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Bruins Beat w/ Evan Marinofsky Ep. 412  Evan is joined today by Scott McLaughlin of WEEI to break down the night-and-day first couple of games after the All Star break, with the Bruins looking lifeless against the Calgary Flames, and steamrolling the team atop the NHL standings - the Vancouver Canucks. Plus, the Bruins announce Matt Poitras will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery. That, and much more!  Topics:  Scott is worried about BU in the Beanpot Bruins get a huge win against Vancouver Is Danton Heinen worth locking up long term? Matt Poitras is out for the rest of the season Does that change the Bruins deadline plans?     Fanduel Sportsbook is the exclusive wagering parter of the CLNS Media Network! Right now, NEW customers get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY in BONUS BETS – GUARANTEED when you place a FIVE DOLLAR BET. That’s A HUNDRED AND FIFTY BUCKS in BONUS BETS – WIN OR LOSE! Go to https://FanDuel.com/BOSTON! The app is so easy to use and there are so many different ways to bet like:    ● Live Same Game Parlays  ● Find Bets in the NEW Explore Tab  ● Make a parlay in the Parlay Hub – the best way to find popular parlays  ● And more!    DISCLAIMER: Must be 21+ and present in select states. FanDuel is offering online sports wagering in Kansas under an agreement with Kansas Star Casino, LLC. First online real money wager only. $10 first deposit required. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable bonus bets that expire 7 days after receipt. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG in Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Tennessee, and Virginia. Call 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 in Arizona, 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat in Connecticut, 1-800-9-WITH-IT in Indiana, 1-800-522-4700 or visit ksgamblinghelp.com in Kansas, 1-877-770-STOP in Louisiana, visit mdgamblinghelp.org in Maryland, visit 1800gambler.net in West Virginia, or call 1-800-522-4700 in Wyoming. Hope is here. Visit GamblingHelpLineMA.org or call (800) 327-5050 for 24/7 support in Massachusetts or call 1-877-8HOPE-NY or text HOPENY in New York.    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 It's funny how like one bad game, it's the sky's falling and,

00:04 you know, everyone's, oh my God, what, you know,

00:06 they got to like shake it out.

00:08 They got to do something big before the trade deadline.

00:10 Like, look how look how far off they are.

00:12 Tell Noah Hannafin to stay in.

00:14 Yeah, don't let him go home.

00:15 And then it's like the very next.

00:17 And I know Vancouver had an off night.

00:19 Like, I'm sure they'd be the first to tell you

00:20 that was one of the worst games they played all year.

00:22 I suspect we'll see, you know, a closer contest

00:26 when the Bruins go out there in a couple of weeks.

00:28 But regardless, like, yeah, just a great response from the Bruins

00:33 to kind of make a statement, not just that you can be,

00:37 you know, the team that's right there with you competing

00:39 for the best record in the league, but that Tuesday just isn't who you are.

00:44 And welcome into the Bruins beat presented by CLNS Media

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00:59 My name is Evan Marinovsky here joining me today.

01:02 The great Scott McLaughlin.

01:04 Scott, what is up?

01:06 Not much. What's up with you, Evan?

01:08 Thanks for having me.

01:09 Of course. Nothing much. Nothing major.

01:11 I are you nervous at all about Monday?

01:14 Monday's Beanpot final. Are you nervous at all?

01:16 You know, a little bit.

01:19 Northeastern's given BU trouble this year.

01:21 Both both their games have gone to overtime.

01:24 You know, Northeastern's they've been the dominant team in the Beanpot.

01:27 So recently.

01:29 Yeah. So be you the favorite.

01:33 But I don't I don't think that's going to be an easy game at all.

01:35 I think I agree with you.

01:38 BU to me on Monday, why they won was they played like the underdog

01:42 because they were they just lost two to BC.

01:44 They were technically lower ranked, all that stuff.

01:47 And they played like the underdogs.

