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00:00 Poke the Bear is powered by Pricepix, the exclusive daily fantasy partner of the CLNS Media Network.

00:06 And welcome into Poke the Bear episode 209 presented by CLNS Media and sponsored by our

00:15 good friends over at Pricepix and Fact of Meals. My name is Connor Ryan and as you can see,

00:21 riding solo today. It's the trade deadline. There's a lot of stuff going on right now.

00:29 We got people running amok all over the place. There's trades happening left and right. Everyone's

00:34 tied up. Everyone's trying to find scoops, all that good stuff. I'm running the gambit myself

00:40 in terms of actually recording this podcast because I know full well that by the time this

00:47 podcast drops, probably 50%, maybe more of the players we mentioned are probably going to get

00:53 traded. So I'm running the risk here, but I'm doing it for you guys. We're here to help you

00:57 guys out. Here to talk some hockey. We're obviously going to break down the Bruins games this week,

01:03 both against the Maple Leafs and the Oilers. Looking at an interesting rumor that's popped

01:09 up over the last couple of days involving Elias Lindholm, who could be back on the market after

01:14 it seemed like he was set in stone there with Vancouver, at least for this season.

01:19 And also we have a few mailbag questions reached out to some of our loyal listeners on Twitter,

01:25 x whatever it's called now. I have no idea. I've lost track of that, but you guys sent over some

01:30 really good questions. So we're on through those as well. But looking at this team now,

01:35 in what has been a shocking development, the Bruins are still kind of tough to gauge, right?

01:41 Had an absolutely awful game on Saturday against the Islanders. Complete no show.

01:48 Arguably maybe their most disheartening loss of the year. Just no response, didn't start on time,

01:56 didn't have any pushback at all. Come back and they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs up in Toronto.

02:02 Really strong performance. Really controlled the game early. You had a lot of guys who

02:07 you need to get rolling here down the stretch. They got going. You had Pavel Zaka, almost didn't

02:12 play in that game, was dealing with a lower body injury. He scores two goals, takes a shot first

02:18 approach, which is great to see. Jake DeBruys scores as well. And then the most important thing

02:23 for the Bruins against a Toronto team that's very flawed, right? I think if the Bruins played in the

02:28 first round, that's probably your best bet. If you're trying to play matchups and trying to

02:34 carve a way through the postseason, if you're the Bruins, I'd rather you stay in the two or three

02:41 seat, even play Toronto, take your chances there with a team that has its fair share of flaws as

02:47 well. Roll the dice, see what you can do against them. Try to punch your ticket to the next round.

02:51 And once you get past the first round, I think it's John Cooper who said the first round is the

02:55 wild, wild west. Get through the first round, you win a series, build the momentum, anything can

03:00 happen from there. So really strong performance from the Bruins in that game. Controlled the pace

03:07 for most of it. I think the most important thing is you look at Toronto. Yes, they got some issues,

03:12 but they can score in a hurry, can shift momentum really quick. And then a third period, the Bruins

03:17 took care of business. The fact that you had the Toronto scored,

03:23 kind of got rolling a little bit there. And then Zaka has that insurance goal. People look at this

03:30 Bruins team and their issues with a third period and letting so many of these leads to live away.

03:33 All the reasons we've talked about before are all extremely valid, right? We've mentioned

03:39 the D zone miscues, the giving up goals in those six on five situations, critical face-offs that

03:46 they're losing. But also this team has struggled this year in terms of building some insurance

03:53 for themselves. Last year, that team was so loaded that you would expect in a third period,

03:58 you didn't have to rely on just David Pasternak to carry all the weight. You had Nick Foligno

04:03 would score a goal in a third period. You had Taylor Hall that would score a goal. You had

04:06 so much depth across the lineup that it almost felt like it was a given, right? That this team

04:11 was going to build itself some breathing room and not have to trudge through so many of these games

04:15 where you're protecting a one goal lead, killing plays in your own end in the final seconds of a

04:21 game like that. So really good performance from the Bruins on Monday. You go to Tuesday

04:26 and it's frustrating, right? Because for most of that game, that was a very impressive performance

04:31 by the Bruins, right? I think we saw full well what that team can do. Edmonton with guys like

04:38 McDavid, Dreisaitl, not surprised to see just how quickly they can flip the script when they

04:44 get going. Bruins played them well for most of that game. It was shaping up to be a very

04:50 professional win, a great performance. It's a very good Edmonton team on the second leg of a

04:55 back to back against Toronto. And then it kind of just goes to the wayside, right? The Bruins

05:02 aren't able to get that insurance goal. The empty netter from Heinen goes wide. Ryan Eugene Hawkins

05:07 does a great job back checking there, but Bruins can execute. Dreisaitl ties it up. McDavid goes

05:12 to the net. Puckets jammed in. And then over time, I think we all expected when you got

05:17 Connor McDavid and Leon Dreisaitl with a three on three, you tend to know what's going to happen.

