Bruins Benders 15 – Streaking!!!

Bruins Benders 15 – Streaking!!!

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When I was a kid, Archway Dutch Coco. You know those Archway cookies? Yeah, the Archway. They had these big Dutch Coco ones. I used to love those. But I’ll tell you what. A Double Stuff Milano. Don’t hate it. Double milk chocolate Milanos. I’m a big fan of those.

You know what else I love? The Oreo thins. The yellow Oreo thing with the lemon. I’m a big fan of those. I can throw down a row of those without any trouble at all. I’ll tell you what. What are those? What are those EL fudge with the chocolate in the middle?

I love those. A good old raspberry pillow cookie from the old stuff. throw down a million of those things. I worked at the bake shop there years ago and I used to, they used to lose money on me, lose profit. Cause I used to eat, I used to throw them.

Roll them on the ground quotation fingers drop a tray yeah right five second rule yeah I’ll have to eat all of these 36 cookies that I just dropped on the ground yeah that’s a shame only on purpose crying crying shame uh yeah so so do all those good things Hey, rapid review.

We haven’t been around in three or four weeks, but hey, let’s go through some of these things. Since the three OT losses in a row, which was a tough little stretch, Bruins have won five in a row and over some good teams. Devils, Avalanche, Jets, and they crushed Montreal 9-4 in the process.

The, the rivalry is not very much alive at all, you know, basically because the Canadians aren’t very good, but that was a, that was a good little ass whooping to Montreal. Yeah, that was fun. I enjoyed the hell out of that one. Dan Heinen with his first hat trick in that game, right?

450 games or something. First NFL hat trick. So that was cool. You know, we had some other milestones. Pavel Zaka during the stretch scored his 100th career goal. Charlie Coyle had his 73rd, I believe, as a Boston Bruin, which, you know, was fantastic. I don’t know what that was. Some kind of record.

It was 73 being a milestone. Yeah. I don’t know why 73 was a big deal, but it was, uh, I don’t know if it was like he, he passed, but he scored with the wildest. I have no idea what it was, but some kind of, he tied somebody somewhere down the line.

Uh, but he had some kind of a milestone. So, uh, pasta had his what? 16th. Patrick, too, in this little stretch. Yeah, he had his 30th goal, and then Martian had his 20th for 11 years now, 20 goals. He’s the all-time leading consecutive 20-goal seasons in Bruins history now. Bruins history, yes.

Passed Bergeron and Busick for that. So you have to imagine 63 is going up into the rafters at some point. No doubt. I think there’s no doubt that 63, 33, and 37 are going. Yeah, for sure. I mean, I think those are the next three for sure.

And 63, you know, if he keeps this, keeps this up is going to end up in the, in the HOF too. I think. I think if you get a couple, you know, I don’t know how long he’ll play. I mean, he has one more year in the contract,

But if he does go one year deals out for another couple more years after that, at this rate, I mean, he’s still almost a point per game player. I mean, he’s still right there. Yeah. He just, he just passed what? 900 career points. Yeah. 900 career points. So yeah,

He gets over a thousand points probably without much problem if he keeps playing injury free. And then, yeah, then he’s, then he’s, I think he’s in, I mean, you know, 11, 11 straight seasons of 20 plus goals. I think he’s in, I don’t think, I don’t think there’s any question. Want a cup?

I mean, all the things you can’t, I mean, the only thing is his individual milestones. I mean, he doesn’t want any real awards or such, but I don’t know. He hasn’t really made all-star games either because of his reputation, but I think if you ask people around the league

Who was the best left wing in the league or one of the two or three best left wings in the league for the last handful of years, his name would be there. It sure would. So I think, you know, when you talk about the top players in the game during their era,

He’s certainly one of them. Yes. I mean, he’s definitely there. So I think he does… Boy, if you’re Alexander Mogilny, you’d get even more pissed. Yeah. That, to me, is a trap. They have some against Russian guys for some reason. They do. Something’s going on there. Yeah. He should definitely be in.

I mean, rookie record, right? In goals. Yeah, at 76. 76? Yeah, he had… Maybe it wasn’t a rookie record. Solani set the rookie record, right? He just scored 76. He scored 76. Solani had 76 for the rookie record, right? Right. I think they both had the same, but Jesus, yeah.

I mean, McGillney was just unbelievable. But you’re right. Maybe… maybe that’s part of it. I don’t know. Um, so yeah, so this has been a great stretch for, for the Bruins and, uh, they went five in a row and they’ve gotten through a couple little blips and

Starting to get guys back from injury. Um, And, you know, fairly healthy now. We’ll talk about what that might mean for the roster in just a bit. But right now, Seven Chirps are sponsored by Lops Brewing. Lops are brewing in a tasting room in downtown Woonsocket, Rhode Island, specializing in small batch

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Two points for an OT win, and one point for an OT loss. I think they should. I mean, it would screw up all the pre past records, which is why they’re not doing it. But I think it would it would it would force teams to not play for overtime and play for ties.

You know, if you you know, if you’re playing for an extra point, there could be very important come playoff time. You’re going to have teams trying to win in regulation games. At the end of games, you’re going to have teams in overtime trying to win instead of holding and holding and holding and

Holding and trying to delay it and not have as much action as you would otherwise, I think, because you gain the extra point if you’re attacking and trying to win games. So I really do think that it’s something that they should look to change. I think it just puts more value on wins,

Which I think you should have. If a team has 12 overtime losses, they shouldn’t be able to surpass a team that has more wins than they do. I think the other thing to do, if you don’t want to do that, is just to take away the extra point when you get into overtime.

Don’t give the extra point until you get to the shootout. Make it right through the overtime and see if you can just keep… you know, don’t give people a point. Yeah. If, if you’re going to, if you’re going to take away the point in OT, you got to just take it away.

Cause you can’t say, Oh yeah, you can have it once we get to the shootout. Cause then teams will just sit behind their own net. Yeah. And not play. So yeah. So I guess the extra point is the way to go. Yeah. Incentivize them to actually try to play and win. Um,

But I don’t have a problem if you want to keep it at two points. And then once, if you get to OT and you lose, that’s it, you lost. That’s it. You lost. Yeah. Yeah. You lost. Yeah. Still have the shootout, still have everything, but you lost. But if you lose, you lose.

That’s it. That’s it. Yeah, so I’m with that too. But I like the three-point system. You know, you want to, I think, reward teams that get to overtime and so forth. And you don’t want to shoot out, you know, deciding whether a team doesn’t make the playoffs, you know,

If they don’t get points. You know, if they did the thing where they didn’t award the points and then you take it to a shootout and those teams continually lose, you know, and then you don’t make it to the playoffs because you lost in the shootout, you know, six times or something. So…

Well, that wouldn’t help the Bruins. No. Because they aren’t great in the OT and they aren’t great. They’ve been better in the shootout, but they aren’t great in that whole thing. No. So that wouldn’t help a team like the Bruins at all. No. I think they survive. They’re one of the teams

That survives by… by the whole shootout and OT system, to be honest. But, uh, so we might be, uh, you know, shooting our face to spite our hands or whatever it is, biting your hand to spite your nose. Yeah. One of those, uh, so anyway, yes, spiting and hitting and, uh,

Fighting and a chirp. Number two, Jim Montgomery says this last year, I could have fallen asleep behind the Benjamin nominated for the all-star game, but this year we’d had to grind. We’re a lot simpler team this year. He credits his staff for their video work and the way they’ve all adapted.

