Now that the Jeremy Swayman contract saga has finally come to an end, Evan Marinofsky and Conor Ryan discuss where the Bruins go from here. When will we see Swayman in net? And looking ahead to the season as a whole, what can fans expect from this team this year? Evan and Conor make their season predictions, where the Bruins will finish in the standings, and how far they'll make it in the playoffs. All that, and much more!
Topics:
- Jeremy Swayman re-signs
- When will he be ready to play?
- The Panthers are the measuring stick
- Predictions for the season
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- Jeremy Swayman re-signs
- When will he be ready to play?
- The Panthers are the measuring stick
- Predictions for the season
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00:36That's Connor Ryan. I'm Evan Marinovsky Connor. What is up?
00:41Evan I'm doing well. How you doing doing great doing great
00:45This is the we're right on the precipice of the start of the regular season and we're worried about
00:52Hurricanes this opening game not the Carolina. It's not the Carolina Hurricanes. We'll get to later
00:59This opening game. So we're recording this Monday
01:04Tuesday is the game against the Panthers to open the season and right now as of
01:10255 p.m. On Monday the game is supposed to happen and you fly down
01:14Monday night to the game and you leave Wednesday morning this hurricane was at Hurricane Milton hurricane milk hurricane
01:22Milton yes, so Milton in honor of the South Shore strikes. Yeah
01:28This is the South Shore going back at the at the North Shore
01:31This few Milton NHL guys, right? Isn't he didn't keep the handle from Milton? I believe yeah milk
01:36Oh, I'm not wrong. So I feel like if I fuck up like where guys are from especially bunch of South Shore guys
01:42I'm gonna hear about it. But I I think I
01:44Could know this I
01:47Should know this. Let's grab this. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Actually. Yeah, I'll never I'll send blame
01:51I mean, it's my problem if we can't I know there's a lot of great kids great players who come out of Milton
01:56But NHL wise I'm drawing a blank at the moment
02:00Yeah, I'm curious see what happens with the game itself
02:04Whether it goes on I'm not a hurricane expert so I can't sit here and give you the science of it all
02:08I'm sure you've been tracking it like crazy considering you're you're flying into it
02:13I'm not flying into the hurricane. I'm gonna be in the same state in which a category 5 is is
02:18Rapidly approaching but yeah, well not ideal. Good luck. You're gonna
02:24Live I'll do a live
02:27Podcast after the game. I'm gonna be out in the pocket. I'm gonna go like
02:31Like Dennis Nedry from Jurassic Park, like just like just have like a pawn show just like, you know
02:36They always have like the weather channel where it's like the people are on and they're just getting like hit by like gale force winds
02:42They'll be me
02:42It's just like they're just in them there
02:44It's like, you know, like just like this like like trying to walk against it and they just they can't really do it
02:49Me just like the hoods over my mark cast a leg
02:52We're really short cut of rain and then just like the Mike's gonna fly everywhere
02:56They took seven cross-checking penalties by the middle of the second beer
03:01Exactly. I could see it. I could see it those weather channel jobs, by the way, you know
03:05You and I being in this media field
03:07I think my North Star is one of those weather channel jobs where I'm like, yeah
03:10It's it's pouring pretty hard out here. Like did you were you Drake and Josh guy back in the day?
03:15Of course. Yes
03:16Remember when when Walter not that old give give the false weather report and had to go and they stole all his clothes
03:22He had to give the the correct weather report his underwear. I mean that it's iconic
03:28Anyways, who cares about the Godfather? We have time with Drake and Josh Drake
03:32You're right people probably like we finally have like an actual preview episode
03:36They're talking about Drake and Josh and they are dicking around. They are dicking around
03:41Before we get to the season and the Panthers game and sort of our predictions for the season
03:46Because I know the globe you guys put one out so people can go check that out there
03:50Jeremy Swayman Sunday morning
03:53Resigns they have the video ready to go
03:56Eight years times eight point two five million dollars. Shout out to John Boucher Grasse who
04:02Called it on Bruins beat last week whether it was informed or not. It was a the shot went in
04:07But again, I'm not really shocked at the contract
04:12And and I think you know when people saw the Frank Sara Valley article on Saturday morning
04:16Kind of diagramming how you know, this goes into the season past Monday at 5 p.m
04:21The Bruins lose cap space and Swayman loses money
04:24So it's all the incentive to let's get this done and they basically confirm that what's your reaction to this?