05:22 And the Bruins already aren't a very good three on three team. So that felt all but inevitable.

05:26 But that one's just frustrating, right? Because the Bruins, for the most part, I think played a

05:31 really good game. There's been other games where they've trudged through games or they're completely

05:36 taking their foot off the gas pedal for an entire period, like that game in Vancouver on the road,

05:40 where it's like, all right, that was 18 minutes of suck, right? Where the Bruins just really let

05:45 that game slip away from them. This one was two minutes. Again, the result stays the same,

05:50 right? The Bruins are still handed another loser point there. They've had a whole bunch of them

05:56 this season. But for most of that game, I think you have to be encouraged with the way they played.

06:02 But it just comes down to the execution, right? Like the empty netter, need to have that in those

06:06 situations. And then on the sequence leading up to Dreisaitl's equalizer, D zone faceoff that

06:14 the Bruins lose. Coyle loses in a faceoff against Dreisaitl. Try to disrupt that D to D pass.

06:21 McDavid has the puck on his stick. You know what's coming next, right? So definitely a frustrating

06:26 result from the Bruins. And again, it just goes down to those little details that as much people

06:31 want to look at just the overall state of the defensive structure for this team or needing

06:37 a timely save. Sometimes it just comes down to winning faceoffs, getting puck possession.

06:43 You know, when you can't just limit how much time the opponent has the puck on their stick.

06:46 And that's been something that's killed the team, right? Like you look at faceoffs,

06:49 I feel like that's almost been lost in the shuffle a bit. It's not as, you know,

06:54 maybe dour or as pressing as you're looking at, like when like the D zone structure completely

06:58 collapses or all markers swimming, give up a bad goal or, you know, a forward has a really lazy

07:05 pass, gets intercepted, leads to a goal. But as much as the Bruins, I think in terms of just

07:10 offensive production have done pretty well in terms of trudging ahead without Bergeron and

07:15 Crecci not having Bergeron out there in those critical faceoffs where, you know,

07:20 you've got a pretty damn good chance of winning those critical draws.

07:23 I think that's been one thing that's been killer for this team this whole season. Like you've,

07:29 it's constantly been something where if they had, you know, obviously Bergeron, but anyone

07:34 out there who could do a better job at shoring up that area of the game, who knows, maybe the

07:41 Bruins have two or three fewer games to go to overtime, a few more two point showings on the

07:47 standings. And I think quite the difference when you look at just where the Bruins are right now

07:51 and how they've kind of let things slip away from them a little bit here, especially since the all

07:56 star break. So it is interesting to note though, that the Bruins are in the spot where all of a

08:03 sudden if face-offs is a, a key need for this team. And again, they were second in the NHL last

08:09 year in face-off percentage. They are 21st now. And again, Coyle and Zaka, I think overall,

08:15 they're pretty good. Zaka's winning about 54% of his face-offs. Coyle's 51, had a really rough game

08:24 on Tuesday against Edmonton, but you look at further down the lineup, they're missing that

08:29 extra kind of line that one can keep Zaka and Coyle fresh, but you just don't have any options

08:34 for them to line up. He's at 42%, Frederick's at 45%, Boakwest who again has added an extra

08:41 dynamic to that fourth line, but he's at 42% right now. That's not going to cut it. Again,

08:46 it's you, you almost weigh whether or not Johnny Beecher's guy worth calling up there, but,

08:50 but you always have to make the money work, which is kind of one of the, probably the biggest

08:54 hurdle in terms of why Beecher's not up right now. Again, Boakwest is producing, that's helped

09:00 his case a little bit, but I think the cap has been one of the more of the looming issue, I think

09:06 in terms of Beecher and why he's not up here, but the Bruins are in luck in that it does seem like

09:10 there's a very good face-off guy, not a face-off specialist, but a top six player that's also damn

09:17 good at the face-off dot who could be back on the market. But before we kind of dive into that,

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10:30 trade deadline. And again, we're recording this on Wednesday evening. Who knows what happens between

10:38 about time this podcast drops. We won't talk about Noah Hannafin because as much as I think people

10:43 are linking him to teams in the East, maybe Boston, you're hearing a lot of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

10:48 Elliott Friedman said, watch out for the Vegas Golden Knights there. So who knows where Noah

10:53 Hannafin ends up, but we're focusing in on Elias Lindholm. Vancouver Canucks legend has played 14

11:00 games there, 15 games actually, and might be on the move. Not a lot of people saw that coming.

