Toucher & Rich: Chiarelli 'Teams Try To Agitate Us And Don't Engage'

The Bruins fell to the Hurricanes at the Garden on Tuesday night 4-1 in a game packed with penalties in the 3rd. The Bruins are 1-3 at home and 2-4 on the season.

Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli joined Toucher & Rich this morning to discuss last night's game, the scoring struggles, the power play and the future of some players.

Bruins players racked up a total of 70 minutes in penalties to Carolina's 22 minutes. Did the officials lose control of that game or did the B's do it to themselves?

"I feel like it was a bit of both. We got some momentum back and then I thought we took both some penalties that we deserved, but were not smart, and penalties that we didn't deserve. It was chippy most of the way and sometimes it gets out of hand and the refs they generally do a very good job, but sometimes it gets out of hand and it got out of hand last night," Chiarelli said.

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Rich Peverley cut Carolina's lead in half midway through the second period and it looked like the B's could come back. Then Nathan Horton takes a roughing penalty after he basically fought Tim Gleason, who did not engage. Did the GM feel like like penalty cost the team?

"The book on us is that we're a physical, emotional team so teams try and agitate us and don't engage. We're used to that and that's what happened last night, but we didn't do a good job of it last night," Chiarelli said.

David Krejci has missed the last few games with an injury, how is he progressing and how far away is he from returning?

"I'd say he's day-to-day. I watched him skate it and it looks like he's progressing very well," said Chiarelli.

In Krejci's absence Tyler Seguin has been filling in at the center position. What do we see from at center that we might not get to see when he's in at wing?

"He's got a little bit more ice on either sides of him so he's able to be a little more creative, but I think once you're inside the center line on the offensive zone you'll see his game doesn't change that much." Chiarelli continued, "He's a creative player, he fills lanes, crosses lanes whether he's a center or a wing, but from the get go when you start pushing the puck if you're at center you've got more options, you've got more ice."

In the 3rd period Claude Julien started to really mix up the lines more in an effort to try and get things going. If this team continues to struggle will we see Julien juggling the lines more?

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"Yeah, there's a whole tool box of stuff you do when you're not going and that coach I'm sure will delve into that tool box and that's probably at the top of the list right there, mixing lines," Chiarelli said.

Before the beginning of the season Chiarelli made comments that Marc Savard would not play this season, has anything changed since with his condition?

The power play was an issue for this team last year and it seems that it's an issue this season as well so far. Will we see changes coming to the power play unit?

All this and so much more with Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli.