00:00You're pretty on board with that this is not the time for the Bruins in their development as a team
00:07to be making moves like that.
00:09Absolutely not.
00:10Let's look at their window.
00:11Let's just for the sake of it, let's push it out two years.
00:16You've still got David.
00:18He'll be 30 going on his age, 31.
00:22Charlie's still fine.
00:23Jeremy's still right in that sweet spot.
00:25So there's your three foundational pillars.
00:28And then let's look at, OK, you're going to expect some growth from Minton.
00:33You're going to expect growth from Husanidov.
00:36Perhaps Lorai gains a defensive foothold.
00:39And then you get Higgins.
00:41Maybe Letourneau is in that mix.
00:43Maybe the North Dakota kids, Zellers, perhaps.
00:46Who knows?
00:47Maybe one of these first rounders that you have coming up, maybe that player somehow makes it onto the roster.
00:55Then you've got something, OK, let's pay attention here, with Ampas and Nikita still contributing on the back end.
01:05Because, yeah, this is not their time.
01:09They've had to exceed expectations significantly to be the number eight team in the East.
01:16So realistically, like, are you putting this roster up against the Tampas, the, I guess right now, Buffalo, Dallas, Colorado?
01:24No, this is, you're three core players away from really being a cup contender.
01:31Right shot, D, scoring wing.
01:34Obviously, you would, in a perfect world, you would have a top two center somewhere.
01:41So, no, this is not the cup window for the Bruins.
01:44Perhaps it will be in a few years.
01:46And they're still building toward that.
01:48You can't skip.
01:50Again, let's go back to last year.
01:52Where were they?
01:52Flat out bottom.
01:54And then to skip a step in terms of the turnaround, it's just not reality.
01:58So, let's go back to last year.
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