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The Bruins are on to Sunrise Florida to take on the Panthers in Round 2. Evan Marinofsky and Conor Ryan take a look at how these teams stack up, how the B's will deploy their goaltenders, and make their series predictions. That, and much more!      Topics:   - The Bruins survive against Toronto   - Conor and Evan’s heart rates still haven’t gone down   - Lots of encouraging things from Game 7   - Onto the second round   - How should the Bruins handle the goalie rotation?   - A Montgomery adjustment   - Predictions       This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Get in on the excitement with PrizePicks, America’s No. 1 Fantasy Sports App, where you can turn your hoops knowledge into serious cash. Download the app today and use code CLNS for a first deposit match up to $100! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that Easy! Football season may be over, but the action on the floor is heating up. Whether it’s Tournament Season or the fight for playoff homecourt, there’s no shortage of high stakes basketball moments this time of year. Quick withdrawals, easy gameplay and an enormous selection of players and stat types are what make PrizePicks the #1 daily fantasy sports app! Visit PrizePicks.com/CLNS    Take the guesswork out of buying NBA tickets with Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code CLNS for $20 off your first purchase. Download Gametime today. Last minute tickets. Lowest Price. Guaranteed. Terms apply.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the #CLNS Media Network’s YouTube channel for Boston #Bruins hockey. CLNS Media is the leading online provider of audio/video coverage for the Boston sports. Get complete inside access to the Bruins at TD Garden, the game day skates at Warrior, and everywhere on the road. CLNS #NHLBruins' credentialed insiders Mike "Trags" Petraglia, Evan Marinofski, Conor Ryan, and Joe "Haggs" Haggerty. Providing instantaneous news and analysis all in real time, as well as full access to complete videos from the players, coaches, ownership and everyone else on Causeway Street.  For the CLNS award winning Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox, College hoops, NBA History, go here to featured channels- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiP7KyKodc3OHuN_XhEyPPw?sub_confirmation=1

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00:00 And I think if you're the Bruins and you expect to hang in this series or beat the Florida Panthers,

00:05 I think you have to rely on both guys. This feels like a series that if the Bruins win,

00:09 you know, if they're able to, you know, did you see the ESPN predictions? Did you see those?

00:14 No, no. What every analyst, except for one, Steve Levy was the only person to pick the Bruins,

00:20 which then I think that's a bad omen for the Panthers. Like I saw Panthers fans being like,

00:24 this is not what we wanted. Like every analyst was Panthers. I mean, I don't, I don't understand

00:29 the people who are like, it's going to be five games. Like, I think it's going to be,

00:32 I think it's going to be a very fun competitive series.

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01:21 That's Connor Ryan. I'm Evan Marinovsky. Connor, what is up?

01:25 Evan, I'm doing well. How are you doing? Doing great. Doing great. I'm very happy

01:30 that we are here in the second round, that we are continuing to do podcasts on the post season.

01:37 And the second round has been two straight years where we've had to find things to talk about as

01:41 the playoffs wind down. We don't have that problem yet. Yet. Bruins beat the Leafs in game seven,

01:47 two one and O T. I think people know what I felt on the series given my post game show thoughts.

01:54 So real quick, we'll kind of wrap up the Leafs series. What were some of your takeaways,

01:58 thoughts from game seven in the series as a whole? I mean, I think Evan, my heart rate has

02:04 started to go down just a little bit. It hasn't fully gone down yet. Yeah, it's not,

02:08 it's not 24 hours. So I think about 2021, 22, since the game started. So getting there. But no,

02:16 I mean, an incredible game for just the, the drama involved with it. And like, I think just

02:22 the stakes involved, right? Like this wasn't just like first run exit odds of bread GS shucks.

02:28 Like it went from, and I think we touched on this before a series that went from,

02:34 all right, like they should be favored. Oh, there are three one. All right. Two

02:37 man. If they, if they drop this series, if they mess this up. Yeah. Like, and like,

02:43 you look at how many people have like their legacies on the line. Like if they lose that

02:47 game, Jim Montgomery is probably not here. You have like the narrative now that's permeated over

02:52 like guys like David Pasternak and Charlie McEvoy and Hampus Lindholm and whether this

02:57 core just has it right. Has the metal to, to be a team worth investing in and building around

03:02 moving forward. And to see, you know, the result as it was right of this team to give up a goal

03:10 with 10 minutes to go in regulation, come right back and score. And then it's David Pasternak,

