Andrew Raycroft Talks Expectation For The Boston Bruins 2025-26 Season

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00:00Razor, what are you expecting from our beloved Bruins this season?

00:06For the first year in a while, I'm not sure.

00:08This is usually where, okay, first in the division, going to challenge,

00:12going to push for playoffs.

00:14This year, after the way last season ended, it's a little up in the air.

00:18Certainly more optimistic of where the season finished.

00:23And with McAvoy back, Campus Lindholm back, Jeremy Swayman taking a step,

00:27of course, David up front.

00:28There's still lots of good players there.

00:31Goaltending has to be better, right?

00:32It has to be better, of course, yeah.

00:33No, it starts there.

00:34It starts with Jeremy, and he knows that.

00:36And I think he learned a lot last season, and it should be better.

00:39Is Jerry Cheevers still playing?

00:41No, no, no, no.

00:42I think he's hurt.

00:44He's hurt.

00:45He was good, though.

00:46He's on IR.

00:48He played right.

00:49He was a period of time right after Razor.

00:52Razor.

00:53He was a great teammate.

00:55Razor, but is it?

00:56What was Reggie Lemland like?

00:58He would stack the pads, right?

01:00You played with Mr. Zero, didn't you?

01:03I think.

01:03Frank Brimzik?

01:04Frank Brimzik?

01:05Yeah.

01:06No mask.

01:07The guy didn't wear a mask.

01:08Yeah, he was my goalie coach.

01:09But isn't it important?

01:11Because you brought up the talent.

01:13They have players like you, whether it's Elias Lindholm you paid money to.

01:18You talk about Zdorov.

01:19You talk about the other Lindholm.

01:21McAvoy.

01:22Isn't it now these guys have to play up to their potential?

01:26And obviously, Swayman, between the pipes, playing up to their potential.

01:30And if they can do that, then shouldn't they be able to put a good team out there?

01:35That's exactly the way I see it.

01:37Yeah.

01:37Like, last year was worst case scenario all the way through.

01:41Lindholm didn't get off to a good start.

01:43The back end struggled.

01:45Hampus Lindholm missed 65 games.

01:46Then Charlie misses 30 at the end.

01:48Jeremy Swayman, the holdout.

01:49But so I guess if you go on the all the way on the other side and you say best case scenario

01:54if everything goes right, then they're certainly in the mix.

01:57But, you know, kind of fall to the middle of that.

01:59I think they're challenging for a wild card.

02:01But isn't their default, and it might be okay if it is, don't you think they're looking

02:06at it like a reset year?

02:08Yeah, to a point.

02:09But I think they also are looking at the last three months of last season as a bit of a

02:13reset more so than this year.

02:15You can't do 82 games full reset.

02:17I think they're going to come out, and with Sturmy here now as well, new coach, like

02:21there's some good vibes, I think, within the room.

02:25And like Wiggy just said, an Elias Lindholm healthy right out of the gates.

02:29If he gets rolling with Geeky and passed on the first line, can they score?

02:33Can they get the power play going?

02:34Like, the things that weren't good last year are all fixable.

02:37Their neutral zone wasn't very good defensively.

02:39That got cleaned up with Joe for a little while, and then it went bad.

02:42Marco Sturm comes in here, and that's what he does really well.

02:45He came from L.A. to do all of that.

02:46Get rid of that problem guy, Marchand.

02:48Yeah, exactly.

02:49He's a terrible person, terrible teammate, ruining the room.

02:53Obviously.

02:54When he got traded, it obviously went way downhill.

02:57He just got paid.

02:58Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.

03:00So, yeah, all in all, there's enough to be positive about, especially out how bad the

03:05last season ended, but there's still some question marks.

03:08Are you going on Essen today?

03:10I am.

03:10You have to fix the hair.

03:11Oh, I got everything.

03:13It's a disaster.

03:14What do I got?

03:15The way in which he puts...

03:16Excuse us.

03:18I'm a true friend for Razor, and so I'm just warning him, he can't put it like a headband

03:25back, because it was flipping up in the back.

03:27Everybody in Twitch is talking about Razor's hair.

03:29Just trying to help.

03:30Nice to have some.

03:31I know.

03:32He has a great head of hair, I'm just saying.

03:34He's got to put the headband the right way.

03:35I need a haircut.

03:36I need a haircut.

03:37Ah.

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