00:00Why started him in Providence when it sounds like Higgins wants to be on the big club?
00:05Well, the Bruins run by dinosaurs, and dinosaurs have their way.
00:08No, I just feel like they are, I think to Elliott's point, and I like Elliott.
00:13I'm not going to diminish what he's saying here.
00:15I think it's a little overprotective, I think, of the Bruins to a certain degree,
00:20but they don't want to throw him in right now.
00:23They feel like he needs to be in the minors.
00:26They feel like that's the best path, and the Bruins have often defaulted to what they view as the best
00:32path for a player.
00:34Sorry about that.
00:35And you look at sort of what they did with McAvoy.
00:38McAvoy had injuries that forced him up.
00:40If there's no injuries in that playoff round, they lose Torrey Krug.
00:43They lose, I think, Colin Miller.
00:45They lose Brandon Carlo.
00:47If those injuries don't happen, we probably don't see Charlie McAvoy in 2017.
00:51So this is sort of their default mode when it comes to developing players.
00:56But I think that Higgins ultimately just wants to turn pro, and he made a concession.
01:01One party had to make a concession here, and it was James Higgins and his agent ultimately that did that.
01:06Are you convinced that he is down there for the rest of this season, or could we still see him?
01:11I mean, putting him down there this late in the year, I feel like he's going to be down there
01:15for the whole way.
01:17I don't love that.
01:18I just feel like that's what they're probably going to do.
01:20You know, because once he gets called up, he has to sign his contract, and he plays one game, and
01:25that year is burned.
01:26Right?
01:26Like, wouldn't you want to get him in now?
01:28I feel like this week is a better week to get him in.
01:31You have Toronto tonight.
01:32You have Buffalo tomorrow.
01:34Probably wouldn't play that game.
01:35You have Minnesota on Saturday.
01:36And you're like, well, two out of those three teams are good teams.
01:39Sure.
01:40But then look at next week.
01:41Next week, you have Columbus, who's right on your heels, or you're chasing them.
01:43You know, Columbus is now in the metro bracket.
01:46They've been playing so well.
01:48But then you have Dallas.
01:50You have Florida.
01:50You have Tampa.
01:51And Florida would love nothing more than to beat the bag out of you one final time before the playoffs
01:56and ruin your season.
01:57So you look at this week, and you say it's hard, but next week's even harder.
02:01Right?
02:01And so I feel like if they wanted to get him in, they would have got him in right off
02:03the jump here.
02:04And again, considering that one game burns the contract.
02:08You know what I mean?
02:09Do they overvalue how much players get developed at the AHL level?
02:13Yes.
02:13Yes, completely.
02:14They completely overvalue it.
02:16And I think Sweeney has used this term before of players being overbaked.
02:22I don't know about you.
02:23I don't want overbaked food.
02:24I want it to be, like, ready to go.
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