04:33Nice nice exhale, right?
04:35Nice nice exhale, right? I think that's probably the collective sentiment shared by the Bruins and Bruins fans and
04:42Again, it's what we've talked about this entire time Evan where
04:46It's it's beneficial for all parties to get this taken care of and that was the situation
04:50Jeremy Swayman doesn't benefit from sitting out not, you know, you know having rust form there
04:56Not get up to speed and what's going to be a critical year for him and the Bruins obviously don't benefit from not having
05:01Their number one goalie in net to start the year. So it as you said, like you look at the contract
05:07We agreed. I think last time we talked about this that they weren't very far apart in terms of what the latest
05:13Contract talks were that they wasn't like this huge gap. They really had to bridge there
05:17So I think it all came down to can all parties move forward beyond kind of all the
05:23Drama that has played out and I think you know Sunday was a step in the right direction, right?
05:27It was we kind of didn't get a lot of energy
05:29Which is probably the right call in terms of talking about Cam Neely's comments and Louis Gross's comments
05:34you know, we expected I think Don Sweeney to
05:37Not elaborate much on that and you know chalk it up to
05:40business and negotiations and all those things, but swayman kind of followed the similar script in terms of
05:47focusing on the future
05:48You know what's past is past and moving forward and that's kind of the right pride mindset to have when you look at just
05:54The emotion the drama the the history that comes that you know has you know
05:59We've talked about it time and time again with this negotiation to have all groups move forward
06:04To have you know from the brunch perspective signing your franchise goalie. Who's 25 and we've said this throughout the
06:11Process as well. Like whatever you think of how the negotiations have gone and the ask and the contract itself
06:18I don't think it's ever been a point where we've looked at Jeremy Swayman's
06:21I don't think it's ever been a point where we've looked at Jeremy Swayman's
06:24production his talent and been like
06:27Well, I can't this this might uh age this may not age very well
06:31Like again, it could it's the most volatile position in hockey
06:34But from what we've seen every year he has taken steps forward
06:37And if he's the same goalie that he was down the stretch last year in the playoffs
06:42You got a guy that should continue to get better and better. This is a guy that channels that
06:46Emotion, you know the you know a guy that has a chip on his shoulder
06:50Then he's probably even more motivated going into this year as well
06:52And I think that benefits the Bruins and it benefits him now being what the fourth highest paid goal active goalie in league
07:00Uh, it wasn't easy, but I think all sides kind of win at the end of the day, right?
07:04I was gonna say I mean for his camp like the you know
07:07Driving a tough ask, you know, they didn't get the 9.5 that they wanted but you know
07:12considering the Bruins reportedly came in I think it was what four times 6.25 and then he ends up getting eight times 8.25 like
07:19You got a two million dollar a year bump on top of what was already, you know, doubling your salary from this past season
07:26um
07:27And you know, you got more than the eight million
07:29So you got above 64 which is what the Bruins laid out and the Bruins lock up their goalie
07:34They don't have to trade them, you know, like they just didn't get that messy
07:37Uh
07:40So much for those clayton keller things dude gets named a captain
07:43Like the next day we don't have to worry about the the utah hockey team trade proposals or anything like that because again
07:49It wasn't going to equal what swineman?
07:52Brings this team that the one kind of missing piece they had beyond, you know, maybe scoring up front
07:58but the one missing ingredient was
08:00A number one franchise goalie and now they got him
08:03Pains me to uh to say the james hagens thing will probably not come to fruition really thought
08:08Really thought we had an idea there. Uh, but not quite
08:11Um, I did find it interesting though, obviously both sides on sunday morning did not really
08:16answer
08:17questions, uh clearly or
08:19um, you know, they weren't fully open about sort of the questions about the negotiations
08:24Swineman did kind of mention something along the lines of like, oh, well, we know the truth and this and that but
08:28Again, I think the ill will for him at least
08:31Probably goes away
08:32Uh, at least for now in terms of like hey, I just signed an eight year times 8.25 million dollar deal
08:37Like i'm set for life now. Um
08:39Uh now again, he is a he doesn't forget things
08:42So maybe there are things he's using to motivate himself
08:45In that things that were said in the negotiations that we don't even know. Um, but again, you know
08:51Didn't go into the regular season. It didn't it went to the you know, the very end of training camp
08:56Um, but it did not go all the way in to the regular season now the next question is
09:03When's he going to be ready?