11:06 Again, remains to be seen where he signs. He's a pending for agent where he signs this summer, but

11:12 people thought that once Vancouver paid a haul to get him from Calgary, that was it. The Bruins were

11:19 rumored to be interested in him. Apparently they wanted to trade for him and sign him to a contract

11:24 that fell apart. Vancouver swoops in, adds him. Has not worked out there in Vancouver form. He's

11:30 played a lot on the wing, which for a guy that's I think winning 56% of his face-offs this season,

11:37 kind of earning his value there. He's gone, I think, nine out of his last 10 games without a

11:43 point. Just seems like a weird fit for that team. And I think especially where they've got JT Miller,

11:48 who can play down the middle, they just signed Elias Pedersen to a long-term deal.

11:52 You wonder long-term where exactly a guy like Lindholm kind of fits in there, especially once

11:56 you add in the fact that apparently the Vancouver Canucks are very interested in adding a guy like

12:01 Jake Denzel from Pittsburgh, who you look at Pittsburgh, it seemed like they're going to be

12:06 selling at the deadline. I don't know what to make of that team. They should be staring at a

12:11 long rebuild. They honestly probably should have blown things up a lot sooner than they did.

12:16 But if the Canucks really want to get a guy like Denzel, who's just a pure guy on the wing,

12:22 playoff hero, a guy that delivers in the clutch, would be a great pickup from them

12:28 to make the money work. They can't have Elias Lindholm on that team. So Chris Johnson, who

12:33 works over at the Athletic, has been on TSN as well. A very well-sourced guy that knows his stuff,

12:42 doesn't just throw stuff out there. Mentions that if Vancouver is really interested in getting

12:47 Jake Denzel, that probably a guy like Lindholm is going to have to get flipped and mentions the

12:52 Boston Bruins as a team to be willing to do that. Very interesting, right? I think if you're the

12:58 Bruins, it all comes down to what the price is going to be. I have to imagine, as is usually the

13:03 case when John Sweeney targets guys like Hampus Lindholm, if they want to get a guy like Elias

13:09 Lindholm, they want to sign him long-term. And it fits the bill, right? Lindholm's not had probably

13:15 the best year, but he's 29 years old, great at face-offs, which would immediately help this team

13:20 now and for the future. Has surpassed 60 points three times in his career, had a 40-goal season

13:27 when he was playing alongside Matthew Kachuk. So I think Lindholm is a very productive

13:32 two-way center, but probably needs to be elevated by maybe the talent around him as well. He's not

13:37 a guy that by himself is going to drive offensive production. Great defensively, great face-offs,

13:43 but probably needs some extra supporting, a strong supporting cast to really have him realize his

13:49 potential, which if you're going to staple him next to David Pasternak, makes sense, right?

13:55 So I can see the appeal for the Bruins of looking to acquire him. And if you're able to get him in

14:01 this situation where Vancouver is desperate to get a guy like Denzel, they're not happy with how

14:05 things are working out with Elias Lindholm, it'd be a pretty smart move for the Bruins. It just

14:10 comes down to what the price is going to be, right? Because you have to make the money work.

14:13 The Bruins have $61,000 in cap space right now. So you got to move money out. Are you moving a guy

14:22 like Jake DeBrusque? And again, this could be a three-team deal where DeBrusque could go to

14:28 Pittsburgh as part of it if they're doing all these different moving pieces. Are you looking

14:33 at maybe a guy, one of those teams is taking on a contract like Derek Fulbert's just to make the

14:39 money work? That could be a situation where you have to make do with what you have. And it could

14:44 be a bigger deal as well. If you're moving a guy like Jake DeBrusque, are you able to find a way

14:49 to make the money work where you can maybe target someone like Riley Smith, who's with Pittsburgh,

14:54 who again has had a down year for Pittsburgh like most guys on that team, but is a steady middle

15:00 six player. Probably the Bruins would love to have a do-over with Riley Smith. They traded him

15:08 at his absolute worst value, became a fixture with Vegas over the years, had almost 300 points