Does the coaching staff deserve more credit, uh, for this, the success they have this year, which is fairly comparable to last year after losing two extremely key players. I think they do deserve more credit. Absolutely. I think they’ve adapted the way that they play a little bit. I think they’re trying to

Play a little bit of a simpler game. It’s shown, especially after Christmas, they really kind of… the Martians and the Pasternak’s of the world, they still will, you know, make the turnovers that Madden you and, and drive you crazy, but it’s, they’re far less often. It’s, it’s much more,

Get the puck down low and focus on the four check and try to create turnovers and offense that way. They’re not, being as loose with the puck in their own zone and in the neutral zone to lead to odd man rushes the other way. And I think that’s certainly helped them.

They’ve turned their defense into offense. I think after, since Christmas, they’re the highest scoring team in the league. I’m, I’m almost positive of that. So they, they really have kind of turned it on and found their game here lately. And I think it does, you know, the coaches do deserve a

Lot of credit for that. Yeah, they do. And I, I don’t think they get enough probably because it was a I mean, this has been a really good season for a team that some people thought. you know, we’d kind of be middle of the pack or maybe even struggle

To get into the playoffs if certain things didn’t go well. So for them to be in the top of the Eastern Conference and riding high right now is really a credit to, like Marty says, the coaching staff and the video work and being able to simplify and change their game some.

Whereas last year they were offensive juggernaut, blowing teams out a lot. And this last stretch here, they’ve been much better offensively, which I don’t know where it came from. But they were being a little bit one-dimensional for a while this season. They’ve been better lately, but they’ve really changed

Kind of the way they play. And they are still an excellent team, and they’re still doing really, really well. So they do deserve a lot of credit. All right, Chirp, number three, yay or nay? And I’m going to give you this one and then a bonus. Okay. Yay or nay? Bonus.

On Anaheim Ducks player Trevor Zegers. I would say nay. Nay on Zegers. I would say nay because I think he’s, obviously he’s picked higher and he’s done more at the professional level than Patra has, but he’s a similar player, I think, to Patra. And I don’t, I’m not sure what you would

Have to give up to get them. It would be a lot. I think it would be. Yeah. So I’m not going to give up, you know, Patra and low ride and a first to, to get this guy. When I think you may have a guy, he may not ever get to the

Level of Z of Zegers, but a similar style guy in Patra. I think. And Patra may play a better 200-foot game already than Zegers. And that’s something that the Bruins value. So I would say I’m out on Zegers because I don’t think he’s the type of guy that you are looking for in

A center at this time. Well, I’ll tell you this. He’s, he’s six foot one 85. So you’re, so you’re right. He’s right around me a little, uh, just a little bit bigger than Patra. He was a ninth, ninth overall pick in 2019. He is in the last three seasons,

The last two and a half seasons, a combined minus 50, uh, So there’s one strike against, as you said. And then he has four goals and three assists in 20 games. He’s been dinged up here and there. It hasn’t been a great season for him. Sort of been uneven.

He has scored 23 goals in each of the last two seasons and has had 60-plus points in those two seasons. He’s very skilled and gifted. But I think you’re right. I think the return right now, this is a sell low kind of – proposition for the ducks. Like he,

His numbers don’t equal his value right now. So teams are probably going to want to get a little bit better return. or a little less return, and they’re going to want to get a really high return. And I just don’t think it’s going to match up unless some team really takes a

Leap of faith with them. Like a leap of faith. Yeah, he’s not a great face-off guy either. So that’s another thing, you know, that the Bruins kind of value that, you know, Patra obviously was good early in the year and has tailed off, and now they have him

Playing some wing a little bit. So, you know, there’s just some factors there that I don’t think he’s the type of guy that they would want in a center. I think, you know, obviously Calgary’s Elias Lindholm would be a better fit for the Bruins because he plays a 200-foot game

And he produces points. So, you know, I feel like that would be… If you’re going to give up a bunch of assets to get a guy, I would rather have them… do it with him, um, or just sign him in free agency. He’s a free agent right after this year. Right. Yeah.

I mean, that could be the other thing. People just waiting for him. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, why would you give up a ton now? Um, you know, if he’s going to be a free agent at the end of the year anyway. So, I mean, so you, you wouldn’t do like,

Well, let’s just play the game. You wouldn’t do like Patra bussy something for him. For the egress. Right. No, no. I wouldn’t. Right. I wouldn’t. I just don’t think… There’s enough there. I mean, he is offensively gifted, that’s for sure. But I just don’t know if he’s, you know,

A playoff type of guy, honestly. Yeah, I mean, he doesn’t fit the model of the Bruins just because of the way he plays. I mean, I almost envision him as Tyler Bertuzzi. you know, like not the grit and not the other intangibles, the edge in the, in that type of thing.

He not, not sort of the personality that, that Bertuzzi brings to the thing, but they’re kind of similar in that they’re not great defensively. They’ll probably put up the same type of points. They’ll do the same sort of, you know, talented things on the ice. They’ll, they’ll have a couple of

Highlights that are really cool and, But at the end of the day, I mean, how much do they really fulfill? All they check all the boxes for you. Um, I think that that’s probably the same kind of boat and also a guy that’s been injured. Yeah.

Um, you know, and that type of thing, just like Bertuzzi. So I think that’s, that’s another maybe comparable again, minus the, minus the fact that Bertuzzi will get in your face and be a little edgy and stuff like that. But, um, Yeah, I mean, Zegras is really talented, and I really like him,

And I liked him when he came right into the league. And now it seems like his stock is really falling, and I wonder how much he’ll rebound. And he could go to a team like Toronto or somewhere and just frigging blossom off the charts. Yeah, I mean… I mean,

The offensive talent is there 100% and he’s, you know, in his first couple of years, putting up 60 point seasons is nothing to sneeze at. But, um, so I, I love the offensive talent. It’s just, can he round out the rest of his game? And maybe he would do that here, you know,

You know, in this culture rather than in a culture like Anaheim where, um, They’re not really used to winning and that kind of thing. Maybe the leaders here hold him accountable more defensively and whatnot, and he performs better. But I don’t think he’s a great fit for the team.

But I really do love his game and his offensive talent and skill. All right, bonus yay or nay. How about this Russian guy, Maxim Siplyakov in the KHL? I guess the stones are in on it. That I would be for because I don’t think it’s really just signing him to a contract, right?