09:04Uh, and on monday afternoon, you have jim montgomery saying that they have not ruled out potentially starting jeremy swayman
09:10uh, he had been and this
09:12pains me to say
09:13It hurts to say
09:15Uh, he had been training
09:17with bu
09:18for the last month
09:20And the staff over there, so he'd been training there. Yes. Yes to win for the terriers
09:26To win for the you know, main fans are freaking out about this
09:30I'm, ll bean so it's kind of like a terrier main kind of crossover, right?
09:34Yes, it is ll bean is as main as it gets. Um
09:38But again, I wonder how ready he there you go. Nice
09:42Nice this up for this segment. Is that the stress ball? Is that the terrier stress ball?
09:47Squeezing that's when they lose the bean pod. Yeah, that's why he doesn't this way doesn't have any ears. So
09:53We've been ripped off I I do wonder when he's actually ready
09:56I hope they're not rushing him for night one if he's if he actually isn't ready. I mean my guess is he probably is close
10:04Um, but what do you think?
10:07Yeah, well, you know, maybe they end up playing on thursday and it gives him the actual runway he needs
10:12But if they do have this game on on tuesday, um, yeah, it's fascinating in terms of
10:18Where swayman thinks he is and also again it falls on where the team thinks
10:23I'm, sure you look at swayman how competitive he is
10:25Of course, he's going to be like i'm ready to go like i've been at been on the gannett's been working
10:29You don't want to listen to players
10:30you don't want to listen to players when it comes to playing when they're not ready or playing when they're hurt because they're always
10:34Just gonna say yeah
10:35And again, like this could go in two different ways if they have this game on tuesday
10:39Like swayman could go out there and the guys are fired up
10:41He's back in the lineup and he stops 30 31 shots. The bruin stopped the air off of the win
10:47Or he's really rusty and you gotta hype it up
10:50I've remembered like the last time the bruins got smoked in their first game was the game against the capitals
10:56And I think it was after they uh raised their banner
10:59Right because it was 18 19 was it was started that year was
11:02Yes, and then they got obliterated like the only highlight from that from the bruins. I think was like marshand
11:07I think beating the crap out of laz eller. I think was the only I remember that. Yes, which again
11:12Maybe if the bruins do that and swayman it does start and he's rusty and they lose
11:17It maybe it starts a season where they go on another cup run because that's what happened that year. So but uh,
11:22Not to go off on a tangent, but I do think yeah, it falls on
11:26I think baba senza and the bruins stat to see just how ready he is because
11:30you know, listen every team in the nhl can beat any single night, but
11:34a team like florida that
11:36Has a lot of explosive talent having you know
11:39We've seen the last couple years team that likes to muck things up down in the crease. Um all those things
11:45Uh, that's gonna be an emotional game and again
11:48Both sides of the coin you don't want to put swayman in that spot when he hasn't faced live competition
11:52Maybe he's so jacked up that you get something out of it and the players are hyped up and all that
11:56um
11:57So I think that is definitely something worth monitoring
12:01I would probably lean more on like just being conservative and sticking with a guy that has been here in camp the entire time
12:07But we'll see that it also very well could just be gamesmanship from jim montgomery. He didn't really reveal
12:13Goalie, uh the goalie situation all last year during the playoffs and
12:17They were just getting a head start on it this year that that could be the case
12:20I also think like again, and I I doubt that he's actually fully game ready
12:25I think he could easily get himself up for playing the panthers and play really well. I have no doubt but
12:30I also wonder like, you know, he's making 8.25 million a year now
12:34third highest paid player on this team
12:36You're playing opening night. Like there's also that end of it too
12:39And I think you know like back to your point about the contract itself
12:42I think it's a gamble I do but I think it's a smart gamble. It makes sense as we've said before
12:46There's not a lot of uh red flags. There's really no red flags with him on ice or really even off
12:53um
12:54But there is now this added pressure
12:55There's a big added pressure where you're making 8.25 million a year
12:59You're the fourth highest paid goalie in the league. You got the ilia sorokin contract. You're locked in for eight years
13:05You better be good
13:06And there's there's again as you said there's pros and cons if they start that's if he starts that game against florida on tuesday and gets
13:12Crushed
13:13You know, is there that oh my god, like this gets this contract off on the complete wrong foot
13:19Or do they play it more conservative and say nope, we'll start you on thursday at home, uh against against montreal
13:26um
13:27Again, I guess we'll leave that up to goalie bob, but I would assume it's corpus alo on tuesday
13:31I would assume just given that you know, they've sort of said that the whole time
13:36um, but again
13:37Montgomery listens to his players on stuff like that. So maybe
13:41Maybe that is what it is
13:43Um, I want to get into the panthers that matchup because I think that's something this is not any just opening game
13:49Uh, and then I want to get into predictions predictions for the season. What do we think happens?