01:49 They almost your team did almost blow it at the end.

01:52 That did almost happen, but yeah, ended up winning.

01:55 So that counts.

01:56 But Northeastern, like the Beanpot's their biggest thing.

01:58 Like that's the Huskies. That's just their.

02:00 I always say it's like their national championship.

02:03 They can win the Beanpot like it's a successful season.

02:06 Yeah, I will say I know you're there as well, but I will say that

02:10 Northeastern Harvard game, the first game Monday that was being played like

02:14 four gears below the BU game.

02:17 Yes, that was a slow, not very exciting game.

02:21 So I think Northeastern does have another gear, but they're definitely

02:25 going to have to be better than they were this past Monday.

02:28 Yeah, it's funny that Northeastern Harvard game

02:30 ended up kind of having an exciting finish.

02:33 But I just think it was it just didn't look great in comparison

02:36 to what was coming after it. Right.

02:37 Like on its own, I think it would have been a good game.

02:40 But it's like everyone's like, all right, BCBU, come on, let's go BCBU.

02:42 We need this.

02:44 So, again, I'm happy that it was first round, but there's still part of me

02:47 that would have loved to have seen that as the championship game.

02:50 But what are you going to do?

02:51 Yeah, my only thing there is I feel like if even if it had been set up

02:56 where BBC could have met in the championship,

02:58 I feel like Northeastern would have ruined it for someone.

03:00 But they would have pulled off the upset.

03:02 Well, my my wish of Harvard winning this beanpot,

03:07 unfortunately, did not go very far at all.

03:10 So unfortunately, that didn't take place.

03:12 I will say, though,

03:13 that's my second time watching Max Celebrini in person this year.

03:18 I saw him earlier this year.

03:20 Play the NDP.

03:21 I wasn't at either of the BCBU games earlier in January,

03:26 and then I saw him Monday.

03:28 How was there ever any doubt that that kid was going to go number one?

03:31 Because going into the year, it was really between him and Iserman.

03:35 And and like, I think Colizer is great, but Celebrini, man, that's a total package.

03:39 Yeah, he he does it all.

03:41 It's like.

03:42 I remember early in the season,

03:45 you know, he was coming off shoulder surgery and I was like, OK,

03:48 is it going to take a little time to get going?

03:50 He's 17 years old and, you know, playing NCAA.

03:53 Like, that's pretty big jump.

03:55 And they almost right from the like I was at his very first game at Bentley.

04:00 And I think there's like a little bit of a feeling, a little bit of a slow start.

04:04 And then he like took over the second half of that game.

04:06 And there was like every shift he was dominant.

04:08 And then really, since then, it just hasn't slowed down.

04:11 Now, BC in that weekend series did do,

04:15 I would say, but as as good of a job as anyone could do of bottling him up.

04:19 And and even then, like he still had chances.

04:21 He just didn't bury them.

04:22 So, yeah, he's he's a lot of fun to watch.

04:27 And I think everything you're looking for in a center, you know,

04:30 he's probably he's not a generational talent like a daughter of McDavid,

04:34 but he's he's a really good number one overall pick.

04:38 And I think now pretty clearly the top pick in this draft.

04:43 I was going to say with his size and his, you know, his game in general,

04:46 I think he's a really safe pick as a number.

04:49 I always said this, like I remember last year saying, like, obviously,

04:52 Bedard's the number one pick, but he is smaller.

04:55 And, you know, there are questions there, whereas you've got like Fantilly

04:59 or even Leo Carlson, who's a little bit bigger, plays

05:02 maybe a little more 200 foot game.

05:03 And it's a little bit more of a safer bet.

05:06 You kind of know what you're going to get out of him as a number one center.

05:09 Obviously, Bedard is better and has the higher upside.

05:11 And I get that.

05:12 But Celebrity falls into that Fantilly category, I feel like of like

05:15 a really good, you know, center who you kind of know what you're going to get

05:20 a little bit easier project at the at the next level.

