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Bruins Beat w/ Evan Marinofsky Ep. 404  On today's edition of Bruins Beat, Evan Marinofsky is joined by PWHL Broadcaster and Bruins writer for WEEI, Bridgette Proulx. Evan and Bridgette break down the injuries that the Bruins have suffered to key players over the last week, and how they will affect the lineup moving forward. Is Jeremy Swayman ready to take on the full-time goaltending role? Could this be a peek into the Bruins' future in net? That, and much more!   Topics:   Bruins had a tough night in Arizona   It’s time for Jeremy Swayman to step up   How will he perform?   The danger of any injury to Linus Ullmark   What should the Bruins do with Jake DeBrusk?      This episode of Bruins Beat is brought to you by Fanduel Sportsbook, the exclusive wagering partner of the CLNS Media Network. Visit FanDuel.com/BOSTON and start earning BONUS BETS with America’s #1 Sportsbook!   21+ and present in MA. First online real money wager only. $10 Deposit req. Refund issued as non-withdrawable bonus bets that expire in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at fanduel.com/sportsbook. Hope is here. 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   This episode is also brought to you by HelloFresh. Go to HelloFresh.com/50bruins and use code 50bruins for 50% off plus free shipping!

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00:00 Like should the Bruins trade a goalie like got that conversation a couple times

00:03 Yeah, you know

00:04 you hear it around town all the time and you probably had those conversations at the bar with the drunk guy next to you as

00:10 well, but

00:11 Listen, listen, listen, listen

00:13 Like oh

00:16 Go get a number one center

00:21 And

00:23 Welcome into the Bruins beat on CLNS media

00:33 My name is Evan Marinovsky joined today by Bridget Pruill Bridget. This is your first time on Bruins beat. Welcome

00:39 I know but I mean it feels like it's long overdue. I went to the same college

00:44 We we covered the Bruins for a while together

00:47 So I'm glad you finally got me on here

00:51 It is a long time coming it

00:53 Too long. I agree. You should have been on earlier. That's on me

00:56 You're you big thing is the big connection is UMass, right?

01:00 Like that's that should be the you should have been on like the first episode. I

01:03 There's a chance you might be the first

01:07 You met other UMass alum on this show

01:11 I don't know if we've ever had any other UMass people on Steve Buckley's the only one I thought off the top of my head

01:16 It's a UMass guy, but I'm glad that to UMass alums can catch up on the Bruins. Thank you

01:22 You need me so that you outnumber Connor Ryan

01:25 I

01:27 Need you to come back to the ninth floor so that I'm not outnumbered by all the BU people

01:31 Well, that's the thing they're everywhere and I try to get back there as much as I can

01:36 But I agree like it is just it's like Boston University

01:40 It's like a BU alumni event on the ninth floor and it just needs to change. I agree with you. It needs Scott

01:46 It's got McLaughlin Connor Ryan

01:48 Bell Fraser

01:50 Yeah, there's like five. I swear I think James Garrison does some stuff there too. He's BU

01:56 There's others that I'm definitely there's others. I'm probably blanking on like did Fluto go to BU

02:02 I actually don't know where Pluto went, but I forget where Pluto went

02:06 But I anyways a lot of BU people and and you know needs to be more UMass folks

02:12 But UMass is churning them out. There's a lot, you know your your year

02:16 the time I was there they turned out, you know, Molly Walker's off doing some great stuff with the post and

02:22 Alex Francisco works with the Patriots now. Absolutely. You got Steve Hewitt - like there's a lot out there and there's more to come

02:30 I always keep tabs on the the the Collegian and everything

02:34 I keep tabs on who's coming down the pipeline and what to look forward to

02:38 Anyways before we get into some brewing stuff you just started as one of the voices of PW HL Boston's team first of all

02:46 Congratulations, thank you. And you've been doing great. I watched the first broadcast. I watched it after the fact

02:51 I texted you and I was like I missed the game in person. Where can I watch this?

02:55 I would like to give you a hard time. It was like you didn't watch

02:58 It was like it was like like I don't know

03:01 It's like 1130 or 12 at night and I was trying to crank out an article and I'm like you really give me shit over

03:05 This like I come on. I was just kidding. I know I know a long day for sure

03:11 that was a insane first broadcast for them and it was

03:14 easily the biggest audience that I've done a broadcast in front of

03:18 Like in because it was on NASA, but it was also broadcast on TSN in Canada and Sportsnet and we had a huge

03:27 like huge ratings from Canada

03:32 There was like two million people from Canada that watched I was like that's a lot

03:36 That is that's a little bit of extra pressure

03:40 You're like you're like I hope these people don't realize I cover the Bruins and they're like Maple Leafs fans

03:45 Like I'm gonna get some crap

03:47 She is a good Canadian

03:51 Exactly

03:54 But it was awesome and I saw on YouTube it had like even that night

03:57 It had like a hundred and seventy thousand views and it had been up for I don't know an hour or two

04:02 Like oh my god, so

04:04 Congratulations on that. I'm very excited to continue to watch and to to listen to you narrate and offer observations during the games

04:11 It should be it should be great

04:13 It feels like a nice step forward with my career in broadcasting

04:19 So I'm happy and I'm happy that I'm like, obviously I'd love to do all the games

04:23 But I just do the home games which lets me keep my job covering the Bruins

04:27 So I'm still able to keep my other jobs with it, which is great

04:30 Yeah, and also the other thing is like your play-by-play is your thing because you do a lot of college hockey too, right?