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15:18So I think this game one has been you know
15:21talked about for a long time mentioned on behind the b and everything and part of the reason is because the panthers are a
15:26Measuring stick panthers have knocked the bruins out the last two years
15:29um, and the bruins sort of
15:31Kind of copying them in a sense looking to get bigger and stronger and tougher and not get pushed around by them
15:37Also adding guys like lindholm who can help with scoring. Um
15:41In the offseason, uh, and I think this is kind of a theme you're going to see all year is you know
15:46The how do the bruins match up with the panthers, um, the atlantic is interesting in this season because
15:52you know again on paper like
15:54The leafs are still going to be in it. The lightning are older. They're kind of teetering
15:58They did trade sergachev in the offseason. So you do wonder how much um that impacts things
16:03um, and then you have that that group of buffalo ottawa detroit that you're kind of waiting for them to
16:09All right, one of you guys should try to step into the playoffs
16:12Did you see that clip of lenis olmark talking to the canadian media? Yes
16:16Poor guy. I was like, I was like, I remember uh, I was like, I remember those omar scrums
16:21Yeah, and then you have montreal
16:24um, and so to me like I I think
16:27You know, the big thing is I still and we'll get to this later
16:30You know, I still put the bruins above the leafs and the and those other atlantic teams, but it really does come down to
16:36How do they fare against florida? And again, they beat them four times in the regular season last year
16:40So I guess we won't really know during the season unless something drastic happens throughout
16:45Yeah, no, exactly. I mean
16:48I still feel like florida is is the team to beat but I also you look at just how much you know
16:53Mileage they've tacked on the last couple years. It also wouldn't surprise me if they go on another run
16:58But maybe they're they're coasting a little bit more once you get to the regular season, right?
17:02like you don't really have to necessarily it's like lebron where he'd like take like five months off and then
17:07Would just turn it on for the playoffs and like again florida has the amount of talent there and the
17:12the experience now and all those things that they could easily do that, so
17:17Uh, I do think they're probably still right there with the bruins in terms of I would say on paper the the two best teams. Um,
17:24toronto
17:25The talents there obviously, uh, I do like uh tan of and that signing at least in the short term
17:31As a guy that kind of helps him out quite a bit there. I think he's a really good player, but
17:34You still have the goaltending questions there and we'll see if like, you know, if wall
17:39takes a big step forward for them, but
17:41um, and then you've got a you know, tampa
17:44pretty top heavy, but you look at like the bottom of their depth chart you're like
17:48Interesting, which again like tampa has a track record of those guys end up scoring 25 goals
17:53I was gonna say they all end up being nasty. Yeah, so you do run that risk. Um, so that's probably famous last words for me
17:59but um
18:01Yeah, I've it does feel like it's still going to be the usual suspects though like
18:06I still think you're going to have a situation where
18:09um
18:10You know buffalo which did not look all that great to start the year detroit
18:15All these teams are still going to be kind of blocked from
18:18The the other team still at the top of the atlantic. Um, I can't see
18:22You know, maybe detroit just sneaks through maybe like a team like tampa drops off
18:27But I don't expect any seismic it feels like every year there's always that talk of the sea change of
18:33the atlantic and some of these teams taking steps forward and
18:35you know, maybe team like montreal gets a little bit better just because of how much young talent they have but
18:40I still think it's going to be the usual
18:42Four teams all kind of fighting at the top of the division going into this year
18:45Yeah, I don't foresee any massive shift in the atlantic. Um again montreal is still in a rebuild
18:52They might be a little bit better love lane hudson, but I can't imagine you're in the you're in the playoff hunt
18:57um, and as you said again, buffalo detroit ottawa like
19:01I mean auto would probably be the favorite because you got old mark now
19:03So you do have a good goalie, but goalies also can be really weird in their first years in new places
19:09So that's another thing. Um over in the metro. Obviously you have new jersey
19:13Who's sort of the team that everybody suspects?