05:22 So I think that'll end up happening with him. Yeah.

05:26 What are we going to say?

05:28 Finish off Celebrity that you're the B. Sure.

05:30 I was like, I've been impressed with his willingness to get his nose dirty, too.

05:34 Like, you kind of wonder that a little bit with young players

05:38 who've always been the most talented at every level they've been at.

05:42 You know, are they going to go to those dirty areas?

05:44 Are they willing to mix it up, take contact, all that?

05:47 And and I think he has like, I don't think he's shied away from that

05:50 at all this season.

05:52 So that's that's been impressive, too.

05:53 I agree. I agree.

05:56 Anyways, let's get on to Bruins people in the YouTube comments.

05:59 Scott always get very angry when we spend the first couple of minutes

06:02 not discussing Bruins.

06:04 So listen, you you can't have me on between the two beanpot nights

06:08 and like, I mean, come on.

06:10 That's what I mean.

06:11 We've got to talk a little bit of beanpot and people should care about the beanpot,

06:14 even though UMass isn't in it.

06:16 I think they should still care a little bit what's happening in the beanpot.

06:19 But Bruins crushed the Canucks on Thursday night.

06:23 Great response.

06:24 I think that was kind of my main takeaway was, you know, they played like garbage

06:29 against Calgary the other night.

06:30 Montgomery called it the worst effort he'd seen in his two years

06:34 as head coach here.

06:36 But to have that kind of response to go in to have Vancouver come in

06:40 and play the way they did two shorthanded goals in the first period.

06:44 I mean, I you know, again, it's hard to have some big takeaway,

06:48 big long term takeaway from that.

06:50 But I mean, that's a hell of a response game.

06:52 And I think encouraging going forward.

06:55 Yeah, for sure.

06:56 And obviously, to an extent, shorthanded goals can can be a little bit flukey.

07:01 Although obviously, you know, the Bruins made good plays on both.

07:04 And, you know, Charlie Coyle starting them, Marcian finishing

07:08 Danton Heine with a great finish.

07:10 But even beyond that, that was a great first period for the Bruins.

07:14 Like held held Vancouver to four shots and

07:17 with multiple power plays mixed in there.

07:20 Like that was impressive.

07:22 They I thought they played a lot more physical than they did against Calgary.

07:26 And you just saw the intensity level rise.

07:29 And I know Montgomery highlighted that after the game, too.

07:32 He said he really wanted to see the intensity and he did.

07:35 Yeah, you know, it's it's funny how like one bad game,

07:42 it's the sky's falling and, you know, everyone's oh my God, what?

07:46 You know, they got to like shake it out.

07:47 They got to do something big before the trade deadline.

07:49 Like, look how look how far off they are.

07:51 Tell no anaphylactic to stay in.

07:53 Oh, yeah, don't let him go home.

07:55 And then it's like the very next.

07:57 And I know Vancouver had enough.

07:58 And I'm sure they'd be the first to tell you that was one of the worst games

08:01 they played all year.

08:03 I suspect we'll see a closer contest

08:06 when the Bruins go out there in a couple of weeks. But.

08:08 Regardless, like, yeah, just a great response from the Bruins

08:13 to kind of make a statement, not just that you can be,

08:17 you know, the team that's right there with you competing

08:19 for the best record in the league, but that Tuesday just isn't who you are.

08:24 Like that's and that you're not going to like games like that

08:27 compound and snowball.

08:29 You're going to get right back at it next game and just bring in much better effort.

08:35 Yeah. And Montgomery said it after the game, when they go to Vancouver

08:39 in a few weeks, Vancouver, I think it's gonna be a much different game.

08:42 I mean, they've been a great team this year.

08:43 One of the probably maybe the biggest surprise in the NHL.

08:47 And it's it's hard to take again.

08:49 You can't be like, oh, that's the they they they caved in the big game, Scott.

