The Bruins young stars continue to impress

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Poke The Bear with Conor Ryan Ep. 174  Conor Ryan of Boston.com and Ty Anderson of 98.5 The Sport's Hub discuss the Bruins' the gutsy come-from-behind win the B's pulled out against the Florida Panthers, and how the emerging young core can continue to contribute to this team as they continue to prove themselves.   Find the full episode here! https://youtu.be/cEqjDu3yzas?si=2WaOBfm_2Uk1Ec4F  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/welcome-to-poke-the-bear-with-conor-ryan/id1530198903?i=1000489821905  https://open.spotify.com/episode/1A4qNcDWAWIdVmXPlxzzWH?si=e51c5cab12f34522&nd=1      This episode of Poke the Bear is brought to you by Fanduel Sportsbook, the exclusive wagering parter of the CLNS Media NetworkRight now, NEW customers get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS with any winning FIVE DOLLAR MONEYLINE BET! So, visit https://FanDuel.com/BOSTON and kick off the NFL season. FanDuel, Official Partner of the NFL. 21+ and present in MA. Hope is here. First online real money wager only. $5 pregame moneyline wager required. First onlinereal money wager only. $10 first deposit required. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable bonus bets that expire 7 days after receipt. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. GamblingHelpLineMa.org or call (800)-327-5050 for 24/7 support. Play it smart from the start! GameSenseMA.com or call 1-800-GAM-1234.  Conor Ryan  Reporter for Boston.com   Twitter

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00:00 The Atlantic division will go through Florida at some point, right?

00:03 Whether that is in the first round or the second round, like that team looks like a

00:07 team that should contend for a top three spot in the division.

00:11 You know, talk about getting Brandon Montour back, Aaron Ekblad back.

00:16 You know, if Sam Bennett is going to escape his latest, you know, scare unscathed or relatively

00:21 unscathed, which kind of looks kind of doubtful, but you never know.

00:25 That's a team that they just have the firepower and the system and the structure to get in,

00:29 right?

00:30 And so to get an early season win over them, you know, that last year, like Florida was

00:34 their nightmare a year ago, even in the regular season, like those were not great games for

00:40 the Bruins.

00:41 Like, and so you still got to go down there and win.

00:44 I think that can do a lot for you.

00:46 You know, in the regular season as well, like make, make it so you're not white knuckle

00:50 riding every game.

00:52 But this is something that I think that like these kinds of games are going to help you

00:56 down the stretch.

00:57 Like these are playoff style games.

00:59 When you hold the Red Wings to one goal and 23 shots, you know, eight fewer than their

01:04 season average, the power play for Detroit vanished in a thin air, like had almost nothing

01:09 all night long.

01:10 You come back from being down to like, like those are the kinds of wins that I think this

01:14 team needed a bit more of last year, if that makes sense.

01:17 Like, cause I think that when they got punched in the mouth by the Panthers, they, it was

01:22 the first time they didn't punch the mouth in a while.

01:24 And they were like, wait, how do we recover?

01:26 How do we strike back?

01:27 And by the time they kind of got it going, it was too late.

01:30 Right.

01:31 And so I think that that is sort of, you know, to have more of these kinds of wins, especially

01:36 early, I think it's only gonna make you better and better in the long run for sure.

01:39 Absolutely.

01:40 And looking at that game, there was maybe one negative, both in terms of that game and

01:46 long-term you're going to be shorthanded on defense moving forward.

01:49 I mean, Matt Griswold is going to be out at least a couple of weeks, according to Jim

01:53 Montgomery, which is tough for him because it seemed like he was really kind of playing

01:57 his best hockey.

01:58 Jim Montgomery even mentioned that he was even getting like reps on the PK, getting

02:01 involved there.

02:02 So we all know how good he is with Charlie McAvoy as well.

02:06 So Griswold's going to be on the shelf.

02:08 And now again, it's not official yet.

02:10 I have to imagine that Charlie McAvoy is probably not going to play on Thursday against the

02:16 Maple Leafs after that high hit on Oliver Eckman-Larsen.

02:19 So you're pretty much without two of your top four defensemen going into, again, a pretty

02:23 key stretch here.

02:24 If it's more than one game for McAvoy, you're looking at him missing out against Toronto,

02:29 Detroit, Dallas is up next week.

02:32 So a tough hit there.

02:34 So it's not really any way you can kind of sugarcoat that, a bad play by McAvoy after,

02:38 I mean, guy went like Leroy Jenkins had a great goal and then immediately puts himself

02:44 in a bad spot there against OEL.

02:46 But how do you think they kind of adjust those absences?

02:50 Like who could you see getting called up from Providence to get a bit of a run here?

02:56 Isn't this the perfect time to see Mason Leroy?

02:59 Like wouldn't this be the perfect time to do that?

03:02 You go back to when they sent him down at the end of training camp and it was about,

03:05 they said they want him to play some minutes.

03:07 He needs minutes.

03:08 Okay, well, power play one minutes just opened up and LD one just opened up as well, or LD

03:15 two, depending on how you want to look at it.

03:17 And so I think that is sort of a, this is a natural spot to put Leroy up.

03:23 I know that they've talked, you know, there has been some talk of him coming up.

03:29 Montgomery said as much on Tuesday saying that he is in the mix.

03:32 You also have some safer options, so to speak with Ian Mitchell and Jake Saboural.

