TheBostonStraggler
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The entire team really slowed down after game3 or game4 of the series. Looked noticeably slower. The first few games the defense was great and suffocating the Chicago lines. Not sure what happened.
The Bruins need better defensemen depth next year. They had their first pair play way too many minutes to compensate after Campbell went down, Chara is 37 years old, and their other defensive pairings have serious flaws in playing stout defense and/or in puck control and accurate passes.
Something changed, that's for sure. They went from an almost un-penetrable D to one that was all of a sudden giving up too many things like second chances (among other things). Just a tide shift in the series that was clearly evident..