08:53 They're not going to do anything in the playoffs.

08:55 But I do think there is something to be said about this Vancouver team in that

08:59 when you have success, you know, the teams that have success

09:01 in the NHL playoffs typically go through a lot of shit to get there.

09:05 And I don't know if that team has taken their shit

09:08 taken, you know, you know, had the shit come at them, so to speak at all.

09:14 And I think they're going to need some seasoning in the playoffs

09:16 before I project them to have any huge run.

09:19 But they're a fun team and they're good.

09:22 And it's good that, you know, they're better again.

09:24 Of course, a Boston Vancouver Stanley Cup final again would be outstanding.

09:29 But I don't know.

09:29 What do you think about that team?

09:32 So I think they're good.

09:33 I agree with you, though, that like they got to get battle tested.

09:37 They remind me a little bit of last year's Bruins,

09:41 obviously not at the same pace points wise, but in terms of

09:45 it just seeming like everything's going right.

09:48 Bunch of guys have in career years.

09:50 New bald head coach.

09:53 Yeah, exactly.

09:55 You know, like there's

09:57 people might be familiar with the concept of PDA, which is like

10:01 it's basically just your shooting percentage plus your save percentage.

10:04 And it's meant to more or less measure luck.

10:08 Although, you know, you can be a more talented shooting team.

10:11 You can have more talent goals, any but the Canucks PDO has been like

10:15 incredibly high all season, which is the sign of like.

10:18 Just a ton of their shots are going in that your Demko has been awesome

10:23 and goal, and it's like that's kind of what the Bruins did last year.

10:27 And then one of those things falls off a little in the playoffs

10:30 and the Bruins case, the goaltending.

10:32 And all of a sudden you get upset in seven games and you look around

10:34 and you go like, what the hell happened?

10:36 And I could see that happen in Vancouver, where it's like

10:39 if either Demko slips up, which, you know, he's been a really good goalie

10:44 throughout his career, but he's had some down stretches

10:47 or if they're finishing just like isn't there for a couple of games.

10:53 It like it could all go south pretty quickly.

10:55 And I think, you know, being able to fight through that

10:59 to still win games in other ways

11:02 is something that ultimately like the Bruins didn't do last year

11:06 in that Florida series.

11:08 And I wonder if the Canucks can do that.

11:11 You know, we'll have to see, but that they certainly are fun and talented.

11:16 There's no question.

11:17 Yeah, they have talent.

11:18 And I think there is a core there where I don't think this is a one year thing.

11:22 But I do you know, the goal turning is great.

11:25 But I just I don't think this is their year.

11:28 Winnipeg, I think, falls into the same thing.

11:31 But Winnipeg also has been going at it for a while.

11:34 I mean, Winnipeg pre kind of not being great last year,

11:37 even back in like 2017, 2018, they were one of the better teams in the league.

11:42 They went on some runs.

11:45 So I do I put them in maybe a different category than I do.

11:49 The Canucks, because the Canucks, this does feel very new.

11:52 You know, so

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12:42 You have any big any big predictions on that, Scott?

12:45 Any big Super Bowl predictions you like?

12:47 Uh, nothing crazy, but I I am going, Chiefs.

12:51 Like it's kind of wild to me that they're the underdogs.

12:53 I don't know how you bet against Patrick Mahomes.

12:57 Like, and I agree.

12:58 Not just that, but that defense, Chiefs defense has been filthy.

13:02 Like it's I don't fully understand why the 49ers are the favorites.

13:06 So I will gladly just take the Chiefs and Mahomes.

13:09 Yeah, I agree.

13:11 I do want to see the Niners win, though.

13:13 I would because the Mahomes Brady stuff started to

13:16 it's starting to really ramp up and I don't want to hear any more of it.

13:20 So I'd love to see him lose the role.

13:22 But I agree with you.

13:22 I don't know why they're underdogs in this game.

13:24 Yeah. And as a Patriots fan, I'd also I also want the 49ers to win because I.