15:16 in 399 games out with the Golden Knights. And even if maybe he's not as dynamic as,

15:22 let's say he replaces DeBrusque, he's still productive for what he can bring you at 32

15:28 years old, but is a really, really good two-way player. He's really kind of molded himself like

15:33 that. So if you're putting him with Marshand and Coyle, and that's kind of your two-way line,

15:39 and you have Lindholm with Posternach and maybe Zaka shifted to the wing, that could be an

15:44 appealing option as well. So the Bruins do have, again, as we've talked about, I think throughout

15:50 these last couple of weeks, a whole lot can happen. The Bruins could be swinging for the fences and

15:54 this Lindholm thing pops up, and that's something they pursue. They could look at basic depth

15:59 options. Nick Seeler signed an extension with Philly, a puck magnet defenseman who I think would

16:07 have been a great fit here, but they could still try to find a guy like Joe Ledmanson or a more

16:12 physical third pairing D. They could look at a fourth line tone center like Brendan Duhame or

16:17 someone like that. So they have all those options, and they can also stay in Pat as well. If they

16:23 either don't want to meet the asking price, they don't want to move along these assets,

16:31 or they just don't have the assets available to really play ball in this market that seems to be

16:35 accelerating right now. I'm shocked that recording this on Wednesday, it feels like the trade

16:39 deadline is today based on all these other deals that have gone down with Colorado and Florida

16:46 getting Tarasenko and all that good stuff, Weinberg going to New York. So it's definitely something

16:50 worth monitoring, but if the Bruins are able to find that window where Vancouver is desperate to

16:56 move a guy like Lindholm, it does make plenty of sense. It all just comes down to what the asking

17:00 price is going to be and what the Bruins especially are comfortable in giving up, because you're going

17:04 to have to move NHL talent on off this roster to make things work. So definitely something worth

17:10 keeping tabs on before we pivot a bit here and look at some of these mailbag questions we have.

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18:31 these mailbag questions we have here. Starting off with this one from Jay Sweeney, John Sweeney,

18:38 with multiple Ys, who asks, "Is there a downside to standing pat at the deadline?"

18:43 Thank you for the question, Jay Sweeney. No, I mean, I don't think so. You look at just the hand

18:49 that's been dealt to the Bruins this year, which has been of their own doing, right? When you look

18:54 at just the limited cap space, dealing with these bonus overages, having years and years of

19:00 situations where you have relinquished draft capital, trying to put the roster over the top.

19:06 And I'm not going to fault them for doing that, especially these last couple of years. We're

19:09 trying to make the most of whatever window you have left of guys like Bergeron and Crecce and

19:15 what have you out there. If there's ever a year where you can make the case of even as tempting

19:20 as it is looking at guys like Lindholm or Noah Hannafin, you're still in a spot where you're

19:25 going to have a bunch of cap space this upcoming offseason. You're appealing free agent destination.

19:32 This is a team that players are well aware of what's here. They know the market. People want

19:37 to live in Boston. They know how good the facilities are. They hear about the culture.

19:41 This is an appealing place that you shouldn't have any issue attracting free agents. That's not to

19:47 say that guys are going to be signing well below their market value, but when you're looking at

19:52 adding marquee guys, when Boston comes calling, you put them on the list, especially if it's a guy

19:57 like if Lindholm goes to market or Noah Hannafin or the number of other guys that are out there.

20:03 Steven Samkos, if he goes to market when it seems like Tampa is going to move on from him,

20:10 that could be a veteran guy who wants to come here for a few more years. He'd be pretty productive

20:15 in that role. The Bruins where they have all this cap space this summer have an opportunity to

20:20 really retool on the fly. If you stand pat and you don't give up future assets, you don't give up

20:26 a prospect like a Matt Potra or Mason Laurie, and you go into next year with a retooled roster,

20:34 with cap flexibility, with a guy like Mason Laurie who's ready to take another step forward.

20:42 When you look at also the fact that a situation where just the way the Bruins are set up and even

20:53 have a guy like Potra who could be a top six sentiment for the future, there's a lot going

20:59 on that can make things happen. Also speaking of potential breaking news, we'll see. We'll

21:07 keep tabs on a few things, but Kevin Weeks, he's always plugged in. I'm sure people have seen him

21:12 on social media, said plenty of potential deal scenarios out there right now, but one I heard

21:16 has caught my attention. Denzel to the Canucks, the Brusk to the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Elias

21:23 Lindholm to the Bruins. We've mentioned that before. We will keep tabs on it. Again, we'll

21:29 see what happens when this pod is posted and what happens there, but we kind of mapped that out.

