Where should Matt Poitras slot in the Bruins Lineup? w/ Evan Marinofsky

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Poke The Bear with Conor Ryan Ep. 192  On today's episode of Poke the Bear, Conor Ryan is joined by Evan Marinofsky to take a closer look at the Bruins' roster, find what they may be lacking in terms of personnel, how the bottom 6 could use a some experience, where Matt Poitras will fit back into this lineup, and much more!    Topics:  - Conor finally saw Barbie  - Bruins defensive woes show up against Pittsburgh  - Is Jim Montgomery using the younger players right?  - Where does Matt Poitras slot in?  - Should any other Bruins get the nod for the All-Star game?    This episode of Poke the Bear is brought to you by Fanduel Sportsbook, the exclusive wagering parter of the CLNS Media NetworkRight now, NEW customers get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS with any winning FIVE DOLLAR MONEYLINE BET! So, visit https://FanDuel.com/BOSTON and kick off the NFL season. FanDuel, Official Partner of the NFL. 21+ and present in MA. Hope is here. First online real money wager only. $5 pregame moneyline wager required. First onlinereal money wager only. $10 first deposit required. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable bonus bets that expire 7 days after receipt. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. GamblingHelpLineMa.org or call (800)-327-5050 for 24/7 support. Play it smart from the start! GameSenseMA.com or call 1-800-GAM-1234.    Factor Meals! Visit https://factormeals.com/POKE50 to get 50% off your first box! Factor is America’s #1 Ready-To-Eat Meal Kit, can help you fuel up fast with ready-to-eat meals delivered straight to your door.    Conor Ryan  Reporter for Boston.com   Twitter

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00:00 It's almost like you look at like a perfect guy would be like what Garnett Hathaway was last year, right?

00:04 Like yes, that's gonna perfect gonna play 11 12 minutes, but give you a seven hits

00:10 Making like some plays there like that's kind of exactly a guy that

00:14 Would make sense for for what they would maybe target in terms of like, all right

00:18 Maybe don't look at the you know, Elias Lindholm's those kind of players

00:21 If it's an ancillary guy that can elevate in a lineup where I think there is more to give

00:25 Maybe that's who you realistically targeted

00:28 And

00:30 Welcome in to poke the bear episode

00:39 19 - I'm Evan Maranofsky. That's Connor Ryan Connor. What is up, Evan?

00:47 I'm doing well, how you doing doing great doing great. That's getting close to

00:51 200 200 episodes that'd be incredible

00:56 Hopefully we will get to 200. Hopefully the show doesn't they don't cancel us by in eight shows

01:00 I'm hoping they don't I would hope not that'd be very anticlimactic. I would say

01:04 We just we get canceled before

01:06 What they let us get to 200

01:09 But anyways, how was your new year? How did you how'd you bring it in? I don't think we've spoken since yeah

01:15 Happy new year to you too Evan not a lot going on. I'm not a big New Year's Eve fan. Anyway, I'm not paying

01:22 $60 to go into a crowded bar to get kovat to pay

01:26 $20 for a shitty cocktail that was pre-made before it makes me sound extremely old

01:32 I know but you do yeah, but I I don't I don't enjoy New Year's Eve that much like either

01:38 Yeah, you post up got a movie marathon going or yeah, like go over a pal's house something like that

01:44 We'd a few people under the weather

01:46 On New Year's Eve. So stayed at home watched a few movies watch Bobby first time

01:51 Oh, what'd you think? I thought it was enjoyable

01:55 Like it's one of those ones where people I think either read too much into it

01:59 Oh, this is what it's trying to say. Maybe it's just like an enjoyable fun movie

02:02 You can read into whatever you want, which is what it's what a movie should be

02:05 You can interpret it however you want. It's a fucking movie. You should have fun. So it was fun

02:10 That's what movie should be Evan. I agree with you. I saw Barbie

02:14 I know the YouTube commenters are gonna lose their shit over us

02:18 This before we get to brew and stuff. I saw Barbie back

02:21 When it first went digital, I didn't see it in the theater and

02:26 My girlfriend I bought it on I think it was Amazon for like 30 bucks because we wanted to see it