13:29 I want there to be another way to win a Super Bowl,

13:33 other than you have to have a Hall of Fame all time great quarterback.

13:37 So like it would just be an encouraging sign

13:41 to see the 49ers win with Brock Purdy, who's good, not great.

13:45 And you can just build a good team around them.

13:48 And you know that like that you can still do it that way.

13:50 I think would give not just Patriots, but a lot of fan bases.

13:54 I agree. I agree with that.

13:57 There was a tweet yesterday from Ty Anderson that I found interesting.

14:00 I agree. Complete boo.

14:04 I saw Dom Tiano tweet something, a clip of or a screenshot of Connor and Ty

14:08 talking that who wouldn't want to listen to these two?

14:11 And I'm like me.

14:12 I wouldn't want to listen to Ty Anderson talk ever about anything.

14:15 So that's just me.

14:17 I'd love to listen to Connor, though.

14:18 We have obviously Connors on a lot and has no podcast here.

14:21 But Ty boo.

14:23 I kid. I don't hate Ty. Ty's fine.

14:27 Anyways, he tweeted something about Danton Heinen signing him long term.

14:32 And I think a lot of people are like, wait, what?

14:34 Seriously, what are you talking about?

14:36 But I do think that there is some

14:38 some interest there in an idea.

14:41 And I'm saying I'm interested in this.

14:42 I'm not saying Heinen is necessarily interested in this.

14:45 But a long term deal at a cheap price.

14:48 You know what you're getting from Heinen.

14:50 He's a reliable guy.

14:52 And I do think there is it's an interesting discussion to have of

14:56 what if you did get him at a four or five year deal at an AV of like,

15:00 you know, two, three million?

15:02 I don't know. I think that's an interesting topic.

15:05 So I'm generally not a fan of locking up.

15:10 I'm not either, by the way.

15:11 I'm six forwards on on any sort of deal that qualifies long term.

15:16 You know, unless it's like a young guy who's clearly part of your future

15:21 and there's like Trent Frederick, got to be fine.

15:23 Yes. Agreed.

15:25 Fought on this team no matter what.

15:27 You know, he's, you know, just getting to his prime

15:30 with Heinen.

15:32 I would be open to like two, two years, maybe, you know, maybe three.

15:37 I don't think I'd go too much beyond that.

15:39 Just because as much as I like him and as good as he's been this season.

15:43 There will be another Danton Heinen at some point and

15:47 locking yourself into a play like that, like into his 30s.

15:51 It starts to get a little sticky for me, but I mean, the Islanders

15:55 have been doing this and it really hasn't been working.

15:58 Yeah, but but but two years, if you were open to that, like great.

16:04 Absolutely. Yeah, I agree.

16:06 Two years is fine.

16:07 I don't have the tie tweet in front of me.

16:08 I don't know if he mentioned four or five years.

16:10 That was kind of what I assumed he meant.

16:13 But I agree. Two years. Sure.

16:15 But once I agree with you, once you start getting into that

16:18 four year range, guys, bottom six guys like that are rarely going to go up,

16:24 especially someone at Heinen's age, and we kind of know what his game is.

16:28 It's either going to stay the same or it's going to Peter off a little bit.

16:32 And that production isn't going to be there and things like that.

16:35 And that's when that money starts to stink.

16:37 So I agree. I don't want him super long term locked up.

16:41 But again, if it can be a shorter term, I'm OK with that.

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18:20 Now back to the show.

18:23 So Matt Potra, the big news, obviously announced out

18:26 for the rest of the season, needed shoulder surgery.

18:29 He's been out for a little bit.

18:30 So some question marks around him.

18:32 Two questions.

18:34 One, is this going to hurt his development?

18:37 And number two, did the Bruins miss you?

18:40 Did the Bruins

18:43 make the wrong move?

18:45 Were we all caught up in the hype a little bit too much

18:47 at the beginning of the season?