03:14 the guy who was called out by Jim Montgomery, the guy who had all this pressure to deliver that

03:19 goal. I mean, it's a, that's an all-time or game in terms of what we've seen from the scene,

03:23 especially just when you factor in what was at stake, right? Like you're going in with some

03:27 Maple leafs team that for decades now has been, you know, stuck with this label of losers of,

03:34 you know, not being able to elevate on hockey's highest stage, you know, that,

03:39 that can't deliver under the spotlight. And if you lost to that team up three, one,

03:44 you have that label and look at what Toronto like is dealing with. It's pretty frigging tough to

03:51 shake that label and that narrative when you've got these guys. And even if like, just look at,

03:56 if they lost that and like David Pasternak has another great year next year, as we all expected,

04:01 you have that narrative just looming over you of like, yeah, what happens at the playoffs?

04:06 That's tough to shake. Right? So for them to come away with that, when

04:10 the drama involved, the crowd was awesome. Unbelievable game. God, that's an all-time

04:17 or game. And just the amount of weight, I think it's lifted off so many key guys

04:22 who needed a result like that from Montgomery to Pasternak to Hamas Lindholm, who was awesome.

04:27 So many guys, it's just huge. And now it feels like Brunstranders rolling with house money.

04:32 Now we'll dive into Panthers and it's going to be pretty frigging tough, but like,

04:36 it's a new series, new life. What do we said, Evan, it's survive in advance and move forward.

04:41 And the Bruins are able to extend their season by at least another week or so. And it's good to see.

04:47 We were saying you, me and Ty Anderson, after game seven, you look back and I mentioned this

04:51 on the post game to you look back at like a series where it looked like the coach was going to get

04:55 fired. Claude had one again in 2011 against the Canadians. They go down to, oh, in the first

04:59 round, they ended up winning in game seven. They go and win the cup. You look at 2013 against the

05:03 Leafs, you know, they're up through one of the series. They blow the lead. They're down for one

05:08 in the third. Everybody's like, all right, clothes definitely gone when this, you know, when this is

05:11 all said and done and you know, they end up winning and they go all the way to the Stanley cup.

05:16 And, you know, I'm not saying this team's going to go all the way to the cup, but I think this

05:20 team has turned a new leaf. And I think for this group going off of what happened last year and how

05:26 that series was the same script down to overtime in game seven, like that was the exact same script,

05:33 you know, opposing team look dead after game four up three, one no show in game five overtime in

05:40 game five, you know, relative no show in game six, kind of a letdown. And then game seven needs

05:45 overtime and game seven was, was by no means a perfect game. No means a perfect game. They pull

05:50 it out. And I think, you know, for, as you mentioned, Lindholm beast in the third beast in

05:56 overtime with that pass posturing comes up clutch when it matters, you know, now Jeremy Swain is

06:01 probably your number one goalie, you know, into the future. The guy has just immense confidence,

06:07 phenomenal goalie. We'll see, you know, I want to get into the goaltending for this next series in

06:11 a second, but really good from him. Low-rise was awesome in this series. And I think for,

06:16 I think, you know, now that he's going to be a top four guy going forward, at least based off

06:20 what he's done so far. And I think just in game seven alone, the resilience of this team and they

06:26 looked dead in games five and six. I mean, you and I were both like, I don't see him winning game

06:31 seven. I just don't. They've burned everybody so many times before with stuff like that. I don't

06:36 believe in them. I do not believe in them at the moment, but I mean, you look at like, will it,

06:40 will you know, Nelander scores that goal. My first thought was all right, it's over. Burns lost. They

06:44 can't generate goals a minute. 23 later, that line of Frederick JVR and Brazil goes down there

06:51 almost scores for Brazil, but gets a long offensive zone shift. And then Lindholm just takes a shot

06:56 and they score. And like, again, that was great offensive zone play. That's exactly what you want

07:02 to see. Shoot the freaking puck. Yeah. We don't shot the puck. My God, McAvoy passes up another

07:08 shot. I mean that, that got your heart rate up going enough, right? Like passing up shot after

07:13 shot. But you know, again, that was just to, to be able to tie the game in that situation with

07:18 that on the line and the gravity and you know Montgomery's job on the line and things like that.