02:32 And you know, we just wanted to see it and it was fine. I agree with you. It was a fun movie

02:36 You know wasn't Oppenheimer wasn't like a it wasn't a cinematic masterpiece by any means

02:41 It was fine

02:43 But then you know, what's funny though, like you mentioned a quiet New Year's Eve

02:48 And I'm getting to that point too. Now. I didn't do that this year

02:51 I went down to visit my girlfriend and she was she went back home to Long Island for like a month

02:56 So we went to New York City. So I was like, oh no like New York City on New Year's Eve

03:00 That's that's a recipe for disaster

03:02 It wasn't that bad actually and we did pay I think was $89 for a for a bar

03:10 It was a ticket but but but we did get unlimited drinks and food. Okay, they had food. It was free

03:16 it's fine so like they gave out platters of burger sliders and calamari and

03:21 An alligator was on there and what was the other thing?

03:25 I'm at the fucking dry chicken. We at the fucking rainforest cafe

03:28 We're at the hard rock cafe

03:32 No, no, it was not the house place called alligator pair. It was quirky little like, you know, I'm Brandon. Yeah, it was

03:40 That's why they gave an alligator

03:42 but it was cool and it was I was like, you know what for like a bunch of burger sliders and fried chicken and

03:47 Drinks and whatever like it was worth it and it wasn't that bad getting in and out. So

03:52 But I agree with you. I'm with you on that

03:55 My ideal New Year's Eve would be like chillin a couple friends

03:58 Watching like I think you should leave or something like of course, that'd be my ideal New Year's

04:02 but

04:04 anyways

04:06 Lots of action this week with the Bruins mainly on Thursday night

04:10 Bruins Penguins in Boston and in Pittsburgh never really disappoints. Those are always good games. Yeah

04:15 I mean you look at the game last year

04:17 It's probably the first game where I think a lot of Bruins fans realize you probably

04:20 In line for pretty special season that one on the road where they come back

04:24 I think three goals down and that one as well

04:26 Yeah, I'm into wins in an OT every time they play again

04:29 You look at the talent on both these teams makes plenty of sense

04:32 But yeah, if you're a casual fan, especially going to that game, that'd be like the perfect if you'd run to a hockey game

04:37 Like that'd be a perfect one to go to it in terms of just how back and forth it was how wild it was

04:43 I agree. I remember this was many years ago now like 2017 ish

04:47 The Bruins played the Penguins and it was like 7-4 or something and that was the game the chara had like a three-minute shift

04:54 and then fought

04:55 Who was it? He fought Alexiak. Yes. It was Jamie Alexiak. He fought Alexiak at the end of the shift

05:01 So I always I'm always like Penguins Bruins is always good like a Bruins Penguins playoff series would be awesome

05:06 Because you just know it has all the the fixins, you know

05:10 It's got all the fixins of a good of a good series, but the Bruins lose 6-5

05:15 on Thursday night I

05:17 Bruins come back from three goals

05:21 Lose late tough one, but still, you know showed some fight getting back into it

05:27 But the big thing and you know kind of goes back to this like the offense showed up

05:32 The defense did not was not the best defensive game and those defensive wolves kind of keep hindering the Bruins a bit

05:39 Yeah, and it's I think especially frustrating because as you said the offense has been there since really the holiday break

05:45 I mean they've scored over four goals and all five of their games since coming out of that little lull

05:50 So you've had a lot of guys contributing

05:51 I mean you look at this past game Martian and pasta not cat kind of take over games

05:55 but you look at the amount of

05:57 other key contributors further than the lineup who are kind of on a little bit of a roll here now like

06:02 Morgan geeky had three points on Thursday DeBrus extended his point streak

06:07 You had the game in Columbus where you know JBR Heinen

06:11 Frederick had a really strong game together like your offense is there and in most situations the way this team is built you score five