18:48 I don't think we were.

18:49 I think he has all the promise in the world.

18:51 I think he earned the right to be here.

18:53 I think injuries happen.

18:55 But I'm curious what you think.

18:57 Yeah, I agree.

18:58 I don't I don't think it was a mistake.

19:01 Like you said, he he earned it.

19:02 I mean, he was clearly one of their best 12 forwards

19:05 in the preseason and even through that nine game sample,

19:08 you know, extended tryout, whatever you want to call it before

19:11 they had to decide to activate his entry level contract.

19:15 And, you know, for a while after that, he continued to produce

19:18 at a pretty good clip.

19:19 Like, I think.

19:20 It pretty quickly became clear, like, OK, he's probably not going to be

19:24 a top six forward this year, he's, you know, you're not going to

19:28 start giving him like 18 minutes a game that that wasn't realistic.

19:31 But solid third liner, I thought was absolutely in play for him.

19:35 And he produced like that for a while.

19:37 I think at the time he got hurt, he was sit fifth or sixth on the team

19:42 in five on five points per 60 minutes.

19:45 And that was even with that production dropping off in January

19:48 when he came back from World Juniors and then suffered the injury battle

19:53 through it was in and out of the lineup a little bit. So

19:57 no, you know, I think you saw a lot of good things from that this year.

20:01 And I think he he was going to need some sort of reset at some point.

20:05 But I think it was.

20:05 I still had some optimism that if he was healthy,

20:10 he could get back to producing like a really solid third liner.

20:14 And that would have been, you know, that would have been a.

20:18 Big addition for the Bruins down the stretch or, you know, big, big contributors.

20:23 So, no, I don't think they made a mistake.

20:26 And as for his development.

20:29 Look, obviously, you never want any season ended,

20:32 you know, cut short, and it would have been great for him to get experience

20:36 down the stretch and maybe even playoffs, depending on how

20:39 he would have been playing at the time.

20:42 But it would have hurt his development even more

20:45 had they kind of strung this out and tried to, you know,

20:49 try to play through it, manage it, workload.

20:53 But ultimately, it's still probably need surgery in the offseason

20:56 because then that ruins your entire offseason.

21:00 And you're looking at like a November, December start to next season.

21:04 Brad Martian just talked about this earlier this week.

21:07 He had the double hip surgery last year, obviously completely different injury.

21:11 But he said, you know, when you come back in November

21:14 and you haven't had training camp in a summer of training, he's like,

21:17 you just can't play catch up midseason.

21:20 Like, you're just not going to get to the level that other guys are at.

21:23 And especially for, you know, he'll be 20 years old, 20 years old.

21:27 Next season, Patra, that's really tough.

21:31 Like he needs that physical development that you can really only do over the summer.

21:35 It's so hard in season to get stronger, to build up your conditioning.

21:41 Like that's really offseason stuff.

21:43 And so for Padra, this coming offseason

21:47 is going to be huge going into next season, which will hopefully be year

21:52 two in the NHL.

21:53 You know, obviously the the hope is that he makes the team out of camp

21:56 again next year.

21:57 So I think you make the right decision getting the surgery now,

22:03 setting him up for success next season instead of trying to

22:08 trying to fight through this, potentially making it worse

22:12 and, you know, kind of only delaying the inevitable.

22:14 So you're telling me Patrice Bergeron can't play catch up

22:17 in the middle of the year and come back and be the hero that everybody wants him

22:20 to be, is that is that what your science got?

22:22 I know. I mean, look, I don't put anything past Bergeron, but yeah,

22:26 I don't think that's happening.

22:27 No, not a chance.

22:30 You're right on Patra with the development in taking the rest of the season.

22:34 But I will say and again, obviously he's injured, so it's different.

22:37 But I would have loved to have seen him in the playoffs.

22:39 I think that was my big thing was I just wanted to see where he fit in this lineup,

22:43 how he contributed, how he responded to postseason hockey at 19 years old.