07:24 So a lot to like from the end of that game. And I think it's going to be interesting to see if

07:28 they can kind of keep like guys like Lindholm, if they can continue to play like they did at the end

07:32 of game seven, like you sort of leave with a good taste in your mouth. It's sort of like Jerry

07:38 Seinfeld always mentions that when he's doing standup, you want to end with the audience wanting

07:43 more, not with them. You don't want to go too long and then have like, all right, why'd we keep

07:46 going? They're ending on a high note. The Bruins ended that series on a high note and it was a

07:51 very, it wasn't a long high note, but it was a high note. And I think, you know, the Panthers

07:57 run a little bit of a layoff here. Connor, they have not played in a little while and the Bruins

08:01 are coming off, you know, a thrilling game seven win. Wouldn't shock me. Wouldn't shock me to see

08:07 the Bruins pull one out in game one down in Florida. Now it won't be easy because now you

08:12 get the Panthers, the big bad Panthers, you know, they've got a, they're deep up front. Good D

08:17 Abrofsky is playing. Great. It was outstanding against the lightning. They also kind of overcame

08:22 a big, uh, uh, you know, sort of a, uh, they were kind of, well, yeah, well, yeah, I was just

08:28 gonna say they overcame their own mountain and beating the lightning finally. Like it, right.

08:31 You know, that was kind of hanging over them the past couple of years, kind of led to Hubert

08:35 O being traded. Um, and they finally do that. So, um, Bruins Panthers, that's why we're recording

08:41 this on Sunday night. This is Sunday night. You're going, you have a big flight to Florida

08:45 in the morning, don't you? On Monday. Yeah. So I, I will be down, uh, live from, I don't even know

08:52 what they named that, that ring every time I go down to Florida live. No, no, no. It's a bank now.

08:57 It's like Emirates bank arena. I think I probably can only watch that. It's not your bank arena.

09:03 Yes. Yes. It is not a, it is not, um, FLA live arena or whatever the hell you call it now. It

09:10 changes every year. So, but whatever it is called boots on the ground, we will be there.

09:14 Boots on the ground. You will be there. I will not, but we'll tell the ground. You will be there.

09:19 Um, the goal tending and I, you know, what's funny in the aftermath of game seven,

09:24 I thought, well, it's pretty obvious who you start game one, at least

09:28 Jeremy Swainman. But now the more I'm, you know, I'm seeing more and more people on Twitter and,

09:35 uh, you know, in, in different media platforms saying, no, it should be Lena Solmark. Now I

09:39 think it should be Swainman. I think Swainman is playing way too good to keep him out of the net.

09:44 And I'm not saying he's going to play the whole next series, but I mean, this is the best goalie

09:48 in the playoffs right now. You're going to take them out. And I get, I get the Lena Solmark

09:52 argument. Lena Solmark has been fantastic against the Panthers this year. You had the tandem and I

09:57 still think you do, but I would more consider Lena Solmark for either game two or if Swainman

10:04 kind of falters in game one, like that to me is where I would cause Swainman's too hot.

10:09 It's not like Swainman was like, got you the wins, but he, you know, Swainman was your best.

10:13 It was a four, it was a four, three final in game seven, right? Like he competed, but like

10:18 his, his play dipped a little bit, you know? Yeah. He was phenomenal again. Like I, to me,

10:24 Swainman should go game one. And then you decide from there based on how he performs.

10:29 I'm curious what you think. Yeah. I think I'm in the same boat, Evan. And again, it's like,

10:34 you've got a pretty compelling argument. You've got a good problem on your hands. If you're the

10:37 Bruins in terms of turning to Omar, because like you're right, like Omar has been very,

10:43 very good against Florida this season. Um, I think he's what three wins in three games,

10:48 nine, four, seven, say percentage he's rested. You maybe say rested rusty, however you want to

10:53 kind of designate that he hasn't played since April 22nd, but you look at the quick turnaround

10:58 for Swainman, maybe game one makes sense to switch things up, give Swainman a breather and put in

11:03 a guy that, again, it's not like he's your, your backup. You got the reigning best trophy

11:07 winner available who has played really well against Florida. That being said though, I think

11:13 as I kind of alluded to right before this, like if Swainman's played dipped in game seven, like

11:18 was a gutsy win, fought the puck a little bit, but still came up with the win. Then maybe you

11:23 give him a little bit of a breather, you know, stick tap. You got through the first round. He

11:26 was fantastic, but take a breather, go for game, game two. I think if Swainman's playing at this

11:31 level right now, when he's confident and something I think Brad Martian mentioned after game seven,

11:36 I was like, we don't care about practices. We don't care about the turnover at this time of

11:39 the year. Like with this quick turnaround, we just want to play. We just want to keep going,

11:42 feeling good about our game. So I think you stick with Swainman in game one, see what you have.