04:37 Mm-hmm. Yeah, I'm actually the game one of the PWHL season

04:43 I was the analyst and not the play-by-play broadcaster. I noticed that I thought that was funny

04:47 I was like, all right, she's like Andy Brickley. We got it. You know, what's she gonna say here? What she got going on?

04:51 So it was good. Yeah, I'll do play-by-play later in the season, but like we kind of switch off

04:58 Yeah, that because I was gonna say you do play-by-play for college

05:01 So I'd figure like you could easily just do the play-by-play as well. So but you offer great you were great analyst - you're great analyst

05:08 Anyways, the Bruins though out west they're on a little road trip and that game against Arizona

05:15 It was like one gut punch after the other first, you know potter goes down

05:19 Then Oh mark goes down in overtime Swainman thrust in

05:24 You know, they lose they end up losing Swainman faces one shot

05:27 It obviously goes right in because the dude been sitting on the bench for like three or four hours

05:32 This Oh mark injury now. We're recording this on January 11th at 1:30 in the afternoon

05:38 So the Bruins are not doing their mornings. Exactly. We should preface at Eastern Time. They have not had their morning skate

05:45 They will not have it until I believe was 1130 Pacific Time, which is much later for us. We're recording this now

05:53 We're gonna go off the fact that that injury did not look good

05:56 Lena's homework had to be helped off the ice basically carried down the tunnel was down for a while

06:02 It sounds like a dumb question, but this this in

06:07 It's this is not good if he's out for quite a while

06:11 well

06:13 So it kind of reminds me of I'm sure you've heard this and have caught have had conversations on this podcast as well about like

06:20 Should they trade a goalie?

06:22 Like should the Bruins trade a goalie like that conversation a couple times?

06:25 Yeah, you know you hear it around town all the time and you probably had those conversations at the bar with the drunk guy

06:31 next to you as well, but

06:33 Listen, listen, listen, listen

06:36 Yeah, so here's the the reason why you

06:50 Obviously, it's a huge luxury to have to essentially number one goaltenders

06:53 But it's this failsafe

06:56 That's built in to the Bruins where a lot of teams just don't have it and the good news is that even though all mark

07:02 Could be out for a while and that injury did not look good

07:05 And by the way, Brendan Bussey already got called up. So he flew from Providence to Las Vegas

07:10 So that's a good indication that all mark is at least out for one game. Maybe the rest of the road trip, right?

07:17 So we don't know how long-term it could be it didn't look good

07:20 But the fact that Jeremy Swain is your your number two goalie or I mean he really kind of your number one goalie

07:27 But but either way

07:28 The fact that you can have him right there ready to go

07:32 makes it not as scary as if this was if this was a Linus all mark with

07:37 Brendan Bussey as the backup rather than Jeremy Swain and as the other guy that comes off and also I'm sure you

07:44 You probably watched Brood's preseason. Um, I don't know if you got a chance to see that one game that Brendan Bussey started

07:51 In preseason he was phenomenal and then that's when I heard the conversation come back up like oh, we don't need all mark

07:58 Yes one game. It was one game

08:01 Just got the wheels turning on people. I also loved

08:05 Do you remember I think it was was it last year or the year before they traded Dan Bladar?

08:11 He came in here with Calgary beat the Bruins and it was immediately like oh my god

08:16 They should have just done of Ladar and and Swain and this is ridiculous like

08:20 Yeah, oh yeah, I'm stuff is the overreaction is too much I agree with you though you nailed it

08:29 I mean, this is why you don't trade a goalie

08:31 I mean, I I I've had this conversation with Felger at this conversation with pretty much every guest of like

08:36 I screamed this at Adam Jones last year at one point during the playoffs. I

08:41 Can't imagine it

08:43 Who gave you a microphone I'm like I work here

08:47 You know who I am

08:50 Even if I don't have a microphone, I just yell at him in the hallway

08:53 Exactly. Exactly. And so that's the big thing is like you look at

08:58 just

09:00 Obviously you want to have the tandem right? I want to see this tandem in the playoffs

09:04 I want to see them try it give this a shot

09:07 You have two goalies on good contracts who were both top ten goalies in the NHL

09:11 I want to see them both

09:13 But the real reason the biggest reason and you just hit on it that you want to have two goalies is

09:19 Because if one gets hurt, you're not derailed

09:21 They're not derailed right now, right?

