00:00NHL trade deadline is Friday afternoon and yesterday during they said it we heard from Don Sweeney who said he
00:09might like to give the I'm paraphrasing here but give these guys on this team a little bit of a
00:14bump but he also doesn't want to interfere with the future and what they are building over there as the
00:24Bruins sit this morning.
00:25They are in a playoff spot. David Pasternak is one who is asking Morgan Geeky same thing. There are guys
00:35on this team who are asking Don Sweeney and Cam Neely to add to the hockey team. Here is Pasta.
00:45Absolutely. You know we had adversity throughout the whole year. We were doubted you know by a lot of people
00:52and you know we put ourselves in amazing spots before the break Olympic break and can't waste it. You know
00:57we work hard the let's say whole first hour we call it before the break to put ourselves in the
01:04position we are in and which is the playoff spot right now and that's our main goal.
01:09So he is right. I mean this team has exceeded expectation I think at this point. We talked about it
01:14yesterday. Right?
01:16Yeah. 100%. Everybody agrees. Way over exceeded.
01:19So is that not a team that you want to reward for what they have done? They got a new
01:24head coach.
01:27Not many people had them being a playoff team at this point in the season.
01:30So is it is it incumbent upon Don Sweeney Cam Neely to add to this team?
01:37Well you think it would be but where they need it and which might cost you something.
01:42But I made the point yesterday I think his take and you know I don't want to speak for him
01:46but I think part of his take was the way that this team is played.
01:51They're not going to give up any pieces because Sean what was your thought they weren't going to give up
01:57any pieces because of the way that they're playing.
02:00Yeah so like I look at this very similarly to the Patriots at the trade deadline where this team is
02:05clearly overachieving compared to what they thought from the beginning of the season.
02:08This team has a lot of young talent on its way up.
02:11They're not going to trade away guys like James Higgins who they have kind of at BC and getting ready
02:17to come to the NHL level eventually and trade away these prospects for guys that are going to help them
02:22for a year where they're going to be like an eight seed.
02:24They're going to ride it out with what they have at I would be shocked if they didn't do more
02:30than like a marginal ad.
02:32I wouldn't be shocked if they are sellers at the deadline and they just kind of prepare for the future.
02:37There is a guy on that team that you might be able to get some value for.
02:42When it comes to a need that another team might have and I'm not talking about David Pasternak talking about
02:49Korpisalo.
02:50No I'm talking about the other goaltender Swayman on the hockey team.
02:55I don't know.
02:55I feel like that'd be a tough contract to trade.
02:57Yeah.
02:58You just sign you have to eat some of the money but you're stuck with that.
03:02I mean are you happy with that in hindsight as a Bruins fan are you happy with that contract that
03:09you gave Jeremy Swayman.
03:10Has that been worth it?
03:11Nope.
03:11I mean he's playing pretty good.
03:13No offense.
03:13Like a great guy just like from the from jump I wasn't on board with that contract so.
03:19I mean he's playing pretty good.
03:21I mean when he is I mean it took him a while to come back from the Olympic break.
03:26I think he's still he's still played in what he's still played in like 39 games.
03:29He's still like right at the 22 and 13.
03:31Like I don't know I probably would not trade him.
03:36Yeah.
03:37I feel like Cam Neely kicks himself because he was right when he was holding the hard line.
03:42Yeah he was.
03:43And everybody pressured them myself included that said you need to do this.
03:47Why are you being cheap?
03:47Like I bet you in hindsight he's like why didn't I listen to my gut?
03:51Yeah but his gut was to give him a contract.
03:53Not to give him 10 million a year.
03:55But they didn't give him 10.
03:58Nine and a half.
03:58No 8.2.
04:00They gave him what Cam Neely said that they were going to.
04:03Oh Sean what was that number?
04:04It was higher than that.
04:04But he being higher than that did it not?
04:05No 8.2.
04:07That's what they gave him.
04:09Yeah I think that.
04:10And then Cam Neely remember he goes he got 64 million reasons why.
04:148.25 A.V.
04:15Yeah.
04:158.25.
04:16Yeah I remember Cam Neely goes there's 64 million reasons why he should return or whatever the
04:21hell it was.
04:22Like that was the deal that they offered him.
04:25So like Cam wanted to give him this money.
04:27Honestly you're don't you think that this team is as good with Corpus Allo as opposed
04:33to with Jeremy Swayman?
04:35No.
04:35This team is not as good with Corpus Allo as it is with Jeremy Swayman.
04:38Like Corpus Allo has moments like that first game back from the Olympic break where he's
04:41really good.
04:42But he's Judas Corpus Allo.
04:44When he came from Ottawa he was arguably the worst goalie in like starting goalie in hockey.
04:48He's not good.
04:49Now we're going down the Corpus Allo road is like going down the leanest road.
04:54Right?
04:55Oh it's worse than me.
04:56He's worse than me.
04:56No no I know that but I'm just saying the fact that we have like oh we could you can
05:00get rid of Swayman because you got leanest that kind of thing.
05:02And you're right.
05:03He is worse.
05:04Like Corpus Allo is in the bottom 15 in terms of goals against in the league.
05:08And Lena Scott $8 million a year.
05:10So either way you were paying one of those two goalies $8 million a year.
05:14Yeah.
05:14So I mean I just think this is what Cam wanted.
05:17So I don't think Cam's going to trade away the guy he wanted.
05:20So you if you were Don Sweeney, Cam Neely you would stand pat on this team and see what
05:24happens because they're a playoff team right now.
05:26Even though guys even though guys are asking you to please add.
05:29See here's the difference though Greg.
05:31They're borderline playoff.
05:33If they were like you know they were a top two seed like the Patriots were.
05:36Yeah or even like you know top three or something like that you'd go okay you know but if you
05:41add and then you don't make the playoffs then it's going to be like you hurt yourself future
05:46wise.
05:47Right.
05:47You know because you're only two points ahead of the Capitals right now.
05:50You have a lot of work to do still here before now and the end of the season.
05:55Okay.
05:55Those are our leads.
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