19:16Um is going to take a big step forward not just go from being you know
19:19A team that's out of the playoffs but a team that is competing for a cup
19:22and they certainly have the roster to do so so
19:25Um, I I I I think that you know for the bruins, so it's that it's that panthers matchup, you know
19:30How do you do against them?
19:31Every regular season game is going to be hyped up. But again bruins won all four last year still lost in six games
19:38um
19:38And I I don't like you mentioned it like, you know some sort of drop off and I agree like they are due
19:44but does that just mean as you said like
19:47You know in the regular season like third in the atlantic or something like that
19:52Um, but then turning it on in the playoffs and just kind of having it which is what we know they have
19:57Um, so i'm curious to see what happens
19:59I don't yeah in the atlantic. I don't see the metro. I think is more volatile. I think metro you've got
20:03a lot of possibilities
20:05Um, which we can kind of get to in a second because we are going to make some predictions
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21:52so prediction time connor, this is
21:55This is where this is what it all comes down to we talk about these throughout the year
21:59We do updated predictions. I think usually midway through the year look back at these if there's a slow week
22:04We'll be like let's look back at our predictions at the beginning of the year
22:06Um, and I think we might have done a podcast
22:09Like later in the summer
22:11That was sort of like bold predictions for like super bold predictions. Yeah
22:15Yeah, I don't think those I think we should probably like just scrub because I feel like those were like those are so heinously bad that
22:21Yes, like it's gonna work. We're not gonna dive into those yet. Um
22:26In terms of where you think they finish I found this interesting because I know what you're gonna say
22:30But I was reading your colleagues at the globe
22:32Um because you were included in that story obviously and everyone had them either third or wild card
22:38You differ explain
22:41Yeah, so I mean my I have them at 52 20 and 10 first in the atlantic. Um, and I just think again this
22:49I'm, very glad that I uh posted this
22:51Or after rather jeremy swayman signed his contract because that changes things but yes
22:56Um, like again, I think you look at this team and the way I always go into a year
23:02It's just looking at each individual player and you can I think have sweeping declarations of like
23:07How the decor looks and I think a lot of people are very high on that
23:10You look at jeremy swayman and the gold tending and all that
23:13um
23:14But even if you like look at you can paint I think with a wide brush like the brunettes might have some scoring trouble
23:19I think you look at each individual player and their individual growth and how they can contribute
23:25I think there's a lot of guys that it's not like you're asking this is what I you know
23:28I feel like i've happened this before it's not like
23:30You know two years ago when they went on that run and people were like, oh look bro
23:34But you know, we'll see what what they do but you're not asking for
23:38Frederick to go from you know, what was it?
23:40Like probably 13 goals to 28, you know or anything like that
23:44But can a guy like frederick can a guy like jake debrusk, you know on at right wing?
23:49uh, take a step forward can
23:51We're talking about two years ago good. I don't want people thinking that you're talking about debrusk for this current
23:57I looked at like that year and I was like
23:58Oh, this team actually could be a really damn good when you look at just guys that are in spots to succeed
24:02Um, and then moving it to this year whether it's you know
24:06On the fourth line can a guy like mark kastelik and johnny beecher who showcased stuff?
24:12last year max jones
24:14uh, can they take steps forward can mason lauri who got better and better every single time he was called up and
24:21By the end of the playoffs was dealing with the most, you know
24:24Physical floor checking team in the league in florida and looked like a pro in terms of maneuvering and getting out of trouble in those
24:30Things can he take a step forward? What about can elias lindholm and you know, we're not expecting him to have that 42
24:37goal
24:3882 point season
24:39But can he be a 65 point guy?