03:36 But with that schedule, you mentioned Toronto, Detroit, you got Dallas, like depending on

03:42 how long you're without McAvoy, we know you're going to be without Grizzly, but like depending

03:46 how long that is, I'd almost like to see, you know, a little bit of trial by fire here,

03:51 see what you got and then reassess.

03:53 And so this is a spot for him.

03:55 It reminds me a bit of, you know, back in 2007, 2008 years ago now, uh, the Bruins were

04:01 without Manny Fernandez and, uh, Tim Thomas and they had to call up 20 year old took a

04:07 rask.

04:08 He wasn't ready, but he got a win.

04:10 He also took some lumps, but like it, it, it, it was like, you got to do it right.

04:15 And this may be a similar spot where they go, listen, our options are, are we have Dan

04:20 runoff.

04:21 We have Ian Mitchell, we have Jake Saboural, we have Alcra Gula, and we got Mason Lowry

04:26 of that grouping.

04:27 I'd like to see low-ride personally.

04:28 Yeah, no, I agree.

04:31 It's something where it also depends on what the circumstances were.

04:33 And as you said, if this was like Derek forward, God, you know, hurt blocking a shot and was

04:38 going to be out two or three games.

04:40 Um, and it's a third pairing role and you need PK minutes.

04:43 I think that changes with Grizzly being out with McAvoy being out with those minutes up

04:47 for grabs higher up in the lineup with those power play reps, especially now is the perfect

04:51 time to see do have.

04:52 And again, if he struggles or there's going to be a few bumps along the way, like, I think

04:58 you can take that if a guy really builds off of it, like even like, look at, um, Potter

05:02 on Monday, right.

05:03 Got like, is got pickpocketed by such a bar cob, not the first NHL or to ever have that

05:08 happen, but he learns on the fly not to say that, uh, you know, Laura is going to match

05:13 up against Austin Matthews and he's going to just completely build off of it, or he's

05:16 going to be seamless in that role.

05:18 But now it's time to see what you have in a guy.

05:20 I mean, this it's one thing.

05:21 If this guy popped a few games during the preseason, it's a Testament to, I think how

05:26 quickly he's accelerated his timeline, but he was one of the last cuts like that.

05:29 They were really impressed by what he provided in terms of, um, you know, making this, the

05:34 simple, smart plays, you know, really working on his diesel and play.

05:37 You're going to need that.

05:38 And I think over the stretch where you're missing two, uh, defensemen who are really

05:43 mobile with the puck and really interject some energy.

05:46 It's kind of like what you said with like posture of what dynamic he's provided.

05:50 If you're trying to get an extra spot during this stretch here, where you're going up against

05:54 Detroit and Toronto and Dallas, if Laura can, can pop and can make a player to me that really

05:59 energizes your team, you'll take that.

06:01 And again, if that leads to him staying up here, if that leads to, he goes back down,

06:05 he's got the confidence to really build off of that.

06:07 And we see him back up here in middle of January for full time.

06:11 Like I think right now is the time to do it.

06:13 Cause again, like you could offer Mitchell and Ragula and all these guys, and it's probably

06:18 a safer route, but you already see it with Potter.

06:22 I might as well embrace, embrace the youth movement because really hasn't burned you

06:25 yet so far this season.

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06:45 Two of those games might be right up his alley.

06:47 They might be run and gun kind of games where, you know, he doesn't have to worry about,

06:51 they have to win the game two to one.

06:53 Like, like that might be, these might be two matchups, Detroit and Toronto where, you know,

06:59 Lowry is kind of in his element, right?

07:02 Like he's able to make some plays here and, and he doesn't have to worry about, you know,

07:06 ending up on the shelf or getting benched because he turns it over.

07:08 Like, so I just think that this whole season, this whole, this whole off season has been

07:15 about going with upside over what is safe, right?

07:18 It's the same reason why Johnny Beecher won the job over Patrick Brown.

07:22 It's why Jacob Loko won a job over Alex Jaison, you know, like, like there is a, there's an

07:28 element here of, of the Bruins going with upside over a safe over safety because, you

07:35 know, this is a kind of a found money kind of year for them in a lot of respects.

07:40 No one, no one thinks you're going to be very good or, you know, we did, but the general

07:44 public isn't like, it's not like, oh, this is another 62 win team.

07:48 So you got some wiggle room here and your eight, your eight Oh one, one that allows

07:52 you to take a little gamble here or there if you got to.

07:55 And I think right now you got it.

07:56 Like if you're losing Grizzlick and McAvoy, you need creativity on the backend.

08:01 So bring up the guy who, you know, can bring some of that to the rink every night.

08:04 And that's Mason Lowry for me.

08:06 Yes, absolutely.

08:07 And it's very funny how the narrative has changed that.

08:10 I think people were expecting a really painful year after this off season.

08:13 And now we're Bruins are sitting at eight Oh one, one, they've got Potra who's sticking

08:17 around here.

08:18 You have a potential top six center for the future.

08:20 Lowry could be in play like very quickly, how much of the narrative has changed and

08:24 all of a sudden a season that looked like it was going to be very bleak is normally

08:28 you're seeing results on the ice, but you have optimism for the future.

08:31 So it's very, it's very funny to how that does change over the span of maybe just a

08:36 couple of weeks here.

08:37 [inaudible].

08:43 [inaudible].

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