06:17 Goals, you should be able to walk away. You should win pretty pretty easily. So

06:23 Yeah, just a lot

06:25 That needs to be fixed in the D zone, especially and I think they've been pretty strong since the holiday break

06:30 I mean no shit. They've won. They won four straight going into that game

06:33 But the same things we keep on seeing right like either trying to force plays and it's leading to odd man rushes

06:39 Way too many one-and-done opportunities in the ozone, which again if you

06:44 Are one and done and all sudden you got

06:46 Sydney Crosby and Jake Denzel going, you know an odd man rush back towards you

06:51 Not a lot of goalies gonna stop that as soon as that happened. I was like, well, alright

06:54 Well, this game's gonna go out of hand very quickly and then you know, it's funny wait Connie

06:58 Oh, it's kind of funny for that game. I was home and I was watching the first couple minutes, you know, I saw

07:05 Who score it was Posh Tucker Martian scored the first the first Bruins go I saw March and had the first goal

07:11 I saw that then I'm like, you know what? I'm gonna cook a hello fresh real quick. I honest to God

07:15 I'm not just like, you know, not saying that for this or anything

07:17 I was gonna go cook and I and I go back in the room and it's like 3 2 and I'm like

07:23 What happened I I was I left for like 10 minutes

07:25 And so yeah, I agree with you and in probably in real time

07:29 They've probably scored another five goals, but the ESPN broadcast was so fucking delayed

07:33 It was insane

07:34 Like I felt bad because like I try not to be the spoiler on Twitter

07:39 but like when it's like a minute and 30 seconds between what's actually playing out in front of me and like what the broadcast is showing like

07:45 It I think ESPN is the one that are broadcasting the Stanley Cup final this year

07:50 I think they go back to both Turner and ESPN. They do that point

07:54 You can't fucking have that happen

07:56 like you can't have that far no way when you got like especially with like

08:00 Like betting and all these things on top of like just the overall fan experience

08:05 You're set you're set you're texting me like like posh doctor squirt. I'm like, oh

08:08 They must have a lock against I think they must have a lot

08:13 Yeah, but even just like the overall experience like, you know

08:15 What's gonna happen when you're in a game and I drop the the pasta

08:20 Video like for an OT winner like a minute before it actually happens gonna be people right?

08:26 Palm this right view who enjoy having that tension being taken out of a live viewing but a lot of people that don't so you

08:32 Get a fix that if you're a spin, but I digress

08:34 But well, I think it's like I like I have Bruins tweet tweet notifications on so like I'll be watching the game at home

08:42 like on the road or whatever and I look at my phone and it's like to notification from the Bruins and it's like like

08:47 like

08:49 Shit and it's like on behind, you know, and now I know it's Cummings. It's like, oh, all right

08:57 Well, how does I mean I guess I can get ready to clip it, but I'm like, oh, you know

09:01 I wish I wish there was that bit of surprise

09:03 It's like that that Twitter meme where it's the guy like playing the video game and it's like the photo and that's him leaning forward

09:09 That's like when you get that notification like oh, I should really intently watch this shift because I do know what's what's happening next

09:15 So but yeah defense anyway, we're getting off topic here a lot left to be desired there

09:21 especially I think the net front was something that

09:23 Again, Pittsburgh's a pretty desperate team, but way too many

09:27 Easy looks like Drew O'Connor had a tap-in goal to start it for them

09:31 Just not doing nearly enough to make life easier for swimming who again wasn't really shopping that game

09:36 You got six goals that tends to be the case but also like when you look at the guys the personnel in front of swimming

09:42 That should be snuffing out. Some of those scoring chances just wasn't there at all in that game against Pittsburgh

09:48 No, and and that second period was bad

09:50 I think you know when you come out looking like that and then that front is as bad as it was and just

09:55 The D zone breakdowns. I mean even that Jake Gensel breakaway that hit the post

09:59 And you know, like they just couldn't break it out of their own zone and like, you know