24:42Being on the bumper spot on the power play and riding a shotgun with david pasterak
24:45Yeah, and I think you just look all through the lineup. There's all those guys that um
24:50In terms of incremental improvement frederick morgan geeky. Um
24:55You've got a lot of guys that are either in their prime still young that have room to grow that
24:59yes, you've got the franchise guys, you got the poster knocks and the mac voice and all that but
25:04I think all around this roster
25:06you've got a lot of guys that have more and if they can all compliment each other and you're in a spot where
25:12You already have a really dynamic defense. You have a number one goalie in place that should get better
25:18um, you know scoring might be an issue, especially at the start of the year as you try to find the right pieces in place, but
25:23I really like how this team is built and even if uh, maybe
25:27First in the atlantic is overshooting it. I think even like jim mcbryde has them going to the cup because
25:33They're still a team that even if as long as you're in you have a chance
25:36And this feels like a team that if they can gel
25:39And get some cohesion and they play to their identity of I think what they tried to make this team into
25:44Over the offseason the team I think is going to be a tough out and sometime
25:47That's all you kind of need is just a lot of guys committed
25:49And a wide identity of being that tough out and you can go pretty damn far just kind of sticking to that
25:55You can and that's why I actually I agree with you and I think i've said this on a previous podcast
26:00They got better this offseason. I know they lost some depth pieces, but they also gained some depth pieces guys
26:05Like max jones mark kastelik
26:07um
26:08And then you have obviously the big signings of lindholm and zadoroff
26:11Um, they are much better on defense. They are much bigger on defense. They're more physical
26:16Um, you know, obviously in net you lose lena solmark. That does not help
26:20You know, you are going to have a couple letdown goalie games that you did not have last year be it swayman playing a lot
26:26uh corposalo stepping in
26:28I get that
26:29I just think this roster is good. I do and I you know
26:33My two question marks are that second line right wing spot when it comes to scoring?
26:37I have no doubt that marsh and coil and geek you're going to do their job defensively
26:41Um, but I do wonder about them scoring and providing legitimate top six production
26:45And the other thing is just team speed
26:47I mean you got a lot you got a lot of big guys now and I think that
26:50You know, they're going to be fast on four checks and things like that, but you do worry
26:53um, just you know overall team speed going up against teams like the abs who are wicked fast or the oilers who are a
27:00team that everybody kind of has uh as a cup pick this year, which
27:04again, I it's
27:06It's hard. I think it's I feel I think the field's wide open. So, you know, no judgment there. Um
27:12In terms of middle six scoring though, like geeky and frederick
27:15Never underestimate
27:17Someone in a contract year and both of those guys are in a contract here
27:21So would not shock me if those guys go off
27:23I have them first in the atlantic and I know this is like
27:26We sound like such bruins homers like of course these guys think they're going to be first in the atlantic
27:30Oh, the bruins goobers are at it again
27:33no, I think it's legit like I I honestly and I and I you know, a lot of your colleagues had them third or
27:39wildcard team
27:41I just don't
27:42Like this team is going to be hard to play against a and I think lindholm boosts your scoring a good amount
27:48I do
27:49I think that that for that top line whether zaka stays there whether they move marsh and onto it
27:54I think that line is really legit. So
27:57I I just I don't
27:59I don't like my expectations are very high for this team. They're very high
28:04yeah, and I just think yeah, you look at all the other players they got out there that um
28:09It's all about just setting reasonable expectations which is not usually what you do when it's
28:14bold prediction time before the season actually starts but like
28:17Even look at a guy like justin brazzo who kind of came out of nowhere last year
28:21And he's kind of been as advertised so far in the preseason
28:24He's got a simple game, but he's really good around that net
28:27And if like nick richie can score 15 goals just at the net front
28:31I think like a guy like brazzo is more skilled around there, especially when he's handling the puck like
28:36Have him in the third line
28:37you probably can get a guy that can contribute at pretty steady five on five pace like that's not saying that you know,
28:44If we were homers, I feel like it'd be like, oh justin brazzo is getting 25. No, but like I think he's got a lot of guys
28:49that
28:50um can continue to build their game and that's not saying right that like
28:54Oh, and then matt potter is gonna come up and he's gonna have 50 points and lycelle's gonna have a hat trick
29:00Like I think like it would not surprise me this team still
29:03At the deadline you have them in the mix for the next
29:07You know tyler to foley like those kinds of players that spread up every trade deadline the veteran 20 goal guys
29:13Uh, i'm sure they'll look at that especially they should be well. Yeah
29:17Um, who are those guys remains to be seen?