09:23 Like if Tuka Rask got hurt and Halak had to step in back in the day or a couple years back

09:29 Halak was good and could step in and you know play games here and there and take the load off Rask

09:35 but Halak

09:37 to my remembrance never really was a guy that you could step and put in there for a

09:42 Full, you know bunch of games on end and have him succeed and be a like impromptu starting goalie

09:47 I remember in that series against Carolina when Rask left the bubble

09:50 Halak had a really tough time against Carolina and the rest of that series and I think in this a

09:55 I think Jeremy Swain and can step in but be we're also gonna see what Swayman's got cuz

10:01 You can correct me if I'm wrong, but we have not seen Swayman for an extended period of time as the starting goalie

10:08 We haven't even seen him like we've seen all mark in the playoffs go for you know, multiple games in a row

10:14 We have not seen that yet with Swayman

10:16 So this is gonna be a big test to see like can Swayman jump in and prove in this stretch that he can be the number

10:23 one starter

10:25 Yeah, well, it's because that

10:27 His the timing of him coming up

10:31 Coincided with the Bruins having multiple good goalies right when he first came up to go is still there

10:37 then all mark so

10:39 He's always split time and you're like his he's never had a full workload

10:46 The same way like Connor Hellebuck has yeah, like he's not been like the the guy

10:53 And he's always been the younger goalie. So he's kind of been growing and learning and this year

10:59 I think you could see the confidence is there and I feel like he's gotten better each year. So

11:04 It's not that I don't think he can handle the workload

11:07 I think that the Bruins because over the last two seasons they've had this back-and-forth almost 50/50 split of the net

11:14 He hasn't gotten the prep necessarily to have this workload, but it's not that he can't handle it

11:22 Will Brennan Bussie have to come in and play?

11:25 Like 40% of the games or 30% of the games if all mark is out long term. Yes

11:31 Yes, not like we're just gonna keep Brennan Bussie on the bench

11:34 And it was going through the schedule because we were talking about this on my podcast escape pod and we're talking about

11:41 Okay, we're looking through the schedule. All right. Are you are you comfortable playing Brennan Bussie against, New Jersey?

11:47 Are you comfortable playing Brennan Bussie against Colorado?

11:49 like we're like looking through the schedule and I'm like

11:51 There's too many good teams in a row here that you're gonna play but Brennan Bussie is probably gonna get in there for one of them

11:58 so

11:59 and I know we're kind of

12:01 burying the lead or I guess we're kind of talking and the assumption that

12:08 Olark is out long term, which we don't know for sure yet, but

12:12 Based on how he went off the ice. It was I mean

12:17 It kind of looked like maybe a groin injury

12:20 Definitely awkward and the fact that he wasn't striding his legs at all

12:24 Was the concerning part to me?

12:27 Currently, I saw I was looking this up this morning is currently he's listed as day-to-day, but

12:33 That's just because they haven't had a chance to officially update

12:37 Anything it's supposed to come later on today. I haven't seen any Twitter doctors

12:42 Chime in on what they think this is usually the Twitter doctors are like when football when someone like cracks their leg in half

12:48 You'll see like a someone who's like a doctor be like I think they broke their leg. It's like, oh, thank you

12:54 I appreciate that, but I haven't seen anything anybody weigh in on this

12:57 So maybe you have I haven't so I don't know like I'm not a you know, unfortunately bridge

13:03 I don't know what you studied at UMass, but I did not study the human body

13:07 Probably have very similar

13:10 Yes, I would assume we do too. We didn't take any any like, you know class that would help us diagnose injuries in reality

13:17 Those sports journalism classes there should be some sort of class that teaches you about injuries and stuff because you gotta maybe we could identify

13:24 I'm you know, like oh that's clearly an ACL or oh, that's a groin and

13:28 We got to go back to UMass and we got to start that

13:32 You will teach that course except for we would need a real doctor to be also part of our crew

13:38 qualified

13:40 At all not even close. No, I have a business degree from

13:44 Eisenberg and

13:46 My second major was journalism. So you did both. Yeah, that's a that's a grind, but that's awesome. Hell. Yeah

13:53 I did not I graduated in three years - oh my god. You're like friggin Einstein over there. No

13:59 No, I just I don't know. I didn't have the best like college experience. I was ready to get out of there

14:05 I know you probably liked it more than I did. I was kind of just ready to get out

14:10 Well good for you that it's clearly worked out. So I'm happy to see that the Oh mark thing though

14:16 There's one thing we haven't touched on yet that I think actually might be the most important thing with this

14:21 Whatever happens with Lena Solmark. There's one thing I think that is clearly most important

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15:32 Anyways, the biggest thing to me with this with Oh mark, whatever happens whether he's back

15:38 After the Vegas game for st. Louis whether he's out for an extended period of time

15:43 My worry is that this becomes a lingering injury whether it's his groin whether it's something in his legs, you know again

15:50 It's just speculation is that this lingers and even when he comes back, it's not fully healed

15:55 It's not like this is like a this sounds dumb, but like a broken arm heals and then you can you know

16:00 You're good after that. This obviously is probably different and

16:05 My worry is that down the stretch this hampers him and obviously you have swam in there

16:11 To help out but you know, you do need both goalies fully healthy to recognize this tandem

16:17 Potential fully and that's my biggest worry is that this becomes a lingering thing for Lena Solmark and that again down the stretch

16:25 It's it's hurting him. Yeah, I think that that pretty much what you're saying means that

16:31 Medical staff is more than likely going to be very conservative in the time frame to get him back in because you don't want him

16:38 Immediately going and tweaking it again when he comes back. You don't want him playing at 80%

16:45 You don't you you need to know he has enough time to heal

16:49 Given if there's enough time in the season for him to complete that recovery process

16:54 Because I'm sure Bruins fans

16:58 Think back to the end of last year where he was reportedly not playing at his