10:03 McAvoy had some ups and some downs on Thursday night

10:07 But I thought his best play was the the geeky goal where he just said yeah screw it

10:11 I'm just gonna take it myself and just go you know

10:14 and I think that was the biggest thing was they just

10:16 And that's kind of a the theme with this Bruins defense even going back to last year against the Panthers where like they just

10:22 They have trouble with pressure and I wonder when that's gonna stop

10:26 You know, when is that gonna kind of be fixed? Because if that's a continuing problem like I

10:32 Mean your goalies can be as good as they want if you're consistently turning the puck over or having a problem breaking the puck out

10:38 of your own zone

10:39 You're gonna be giving up odd man rushes like fucking business. So like that's to me like that's worrisome now

10:47 I know that they've looked fine the last couple games since the the Christmas break so like whatever but I still go back to like

10:53 Against a good team like Pittsburgh on a big stage where your offense shows up. It's just you know

10:59 It's it's a it's a disappointment when you give up six goals and a lot of it just goes to like defensive inefficiencies

11:05 but

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12:15 So we're recording this in the afternoon

12:18 World juniors is that I think 130

12:21 Yeah us and Finland

12:25 Or Sweden, I think it's Sweden. I'm a lot of stuff. You got a lot pissed off Swedes now

12:31 Shit, he's disrespecting us

12:33 But are you gonna watch any of that? Yeah, of course. Yeah

12:38 Figured I don't know why I said you just I don't know why I thought you might say no

12:43 I will not watch Team USA. No, I

12:47 Take my team Canada's out. Yes, I cannot stand Team USA hockey. Yeah

12:54 But that yeah

12:56 That's gonna be a crazy clip

12:58 But yeah, that should be interesting again. We're recording this before so we don't have results or reaction to it

13:03 Unfortunately shadow Lane Hudson

13:05 Yeah, Lane Hudson and shout out Will Smith and Ryan Leonard mass kids. So go with them

13:11 I know I know I know but still mass kids

13:14 Speaking of young players

13:18 Speaking of young players is a perfect segue into our next thing

13:21 It's been an issue that a lot of people have been talking about is the the usage of the young players on the Bruins

13:27 Not on the world juniors team because the young players they all are young players

13:31 But with the Bruins on Thursday night

13:36 Merkulov

13:39 Lauco Steen

13:41 Didn't get a ton of time at the end of the game or the third period same with low rye

13:46 So some are saying oh, you know it

13:49 Montgomery's got to use them more and this and that what what do you make of this?

13:53 I mean, is this gonna be a long-term issue for them?

13:56 Yeah, I mean, I think within the context of this game against the Penguins right like Laura I plays 823

14:02 He was a - 3 did not look very good

14:05 So I can see why you're that was more of I think like a disciplinary like we gotta you pull you from this game

14:11 And again, you look at the the fourth line of you know, Steen murky love and beacher

14:16 I think natural stature I had them down the Penguins I

14:19 Attempted the Bruins 7-0 when they were on the ice together. So not a good day from them either

14:24 So I get why you have you know, Laura I playing a 23 you had murky love playing

14:28 6 23 beacher 610 like I get it in that context, but it's also been kind of a

14:34 Trend I think especially where quite a few of these games

14:39 You're seeing a lot of key players for this team getting taxed pretty heavy minutes

14:44 I mean just look at this game against Pittsburgh right like and bus Lint own 29 13 Charlie McEvoy 26 27, you know

14:51 Pasternak yes, but like Pablo Zaca

14:53 2141 right like grizzly

14:57 2052 like you've got quite a few guys that you're gonna have to rely on heavily who are

15:02 Already getting taxed pretty heavily minutes. That's not to say that you know in a perfect world you play the beacher line

15:08 Fucking a 14 minutes a night or anything like that, right?