11:48 And if he puts up another great performance, you keep on rolling with them until he loses.

11:52 And if he takes a step back and it's game one of the series and you have, I don't know what the

11:56 right word is, not breathing room, but you have a little bit more room to take a loss. If you know,

12:01 he's either not up to the task or what have you, you see what he has in game one. See if you can

12:06 keep that momentum going. He wins, stay full course ahead. And if not, then you go to all

12:12 mark in game two. And if all mark wins, roll with him for a few starts. Like this is what I think

12:17 the whole purpose of the rotation is. It's not set in stone. It's all about results and performance

12:22 and who's going to dictate who's going to be in net. So I think if you're the Bruins, you go with

12:28 Swainman in game one, see what he has, see if we can keep it rolling. But hell, it's a pretty good

12:32 contingency plan to have all marking game two. If Swainman just needs a little bit of a breather

12:36 or his play dips, which again, I don't think we're expecting him to have a nine 50 Sabre

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13:54 So what's interesting with the goalie tandem is, you know, I guess, so let's say Jeremy Swainman

14:00 comes in for game one. We're going to have the exact same conversation we had in the first round,

14:04 but we're going to do it again now for this. Swainman comes in a game one.

14:07 Time is a flat circle.

14:09 It's like, it is, it is. Let's say they lose like four, three, right. And he, and you know,

14:13 he plays pretty well, but it's still a four, three loss. There's another argument to be made

14:18 of like, keep men, let them try to rebound. But I think that is where the tandem part comes in,

14:23 where it's like, yeah, all right, no, you've had your time. Let's give all mark a little bit here.

14:27 Let's see what he can do and just kind of roll with it. I don't think you're going to hurt

14:30 Jeremy Swainman's confidence. I mean, he won you a series, like, you know, now he can be a

14:35 difference maker in a series, but you don't have to run them into the ground. It's early in this

14:38 series against Florida. These are not do or die games. As everybody knows, game, you know, games,

14:43 one and two are the most irrelevant of a series. I, that sounds really weird to say, but in a

14:49 playoff series, like you can kind of test some things out there. They did against Toronto,

14:54 um, with games one and two. And again, they put all mark in. He was not the reason they lost.

14:58 Like there were many other reasons why they lost that game. But to me, like, I will, I do want to

15:04 see Lena's hallmark in this series for sure. I do not think Jeremy Swain should be playing every

15:08 game. This series. What do you think? No, no, unless yeah. Unless by some

15:12 impressive, he wins four or five games or he keeps up what he's on, which I don't think is

15:20 sustainable. If it is tip your cap to a man, like you roll with them until he loses. Right? Like if

15:27 he's posted a 36 safe shutout in game one, keep that train rolling against a very, very good

15:32 Panthers team. But as you said, it's hockey. We know there's going to be regression. We know

15:37 stuff's going to hit the fan. And I think if you're the Bruins and you expect to hang in this

15:43 series or beat the Florida Panthers, I think you have to rely on both guys. This feels like a

15:47 series that if the Bruins win, you know, if they're able to, you know, did you see the ESPN

15:52 predictions? Did you see those? No, no. What every analyst, except for one, Steve Levy was the only

15:58 person to pick the Bruins, which then I think that's a bad omen for the Panthers. Like I saw

16:02 Panthers fans being like, this is not what we wanted. Like every analyst was Panthers.

16:07 I mean, I don't, I don't understand the people who are like, it's going to be five games.

16:10 Like, I think it's going to be, I think it's going to be a very fun competitive series. And

16:14 I have a weird feeling. I have a feeling we have the exact same prediction, but we're going to

16:18 save it for the end. Okay. But no, like if the Bruins come over the series, when I think you're

16:25 going to have a stretch where like Swainman's going to drop a game and all Mark stands tall

16:29 in the next one and get someone to back on their side. Like he's due for one of those games. He's

16:34 been good against Florida again. It's the same thing with, like, we've mentioned this before,

16:38 but how, you know, history is written by the Victor and how like years from now, we'll look at

16:43 this Toronto series rather and be like, Oh, like what a fantastic ending to that one. I know they

16:49 were down three, one, but we're not going to remember how shit they were in games five and