17:04 100% I

17:07 Even asked him about it on breakup day and he said it wasn't anything worse than stuff

17:12 he's dealt with in the past, but he was not a hundred percent and I think after

17:17 Seeing to complain the playoffs that not a hundred percent in all. Yep. That's the big one

17:23 then

17:25 Fans are probably saying

17:27 Take your time heal it right and really it does fall on the goalie to give an accurate

17:34 representation of where they feel like they're at because at the end of the day the doctors can look at your scans and they can

17:41 Know that the recovery time but they have to be honest and say and really

17:45 Say whether they're a hundred percent or not because everybody wants to play I understand that

17:51 Everybody's gonna say yes. I'm ready to go but

17:55 You need to be able to give your team the best chance of winning and sometimes it's a fine line between

18:00 I'm good enough to play but not a hundred percent ready like to play my best

18:06 Bruins fans have seen that in the past in the playoffs and it still haunts most of the fan base

18:14 Well, the problem is that again, they're not honest about it

18:19 No one ever is no one ever will be and it's also tough like the hundred percent

18:23 No one's 100% by the playoffs like that's one of the other tough things

18:26 But I agree with you to get yourself as close to 100% as possible for the playoffs should be the first priority

18:33 the other thing is like I

18:35 It's like with all mark

18:38 They're not gonna be honest that's like to me that's the toughest part at least into not

18:45 I don't mean to sound like they're lying, but they want to play that there's a there's a lore of oh my god

18:51 So and so played through these injuries, you can't really do that as a goalie, right?

18:55 Like if you know the second lines, no if you're the second line center

18:59 You can do that right you can play through a bruised this and a sprained that it like you can do that

19:06 Who is that?

19:09 So that's what I was thinking but that's a little extreme so I don't want to go that's very extreme

19:16 very extreme

19:18 But goaltending you don't want to be you can't you cannot be in that position

19:23 You've got to go with the healthiest guy and that's one thing that the Bruins have fallen victim to under Cassidy and in a Jim

19:29 Montgomery last year where they went with the guy who was better in the regular season and maybe better overall

19:33 but not the most healthy and I think

19:35 You don't want that to be created again where you're going to the playoffs and all mark is that you know

19:42 55 60 percent and sway man's that like, you know

19:46 5590 percent and they're considering all mark in that situation. So

19:50 Bullies in the league if one's not if one's healthy and the other ones not it should be an easy decision

19:57 You're right. It should be a very easy decision. That's why I hope it continues. I hope it is

20:01 I hope that they stick with that and they don't because again if you go into the playoffs and

20:06 You want to use the tandem right because I think we're both on the same page use the tandem, you know

20:11 Give it give it a shot

20:13 not on our page, but

20:16 Well, I'm not

20:18 He's always just like this is stupid. There's no goalie rotations in the playoffs

20:23 This is like I know there hasn't been in the past and obviously he's the goalie. So we

20:28 Respect his opinion on that

20:31 but yes, it's like

20:33 Just because it hasn't been done doesn't mean it can't be done

20:36 So well someone it's got to start somewhere and you have two top five goalies who actually like each other

20:42 This isn't like they're rivals like they the situation

20:46 Seems pretty conducive for this to work and if it doesn't work then you tried it, right?

20:51 Like you didn't try it last year. You were out in the first round if you try if you try it this year

20:56 You're out in the first round again. Well, then you tried both things and again

20:59 I'm not making excuses for them because God knows when they do lose in the first round this year

21:03 We're gonna be ripping them. But to me I just like use it and I get Ray Croft's the view

21:10 I know there's a lot of

21:11 Hockey guys and gals who are against it. I get it because that it's not inherent. It's not what people know

21:18 It's not the the typical thing, but sometimes you do have to go against the grain

21:22 if it's been your advantage in the regular season and

21:25 It could be your advantage in the postseason and that way when you are switching

21:30 Goaltenders, it's not a mental like it's not a psychological thing. Like oh I played bad. I'm coming out

21:36 It's like no that's it was scheduled that way, you know, you don't you're not losing cop

21:39 Yes from changing guys. Whereas, you know sway men's coming in after

21:44 in last playoffs coming in cold not playing the first part of the

21:49 Series besides like five minutes after all mark got in a fight that one

21:53 Forgot about that

21:56 Played at all and then you put them in a really tough situation in game seven and

22:01 It once again that that psychologically affects goalies, but if you if they're

22:08 happy with the rotation then coming out doesn't feel as

22:12 You know deflating as like it's not like a it's not a statement about you playing poorly

22:19 It's this is just how we're doing it. So but also there if someone's hot you want to ride them

22:26 It's it's definitely a weird line and poor goalie Bob Bob a sense of the ruins goalie coach

22:33 I feel like Montgomery threw him under the bus last year with some of the comments

22:38 Oh, well, we listened to him. It's like you're the head coach. You probably should have also thought about it

22:44 But I understand they trust Bob a sense a lot. So they put a lot of weight in what his decision would be

22:50 It's something that makes sense. Like yeah goalie Bob's around forever

22:54 He clearly knows what he's doing and has a finger on the pulse goalie

22:58 Bob may be the best goalie coach in the world

23:00 Like he's very well liked and respected and he handles a lot of prospects like from young prospects

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24:47 Good job, Evan. That was well done. Yeah, it was phenomenal. Yeah

24:52 I think voiceover acting is my next frontier. I need to conquer. I'm done with hockey

24:58 I'm done with with sports in general. I'm going on to voice acting. I think I did have one

25:03 I have had to do one voiceover for a commercial in a previous job and it was just it was so weird to me

25:10 It is odd. The script was so weird. It was fruit. So I used to live in North Carolina

25:16 It was for a Wake Forest app, which is the Wake Forest in college and like one of the lines like if you want to like

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25:29 That's a weird it is weird getting copy you have to read and it's like oh this doesn't sound like me or oh

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25:45 So I I'm fine with those but there've been ones in the past where I'm like, what what am I reading here?