29:19I'll start my head have to think of who would be guys that we already know are gonna get dangled
29:24At the deadline, but I did see someone I think it was frank cerebelli had like brock nelson as someone
29:30Uh who who could be and that's a left shot guy, but yeah
29:34Yeah, so like i'm sure they'll be in the they'll be in the mix for that
29:37it may not be pretty especially at the start of the year, but
29:39I just think you have the pieces in place that especially over the span of a season like
29:44I imagine like charlie mccaboy is probably getting qb
29:46like, you know, he's gonna be qb1 on the power play, but
29:49As the year goes on maybe like mason lori is a better fit there
29:53and maybe he gives you more and like
29:55I'd be more intrigued with what this power play looks like at the end of the year when you've got lint home
30:00At the bumper who's you know settled into his role
30:04Potentially lori a left shot where I think especially passes to paasenach are a lot smoother with a left shot up there
30:09um, and a guy like lori who
30:12You saw it in spurts last year
30:13But like reminds you of a guy like krug except he's much taller in terms of like that creativity
30:19You know going down the wall all those kinds of things. Um, I just think you look at just the potential for this group
30:24Um is really really high especially when we get to the springtime when things actually start to matter, right? So, um,
30:31Yeah, I just think it's a really intriguing group. I really like the the makeup of the team
30:36I think it's going to be a fun team to watch like whether it's
30:38This fourth line that I feel like i've been talking about them for like weeks now of how excited I am to see how they play
30:44or like zadorov like it's also just fun having those players in the lineup that
30:48Give you you know, whether it's a a throwback to maybe the brunes teams
30:52You like in the past or what have you like? I remember
30:55Game one of the playoffs this past year where maroon played and he played, you know, what was it?
30:59Nine ten minutes, but like knocked a guy into a bench was chirping at them. Uh, like zadorov is like that
31:05But for a much longer, you know much more aggressive player and those guys are just fun to have in the lineup now
31:11It's not fun if he's not
31:13You know, uh, he's getting burned. Yeah, exactly. So you you need to you know, make sure he's still
31:19Adhering to you know that part of his game, but I just think that mentality that mindset that
31:25Uh intimidation factor that physicality. I think it can go a really long way
31:29Especially once you get to the playoffs, so I think it's gonna be a really fun year
31:33Uh, let's do uh, how far we think they get in the postseason because I think there's other parts to predictions
31:37I mean, you know, like, you know, how far does jim is jim montgomery, you know
31:41Does he get his extension at some point? Is he fired? I think espn had him getting or I think I think it was greg washinsky
31:48Um, and I hope i'm not getting this wrong. Uh wrote that his bowl prediction for the bruins was he was you know
31:52Montgomery doesn't last the year. Um
31:55I I think ultimately like they start out hot for the first, you know, however long I think montgomery just gets the extension
32:02I think that's probably what happens
32:04um in terms of playoffs though
32:07In terms of playoffs I gotta say
32:09I really wanted
32:12To say they at least go to the cup
32:14but I couldn't have them go to the cup and
32:17Be first in the atlantic it had to be one or the other
32:20So I have them losing in the eastern conference final
32:23to the carolina hurricanes
32:24I know
32:25I know the hurricanes have to get through at some point. I do like that team has to push through
32:32um
32:33But I think that this I think that's where it ends at least in the eastern conference final and it's caroline
32:39I wanted to say the rangers
32:40But I I don't know hurricanes to me just like have been at it forever
32:44And at some point they have to break through it would be the most hockey shit ever though of like, you know
32:48Like the capitol strongly won and that was like probably like one of the worst rosters they had of like that core
32:54It's like carolina's like lost like shea. They've lost all these guys like on defense but like
32:59They're kind of like the new tampa where they bring in these guys
33:02That are impact players right out of the gate. Like you look at the chat building some of these guys these past couple years
33:07After saying that by the way, the hurricanes aren't going to even be in the playoffs
33:11But like you look at all the guys they have and also like the amount of core younger players
33:15They have that like I feel like set jar was gonna like blow up again this year. Like yeah, um
33:21so
33:22uh
33:23I'm going bruins fall to the rangers in the conference final gonna say seven games and I think it just comes down to I
33:29think they're kind of