15:12 Like that's but you know, you put them on for the final minute to score a goal

15:15 Yes, but like you look in and that trend of guys getting limited to those minutes

15:20 again a game here there it's whatever but when you get to

15:25 You know February and March in April and you've got these guys a lot of these veteran players who are supposed to be your

15:31 your key pieces who were

15:33 Playing, you know over 20 minutes a night. That's when it kind of adds up

15:37 that's when you need to I think be cognizant of stuff like that, so

15:41 as much as you know

15:43 the people wanted to maybe cast this year is a

15:45 Bridge year transition year like when you're first place I get that you're trying to bank as many points as possible

15:51 but still you look to see a little bit more of maybe a leash or a little bit more of a leeway for some of

15:56 these younger players and I think

15:58 especially

15:59 Again, he's probably going down to Providence in a couple of days

16:01 But like Georgie Murkulov who again has he like really, you know

16:06 Flashed up here during this time not necessarily but for some of these games, right?

16:11 Like he's been the fourth line center playing six minutes a night

16:14 It's like again

16:16 You want to have these younger players kind of earn their roles would have you but like murky loves not a four seat like Johnny

16:21 Beach house like murky love he plays one game in a third line spot

16:25 doesn't you know generate a

16:28 Shot on goal, but does the few things right and then he like goes and plays, you know

16:33 A bad team in Columbus on the fourth line, but no, I think when you look at

16:37 Georgie murky love in particular

16:40 For a guy who's been up here for a couple of games and it's probably gonna get sent back down to the HL

16:44 None of the Patras on his way back. I just think it's a tough spot to put a guy like him in where

16:50 You know, he's not necessarily a fourth line player and he's been on the fourth line the last couple of games playing

16:56 Six seven minutes a night and again, it's not to say that you should put maybe an offensive

17:02 You know a playmaker like him in a top six roll right out of the gate. You gotta earn your spot, but

17:07 To you know play one game in the third line

17:10 Then he go to place Columbus a very bad team on the road where all right

17:14 if there's ever a game for him to be on like a

17:16 Middle six spot playing

17:18 11 12 minutes a night, right?

17:20 That seems to be it to go in a fourth line a lot of D zone starts playing six seven eight minutes a night

17:27 Just doesn't really do a lot for you know

17:30 Catering to his skill set and all of a sudden, you know

17:32 He's going back down to the HL getting back to the seven eight hour bus rides to like Utica in Cleveland

17:38 And it's like alright. Yeah, you're up here a few games, right?

17:41 It's all well and good but in terms of building that confidence and kind of just continue to build your game

17:47 Didn't seem like it was the the most successful stint for him and again, maybe some of that's on him

17:52 But I also think we look at just putting a guy in a best situation to succeed

17:56 And I think it's really been the case so far for him

17:58 Yeah, it's funny like last or Thursday night

18:01 I saw like Ty Anderson tweet Bruins effectively played with nine forwards and 5d tonight

18:06 Low rice Dean beat your merc you'll off all under nine minutes low rye

18:09 Who had an ugly night had the most at 829?

18:13 Tough to effectively lean on your big guns for 40 minutes when chasing the entire way

18:17 So in a game like last night, I'm fine with them shortening the bench now. I don't think nine forwards is that bad?

18:23 You know rolling those guys 5d. I have no problem with that against the Penguins, right home game

18:28 Good team trying to get points that makes sense. I agree with you though

18:32 over the long term against team like Columbus

18:35 That is a good spot to try out guys like Merkul off and and and give them a little bit of a longer leash

18:40 I think it hits noted a different issue and that's their fourth line is entirely

18:45 Rookies, I mean and I think that you know for a team that's in first place in the Atlantic who's fighting for you know

18:54 The you know keep their spot fighting off teams like Florida and Toronto as well as compete with teams like the Rangers and Carolina

19:02 It's hard

19:04 I think as a coach to have faith in a fourth line made up of entire of entirely young guys like

19:10 100% you need to use your full lineup. I mean that it's the modern NHL everybody, you know

19:15 You've got to use everybody guys get tired

19:17 I know they're professional athletes, but you're right come February in March when it's sort of the dog days

19:22 Which were unfortunately kind of about to enter you get tired and when the playoffs come around you don't want to be tired because that's

19:28 When you're gonna go full throttle

19:29 I think it hits a kind of a

19:31 Sort of a not a roster. I'm kind of a roster issue in that they have young guys on that fourth line and

19:37 You do want to get them playing?

