vs. the Yankees, failing to catch a popup a little leaguer could catch. The Sox should have re-signed Kyle Schwarber to be the fulltime designated hitter and trade J.D. Martinez for a starting pitcher. Since the Red Sox (despite Bloom’s denials) are rebuilding, Triston Casas should have been given the chance to compete for the first baseman job in spring training. I would trade Martinez now since he will probably opt out at years’ end anyway and use a combination of Kike Hernandez and Christian Arroyo for the rest of the season and then in the offseason get a designated hitter to fill in on a fulltime basis.”
Red Sox scribe Jason Mastrodonato responds: “Hi Paul. I don’t hear a query in your rant, so I’ll attempt to simply deal with a number of stuff you mentioned. You’re right that underneath Chaim Bloom the Red Sox have largely ignored first base, significantly on the defensive facet. It has price them in essential moments. I feel there’s plenty of organization-wide hope in Triston Casas, who must be an excellent huge league hitter, however he had simply 9 video games above Double-A getting into the 12 months and has missed an enormous chunk of the season with a excessive ankle sprain. I nonetheless suppose we’ll see him sooner or later in August, however he’s obtained to get wholesome and discover a groove in Triple-A primary.
“Does that mean the Sox don’t address first base at the trade deadline? Probably. Let’s see how Casas looks in a few weeks. As for your other suggestions, Schwarber was a disaster at first base, despite being a terrific hitter with the kind of approach the Sox have missed often this year. But Martinez is hitting .314 as of writing this, so I’m not sure why anyone would be upset about him as the DH. He’s a free agent at the end of the year, along with most of this core group, which is why 2022 is supposed to be an all-in season. There are clear needs right now in the bullpen and either first base or right field, and I think that’s where the Sox will look to improve at the deadline.”
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Source: www.bostonherald.com