It’s not, you know, you don’t have to trade anything. Yeah. And the Bruins need, you know, the more good players you can get, the better. So if you’re not sending anybody out to get them, I’m all for bringing in somebody with talent. Uh, so, so for me, that’s an easy one that I’m,

I’m in bringing, bringing all the guys that can, that can play and can score. Um, and especially if you don’t have to give up anything in return. Yeah, I mean, this guy is 29 goals this year in a breakout year at 25 years old. He’s a pure scorer. He only has 12 assists,

But he’s a pure kind of wing scorer. He had a four goal night the other night. He’s really blossomed this year. And some teams are in the market for him. It seems as though he wants to come over. So if he can, you know, I don’t know what kind of

Contract it would be, I don’t know, for the Bruins or any team for that matter, with limited cast space, probably a bonus structure of that type of thing. Who knows? That would be the smart way to do it, incentive-based. But, you know, like you said, if he’s a guy who can come over,

I don’t know what he can do defensively. I don’t know 200-foot game and all that stuff the Bruins like and value. I don’t know. uh, about that. And again, this is a one year kind of thing for him where he’s really busted out at 25 years old this year,

How that translates into the NHL. No idea. So if he’s comes over and he’s Jaco Blauco, or if he comes over and he’s, he’s a guy who can, who can actually play, is he Mariusz Tchaikovsky or is he, uh, You know, Grigory Panteleev. I have no idea. I have no idea.

So, you know, I give it a shot. If you think it doesn’t hamstring you, if you’re not going to put a ton of resources into it and you can just take a flyer and see if he can either help you this year. or help you next year, you know, maybe, you know,

If he can adapt to the NHL game. So I’m with you on that one. It’s less risk than Zegers or someone like that. Chirp four is Linus. Linus Allmark got hurt recently. He’s back now, but has Jeremy Swayman proven he can handle the workload of a number one goalie?

And are you okay with that? Giving him the deal he’s going to deserve and moving on with him. Yes, I am. Yes, yes, and yes, and yes, and yes. I think he’s still young. I saw somebody tweet out the other day, Jeremy Swayman’s first, whatever, 100 games or 75 games and

Martin Brodeur’s first 100 games. Did you see this? No. And Marc-Andre Fleury’s first 100 games. No, but I’m so excited about it. Swayman is extremely favorable. Really? Compared to two of the all-time greats, yeah, in their first 100 games. Now, granted, you know, defensive structure and, you know,

The way the league is now versus what it was then, the goalie pads, that whole thing is different. But he’s held up. But no one else has done it. No. Yeah, so… I think he can do it. I mean, they played him five in a row, I believe,

When Allmark went out and he acquitted himself pretty well. Whether that can last over a whole season, the only way that you will know that is if he does it. So, you know, and I don’t have any problem with Brandon Bussey being a backup that plays, you know,

25 games and swimming gets the rest. So I think, you know, after this year, I think you’re looking to move on from Allmark to save a little bit of money there. you’re paying Swayman his, you know, six times six or whatever it is and bring him bust in on a short, you know,

Money deal and saving some cap room and, and, you know, having Swayman be a guy. I mean, there’s no reason that he couldn’t do it when, you know, Connor hollow box doing it. And there’s other guys around the league that, that can do it. So I feel like he’s, uh, he’s definitely,

Um, kind of shown that, uh, it might be his time now. I think you can probably keep the two of them through next season. Sure, you could. You can. But is that a smart thing to do? Because you’re going to end up losing Allmark in free agency for nothing. It isn’t.

It isn’t a smart thing. You deal him in the offseason. You deal him in the offseason. Yes. Without a doubt. I don’t think there’s any… any chance you don’t yeah I mean if you want to get a return for the guy I mean there’s so many teams around the league that need

Goaltending like why I i don’t understand why you wouldn’t entertain it I mean I i understand that you’re in love with this tandem and they hug each other and everybody loves each other and that’s great and they both play really well and they’re both together one of the huge

Reasons that this team is where they are right now. I understand all that. But if you have faith in Jeremy Swayman, then you think that he should be able to do this over a larger sample size. And, and Brandon Bussey or might be DPA tro. Both of those guys are

Having pretty good years down in the AHL. So one of those guys playing 20 something games in this system, I think would be fine. You might not get the level that you’re getting with the two guys you have now, but a really, really good Jeremy Swayman.

And one of those guys is a backup. And then you save yourself a couple million bucks and are able to go out and get, you know, another, uh, top nine forward that can score or, you know, a slightly better defenseman on the back end. Cause you can pay him three

Or 4 million instead of 2 million, you know, that’s a win in my opinion. So I feel like you have to consider dealing all Mark after the, after the season’s over to get some kind of return for him. It would be not to, it would be malpractice not to.

And I think that if he does well in the playoffs, like if they rotate the goalies, he does well, that’s the best case scenario. If he doesn’t do well, if he, if he has a third year in a row, we kind of, you know, has a clunker that’s going to make it.

That’s the, the, then you really have to question the value of him more. So that, that’s what I’m concerned about is that he’s got to, he’s got to play well and, this off this post season I’ll mark because then you can sell fairly high on them and say okay this

Guy’s legitimate number one in in a team like who I don’t name one edmonton colorado whoever like teams that really have a good team but goaltending might be holding them back or some team that falls in their face because of their goaltending new jersey devils devils perfect example like carolina has a

Bunch of injuries I mean, there’s teams out there that would be looking for goalies, especially if he backs up, you know, a Vezina season with another really good season this year. And then, like you said, performs in the playoffs, you know, Bruins went around or two.

You know, I feel like that’s the time, you know, sell high. So, yeah, I kind of feel like that’s a no brainer. You know, why do I feel like they’re going to keep them? And I just feel like they are because they like to hug each other. Like, you know what I mean?

Like, I just feel like it’s the safe thing to do and, and we’ll lose them after next season, but we’ve got bussy and you know, it’s, it’s okay. Like we’re just going to plug bussy in. So we’re not really losing much. Yeah. You’re losing a quality number one for nothing. Yeah.

That’s what you’re doing. The thing. Yeah, sure. You keep them after next year. His money comes off the books. You know, you have the money to spend now and you plug bussy and that’s great, but you lose the chance to add more value to your team, especially, especially when you don’t

Have any goddamn draft picks because you already gave them all away. Right. So to, to be able to add maybe a first round pick, I don’t know what we can get a first round of form or a second or a couple of seconds, whatever it is. Right. Any kind of thing that you

Can add to that cupboard that’s barren right now, you need to consider that. So so that they really it’s like a no brainer, in my opinion, that you that you entertain it. Now, if you can just, if like a fifth is the best you can do, I don’t think you do it.

That’s, there’s no value there. Right. If you can get, you know, a third and a second or a couple of seconds or a second and a player, right. You gotta, you gotta, you gotta do it. You gotta do it. You got to do it. If you can get a quality

Defenseman in a second or whatever. I don’t know. Just name something. I don’t know. Second and a third or whatever. Yeah. Then I say two seconds. Well, whatever. Then I yes. Then I do it because you can a replenish your system, your drafting, or you can get a guy that you can use.

