Boston Bruins midseason player grades 2025
Wahlstrom Omitted because hes only played 10 games
00:00 Intro
01:14 How the grades work
03:45 H. Lindholm
06:45 M. Geekie
08:33 J. Brazeau
10:57 M. Kastelic
13:29 J. Oesterle
15:00 C. Koepke
16:13 P. Wotherspoon
17:09 J. Korpisalo
17:42 M. Mclaughlin
18:10 A. Peeke
19:14 C. Coyle
22:35 D. Pastrnak
24:53 J. Beecher
27:23 B. Carlo
29:49 B Marchand
32:43 E. Lindholm
35:36 M. Poitras
38:15 P. Zacha
39:43 N. Zadorov
41:44 M. Lohrei
44:11 C. McAvoy
46:20 T. Frederic
47:47 J. Swayman
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31 Comments
Justin brazeau, cole koepke and Mark kastelic are the standouts this year so far
I figured out the "versatility" conversation. We have too many guys that are "versatile" instead of dedicated and focused in their roles. There's no vision for this team in terms of appropriate deployment. Too many guys playing exactly the same role on every forward line. Defense is still a fuckin disaster though.
After that Florida game gave me a bit of a heart attack and bad feeling for our future- thought I should comfort myself with the prospects of the future in the providence bears. Watched Poitras give a mediocre game- few scoring opportunities but seemed frustrated finding his spot on the ice. Not sure if it has to do with his mental or some thing holding him back from giving his all, but this one time he got cold shouldered. He got back up fine and he walked over to the guy and slashed him in the skates, full 2 hander. Ended up taking a pen and some loser scores a tap in on the pp. bruins lose in a closeish game after that. Maybe it has to to with his mental, maybe his concussion/s. He needs to find a way to succeed.
Lorhei should've spend another year in Providence to learn being a dman
Just wanna throw out that McAvoy likely has a hand injury effecting his passing, he's been spotted with a hand wrap for a huge chunk of the season.
Thank you for taking the time to put these grades out! With a light hockey week it's a welcome diversion!
My only disagreements are Marchand B, Pasta also B.
Coyle in the top 6 on a 4th line point pace should be a D at best
Completely agree with these rankings, especially the Pasta rank. Pasta has never been great defensively but this ear he is a complete liability in the defensive zone and with the amount the Bruins get hemmed in he does not help.
Thanks for the video. I disagree with your rationale for Poitra’s grade. It seems like you’re grading home completely differently than everyone else.
FWIW I'd make 'expectations' a B-, not a C, but analysis is solid. My guess was Brazzeau for highest grade. Really had no expectations. I think you should have bumped Oesterle more for being decently solid for a guy we didn't even recall we had when he was asked to help. That he is getting minutes ahead of Wortherspoon right now is ahead of expectations.
F for swayman is insane, ur giving all our defensemen D or lower and then still putting THAT much blame on swayman, our defence has been fucking atrocious, and u put any other goalie in there outside the top 10, and we are getting buried every single game….and he also has a .910 save percentage in his last 10, that’s including a 6 game losing streak, like I honestly don’t see how he is below a D+ to C-, I think u guys are really taking a goalie like him for granted….
Fantastic video: even-handed, thoughtful, and well reasoned, except for one player. According to your own testimony in past videos Korpisalo was the best player on the ice for this team every time he was in net. He was the only reason the scoreboard said the Bruins were in games (even though we all knew the guys in front of him would not seal the deal) for a long stretch. He's had a couple rough outings (again, exacerbated by the abysmal performance in front of him) that have tanked his GAA since he has a lower number of games played (appropriately for a backup), but he has spent the vast majority of his time on ice over-performing expectations which were, frankly, gut-wrenchingly low (remember back when the trade was made how horrified we all were at the prospect of him backing up Sway). I think you probably should have had him in the B, B+ range.
i cant wait to trade all our picks away for a 36 year old LD
But … wait …. so ………. that means …… don't blame Sweeney?
Kastelic at least a b the expectations I thought for him was just a throw in who would be in and out of the lineup
Go D’s!!!
Coyle should get a D-
On pace for 25 points. Atrocious.
I like your ratings overall. One thing that stood out to me is Beecher. I would’ve given him a D. I mean I would’ve expected him to at least have a little bit of offense like last year but he he’s just invisible most nights. He’s bigger than Freddy but yet he doesn’t hit or fight or get into the dirty areas. He needs to become physical and a lot more aggressive. Once again another first round bust by the Bruins
I find the decapitated head in your background distracting.
A plus for Geekie Love ❤️
With the performance of everyone in mind, we NEED to beat Tampa if we want a real chance at the playoffs this year. We need to beat Detroit, Ottawa, and Columbus at every chance we get. Ranger and Penguins are still high threats too. We need every point we can get, and we need to take those who are threats to us down, at the moment Tampa in particular. I agree with most of what's said here, and unless we start looking like what we have been doing, we should be set for a wild card or 3rd place spot
Great review, your analysis spot on bro!!!
Charlie McAvoy has been overrated for a long time.
Hey I just realized you turned off the ads for many of you vids. Listen LQ we are okay with it that few seconds if it helps. Listen we love you.
Love the green jersey for this
Like are we forgetting in your accurate anslysis on those who were on our team last year, like even our play offs. You helped us know our players. Agree with you. Own it
All true, but this hot mess of bruins players may still get us to a shot at the cup. Yeah we are the Bruins
Wait, you guys are not using the E mark? Does no one respect the alphabet in your country? What is this nonsense? BabyRage
great vid, thanks. Go B"s
Thanks for this, LQ. Not sure if I disagree with the grade, but I wouldn’t want to imagine this team without Coyle. Sure he’s not flashy, but I watched him try his best to impose his will on the game all season when everyone else was coasting. We also take advantage of his versatility- a lot. I liked seeing him with an “A” on his sweater tonight against the Bolts, despite the reason for it.