16:54 six. The start of those. Yeah. People don't remember like how good the Bruins were at the

16:58 start of the Florida series, how locked in all Mark was. If you don't remember that, like, again,

17:02 the whole narrative of posture knock. And again, he was not really good in this Toronto series,

17:06 but like the fact that he doesn't show up in the playoffs when he had a between the legs goal and

17:11 another goal in game six against Florida and had the, the go ahead goal in game seven. Like again,

17:16 it doesn't matter because you lose the series. So, uh, but as much people think that like,

17:21 all Mark is the guy that, you know, had the reins for that first run series where they lost,

17:26 like he still is a brain, he doesn't know where plays Florida very well has won against them in

17:32 the past and the post season. Like, I think if you're going to go on a run and you're going to,

17:36 you know, at least make this a competitive series, you're going to need both those guys to be

17:39 playing at a high level. And again, it's like, you look at how Florida plays with that floor

17:44 check with how involved their defenses. I don't care if the Bruins do a defensive clinic,

17:48 they pack in the inner ice, they block a lot of shots. Florida is going to get their chances.

17:53 Like you're going to need both goalies to really stand tall in the series. I think to me,

17:57 if the Bruins are going to win this series, you are a thousand percent need Swain and an old mark

18:01 to be, you know, at the top, top of their game. And that's why I think you need both.

18:05 I don't think this is one guy is just going to take it and run with it. You know, you look at

18:09 like, again, and it's interesting going into that Toronto series. I mean, you know, we're so, you

18:13 know, we're deep in the playoffs now. I think some people forget about the regular season, but like

18:17 Swain struggled in that second half. And you know you know, there was a real question of who should

18:24 start game one. I think one of the big reasons Swain started game one was because he was so good

18:28 against the Leafs throughout the season. And he had those two big games, two wins against them

18:32 down the stretch. And that's why I think you're, you know, Swain should start game one. I think

18:36 they end up do going Swain in game one, just how good he's played. And then I don't think,

18:40 I think that are trying not to overthink it, but well, Mark should a hundred percent be in

18:44 the series. And even if it could be an even split and I think it's fine. And I like, again, even if

18:49 they did try it out all mark for game one, it's not like, Oh, they're idiots. Idiots. Like I,

18:55 it's like the Sonic, the hedgehog video. Did you ever see that? Yes. The kid,

18:58 you know, I don't think it's anything like that, but I do think that I think Swain should get game

19:05 one. And again, this validity to all mark in game one, I just, Swain is too good.

19:11 Like that Toronto performance. How do you, how do you have him do that? And then take them out.

19:16 It's the playoffs. Like you do, you should continue playing after something like that.

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21:22 Now back to the show. So getting off the goalies here for a bit. One interesting thing, I think

21:28 there's a lot of adjustments that Bruins need to make in this series. I mean, the Panthers are

21:31 better than the Leafs for sure. You know, cleaner breakouts little more aggressive on Florida's D

21:38 than they were against Toronto's D throughout that series. You know, shoot the puck. Like if you're

21:44 in a, if you're, if you have an open lane, it's not a bad idea to shoot it. Like there was a couple

21:49 of chances in game seven, like Morgan geeky came around the net. It was actually a really nice

21:53 patience play, had it kind of, you know, at the, at the hash marks and just kept skating and looking

22:00 for a pass. It's like, no, just shoot the puck, just shoot the fricking park. So that's one,

22:05 but I would love to see Jim Montgomery try and this, you won't see it in games one and two,

22:10 cause they don't have last change in Florida, but when they come home, I didn't think Montgomery

22:16 did this enough in the Toronto series of trying to get that Zaka line with posture knock against

22:22 Toronto's bottom six. Now I said this on the post game show, maybe it's because he doesn't

22:26 have faith that like that fourth line, he go against, you know, Toronto's top line or Florida's

22:31 top line, but I would like, and I know he's going with match-ups there, right. You know,

22:34 he had set match-ups throughout, but I would like to see that posture knock line.

22:39 If you know, if the fourth line trots out for Florida and the offensive zone,

22:43 put out the posture knock line, like get, try to get those mismatches. Bruce Cassidy used to do

22:47 this all the time. I would love to see Montgomery do a little bit more of that in the series. Cause

22:51 I think it would free up posture knock and get him some points potentially.