19:40 But as I said, it's it's this thing we keep talking about the the battle of what are you?

19:45 What is your team? Are you a young team?

19:48 That's trying to get guys going or are you winning and they've done both I said this on my mailbag

19:53 It's not out yet, or maybe it is by the time this podcast is out

19:56 But I said the Bruins like that Ben Affleck picture where he's holding the dunks all together, right?

20:01 Like they're trying to hold it together

20:03 They got the young you like Patra and Beecher and Merkulof and then you got you know

20:06 You're veterans who you're trying to win with and you're just you're just barely kind of

20:11 well, and you're just hoping it doesn't spill out all over the all over the concrete and

20:16 Yeah, if those older guys get tired you have a real problem, but I just I don't know. It's hard

20:23 You you almost need some veterans better something better than Patrick Brown to play with those guys down there

20:31 I'm what I'm curious if this becomes a deadline acquisition where they go out and get someone or

20:36 One or two pieces who could potentially play on that fourth line who are who are veterans, you know, I I don't know

20:44 Yeah, it's almost like you look at like a perfect guy would be like what Garnett Hathaway was last year, right?

20:50 Like yes, that's gonna perfect gonna play 11 12 minutes

20:54 But give you a seven hits making like some plays there

20:57 Like that's kind of exactly a guy that would make sense for for what they would maybe target in terms of like

21:03 All right, maybe don't look at the you know, Elias Lindholms those kind of players

21:06 If it's an ancillary guy that can elevate in a lineup where I think there is more to give

21:10 Maybe that's who you realistically target especially with we've talked about it before the cap and all those other kind of hurdles facing them

21:18 Yeah, I just the usage. I'm not I'm not worried about it yet because I just think that the roster

21:25 like I'm not ready to throw Montgomery under the bus quite yet with this stuff because I just think that winning is the priority and

21:32 Let's face it. I don't know if if

21:34 You know

21:36 Blanco Beecher and Steen are going to you know, okay, you know deliver you to the promised land quite yet

21:43 I think they're good. I think they have promise but just as of right now

21:46 It's hard to justify

21:49 Roland with nine four or it's hard to go against rolling with nine forwards in the in the back half of a third period of a

21:56 Close game, but you know, what is never

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23:23 Really are

23:26 So especially that great voiceover work - Oh

23:30 Melodic. Oh my god. I was just you know, like woo in my feels over here. Yes

23:35 Matt Potter returns from the world juniors

23:38 Where does he slot in on if you were Jim Montgomery? Where does he slot?

23:43 I'm almost hitting the point now where I wonder if you start him off on the wing just to get him back in the lineup

23:49 That's not to say that he doesn't you know fit down the middle

23:52 Of course, he's you envision him as a top six sentiment of the future

23:54 But I think you got a lot of guys that are actually playing pretty well down the middle right now that maybe you let

24:00 Them let them cook for a little bit and then when again you guys hit the expected lull

24:04 Then you you shift Potter back in I mean you look at like

24:07 Morgan geeky had a three-point game. I think he's been really playing well, especially over the last couple of weeks

24:12 We've talked about like you want to keep coiling printed together, but like Frederick's been really good

24:18 I think over the last couple of games with Heinen in JVR. So

24:22 it's a good problem, I think for Jim Montgomery and the Bruins to have right because I

24:27 Think you also have to find the best way to get a guy like Patra, you know up and running quickly

24:32 So maybe that takes the real precedent here where all right, like Frederick's been good down the middle

24:37 but move move pieces around again get Patra back and playing at a high level because I think you need him playing confidently and

24:44 Playing well just because of how valuable he can be further down the lineup