25:51 But anyways, yes, so it's interesting

25:53 I we're mentioning the goalie tandem and you do worry that if this lingers and you know

25:58 As I said if all mark is at 60 65 percent and Swain is much higher in that case

26:04 You you know, maybe you bring in all mark for a game or two here or there in the playoffs

26:09 But you pretty much stick with Swain and if he continues to have those injury troubles which hits it a bigger thing

26:14 I think I'm curious if we start to see rumblings of this anywhere

26:18 or like kind of like

26:20 Podcast topics because it's a pretty good one

26:22 We've talked a lot about and we mentioned it earlier about trading one of the goalies to get something now

26:30 Let's flip that on its head

26:32 if Swain and and and and

26:34 Bussy

26:37 you know don't work out the way that we think they will and

26:40 Then D to D if D Pietro came up and he didn't work or something

26:45 Would you consider trading for a goalie if this is if again if this is long-term for Lena so mark?

26:51 Would you consider doing or you mean like offseason?

26:54 I'll say this season like deadline type thing. Would you trade for a depth goalie? No

27:00 Agreed. There's no reason. I'm shooting down my own point. But no, there's no reason

27:05 This would be more this it's a great topic for people who want to be who are fine being on the wrong side

27:12 the stupid side and arguing that side but

27:15 No, it's I mean think about the needs that they have

27:19 You're you're in need of at the top six forward or at least a middle six forward

27:25 As your bigger priority if Swain gets hurt, then you know, we might be having a different conversation

27:31 Both your well

27:33 And at that point in time, are you even buyers at the deadline?

27:37 Like what what are your real hopes of winning a Stanley Cup if both your top two goalies are are gone?

27:42 They're both injured wish let's not let's knock on some wood and I was gonna say some people are gonna be angry that you put

27:48 That into the universe, but I also again. I also just go back to like you mentioned there. They're bigger needs a

27:53 B you don't want to keep giving up future assets

27:57 and if you're gonna go if you were and I'm gonna we're just shooting this down because I think we're gonna start to see people

28:01 on social media and in other

28:05 kind of avenues mentioning this

28:07 If to get a goalie at the deadline

28:10 You're gonna have to give up a lot because there are a lot of other teams that are in way worse

28:14 Situations that do need a goalie

28:16 We're gonna be in a better position to give things up. So you don't want to give it up on an

28:21 Area that it's you know, you don't need you even in a situation where swimming

28:26 What do you even do with that goalie? Like they'd have to be a rental like this. That's the thing

28:30 You with that goalie. I that's exactly it. So to me

28:35 I'm curious if people do think it because I did see one article somewhere today

28:39 I forget where it was kind of posing the question and I was like, oh my god

28:43 I wouldn't go there. But so we're doing is we're kind of just like shoot it down, you know

28:47 We're just before it gets started. We're anticipating it. Yeah becoming a topic and we're saying no, we're not we're not doing that

28:53 That's what we're doing

28:55 Because guess what the ruins are one of the teams that have the luxury of having

29:00 Internal solutions rather than needing to go out and get one externally

29:05 So you have Jeremy Swineman as the number one external internal solution and Brendan Bussey could be a good goalie as well

29:11 He's coming out of college

29:12 He's so far in Providence had a really good career in the AHL

29:17 And in the time we saw him in the preseason he made some highlight reel saves that

29:21 Even NHL goalies wouldn't have made a few of them

29:25 So I think Bussey is a good internal solution for the backup

29:31 Give him a chance. I'm always excited to see the call-ups as well

29:36 I don't know if you're probably like that because you you're you know, you cover college hockey you cover prospects

29:43 I love to see people get a chance

29:46 Especially if they've earned it and Brendan Bussey feels like someone that would be fun to watch play

29:50 So, um, I think he could add a little bit of entertainment. Hopefully

29:55 for Bruins fans

29:57 He he gives them something to care about and and the top

30:01 So like if he plays well in the games that he comes in

30:05 Then those conversations probably die out on that. You're mentioning Evan. Like there's no need to even have

30:11 Well, that's the thing and I the other thing is like I know Bussey struggled a little bit in Providence this year

30:17 And I know D Pietro is like top 20 and some of those big goalies

30:22 Numbers are better than Bussey's this year. Yes, so I am curious

30:26 But again, I agree Bussey gets the first crack at being the backup

30:30 Temporarily, so I'm fine with that and and D Pietro has played a few NHL games, but it's not a lot

30:36 Yeah

30:37 so again

30:37 I like I'm fine with what they're doing and I think they have the as you said they have the things internally and the biggest thing