22:47 Again, it goes out the window when you need shoulder surgery.

22:51 So I get that, but I just would have loved to have seen it.

22:55 So, yeah, unfortunate news with him.

22:58 And I'm curious, I mean,

23:00 does that change what you think the Bruins should do with the deadline at all?

23:04 And where are you at in terms of what you think the Bruins should do

23:07 at the deadline?

23:08 Well, I'm going to kind of take a cop out answer a little bit.

23:13 It might change it.

23:14 I think the Bruins have to figure out what they have internally.

23:17 And how comfortable they feel about the center position.

23:21 You know, and by that, I mean,

23:24 do they think Jesper Bokas can be their fourth line center

23:26 the rest of the year into the playoffs?

23:28 If if they have questions about that, do they think Johnny Beecher

23:33 is going to be ready to come back up and contribute and be,

23:37 you know, what he showed flashes of early in the season

23:39 as a potentially solid fourth line center?

23:43 Do they think, you know, a Georgie Murkulov has a chance to contribute?

23:47 Like, is he any kind of option?

23:50 So you have to figure out if they're comfortable with their internal options,

23:55 especially at center, especially solidifying that fourth line.

23:59 You know, I think the third line.

24:03 Right now, they have Loutko on it.

24:05 I'm not sure that that really lasts all season,

24:08 but you can easily just move Danton Heinen.

24:12 Like that's if you have a Heinem geek, Frederick third line,

24:15 that's really solid to me.

24:17 So I. Whether it's a third line guy or fourth line guy, I think.

24:22 They got to find something, whether it's internally solidifying

24:26 what they already have, because, you know, like right now, Oscar Steen's

24:30 been in the lineup more often than not.

24:32 I don't know if he's, you know,

24:35 I don't know if you really want him playing every night come the playoffs.

24:38 They just called up Anthony Richard.

24:40 It sounds like he's going to play Saturday.

24:42 Like, we'll see how that goes. Is he an option?

24:44 So there's definitely some questions there.

24:46 And there's there's some openings for someone to either

24:50 run with a job and claim it for themselves

24:53 or for them to go outside and make a trade and say,

24:57 whether it's a center or line wing, whatever it might be like,

25:02 we need to solidify this group with excellent help.

25:05 And I also think that it is that does change things a little bit

25:09 because going into this, going into the deadline again, we're about a month away.

25:13 You know, there was talk of, oh, they could go for Adam Henrik

25:16 or they should potentially go for I mean, Noah Hannaford is brought up,

25:19 but that's like the biggest fish out there.

25:21 You have to give up a lot to get Noah Hannaford.

25:23 But, you know, Brun should go out and get,

25:26 you know, a potential top four defenseman and things like that.

25:28 That's going to cost you.

25:30 I don't think they have the assets to go out and get a,

25:35 you know, middle, you know, like a Henrik and then also,

25:39 you know, depth on the back end.

25:40 I think the move might be get depth guys at both areas.

25:46 You know, guys who, you know, not high upside, third pairing defenseman

25:50 and, you know, a potential fourth line center.

25:53 Like I think that might be more what they are in the market to do,

25:56 because I think we're in agreement.

25:59 I'm not trying to give up, you know, a ton unless it's for someone

26:02 with control long term and you're bettering your team and all that for the future.

26:07 But I don't think they have the pieces to go out and get like a Henrik

26:11 and someone that could be a potential top four defense.

26:14 But I think you almost just have to kind of go.

26:16 You have to pick one or the other, or you go with depth in both areas

26:19 that aren't high end players.

26:21 And I think that to me is more the thing there where you want to have depth,

26:25 because I don't know if it's worth going out and getting those higher end guys.

26:30 Right. Or if it's a situation where, you know, you're going to

26:35 sign a guy to an extension, if it's kind of like in their prime years, like,

26:39 yeah, there was there was a report that.