Going forward so you know that’s uh that’s that’s a big deal so it looks like right here on youtube our uh you know high-end producer put this into perspective I flubbed this I was just trying to share the screen earlier to make it easy but it didn’t work

Right so I just pulled a clip of this but uh I saw this this morning when I scrolled through twitter and it made me chuckle because the new jersey devils are an absolute dumpster fire in the standings right now But because Vitek Vanacek plays more than other goaltenders in the league, this yo-yo,

Vinny Parise, if you listen to this, you’re a yo-yo, is bragging that Vanacek has more wins than Jeremy Swayman, Sorokin, Olmark, Ottinger, and Vasileski. Now, I was going to scroll through the comments so you could giggle at some of them, but you won’t be able to see.

Yeah, I mean, he plays more, so yeah. But, you know, I wouldn’t say that he’s hurt for the last portion of the year, too. Neiman Elmark essentially played half the game. Vitek Vanacek has a 3-2-8 goals against average and an 8-83 save percentage. Yeah, wow. You can take that and shove

It up your asshole. Right, right. I mean, I picked the Devils to win the Cup, and Vitek Vanacek is the reason I will lose it. Like, he’s the reason. Like that’s not, that’s, that sucks. They need a goaltender big time. Yeah. I don’t know if the Bruins would trade Elmark to, you know,

An Eastern conference contender to make them better. Yeah, and their other goalie, Nigel Dawes, I believe, Nico Dawes, is 7-3 with a 3-19 goals against and a 9-3 save percentage in seven games. So Vanacek’s played 27 games. That’s why he has 16 wins. He’s 16-7-2. So apart with injuries and

With the 88 save percentage, get out of here with the dust of the times they played them. So, uh, oh, well, by a chart five, who should be the odd man out in the decor? If everyone is healthy, who’s your, who’s your six? Uh, give me your pairs.

It is, let’s see, Lowry, McAvoy, Lindholm, Carlo, Wotherspoon, Shattenkirk. You know what? I’m with you 100%. That group right there in Wotherspoon is kind of the surprise wild card there because I never thought we’d get anything out of them. But yes, I’m with you on that. I think Overforbort, Grizzlik.

Those are the two, Overforbort and Grizzlik. I think you’re right. I would go with that group you just said right there. I would. They won’t. But I would. I mean, tonight in the Canes game, Wotherspoon out, Schottenkirchen, Schottenkirchen, and Forbort stays in. Forbort’s been… Oh my God.

How about, and I tweeted this out. I, he, his first shift was a complete handcuffing pass up the right side to someone. Maybe it was Pasternak or someone just handcuffed and puck exploded. It was awful. And then he gets the puck toward the left of the goaltender and literally

Shoots it to the goaltender. Like almost like shoots it in. Like that’s his first shift. And I put out there like those two things. I was like, go Bruins. Like, this is like, I mean, my God. I mean, I understand the guy’s rusty. All right. I do. I understand that he’s rusty,

But he has not been good. He hasn’t been. And we talked about it before. And I think while the spoon gives you every bit of what four book gives you with any, any seems to be even maybe a little more nasty in front of his own net while the spoon and floorboard. Uh,

You know, maybe he’s not the penalty killer because he doesn’t have the same experience that Forbert does there. But you have a really good penalty kill anyway. And I don’t think, you know, Derek Forbert is changing your penalty kill from a, you know, from a middle 10 to a top 10. Like,

It’s not that big of a difference to me. And then Gryzlik has been… all year has been below average. I would say lately he’s been better lately. The last, you know, a couple, two, three games. Um, But prior to that, he’s I mean, he just hasn’t been. I mean,

I know he’s coming off injury and so forth, but, you know, it’s the same stuff over and over again. You know, he doesn’t want to get hit. So he’s, you know, pushing the puck through and jumping out of the way or he’s making a pass where he’s trying to get rid of

It before someone’s really bearing down on him. And it only that only gets those things only are heightened during the playoffs. So it’s more magnified than when he’s trying to get out of the way of getting hit or getting run. And it’s, you know, in the playoffs, every single time you go

Back to retrieve a puck, you get hit. And, you know, after a while that wears you down. And so he’ll end up with a little ding or an injury or whatever, and he’ll be less effective. So to me, you go with Shattenkirk. He has experience. He knows how to get pucks through.

He’s not the fastest guy, certainly, but he has poise with the puck that I think they can use back there that a lot of other guys don’t seem to have. Like he just, he doesn’t get rattled because he’s been around so much. Um, and he’s not great by any stretch of the imagination,

But he’s a right shot defenseman, which they don’t have a lot of. Now, if you’re going to tell me they’re going to pick someone else up at the deadline, that’s better than chatting Kirk to play, you know, third pair, right side. Great. Great. I’m in. But until that point, I’m riding with Wotherspoon

And Shattenkirk. Honestly, I don’t know if you can get someone better than Shattenkirk there. He’s a former top 20 defenseman in the league, and he’s a third pair, so he’s going to play 12 minutes or whatever. And he’s been totally fine, in my opinion, this season.

In fact, at times, better than I thought. So who are you going to get that’s going to be better than Shattenkirk, who’s a veteran, who’s been there before, who’s played in big games, who’s played deep in playoffs? I say that he is fine. It’s Wotherspoon that, yeah, I mean,

He could fall off the map anytime. Sure he could. Yeah. So maybe someone there. The problem is with Grizzly and forward is the value that they bring. Is it that much higher than the weaknesses that they bring? to make it worth playing them, if you know what I’m saying.

So if it’s like his four boards, penalty kill acumen, that much greater than the fact he can’t skate very well, he’s just a mess with the puck, like those types of things. Like, is it that valuable that you live with the other stuff? Same with Gryzlik. For years, we’ve been saying, well,

Gryzlik has the capability of being pretty good offensively, but he never puts any… And he points up. He never puts any production up. So here’s the numbers. I’ll give them to you just so everybody knows what we’re talking about. Grizzly’s played 32 games. He has two goals, five assists, seven points, plus six.

He has… 37 shots on goal, 21 hits, 32 blocks, um, four boards played in 22 games, four assists. He’s plus 10, uh, 30 hits in, uh, in 22 games. I said, uh, Wallace spoon, 18 games, three assists, uh, three points, um, plus three. He has 29 hits and, um, yeah.

So, uh, basically those guys are identical, uh, And, and while the spoon is played in four less games and four board four, but it’s a plus 10 while the spoons are plus three. How many blocks does forward have? Forward has 30 blocks in 22 games.

While the spoon has 29 blocks in 18 games. So one less block and four less games. Right. Oh, he’s blocking shots. Um, um, Well, Grizzlik, no. Grizzlik has 32 blocks, but in 32 games. So that’s one game. Yeah. And then Shattenkirk, five goals, eight assists, 13 points, minus five.

And he has 48 blocks in 39 games. Interesting that he’s a minus five and the others, like, forwards a plus 10. That’s interesting. Well, I mean, he’s played with a bunch of guys who, you know… He was playing with Lowry at times when Lowry was bad earlier in the season.