22:55 Yeah. I mean, I think that is the biggest question mark, right? Like we know that

22:58 if the Bruins are going to like make this a competitive series, the goaltender is going

23:01 to have to be great. But what about the other end of the ice? Because I think the biggest

23:05 thing that I want to see is Florida defensively, because they've done a complete one 80 from where

23:11 they were last year. Like we looked at that first run series and we're like, ah, got a lot of fire

23:14 power, but Brodsky, I don't know. And like their defense is pretty soft. They were, I think 21st

23:19 in the league and, um, goals against last year, their first this year. And it's like, not like

23:24 it's just Bob Ross. He's standing on his head and he's had a really good year. Him and still

23:28 ours have been really, really strong, but like the number one at shot suppression, they're one

23:33 of the best at denying high danger chances. They're stopping teams at the blue line and really

23:38 limiting rush chances. So I'm just curious to see how they end up. Cause I don't watch on a

23:42 pan this game, see how that happens. Is it, is it just a really good four check and it just,

23:48 you know, the best, you know, offense is a good defense in terms of you're just keeping

23:52 the other team down the other end of the ice. Um, but if the Bruins are going to break through

23:57 offensively, and this is a team that was in Toronto is not a good defensive team. And they

24:01 averaged Boston did 2.5 goals per game in this series. You're going to have to land some punches

24:07 against a very, very good defensive Florida team. And to do that, you need to get guys rolling.

24:12 And I think you saw posture and I had a step in the right direction. Um, still wasn't his

24:18 best game in game seven, but again, you hope he builds off of that same with like Lindholm. Like

24:23 he has not really had the strongest post seasons during his time here in Boston, a dominant game

24:28 like that. Maybe you can exhale a little bit, breathe a little bit and get, get rolling. But

24:33 if you're the Bruins, you need Charlie coil to have a strong showing. You only had what two

24:38 points, not at five on five play. So I could design have a goal in 19 playoff games. Like

24:44 you just need to get more of these guys rolling. And I think against Bobrovsky, the biggest key is,

24:48 I think he's as good as he's been. I think he's one of the worst goalies in the league in terms

24:53 of like high danger, say percentage. So again, we're not reinventing the wheel. We're not

24:58 showing the secret formula here, but you got to get pucks down low. You got to generate quality

25:03 chances and take a shot first mentality because whether it's like guys like Brazzo and Frederick

25:08 and that GVR line, which I think that was probably your best line in game seven, whether it's them

25:12 hanging around grade a ice, whether it's guys like Lindholm having more of a shot first approach,

25:18 you have to do everything you can to kind of get that puck into grade a ice. And even if it's

25:21 a rebound, a tip, anything like that, you need to turn to those opportunities,

25:26 try to land punches because otherwise like, I was very here. I think like the Bruins,

25:31 if Swineman and, and all marker locked in, they have a fighter chance, but what are they going to

25:36 do the down the other end of the ice? I think it's going to be the biggest question mark. I'm

25:39 probably the biggest unknown I have about how this huge is going to play out.

25:43 To me, that's the biggest thing is offensively that, you know, you cannot have the same offensive

25:48 showing you had against the Leafs. And I think the worry, the worrying part is the Leafs were

25:53 way worse than that way worse defensively. And you struggled to me, that scares me now again,

26:00 Toronto completely shifted their D zone coverage of now we're going to be on top of guys and things

26:04 like that. I'm curious, especially it is, it is, and I'm curious to see what Florida does

26:09 in kind of suppressing chances. You know, do you get bodies in front of Bobrovsky cycle game,

26:14 you know, from behind the net generate chances, things like that. It is time Connor to make some

26:21 predictions. And I am curious, do you have, you have a prediction, right? I'm not putting you on

26:27 the spot. I don't, but I'll, I'll okay. Want me to go first? Yeah, sure. First. Yeah, sure.

26:33 I got Panthers in seven. I know. I know. I think this series is, I said this on the post game show,

26:40 um, on Saturday night, Sunday morning, technically, um, this series is going to be a lot

26:46 closer than people think. Everyone's like, oh, Pat's going to kill whoever they play.

26:50 I've ruined your leaves. Yeah. Five years before it's going to be a sweep.

26:53 I don't think that's the case. You have to factor in a lot of things. I think the Bruins are better

26:59 than they played against the Leafs. I also think, um, last year, this is where kind of that revenge

27:05 part comes in of like, Hey, let's, let's kind of beat these guys. And again, the Bruins, not that

27:09 it means everything, but there were four and oh against them in the regular season. I think that's

27:12 a good sign for the Bruins. Um, however, I just think the Panthers are a wagon right now. And,

27:20 uh, I, they have less holes and I just, I think they pull it out in seven.