33:31Ideally kind of carbon copies of each other right in terms of a lot of speed a lot of uh size all throughout the lineup
33:37A lot of uh, you know physical play they rangers have a lot of really physical players. Um,
33:43both elite goaltending, um, but I just think probably overall scoring depth
33:48probably lifts the rangers just over uh, the bruins, but um, which again, I think if you're a bruins fan and they they
33:56Get to the brink of a cup final with this team that again
33:59Should continue I think to build when you look at these guys like lori and um, some of these younger players
34:04Guys that are still you know
34:05the bruins have gone from one of the oldest teams in the league to
34:08I think they're like in the bottom third or like middle of the pack right now because they've got a lot of guys that are
34:13in that
34:1526 to 30 range too. Um, yeah, so their team that again if this is kind of setting the foundation
34:20And your foundation is still
34:23The conference final game seven. I think you feel pretty good about where you are
34:26And I think I just think overall it's going to be a really fun year and uh, if we're wrong we can just delete the video
34:32It never happened this never has never happened. Um
34:37You know since 07
34:39Since 2007 the bruins there's one thing in the postseason that they've never done
34:44And they've never lost in the easter conference final and we're both predicting that this is the year that that finally happens
34:50I also
34:51What's it? What also is interesting though with um,
34:55With the bruins in general at least right now you look at this montgomery group, you know
34:59Obviously, they've had the heartbreak of 2023
35:02Uh sort of the little engine that could in 2000, you know earlier this year in 2024
35:07um
35:08You do wonder if like this group finally breaks through like they've been through
35:12You know the shit they've been through the last two years. Is this the year, you know, do they overcome the panthers?
35:18Do they over you know, if they played the hurricanes in these conference finals, they overcome the hurricanes
35:21Which is a team, uh that they kind of you know had at least had trouble with in 2021. So
35:26um
35:27I I just or 2022. Excuse me. Like I just
35:30I I have a tough time putting them in the cup. I do
35:33I think there's other teams in the east that just you know
35:36Are more in a position but it wouldn't shock me like what jim mcbride said about them going to the cup final
35:41It wouldn't shock me at all. Like they're built. They are built for the playoffs
35:44You think that's the the size element is for the postseason?
35:47It's not for you know, as long as they get in whether it's first second third wild card, whatever it is
35:53If they get in I think anything can happen and I know that's not like great analysis, but uh, it's true
35:58Anything kind of that is the truth. Do you have any like?
36:01Crazy predictions for the season for individual guys. I know I didn't tell you this before but like is there anything that you have cooking?
36:07You're like, oh
36:09Gotta say this one
36:10um
36:12I wouldn't say there's anything too crazy in terms of like mcavoy for norris or anything like that
36:18I'll say uh, you know, i'll buy into the hype though
36:21Maybe I am a homer. No, but uh, i'll say uh, vezna finalist top three for swainman. I think she's dark and wins it
36:28Swainman's top three and the brunes already feel pretty good about what that contract is. That's fair
36:33That's fair. I think you know if I had to if I had to pick one
36:38I really believe in low rye. I think low rye moves into some sort of qb1 on the power play nice 41 points
36:46Yeah, like some legit like a good point total
36:50You know
36:51I think that that those six like lindholm mcavoy low rye carlos adoroff peak. I think they rotate around
36:56I don't think that there's a set pairing and I think the biggest reason is because that kid just keeps playing
37:02Above what they think he's gonna be so yeah, I think he you know, whether it's 40 points somewhere around there
37:08And I think he has a couple highlight reel goals. We do sound like complete fucking homers
37:13But like I do I do I think he's I think he's phenomenal. So I think that ends up being the case
37:17That's like my little my little bold prediction. Um
37:21Well, i'm excited connor
37:23We made it
37:24We made it like this is it this is the we've made it. We did it. We did it. We did it connor
37:30Um, what can the people look forward to from you at the globe and boston.com?
37:33Yeah, we'll have you covered every step of the way this season
37:36We've got a few uh features a few preview articles all that stuff coming out the next couple days with the regular season finally here
37:43So you can read all that over at boston.com in the boston globe
37:46And if you want to follow me on twitter, you can at connor ryan underscore 93
37:51Go do all that. That's connor ryan. I'm evan marinovsky burnsbeat listeners. Have a great rest of your week
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