Like, you know, he gets… I mean, and like I said, he hasn’t been great. But, you know, I feel like he has experience. And he puts the puck in the net occasionally. Yeah, I mean, I just think that Shattenkirk is probably… As good as you’re going to get,

Unless you can get a nasty guy that’s really like a defensively stout guy there. I think that Jack Kirk is the type of guy that you’ve got to go with there. I’m fine with that. It’s just, you know, the Wotherspoon thing. Right now, you strike while the iron’s hot. Like, you ride it.

You ride it right now while he’s playing pretty well. And you just keep it right there. And Gryzlik is going to have another… You know, it’s going to be the same song and dance with Grizzly. And I like Grizzly a lot. Like, I’ve always liked the guy. And he typically has a high

Plus minus and all that. Like, Jesus. But, you know, in the playoffs, he doesn’t. And he gets beat up. And they target him. And, you know, it becomes like then he’s kind of passing the puck too quickly and moving it like hot potato. And it becomes he starts to

Go down the spiral a bit. And then you end up, you know, subbing them out anyway. And last year was Clifton, right? That went in for that one game and he was a frigging disaster. Like, and then you start to just revolving door of third pair defenseman,

Which you really don’t want to do. I mean, it’s just, it becomes a weakness that shouldn’t be when they’re playing 12 minutes a game. Yeah. I mean, post seasons, 2017 minus two, 2018 minus three, 2019 minus five, 2020 minus two, 2021 minus six, 2022 minus one. Yeah. So minus, minus, minus, minus,

Minus when he’s a career plus guy, high plus guy. Yeah. So he’s six years. He’s been minus every single year. Yeah. Um, and in, you know, contrast, uh, here we go from, for regular season, 2017 plus 21, 18 plus nine, 19 plus 15, 20 plus 11, 21 plus 22, 22 plus 46. Yeah.

2023 plus six. So in, in 2022, he was plus 46 and then he got into the playoffs and he was minus one with no points in four games. Yeah. So your third pair guy or whatever, can’t be that guy. Can’t be giving up goals. Like can’t be, can’t be minus,

Just can’t be, be, be even be just exists for your 12 minutes. Um, so that, yeah, I’m, I’m with you on, on your pairs. All right. Uh, chirp number six, Patrice Bergeron, you’re talking on, uh, shit and giggles or whatever it is. It’s fits and chitlets that, uh, that Bergeron was going to

Come back and then he’s working out and then he’s really working out higher end than just some guy who’s working out for the alumni game and everything. Well, Bergeron comes back and says, absolutely not. Capital NLT is not coming back. And I am on, and I am in the camp that says,

Do not come back. I am with you. I am. I don’t, I don’t, I just don’t think you should come back. I think it’s to the point where obviously, great player and you love the guy and everybody loves him. St. Patrice, the whole ball of wax. But at this point,

He hasn’t played in half a season or a full season. Now you’re expecting him to come back in February and ramp up for the playoffs at his age and And now just let the guy enjoy his retirement. He gave everything that he possibly had to the Bruins, punctured lungs, you know,

Broken noses after broken nose after broken nose. I mean, he’s done all he could possibly do for this organization. Let the guy enjoy some time with his family and skate and an occasional alumni game and, you know, leave him be. Yeah, I’m with you. I just think that, like you said,

Too much time off. Last year, he wasn’t great in the playoffs, got injured again. There’s always that risk of getting injured one last time. Then you’re really kicking yourself like a bad injury. Now you can’t walk right, playing with your kids. I don’t know. I just don’t think…

Yeah, I’d love to see him play again, but I just don’t think I just don’t think it’s going to be the same if he came back. I just I just don’t. And I just think right now I’m OK with him being done. I can I can revel in his memory.

I can think of him fondly and that’s it. I just, I just don’t want to risk being totally bullshit at him when he fucks it up in the post season. Like I don’t want to, I don’t want to stain of any type. We already had a little

Stain last year that we’re all kind of, I feel like we’re all kind of letting go. Like we’re letting it go because he was hurt and he tried. And we get it. We gave him a mulligan there, even though we probably should be more pissed about

It that he didn’t play well at all. But okay. We don’t though, because he’s him. He’s him. He’s he, he is who he is. Yeah. But I don’t want to do that again. So I’m done. I’m done with him playing. That’s it. All right. And also done with Joe

Thornton playing chart number seven. Joe Thornton will have his number 19 retired by San Jose next season. Where does he rank in this era’s players? I’m telling you, it should be higher than it is just because he was so frigging sensational as a player. When you see the stats here on YouTube,

Like 548 power play points, like for God’s sakes. Where the air is rare. Yeah. 1700 games played. I mean, that’s a career. I mean, the only, the only stain, the only tarnish is, is no cop. I mean, is it fair? Like, is it fair? I mean, really?

I mean, if that’s anybody else who, let’s say he won a cup, then he’s up there, you know, in, like, people are talking about him in discussion for, like, I don’t know, top 20 player ever or something. Like, he’s up there. He’s up there. Tell you what, though, they do hold that stuff

Against you because when you talk about the greatest quarterbacks of all time, Dan Marino’s name, it’s up there, but it’s not where it should be probably because he didn’t win. It’s always Montana. They go Montana first, and then they go Elway, and then they’re like, oh, Marino, but Marino didn’t win one.

So those other guys are ahead of him. Whether you think they should be or not, that’s the way people look at it. Yeah, I hear you. Like you said, 1,700 games, 1,539 points, which is just like – I mean, it’s just unbelievable. You know what’s unbelievable? You know what really is unbelievable?

It’s the incredibly poor return that the Bruins got. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. The wrong primo and somebody else. Who was it? Like it was – Don Primo. It was the Primo that sits at the kids’ table at Thanksgiving. It was that Primo. The wrong Primo. The wrong Primo.

Look at the playoffs. People tell about his playoff thing, and he had some playoffs that were stinkers, for sure. But Jesus, he still had, with San Jose, he still had 115 points in 144 playoff games. Like, I mean, he still had some… He had one in 2015-16 where he had

21 points in 24 playoff games. Like, I mean, there were some stinkers. Yeah. I mean… It wasn’t a complete… No, you can’t ask really much more than that from your superstar guys. If they’re putting up close to a point of game in the playoffs, because they’re facing every team’s best defenseman.

The other team’s goal is to shut down Thornton. So, you know, he’s going to see everybody’s best. And if you’re a superstar and you’re putting up close to a point of game in the playoffs, you really can’t ask for much more than that. You know, most people know in the playoff games,

In the playoffs, it’s the depth. that makes a difference. It’s the third and fourth lines that decide series, you know, the Bruins third line and, and, you know, 10, 11 was, was it Ryder, Kelly, Peverly, or I mean, I was instrumental in them winning series. Yeah.

So I, that’s what it comes down to. It’s, it’s the superstars usually will cancel each other out and it’s how the, how the, you’re right. You’re absolutely right. And I, and I think that that’s, you know, Joe does get a lot of grief for that. And there were some stinkers in there.