21:35 That seems like a scenario that very well could play out for the Bruins if they're looking at,

21:39 if they're not set on signing a guy like Jake DeBrusk long-term and he becomes expendable

21:45 and you're trying to get value, flipping him, making that cap space and adding a guy like

21:49 Lindholm who shores up a lot of different areas of your roster and could be an immediate help

21:55 this season, but also a foundational piece moving forward. If you don't really view DeBrusk as one

22:01 of those building blocks for the future, you're not set on committing five and a half, six and a

22:05 half million to him, you're kind of making the most of an asset that might be out the door anyway.

22:09 Definitely something worth keeping tabs on. I don't think Kevin Weeks should kind of throw

22:13 stuff out there for the sake of doing it. Definitely we'll keep tabs on that. We'll

22:18 see if this is the first breaking news podcast we drop. If anything does happen in between now

22:24 and when this recording actually ends, that's probably why I paused for a good 20 seconds

22:29 so going through Potter and Lori where it felt like I had a brain fart, but no, I saw the Kevin

22:34 Weeks notification. I was like, "Could I end the podcast now and start writing?" But we're going

22:39 to trudge ahead and get through the rest of these mailbag questions. The next one we have here

22:46 is from Elliot Gruber who says, "Is spending 12 million on gold tending a huge problem?

22:51 It's insurance if one guy gets hurt or goes cold." Thank you for the question, Elliot.

22:57 In terms of the pros, we've seen for years now what value there is when it comes to a guy like

23:05 having two number one goalies in Swinburne and Elmark. In terms of the even split in reps,

23:12 the competition that they both kind of build off of each other by having this dynamic that are also

23:18 their best friends as well, and just the luxury of having a number one goalie every single night.

23:24 It's the reason why the Bruins tend to not fall into these extended losing ruts or stretches

23:28 where the games really get away from them. It's when you had two number one goalies out there, but

23:33 if Jeremy Swain is going to all of a sudden cost you 7 million bucks against the cap moving forward

23:41 off of a new contract, yes, the Bruins do have a lot more cap space going into this upcoming season,

23:46 but it is something about... Oh, and by the way, Elliot Freeman apparently just broke

23:52 Hannah Fenn to Vegas on the air. So that's that. There goes that dream.

23:58 So again, just news is breaking throughout this podcast. I need to put a fire emoji behind me

24:05 because who the hell knows what's going to happen next, but it is a situation where

24:10 you look at just committing that much money to the goaltending. 12 million when you can maybe sign

24:18 a guy like Lynn Tome, you're looking at another maybe top six option out there. A lot can change

24:25 between now and then, right? And if you're the Bruins and you're trying to make the most of this

24:30 available cap space, would you rather commit 12 million to a luxury or would you rather spread

24:36 that around where maybe you can... Again, we'll see if Hannah Fenn hits the market now, but a guy

24:43 like him, where exactly like Hannah Fenn, you could sign him long-term or you're looking for

24:48 other assets. I think for the Bruins, it's all about making the most of whatever cap space you

24:53 have. So definitely something worth monitoring. I just can't see the Bruins realistically,

24:58 if they're going to give Swainman such a sizable pay raise, I can't see them committing that much

25:04 money to the goaltending position. So next question here is from Achi Rhodes, who says,

25:10 "Do you think the Bruins could put Lynn Tome on LTIR into the playoffs, use money to get a bigger

25:15 asset than first projected?" Thank you for the question. It's definitely intriguing. We've seen

25:21 quite a few teams make good use of LTIR in terms of bolstering their roster for the playoffs.

25:26 If Lynn Tome's on LTIR, the Bruins can jump over that cap ceiling by six and a half million,

25:32 I believe is Lynn Tome's current cap situation. So that is definitely something that could happen.

25:39 I feel like the Bruins would rather, it all comes down to again, who's out there and how creative

25:47 the Bruins are getting. If they pulled off, let's say that this hypothetical trade that Weeks

25:53 brought up and it's Dubrask and Lynn Tome, the money works there, but are they trying to add

25:57 another couple of players into the mix as well? Are they trying to get really creative with really

26:02 rounding up the rest of this team? Are they looking at a guy like Talatafole or even Friedman?