24:48 but it's a great problem for the Bruins to have because I think as we've said all year the the

24:55 Talent down the middle has been very strong this year and it's been the case even one Patra who's been one of their biggest biggest

25:01 surprises

25:02 Has been out but again if you want this team to be playing at its highest level

25:06 You need a guy like Patra with his skill set to really make the most this second half run

25:11 I think maybe it's you have to find the best landing spot for him once he gets back because he's already mentioned

25:17 You know being disappointed about world juniors, but being very motivated and being probably quite pissed about how that tournament ended for him

25:24 so

25:26 Getting him back up and running is gonna be key for this team. It's just an added level of you know

25:31 Reinforcements for the second half. Yeah, I prefer him at center over the wing overall. I don't hate though the idea of

25:38 Just giving him a shot. I mean I again I'd rather him be at center

25:42 I I wouldn't mind if Frederick went back to wing and you put Patra in the middle

25:50 Potentially cuz geek you're right. He has worked up top

25:53 And if you wanted to go with some sort of you know, JBR

25:57 Patra Frederick, I would be curious or you know, then you got Heinen - maybe Heinen

26:02 Kind of what we just mentioned Heinen maybe finds a spot on that fourth line is sort of a veteran ish presence

26:09 But again, I agree with you. It's a good problem to have

26:12 Didn't think would be saying that this year about the center position Morgan geeky

26:17 You know really you were on that so early credit to you. You were you were all over

26:22 You're like a you're like a weather forecaster who gets a snowstorm, right? You were like this Morgan geek

26:27 He's coming from Seattle his cold fronts

26:29 I mean

26:29 He's pretty hot his hot fronts are pretty crazy and they're gonna you know

26:32 You're gonna have to shovel a lot with him and this and that and he's fit in great. So

26:36 Props to you Connor. I try prop. I try props to you. You should get a spot in the all-star game

26:43 You should get all of her Bjork strand spot in the all-star game

26:45 That's what you should man was man was fucking livid that he had to go

26:48 Again, I I don't blame you

26:52 Yeah, I'd be the same way. I you know, I always think like when I was little I was like

26:56 Oh star games are the coolest, you know, you get to go and this thing now and in the NBA, it's big

27:01 It's in I think it's in Vegas like it's or is it in Vegas? I don't even know where it is this year

27:05 I'm gonna be fucking Toronto. Oh, no, I mean the NBA. Oh, I'm sorry

27:11 Uh, I think so. I actually don't even know where it is

27:14 But they are a lot more like they'll pick random places though

27:18 Like I think was it last year two years ago was like the was it the 50th or like the hundredth anniversary or something?

27:24 It was some big enter. I think maybe 75th anniversary the NBA and they had all these legends here and I was in fucking Cleveland

27:30 How you don't know like a Madison Square Garden or something like that like

27:37 Yeah, I agree like but so the NBA it matters those players care about the all-star games and all-star births

27:44 NHL I

27:46 And so I think for a lot of veteran players and I get the Bjork strand

27:50 You could either go on vacation with friends or family for like four days

27:54 to a nice warm place and just sit on a beach or you go to Toronto and

27:59 and be your team representative and go play and you know a three-on-three and you know dink around with some skills like I

28:07 There's such it's such an easy choice. I do feel bad for Bjork strand

28:11 No, but it's like one of those things where if you were going to the all-star break

28:16 Like if you imagine if you like have like a family vacation lined up

28:21 Maybe it's not like the the nicest spot or you know, it's not like a premier destination

28:26 But it's like a nice family trip to the Cape a getaway. Yeah, nice getaway and like your work is like hey, man

28:31 Congratulations. We got a paid for trip to Las Vegas

28:35 but it said I like a conference you're like

28:38 Okay, I mean like yeah the Bellagio is nice. It's I don't have to pay for it, but gonna go to like a

28:45 Convention Center and I don't want to fucking do this shit like again, it's one of those or again you you do it