There were some times. I think in Boston, though, one of the problems that people have with him is that he was so big that there was this he’s not physical enough thing. That was one. And then Pat Burns would be on his ass. He was a young guy at 18, whatever,

As a top overall pick. He was going to be the franchise guy. They were bad. They were bad. They had the number one in eight pick. They were bad. So I think if he came in and had someone like the other time they were bad, it was in 06,

When they had Bergeron, Chara, Savard. But Joe didn’t have really anybody else besides Sam Zanoff. Like they had nobody else. So if he had a support system like a Chara, so if it was like 06 and he was entering with Chara, or even bergeron it would have been a much I think it

Would have really benefited him he was kind of on an island as the face of the franchise at 18 super talented wasn’t physical enough they were bad and I think that that was part of the issue with him in boston because you’re right the return was so friggin

Bad and he was so friggin good it’s crazy Yeah, I mean, he wins an MVP the year after they get rid of him. So that was cool. Right. He was like sensational. Yeah, it was like an all time season. Yeah, it was just and it was so good with

Marlowe and him like they were so good. And he was so good and he deserves it. And it’s too bad that I would love for him to get some sort of recognition in Boston because he was just such a great player. He’s one of the greatest players ever to play for the Bruins.

I mean, you could say that. You can say that. Yeah, without a doubt. So it’s too bad. Big Joe gets his day in San Jose next year at some time. His number 19 goes to the Raptors. So good for him. DraftKings Sportsbook, Boston’s hometown sportsbook, is right here in Massachusetts.

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Do this guy every other week just to make up for the total ass reaming we gave him last year on the Whipping Boys segment. And this week, again, the beauty is Trent Frederick. This will teach those filthy bastards who’s lovable. And I’m one of the filthy bastards because I thought

Trent couldn’t play in the league last year, and here he is playing in the league and being a real integral part of what’s going on in Boston. 13 goals, 12 assists, 25 points in 46 games, plus 14, and has showed tremendous touch. And he’s on track to score 20 goals at least,

And he’s just been terrific. He has been. And pretty much anybody that you put on his line breaks out of their slump. I’m not sure what it is about him and the way he plays, but whatever it is, it rubs off on the guys around him. He’s making his line mates better.

How about the feed to Jacob Lauko all the other night? Just a great little short two-foot pass. Lauko gets to put it into an open net. He’s really playing… really really well he’s got a great shot he’s a big kid uh he’s learning how to use his body uh to protect

Pucks and and forecheck and um you know he’s he’s really a guy that Bruins fans uh are falling in love with if they haven’t already and and he’s probably uh if he’s not going to win it he’s certainly one of the front runners for the some player award uh no doubt about it

Yeah. I mean, I think he’d, I think he’d be my pick. I think he’ll be the fans pick. He’s a fan favorite anyway, even when he wasn’t playing well. Uh, and he’s a Bruin type, I guess, type of player, or at least Bruins fans have wanted him to be that type of player,

But you’re right. And you’ve been a fan of the two foot pass. You’re, you’re an advocate for, I love it. I mean, you, you are. And, uh, it’s true. Like you make those little tiny little passes to set up space, time and space. And he made a great pass to local for sure.

So Freddie’s been terrific. And, uh, Um, it’s a great deal for them now, Jesus. I mean, a two year deal. Like we, we kind of scratched our head last year. Like, why would you give him two years? Like, you know, but they did give him two years and it’s, it’s a great deal.

And it’s a really affordable deal now for what he’s bringing to the table. I mean, Jesus. Um, all right. So bender time. Yeah, the vendors. We got a couple. There’s some stuff in the news. I don’t know if you noticed. But first, we’re going to go with Philadelphia Flyers fans. Um,

So cutter got the air decides that he doesn’t want to play for the Philadelphia flyers and their fan base just absolutely loses their shit. Now this is the same fan base that when Eric Lindros did the same exact thing. Right. Right. Same thing. Yeah. They were perfectly fine with getting Lindros on

Their team at that point. But once he does it to them, Oh, they’re vengeful. They don’t like it. They don’t like it at all. So there, there are a bunch of them got in their cars and they drove from Philadelphia or, you know, from the swamps of New

Jersey or from the gutters of, you know, wherever they come out of drive to Boston to, uh, heckle kind of gothier when he gets back in college from the, from the world juniors, uh, after he was traded to Anaheim and, uh, he, he, they, they, it’s just like grown men

Driving to heckle a 19 year old kid. Cause he doesn’t want to play for their team in their city. Just fucking grow up for crying out, grow up. I mean, it’s not unprecedented that players have not wanted… I mean, the Mannings… Eli Manning did this. I mean, John Elway did this.

I mean, it’s not unprecedented. People are avoiding teams. There’s talk that Kayla Williams might try to avoid the Bears and stuff. Like, it happens. Like, it just happens. So, you know, it’s just one of those things. He decided for whatever reason he didn’t want to go play for Philadelphia.

I don’t know what it is. It’s been kind of hush-hush. There’s been rumors about what it might be. And, of course, it always turns into someone’s banging someone’s girlfriend and stuff. I don’t know. But I don’t think it’s any of that. I just think that he said, you know what?

I don’t want to go. I don’t want to go play for the Flyers. I don’t. So it just decided because the Flyers haven’t been good for a while. No, they haven’t. No, number one. So let’s sort of act like they’re playing well now. Yeah, they’re playing fine now.

I think it might have a lot to do with who the head coach of that team is. Oh, yeah. I think it has a lot to do with that guy. And yeah, I mean, some guys just don’t like… the style of a guy like Tortorella. And I mean,

I don’t have any problem with someone being like, I mean, I’d love to play for Tortorella, you know, you know, he’s a fiery guy. He’s going to get the most out of you. I think in, he certainly fits how, uh, you know, Philadelphians, is that, is that what that is? Yeah. The Philadelphiites.

That’s certainly how they want their coach, uh, you know, to represent the city. but he’s, you know, not everybody likes that style. So if he’s like, you know, that’s not a fit for me, uh, you know, who’s to say that that’s a bad decision? Really? I mean, they feel scorned.

They feel, they feel let down, but, and, and fine. You want to yell into the fucking Twitter verse, you know, fuck him or whatever you do it. But to drive, like, I know a few hours to heckle him at a hockey game. I mean, at a college game, not even a pro game.

Right. I mean, nothing. Really? Yeah. I mean, that’s, that’s unbelievable. I mean, that’s, that’s unbelievable. I mean, just the cost alone to go, to go, to go yell, yell different words, different dirty words. Yeah. You are good enough for my city. Oh, great. super uh uh you know what

Else isn’t good enough is the the nhl uh and canadian hockey’s handling of the 2018 um alleged sexual assault and uh kind of the cover-up that happened so uh the nhl will be the other bender I’m a bender I’m a bender I’m a bender I’m a bender Yeah, they deserve it.