30:44 I want to see Swainman is the number one guy. I want to see it and I we mentioned it earlier

30:48 I want to see how he takes the reins on this how they use him how he does if he has to play three

30:55 Or four games in a row

30:56 Because again, like I always go back to like his time at Maine like he was peppered all the time

31:00 They used to in every game. I know college schedules are so much different

31:04 But still I do think Swainman's personality his makeup his style is suited to play a lot

31:11 So I am fascinated with these next couple of games in this next stretch to see him sort of take ownership of the net

31:17 He's a competitor. So he has it built into him to

31:21 Step up

31:23 And handle whatever workload he's gonna need his Mike Richter Award winner for best goalie. That's right

31:30 I forgot he won that yeah, he won he won that I mean he was really a steal for the Bruins

31:35 He was a late-round draft pick. They drafted him before he started his college career and you know

31:41 Having success in college because by the time he left college you'd be like, wow, that's a great goalie

31:46 We you know, but at the time that Swainman was drafted it there was a lot less known about him

31:51 He's kind of a diamond in the rough that they that they drafted I think in the fourth or fifth round. I think he was fourth

31:56 Yeah, he's and he's I like the ideal

32:00 Situation where you you go and you draft a late-round goalie and just to take a flyer and he ends up

32:07 Going on to college and being the best goalie in college at the time and then he comes and now he could be your your

32:15 starter of the future because I think most people would agree he seems to be the

32:20 Long-term plan as the Bruins started, but he's in a weird contract situation

32:25 Evan, you know this I don't know if you heard his comments right after he dealt with his

32:31 he was in a restricted free agency in the offseason and

32:34 The contract negotiations were he hated it he yeah, he was not happy

32:42 He was no openly not happy. You're like he's coming in saying this is my value and then your employer is saying no

32:49 You know, you're not worth that much. I love the idea of arbitration. I love the idea of arbitration

32:54 It's terrible. It's like that feels like crap like they're like no

32:57 No, you're worth over a million dollars less than what you think you're worth. It's like no guys and I mean so I mean so good like

33:04 Obviously he deserves more than the offer

33:08 They were giving him so that the arbitration process was a painful process for him and he said he will never do it again

33:14 so that means

33:16 He would more than likely need to be

33:18 Extended before the end of the season because he only signed a one-year deal

33:23 Because if it was any longer than that

33:25 He would he would be a unrestricted free agent, but because it was just the one year

33:30 He once again would go back into restricted free agency this offseason and he doesn't want to deal with arbitration

33:36 so I mean

33:38 him I mean

33:41 There's been no talks of the Dubrask extension by the way either

33:45 That is something that has been

33:49 Kind of under the radar this whole season, but he's at the last year of his contract

33:54 Yeah, like I said Swainman becomes a restricted free agent at the end of the year. So like

33:59 Those two extensions would be pretty important to get done at some point before

34:05 Free agency opens up. So that's a while away

34:07 But no, but also to get I mean, especially with the brus to get that done before the trade deadline

34:13 I think that's like Swainman whatever. He's an RFA you do that when you do that, but like

34:18 Dubrask I think is the huge one in terms of do you you know?

34:23 Do you trade him before then and get something for him, but you sell pretty low on him

34:27 Do you wait it out and and keep him through the deadline and see what he gives you and then let him hit?

34:33 under scoops free agency or do you

34:35 Extend him now and maybe do it a little bit cheaper than you would if he was succeeding

34:41 But you're also that's a big bet on someone who's been very inconsistent

34:45 That's a very hard situation for them that they're in in terms of that because I don't think there's a clear answer

34:50 My guess is if I had to if I was a betting man

34:53 If I was guessing they hold on to him as sort of like, you know, he's a relia

34:59 He's a fairly reliable top six winger

35:01 We'll see what we get and then when I'm restricted free agency hits if they're you know

35:05 If they can come to an agreement great if they can't then he's gone

35:08 But I to me that I think they're gonna go the Krug route

35:11 But they're gonna give him some offer at the end. Whereas with Krug they pulled the offer. So that would be my guess

35:16 I didn't I didn't like the Krug route just for the record

35:19 That was a whole that was a whole nother

35:22 contract negotiation situation that was

35:25 unnecessary, but a shebang

35:28 yeah, but

35:30 For in terms of the breast I agree. I think he's gonna be with the team to the end of the year

35:34 He's not getting traded at the deadline. I mentioned before your needs are a top six winger

35:39 Why would you trade a top six winger?

35:41 Like what would you be getting in return another top six winger like it's you're trading one thing for the other or for the same thing

35:47 So that doesn't really solve your problems and I know people can come and say oh well

35:52 They can get someone that's more consistent for Jake to wrestle

35:54 If you don't like the player then

35:56 Do you think the team that the ruins are trading him to are gonna be like, yeah here have a better winger

36:01 We're gonna give you our better winger than Jake to breath like so it just doesn't work like that

36:06 And you know what? I think he's been the number is

36:11 Obviously aren't as good for him this season as they should be but the play hasn't been bad

36:17 So no it hasn't it hasn't his upside is that if he if he gets hot at the right time

36:24 He's hot and you know, he's gone on hot streaks in the playoffs you I mean, I know that this is

36:29 Wishful thinking and like okay, you got a hope for him to be in that hot streak rather than a slump at the time

36:36 But he has a higher ceiling and higher potential than the numbers. He's been putting up right now

36:42 So if he can come out of it, then, you know, just be patient and and also he's a good penalty killer

36:48 He's he I mean I his effort has been there. He's getting shots on goal

36:54 It's just they're not they have recently they have been going in more and the points are coming up

37:01 But it was a stretch there were

37:03 Just wasn't falling for him, but kind of snake bitten

37:06 Would you sign him long term to a deal over five million per?