26:08 That's one of the things that's a complete long shot. So if it does happen, feel free to make fun

26:11 of me. But Friedman had on his 32 thoughts column mentioned that he speculated rather that the

26:18 Bruins and Rangers called the Buffalo Sabres asking about Alex Tuck, who's almost at 80 points last

26:26 year, he's undetermined through 2026. Would be an out of the blue signing that I don't see being

26:32 really feasible, but it does seem like the Bruins are checking in on quite a few different guys.

26:37 Maybe some guys we haven't put on the radar generally moving forward. So definitely something

26:45 worth keeping tabs on as well. But I still think when you look at Jim Montgomery mentioned on

26:50 Tuesday that Lynn Tome's, I think he's back skating, mentioned he's getting closer. I think

26:55 with still five, six weeks left in the season, Bruins would rather get him out there, get some

27:01 of that rust off. I don't think you want him to be still really rusty going into the playoffs when,

27:05 again, you're going to be putting him in a lot of really taxing D zone minutes. So

27:08 again, it might depend on just how ambitious Don Sweeney is between now and Friday at three o'clock,

27:16 but I can see, I think the Bruins wanted to bring back Lynn Tome before then get him back up to

27:20 speed before the playoffs start. This next one is from Ashley who asked, Conor, what kind of

27:26 shakeups can we realistically afford? So for that one, it all comes down to what money you're moving

27:32 out, right? With $61,000 in cat's face, you got to do something, right? Whether it's you find a team

27:37 to take a guy like forward a grizzlick situation where players are moving guys around or what have

27:53 you. You can't just move a couple of draft picks or something like that. It all comes down to,

28:01 unless you're paying a premium to have a team eat all the cat's face or retain 75% of it or what

28:07 have you, Bruins got to move some money out, which is why you're seeing like a guy like the breast

28:11 being a potential trade candidate in that regard. So definitely again, something worth keeping tabs

28:17 on. But if in terms of realistically affording any player, it doesn't matter if it's Elias Lynn

28:22 Tome or a guy like Brendan Duhame or Pat Maroon is a guy that people have thrown out there. He's

28:29 making 1 million against the cap, still got to move money out. You got to get creative if you're

28:32 the Bruins. So it all comes down to what you're willing to move off his roster, especially.

28:37 And also another question from Ashley, can we start a petition for a Dunk sponsorship for you?

28:42 Ashley, that'd be great. I'm still waiting for my Dunk King's track suit, which I don't think will

28:49 ever arrive. It's a tough hit, but we will see kind of what happens there. I'm still holding

28:57 out hope that Dunks will come to their senses and you throw a sponsor my way. And again, it'd be a

29:03 rewarding partnership. I'll do videos, I'll do TikTok dances, whatever they want to do. It means

29:09 I get a free coffee here or there or a nice Dunkin track suit. I'm all ears. All right. And then our

29:14 final question for this podcast is Joey G who says, who asks, will Lienus Olbark be on the bench

29:21 tomorrow? Well, they are not playing in Toronto, so we don't have to worry about him having to

29:26 watch the game from the locker room or down the tunnel. So we don't have to worry about that. I

29:33 know people were losing their minds over it. Toronto Maple Leafs fans were fighting with

29:36 the Bruins Twitter and Eric Russo about the fact that the schematics of, I don't know what they're

29:44 bringing up, but they bring up blueprints, what have you, that yes, there is a situation where

29:48 you can put a guy like a backup goalie on the bench there, but it didn't work out for the Bruins.

29:55 I fully expect Olbark to be on the bench tomorrow in that situation, but we'll see what happens,

30:02 whether or not he gets moved. Again, we've mapped out, I think on Bruinsbeat,

30:05 where exactly we are in terms of, I think if the Bruins are realistically looking at

30:12 entertaining trading a guy like Olbark, going to depend on what exactly the cost is going to be,

30:17 what the return is going to be, especially. So definitely something worth keeping tabs on. So

30:23 that's it for this podcast. We've gotten through over 30 minutes.

30:26 So far, Lieslindholm is not a Bruin, yet, yet. I said that.

30:33 Checking Twitter again before we log off. We're good. We're good for right now. So when all hell

30:43 breaks loose in a few hours, don't blame me. Maybe we'll be back on here recording a reaction podcast

30:49 later on tonight, but that's it for episode 209 of Poke the Bear. Thank you for listening. Once

30:55 again, shout out to our sponsors over at Price Fix and Factum Meals. I'm Connor Ryan. You guys have a

31:01 great rest of your week.

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