There’s five of them. All five of them. Yeah, I mean, it’s a real tough look for Canadian hockey and the NHL to let these guys go on playing through and covering up what, you know, was an alleged incident. They were just all… recently let go of the leave

Of absence from their particular teams, uh, throughout the NHL and one, uh, in Europe. But, uh, yeah, just a, just a terrible, uh, bungling really of the whole thing. And I don’t really understand how the league and Canadian hockey can let this go for this many years

Without some kind of, um, you know, discipline or, uh, Inquiry or something, anything is better than how they handled it. I mean, it’s six years in the making now. I mean, it’s, it’s really, it’s really tough look. And then Carter Hart’s probably the highest profile guy. That’s probably going to be

Involved in this. I mean, there hasn’t been any proof of it yet, but he was definitely one of the people who were given a leave of absence in this situation. And rumors that the flyers are trying to trade him during the off season prior to this season,

Because he may be involved in it. And I don’t know the, the direct result of it or no one does or what, exactly happened. Uh, it’s not good. It’s all going to come out by London police on February 5th and a press conference. Um, it happens to be right after all-star

Weekend, which is a convenient timing. And then of course, once it’s, once this, at this, the story comes out, uh, Just recently, Utah, Salt Lake City decides that they’re going to announce their intent to expand into Salt Lake City with the NHL right after it. So try to throw a curveball,

A little bit of misdirection at it, get people’s attention on that rather than on this. Yeah. That was poor timing, too. And that that seemed to be pretty deliberate. So the whole thing is just reeks of we don’t take it that seriously. And it’s, you know, and they’re kind of making

A mockery of it. And it just puts a real poor taste into into your mouth. And and I think that you’re going to see if these guys are involved, I think you’re going to see these guys banned at least for a year and potentially never being allowed back into the league.

Yeah, I think they’ll be banned, and I don’t know if it would be like a league-wide thing where they would be blackballed permanently, but I just don’t think teams would touch them. I mean, there’s a reason why the alleged… I don’t know. He’s not the co-conspirator, but the lead conspirator in

This whole thing is already playing in Europe. It’s because no team over here would touch the guy. So, you know, it’s just… It’s a terrible look. throughout all levels of hockey in Canada and the NHL. And the people that covered it up within Team Canada really need to be held accountable, too.

It can’t just be these guys. I mean, obviously, these guys should be held accountable and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But those people that are covering things up really need to take a hard look at themselves and face some serious discipline for this, too, because You can’t be doing something

Like that and and get away with it. It just that’s not the way it should be. No. So this is going to be interesting on February 5th, what the actual statement is from the London police. And we’ll see for sure what happens then. But I think that you’re going to see.

You know, all of these players, uh, probably be exiled from the league and for a long, long time, if not ever. And, um, you know, it’s just not a great look. It’s just none of it. None of it is good for the league and a league that is

Really dealt with a lot of, um, you know, poor decision-making and, and, uh, know bad headlines and all those things for a while now and it’s just another one where they’re going to have to try to repair their image and it’s uh it’s it’s unfortunate all right centennial season spotlight

Continues and we’re going to focus on one cam Neely Cameron Neely was obviously a terrific bro. And one of the best of all time injuries cut short his career, but in 726 games, he had 694 points, 395 goals, 299 assists. And he was a great playoff performer as well.

Never won a cup with the Bruins or went to two cup finals. 89 points in 93 playoff games, including 57 goals in 93 playoff games for Cam. He had 17 hat tricks in his career and was the prototypical power forward. Yeah, I think that he was the one that they

Coined the term after, right? Yeah, he was. Yeah. The original. The original power forward. Yeah, the OG. The OG power forward. And he had this at the end of his career as we were in high school and going into early college. He would score literally every game. And he didn’t play every game.

But when he got back in the line, it was uncanny. He would take nights off and he would not play back to backs for a while because of his injuries. But then he would go in the lineup and score at least a goal like every single time. It was unbelievable.

We had the 50 and 44, right? Yeah, 50 and 44 against the Capitals. It was a hat trick. I was at the game. It was a hat trick to score his 50th in 44 games. And that was at a time where he wasn’t playing every game. Right. And,

And he would just come in and just score goals. And he was, and he had, you know, Craig Janney was an excellent playmaker. And of course Adam Oates was one of the greatest of all time. So that certainly helped, but he had incredible accuracy with the shot.

And he also had some real, uh, skill with the puck. Great hand-eye coordination. He had really good skill too. He could tip pucks and he could pick corners and all that type of stuff. He had a great shot. In the slot, you talk about bumper position with Bergeron.

In the slot, Neely was like he was like Brett Hall. He was, it was like automatic. Yeah. And he could beat the living bag out of you too. He could. He could just knock you nuts in the next week. Yeah. I mean, if you looked at him the wrong way,

He was going to beat the living bag out of you. Oh my God. He, he would get really angry. You think he’s angry on the ninth floor? He was really angry on the ice. Go back and watch some YouTube highlights of hockey fights and some other things.

If you want to see, uh, see a guy with, uh, some blood running through his veins, some anger. He had a, he had a fight with, I wonder what it was. Maybe it was Rick talking to someone that was just like a bloodbath. Yeah. Of course he was after Elf Samuelson.

One time he grabbed him. after Alf tried to injure him for his, you know, and it really ended his career eventually. And he, I thought he was going to kill him. I really thought he was going to kill him on the ice that night. But he was such a gifted player too.

And talk about, I mean, he was traded for Barry Peterson. Bruins also got the pick that got Wesley, right? Is that what it was? Yeah. I believe so, yeah. It was a pick that got Wesley too. So that was a great trade for Boston, even though Barry Peterson was a really great player.

He was. But he ended up being in heaven. Yeah, he had most of his great years with Boston, but that trade with Vancouver was a great one. Great foresight by Harry Sinden and everyone. And now Neely’s a team president and has been a lifelong Bruin and just one of the really great players

In Bruin’s history for sure. And if he played longer, he would be probably up there with Orr as he would certainly be the greatest forward probably ever. I mean, he would have probably passed Espo and Busick and all them if he had been healthy. Yeah, probably.

Banging forward that he that he was, but And you know what? When people talk about a Milan Lucci, it’s like, why doesn’t he hit every night? Why doesn’t he do this and that? And that’s the result, is Cam Neely. When you go out and hit every night for 82 games

And through the playoffs, it shortens your career. So you have to make that decision. Are you going to do that every night, or are you going to try to get through and play more seasons? Providence Bruins Beauty of the Week is Anthony Richard. 15 goals, 18 assists, 33 points. He’s a 27-year-old,

But he was a fourth-round pick in the 2015 draft as the Bruins have continued to accumulate 2015 draft picks. And Anthony has been on a little bit of a tear, a little bit of a heater lately. He’s a good player. You know, he’s a good AHL player. Does have some speed and

Skill and ability to score goals. He’s doing it this year. And he’s a second point, second point getter on the team behind Makulov. And he’s had a really good year for them. Yeah, he’s a good player, and he’s a nice little add to the team. I think he’s probably a 4A guy.

He does have probably NHL speed. I don’t know if he has other NHL attributes, but he certainly gives Providence a really good forward and Bruins some depth if they get in a bind. But yeah, a really good player, and he’s having a really good year for Providence. Yeah, he is.