37:12 Like how long do you mean like three years for like, what are we I mean, I'm guessing he wants a long-term deal

37:19 So let's say five or six years. Yeah, you do that. He does want I would guess he probably would be pushing for like five

37:24 um, I

37:26 Mean you could make it

37:27 I mean going into this year coming off of last year

37:29 I would have expected the number to be higher than five million per year

37:32 So I'm even I'm even going off of this like to me

37:37 Like it's he's such a weird case because he has that 30 goal potential

37:41 But he's so inconsistent when it comes to production that if you're gonna pay five five and a half even six

37:48 Long term for someone like that. I know the caps gonna go up, but that's a worry like that's where I'm like

37:55 Maybe you do

37:57 Try to replace him either in free agency or you you know

38:03 Find the next guy somehow whether it be through trade. I know that's harder

38:06 But you know if you're gonna commit that money, that's a lot of money for that

38:10 yeah, but if

38:13 If it's five like if it's five million, he's currently already on a four million a year contract

38:18 Like I feel like five million you can do

38:20 Yeah, five million sure, but when it starts pushing six, I think it's like six. I don't think that that's a great idea

38:30 And also he hasn't made a great case for himself this season

38:33 He had an ability this year in a contract year to run the price up and that's not right

38:38 So the Bruins are I mean if they were intending on extending them all along

38:42 you know, you don't like that as numbers aren't as good but you're

38:46 Potentially gonna get a better deal out of it

38:49 if you are if you have faith in the player that the player over the next say five seasons if that's what what they agree

38:55 on is gonna

38:57 Play up to or better than a five million dollar a year contract

39:01 and by the way

39:02 Usually the longer term deals when you when you look at them at the end of the contract you're like that was actually a steal

39:08 Because yeah, I in the first year or two, but then you look back in year five and you're like, oh wow

39:13 we have this person for way less than some other wingers that are

39:17 Comparable or lesser than our winger like even the pasta nut deal we could look back on it's a huge number

39:25 Obviously, but at the end of that deal we could be you could be thinking. Oh, yeah

39:29 He's easily worth that like that's because other other guys will have signed new contracts that are gonna be higher and you're gonna be like

39:36 Yeah, and the caps gonna go up and they have me look at you know, you can look at Crosby, you know Vetchkin's number

39:42 I know a vet or Crosby always wanted to make eight point seven million because it's his number

39:46 But like a lot of guys like those contracts that were huge at the time as time goes along you look back

39:51 When that when you know, it's the end of the deal on the on the cap, it doesn't look as bad

39:55 But you don't want to be hampered down by that. I think that's the biggest thing by the way

39:59 Not to change subjects quickly

40:02 But to change subjects quickly

40:04 You know whose contract looks pretty damn good right now

40:07 Charlie Coyle that number looks real good for what and you know again

40:13 I know that the production has been spotty in the last couple of years

40:16 But for what you've asked of him this year for what you've needed out of him what he's been able to contribute at five point two

40:22 five million per

40:24 is pretty damn good and I I know that I feel like he's universally liked right now because

40:30 Well, he's a great two-way play

40:32 With the points. He's he's like a little person. No, that's a big part of it. Yeah

40:38 So nice it's kind of crazy and he's local and

40:43 He just has such a great attitude and and that's why you see him be able to adapt and take on this

40:50 Top center role or you know top two center role with the Bruins depending on what line you want to call the first line

40:59 I guess right now. It's that zaka geeky pasta not fine

41:03 But obviously a line with Marshawn on it kind of also feels like a first line. So, um

41:08 No, Charlie Coyle think about what they gave up to get him

41:13 Like Ryan Donato it's right it

41:16 goes down as one of those great moves made by Don Sweeney because

41:22 He he's fits the Bruins character for sure they needed a center he is a big body

41:30 He kills penalties so well, he's an all-around good player

41:34 I'm happy to see that he because there there were some people that were a little bit harsh on him last year

41:41 Oh, can he be a number one or number two center?

41:43 Cuz you know, he had been the number three center here in Boston a lot of people were skeptical

41:48 maybe he couldn't but he's shown this season that he has a skill set to do it and I

41:53 Think he's he's had some really good stretches this year

41:56 And you know what else was a good signing center wise which even though now he's playing as a wing currently

42:02 Pavel's akka was it was another sneaky good move by Don Sweeney to just trade

42:09 Eric holla a guy that didn't necessarily have the perfect fit in Boston for

42:13 Pavel's akka who didn't have the perfect fit in New Jersey and they both get new fresh slates and Pavel's akka has been

42:21 Great. He's been a top six player for you since you got him

42:25 And I also think when it comes time for the playoffs, I've liked zaka on the wing

42:29 I know he was great last year on the wing at times

42:31 I still think that when it comes to the playoffs you do need soccer coil down the middle

42:36 I know geeky's fit in great. So again that could change

42:39 I'm like really no I am - I am - I'm just I'm not quite there yet in terms of I think I'd rather

42:48 Zaka down the middle. The other thing is, you know when it comes to the playoffs and things get more physical and you know

42:54 It's more matchup based

42:55 Do you move geeky back to be on the right side of Patra as sort of a bigger body who?