27:27 I do. And again, I've been negative about the Bruins since game five. So people are probably

27:33 like, oh, there goes Evan again. But hey, maybe if I pick the Panthers, the Bruins will win. So

27:37 you guys like maybe I'm reverse jinxing it. So everyone expected the Bruins were going to lose

27:41 game seven. It's like, maybe you just have to continually doubt them and then they'll keep

27:44 on surprising you. But yeah, no, I got cats in seven. Yeah. I think I'm going to go Panthers

27:50 in seven as well. And again, I think it's going to be a very competitive back and forth series.

27:54 And I think if you're a Bruins fan, you'll, you'll take that. If it's them really, uh,

27:58 bring it all the way to seven games. It's just for me, I expect like the goal,

28:03 tending to be there for the Bruins and they're going to keep them in a lot of these games.

28:06 It's going to be tight. Um, like, listen, guys like a Chuck and for Hagee are going to get their

28:11 opportunities, Barkov, what have you. I do think the loss of Sam Benner for game one, if that

28:16 lingers, he was a game changer for that team, especially in that series. That guy is a heat

28:22 seeking missile out there. That guy is like a, yeah, it's a guy you want, um, for playoff hockey,

28:28 like great on the floor, check and make a lot of plays in small areas of the ice. Um, so if he's

28:33 out for a couple of games, it gives you an advantage early on if you're the Bruins in terms

28:36 of trying to maybe steal some of that momentum. So check in with me in a couple of days, if maybe

28:41 the Bruins start pretty strong here, but I think it all just harkens back to the offense and how

28:47 much you're going to be able to generate against this team. Again, I want to see how it plays out,

28:50 how the Bruins, um, you know, attack Florida's defensive structure. Cause even last year,

28:55 a lot of open ice, the Bruins had, but it seems like just the way it's changed this year,

29:01 they've really locked things down, but we'll see what plays out. Like the, the Florida Panthers

29:05 have one of the better PK units in the league, but if the Bruins can carry what they did against

29:10 Tampa, uh, Toronto, rather, maybe it gives them more of a fighter chance. It was just,

29:14 I expect the way that the Bruins are playing right now, it's going to be a close competitive

29:19 series. And I think if you're a Bruins fan, you'll take that. If they get swept, they lose in five.

29:23 Those things a little bit more, but like, again, you're into the second round, you're playing

29:28 competitive hockey into the middle of may see where the, you know, and again, the Bruins come

29:32 out and win. Would I be surprised? No, I'll, I'll, I'll take, I'll take the L we're recording this at

29:37 the end of may and we're getting ready for the Eastern conference finals. But, um, at the very

29:42 least we saw all season long when these two teams play, it's fun hockey and it's hockey that's built

29:47 for the playoffs. Uh, as much as people, I think again, the Bruins lose that first round series.

29:52 So the narrative is they were bullied and beaten by Florida all series long Bruins kind of answered

29:57 their physicality, um, and push back quite a bit in these regular season games. And I think you're

30:02 going to hopefully see a lot more of that, um, this post season as well. So I think it's going

30:07 to be a Marquee viewing, you know, every single day these guys play, it's going to be a lot of fun.

30:13 And the Bruins have to make sure they are breaking the puck out smooth out of the road. That was

30:18 the other huge problem for them last year. And it was a big problem against Toronto the past

30:22 couple of games. So that is key. Um, Connor, go have a blast down in Florida. What can the people

30:28 look forward to from you over the next few days at the globe and boston.com.

30:31 I'm going to have a couple of subs from Publix, the supermarket now, um, many subs. Yes, exactly.

30:39 Uh, no, you can, uh, read all of my stuff over at boston.com and the Boston globe will have you

30:43 covered every step of the way down there, whether it's Florida, Boston at Hanscom air force base,

30:50 when the Bruins are flying off, that's where I was at today, driving all over Concord and Lexington.

30:54 Um, wherever the Bruins are, we will have coverage with recaps, features, breakdowns,

31:00 all that good stuff. Let's read all of it over boston.com and the Boston globe. And if you want

31:04 to follow me on Twitter, you can at Connor Ryan. I'm just going 93. Go do all that. That has been

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