And he’s a good, you know, he’s a good age. Like you say, he’s a good AHL kind of veteran guy that you plug in on your AHL team to, to produce points and play all season. And, you know, like Justin Bresel, they have a couple of those guys, guys,

You know, they score goals. I think they’re a good role model, too, for some of the younger guys. They have, you know, kind of doing things the right way and going about things the right way and producing at that level. So good for him. No question. And then prospect spotlight

Is one Chris Pelosi, who was picked in the 2023 three draft by the Bruins. They had to pick further down the draft because of trading away their picks but chris has been terrific 16 goals and 20 assists and 32 games played he’s a plus 34 uh and he’s going to

Quinnipiac next season he looks to be a late round find for the bruins yeah I i think that’s a really good find for the bruins and and hopefully he’ll go to quinnipiac and continue to produce that’s a really good team they have there. They won the national title. Uh,

I don’t know if it was last year or the year before that. So, um, you know, a really good squad there and, and hopefully he can develop more and, and come to the Bruins and, and, uh, give them a boost. Yeah. Beckett Hendrickson as well. Another. Yeah. So they, uh,

It’s nice to see some of these later round picks, uh, hitting for the Bruins cause they need that, you know, they do. Yeah. They don’t have a lot of high picks. They pick usually later in the first round, too, because of the fact that they’ve been good for so long in trading

The picks away. They need to hit on some of these third, fourth, fifth round picks in order to get some people into the prospect system and the pipeline there. Here’s a question. Here’s a guy I’m just going to throw out there is Brett Harrison and the witness protection program.

What’s he been doing lately? I haven’t really struggled in Providence. He did have a little bit of a hot streak, I believe like a few weeks ago where he’s starting to turn on a little bit, but yeah, Overall, I don’t know if his skating is good enough for the NHL level.

I think he has an NHL shot, but if you can’t skate and get to the areas where you need to shoot from, it’s going to be tough to score goals. If everyone else is in the offensive zone and you’re still in the neutral zone because you can’t get there, that’s That’s the problem.

Yeah. Typically they don’t wait for you. I’m not saying he’s that bad. Cause I, I haven’t watched a lot of Providence Bruins. Um, but the, the knock on him is, is, is his skating. So unless he really improves that, I think, you know, he’s probably going to be a

Career AHL guy or ECHL guy, you know, when the, when the time comes to, uh, you know, that’s, that’s what his sailing probably is. Well, that we’ve seen that with Trent Frederick, like he improved his skating because he wasn’t a very good skater. Uh, but he wasn’t, I mean, he’s a,

He’s always been like a third line guy. Like he’s, he hasn’t had the expectation to be like Harrison needs to be a top six player. This is the same thing as Jackson. They get to me like he’s a pro he fits the profile of top six forward and

He’s not a guy you’re going to put in on like the bottom two lines. Cause he’s just not that type of player. Yeah. I mean, that’s, that’s the thing though, like about both of those guys is like, was there anything like I said, NHL shot with Harrison? I’m not sure. Yeah.

It’s something elite you do. Right. You have an elite skill, right? Anika didn’t have any elite skills. He was pretty good at everything, but that gets you to the AHL level. And it gets you a cup of coffee in the NHL, and then it gets you traded,

And then it gets you sent down, and then you play in Europe somewhere. So that’s what it gets you. So you can be pretty good and have a pro career. It just won’t be in the NHL, which is fine. And that’s probably what Harrison’s going to be. You know,

I don’t know if his shot is an elite shot or just a very good shot. But like I said, if you can’t do anything else, at least pretty good, then you’re not going to get a shot in the NHL. That’s for elite talent. Right. And you’re right.

And this year he has three goals, five assists in 23 games. And even in the OHL, like he had a season where he had 27 goals. He had 16 goals. He had 18 goals. He’s not putting up like Lysel numbers at WHL or… or numbers that are off the charts.

It’s kind of goal scoring wise. So yeah, I think, I think you might see him being a career 4-H, 4-H, 4-A. I mean, he’s not even doing that well in the AHL. So if they, if the Bruins get some guys that can, that are, you know, get Christopher Pelosi’s of

The world to come in there and, or, you know, other undrafted free agents or whatever that, that are better off, um, I mean, there’s some guys, you know, Riley Duran, whatever it is, there’s some guys there that could be coming into the pipeline and the next couple of years here that

Could knock his ass back to, you know, the Savannah swamp rabbit. So, you know, Is that the new team, Connor? The Bloomington Bisons and the ECHL? That is correct. The Bloomington Bison. And just to clarify, it is the Greenville Swamp Rabbits. I went with Savannah for the alliteration.

They have a team, though, don’t they? Savannah Ghost Pirates. Yes. There you go. Boom. Can you move the team to Savannah? I mean, please. I mean, Dubuque Dingbats? What was it? Oh, Jesus. Yeah, we’ll be one of them. Swamp Pirates, wasn’t it? Swamp Pirates? No, Ghost Pirates. Swamp Pirates.

Are there pirates in the swamp? I don’t even get it. That was my fault. It’s the ghost pirates and the swamp rabbits. He’ll be on one of those. We’ll let his agent figure that out. I don’t know who the hell that is. Hopefully he does well. All right.

Week ahead for the Boston Bruins tonight, Wednesday night at home against the Carolina Hurricanes. And then on January 27th on Saturday night at Philadelphia before the All-Star break, we’ll all have 10 days off from Bruins hockey. Wow. That’s a big, that’s a big, uh, I think February 6th, get back at it.

It’s a big break there for the, it is after the, so, you know, you’d look, you’d look for them to try to finish strong here. Two tough opponents though. Tell you, Carolina is playing really well lately. Yep. And they’ve had the Bruins number and passed. They have.

So that’ll be a tough matchup for them. And then Philadelphia is playing really well. They’re in playoff position. They play extremely hard under Tortorella. I don’t know if you saw some of the goals that Owen Tippett scored the other night. He scored a tennis-avowed special, a little spinorama backhand

Roof job the other night. That was beautiful. So they’re playing really well. So it’s going to be a couple of really tough games. here for the bruins in the next few but you know you’d really like to see them kind of end on a high note here before the before the

All-star break so I don’t know ride in they could ride right in with a seven game win they could ride right in with it yeah let’s go we’ll go streaking honey yeah Right. Seven game streak. Let’s let’s try it. Let’s try it. Yeah. Just to say how it feels.

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On this episode of Bruins Benders 15,
3:00 Rapid Review
7:25 Should the NHL adapt the 3 point system?
10:25 Does the Bruins coaching staff deserve more credit?
13:00 Yay or Nay on Trevor Zegras
21:15 Has Swayman proved he can be the No. 1 Goalie?
30:35 Who is the odd D man out?
40:05 Bergy coming back?
42:40 Where does Jumbo Joe rank among this era’s players?
49:40 Beauty – Trent Frederic
51:50 Benders – Flyers Fans & the NHL
1:00:25 Cam Neely Spotlight
1:04:40 Anthony Richard – Bruins Prospect
1:06:00 Chris Pelosi
1:12:00 Week Ahead

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