43:01 Fits there. I don't know. It's something to think about but

43:05 Zaka's worked on both the wing and center. So again, it goes back to what you said. You can't be angry at it

43:09 It's been a good signing and he's given you value

43:11 Yeah, and he's he does a few things that other

43:16 Other players on that line, you know, whether it be a winger or center

43:21 Don't do which is he's he's a big body. He can't be moved off the puck very

43:26 easily and also

43:29 something that you notice more and more the longer that line is together is he just knows that

43:34 Pasternak is such a great playmaker and so is Zaka that if he just gets enough space if he gets open enough

43:41 Pasta will make the pass and we'll make the play and he'll just yeah

43:45 He's a tapping goal like if he's just if he's open he's playing with two guys that can get him the puck

43:50 So he's been the beneficiary of playing on a line with really high skilled

43:55 talented players and

43:57 One of the observations I've had recently is that he's sneaky smart

44:02 Like his intelligence. Yes. Yeah, I think I'm starting to think that just list kind of getting a chance to talk to you

44:10 after the game as well as kind of how he conducts himself during the game that

44:14 he's actually a very intelligent person and that helps when he's adapting to

44:20 situations where he's moving from wing to center and

44:24 Learning how to play with new line mates in a completely different team that he played for

44:27 I'm

44:29 Starting to see that he is a very smart hockey player as well as just a smart person

44:35 The high hockey IQ it never hurts and when you're up in the top six, it's a good thing

44:39 Anyways, Bridget, this has been a blast. I'm very happy that we finally had you on and you will certainly be on again

44:47 Before you go what can people look forward to from you what they should be?

44:51 What should they be on the lookout for so next thing it next big thing is I'll be broadcasting a woman's beanpot

44:58 So, oh, that'll be fun

45:00 Yep, I've been me in meetings all week and I have a coaches interview after this

45:04 But yeah women's beanpot on Ness in January 16th, and then January 23rd at TD Garden

45:10 So that'll be my first ever broadcast at an NHL rank

45:13 It's the first time the women have been playing the championship game at TD Garden

45:17 So I'm a little bit excited and nervous at the same time for that. We have a great crew. Um, so

45:24 Sofia Yerkes Kovach is gonna host our intermission

45:27 And that's awesome. I'm doing play-by-play

45:30 My broadcast partner is sunny watress and then Natalie Nori is ranked side

45:35 If anybody's heard of any of them, they probably know that those are all really

45:39 Qualified talented woman that we're having in an all-female broadcast. It's gonna be

45:45 It's something we're all looking forward to a lot. So that'll be awesome and you'll be the leader doing play-by-play

45:50 So I'm saying like that and that's gonna put the pressure back. No, we're putting the pressure. Oh, are you kidding me?

45:56 We're gonna put so much pressure on you. Oh my god

45:58 We'll tweet clips of like of like like the big a second of dead air I'm like why was there dead air?

46:08 Come on

46:13 I'm excited for it. I've seen comments from our first

46:16 Pwhl broadcast and I'm like starting to realize. Okay. Well, I'm speaking this like step up in my career that like I'm getting more exposure

46:24 but it comes with

46:26 more

46:28 Don't look at the comments

46:31 No, never do that sometimes I'll look at the ones on these and they're you like I

46:40 Actually have very nice listeners and they're like 90 per 90 to 95

46:43 Percent of the comments are like very positive or it'll be like just Bruins points and I'll read through those

46:49 Then there'll be one that'll be like, you know

46:50 Evan does this and I can't stand it or this or that or Connor this I'm like

46:54 I wish I did I get it's like then I noticed that I do those things like they're right, you know, so

47:00 Are you - you say the word like too much you sound like a daughter that's trying to get away with something like yeah

47:09 I

47:11 Put that time into other things

47:14 Come on. Luckily. I feel like a lot of it a lot of the stuff we heard after our first broadcast was positive

47:21 Good thing

47:24 Yeah, Jimmy Murphy sent me a clip of Pierre Maguire talking about me which was really weird

47:30 If you grow up watching Pierre Maguire

47:35 Cover hockey and I was like, I didn't think you would ever know who I was

47:39 But it's just weird and also really weird to think that like Billie Jean King knows who I am

47:44 Which is that is a crazy wild

47:47 But it's awesome, that's awesome

47:51 So we're excited for that and then skate podcast that comes out how many times a week for people usually three

47:56 Yeah, we try to do Monday Wednesday Friday, but obviously scheduled dependent on the Bruins and yeah

48:03 They're on tonight at 10, which is

48:05 Gonna be difficult

48:08 That's a late one. It is it is so I I agree but

48:12 Anyways, that's Bridget. I'm Evan Marinovsky you Bruins beat listeners. Have a great rest of your week

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