26:42 It sounds like there was a team in on Elias Lindholm

26:45 that only wants to give up a first round pick if they could sign him to an extension.

26:50 And Elliot Friedman has hinted that that that team was the Bruins.

26:54 Like, that makes sense to me.

26:56 I don't think the Bruins are in a position.

26:58 Last year, they traded away two first round picks for rentals.

27:00 I don't think they can do that again.

27:02 So if you're if you're giving up a first round pick another first round pick,

27:07 like it's got to be someone with team control.

27:10 So, you know, if you can get Noah Hannafin

27:13 and sign the hometown boy to an extension, like, OK,

27:17 that becomes a little more doable potentially when it comes to giving up great,

27:22 you know, real high end assets.

27:24 But for rental, yeah, I agree with you.

27:27 That'd be tough.

27:28 You know, I've thrown out and I think you've maybe even mentioned this

27:32 on another podcast, like Jake Middleton in Minnesota, which

27:35 would make a lot of sense to me.

27:37 He has another year of control after this.

27:40 That's if he's available.

27:41 You know, Minnesota might sit there and say, like, no, he's part of our team

27:45 next year.

27:46 We expect to be, you know, contending playoff team again next year.

27:50 They're not going to trade them.

27:52 So like there's only, you know,

27:55 first you got to find the guys who are available.

27:57 Like it's easy for us to sit here and say, oh, yeah, Jake Middleton, be great.

28:01 You know, give up a second, a fourth and a mid tier prospect or whatever.

28:05 But like, OK, but what if the wild just aren't even remotely interested in trading?

28:09 And what if there are other teams driving the price?

28:12 Right. Yeah.

28:14 So I agree with you.

28:15 And that's why I think it's this deadline is tough to predict.

28:18 It's annoying for the Bruins and for teams who want centers

28:21 because the top two centers are just off the board now.

28:24 So we'll see what happens.

28:27 A lot more where that's going to come from in the next couple of weeks,

28:30 especially with the deadline.

28:31 Scott, what can people look forward to from you over at Odyssey

28:36 and the skate podcast?

28:38 Yeah, just more regular coverage on WI dot com.

28:42 Skate podcast, as you mentioned, and Sunday skate returns a week

28:47 from Sunday, February 18th.

28:50 Me, Andrew Raycroft, Bridget Pru, whole gang back together.

28:54 So and that'll be a it'll be 9 a.m.

28:57 Sundays at 9 a.m. Yeah.

28:59 There you go.

28:59 So not too, too early on a Sunday morning after the Saturday night games.

29:03 You'll be up.

29:04 And I remember in the twenty nineteen during the twenty nineteen playoff run,

29:09 you guys are doing Sunday skates like overnight.

29:11 Like that was like the night show at times.

29:14 Like it was crazy.

29:16 I so I wasn't doing it like regularly back then.

29:19 But yeah, I remember there were

29:21 that there's certainly at least like eight a.m. starts

29:24 and maybe even like a seven a.m. mixed in.

29:26 That was yeah, that's that's not fun after a late Saturday night.

29:30 I could be Mr.

29:32 I think after the Bruins scrimmage to open the twenty nineteen

29:37 like Cup because they had that long break in between.

29:39 I want to say like Ken Layard and Matt Kalman did one at like 12 a.m.

29:45 But I could be misremembering, but they did one like at night after a game.

29:49 It was it was crazy.

29:51 I think they did one because I remember like listening on my ride home.

29:54 But anyways, fortunately, hopefully you don't have to do any of those.

29:57 Hopefully there's none of that.

29:58 No, I don't.

29:59 I don't think that's in my contract.

30:00 I get to get to get to check the fine print.

30:04 But exactly, exactly.

30:06 But anyways, Scott, always a pleasure.

30:08 And that's it. That's this week's Bruins beat.

30:10 I'm F. Maranofsky. You you birds, you listeners of great rest of your week.

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