28:50 It's part of the job

28:51 But I think a lot of you guys would much rather just have their own vacations to pick from

28:55 yeah, so I

28:57 Get that and I completely agree with it that work conference in Vegas. Oh, that'd be you know

29:03 They have a motivational speaker who's like come on guy. This is your part your purpose and yeah, you're passion and like this

29:09 It's like shut up. Yeah, you fucking Tony Robbins teach you on a walk on coals

29:13 I know I'd rather just be it like in Weymouth. I don't know. I'd rather be done like a dentist

29:17 We know it's funny like all these coaches who win these national championships the year after they win

29:30 They get paid to tons of money to go to those

29:33 conferences and speak and just give speeches about you know, how

29:37 Like like an insurance company will bring in like Greg Carville after he wins, you know

29:42 the the Nat Knoche National Championship and to talk about your motivation and stuff and I'm thinking like what's the

29:48 What's the correlation here? You know like I?

29:51 Must be missing something

29:53 I think one time my dad went to one it was like for like like a mail handlers union and it was in Las Vegas

29:59 And Magic Johnson was the keynote speaker like how the fuck what is that Johnson gonna tell you like it's cool

30:04 Like don't get me fucking wrong

30:06 But like he's gonna be like you get it like he does like yes, I just gigantic like packages and does like behind

30:11 the

30:13 Spin like like the keynote the guy like introing him. He like dunks on him like yeah

30:23 Absolutely, he's just throwing like in like just throwing Stanley Cups like

30:28 Like a 9 a.m. I like a 9 a.m. Like everyone's like half asleep

30:34 Anyway, you were probably hungover just getting like Stanley Cups just rocketed

30:39 It's like if you did Magic Johnson's the keynote speaker if you like

30:42 Gave speeches like he tweets where he's like the US Postal Service

30:46 delivers the mail

30:49 Yes, we know

30:50 They like they are an important part of society. It's like oh, yes. Thanks magic the right notes down

30:56 That was new information

30:59 But anyway, I've been around about way

31:04 Should the Bruins have another all-star game representative they have Poster knock rightfully so

31:09 Poor boss, I'm gonna go to Toronto

31:13 Should they have anybody he does he does not today not today Justin, but should any other players?

31:19 Get the nod. Yeah, I mean, I think Jeremy I think Jeremy Swin makes a lot of sense, right?

31:24 I mean even I guess it's bad timing after you give up six goals

31:28 But I think he's been one of the best goalies in the in the league this year

31:31 And I think especially for maybe a guy who's could be a first-year all-star. I think that'd be a nice a nice nod for him

31:37 Beyond the I'm sure a lot of other guys like a March and or a McAvoy probably would enjoy also probably having that

31:44 You know break so having it be a first-year guy probably the novelty of in the honor of getting that

31:51 For you the first time probably something I think wouldn't be lost on a guy like Swainman

31:55 So I think I'd be voting I'd be rooting for him. I would say

31:58 Agreed Swainman's the guy so he's the only guy really and I think as a veteran

32:02 I think that's you know, I mean as a as a younger player

32:05 I think what you just said right like first time big deal. That's the guy who should go

32:11 You know, right or like the the Frank Petronas of the world like that's a cool thing that he made it good for Frank like awesome

32:18 So I agree

32:20 Should be Swainman if any other Bruin goes

32:24 And then Swainman can give the keynote speech at like, you know

32:27 The the UBS up in Toronto or like the the headquarters at Tim Hortons. He can give a nice little speech after the all-star game

32:34 Anyways, Connor, what can the people look forward to from you over at the globe and Boston comm?

32:39 Yeah, we're gonna be covered every step of the way whether it's a game recaps features columns all that good stuff

32:46 So you can read all of it over there

32:48 And if you want to follow me on Twitter acts, whatever the fuck it's called. You can at Connor Ryan underscore 93

32:54 Go do all that. That's Connor Ryan. I'm Evan Maranofsky poke the bear listeners. Have a great rest of your week

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