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Evan Marinofsky and Conor Ryan sit down to discuss the Bruins's offseason outlook and the comments made by Don Sweeney on where exactly the Bruins need offensive help. That, and much more!  0:30 - Bruins offseason plans 3:30 - Don Sweeney's comment on secondary scoring 5:00 - Interpretation of Sweeney's statement 6:07 - Secondary scoring importance 7:40 - Considering high-priced players 9:40 - Diversifying offseason moves 11:25 - Free agent uncertainties 13:00 - Importance of middle position 15:01 - Future cap flexibility 17:26 - Top Center upgrade 20:37 - Lindholm's fit 22:48 - Comparing Lindholm to ROR 24:41 - Lindholm fitting Bruins' needs 25:57 - Options for Bruins' offseason 27:00 - Upcoming events and coverage  Prize Picks! 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! Go to https://PrizePicks.com/CLNS  Gametime! 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. Go to https://gametime.co !  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 So what you're saying is if the Bruins don't go out and spend big on the top three agents,

00:05 like Reinhard Genzel, things are getting dry cycle.

00:09 I mean, like, there's a thing.

00:10 I don't think it'd be great if the Bruins just go into this upcoming season with, like,

00:16 833,000 in cap space. Like, that doesn't mean I think they're gonna have, like, 7 million.

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01:04 Conor Ryan. Conor, what is up? Evan, I'm doing well. How you doing?

01:09 Doing great. Doing great. Had a fun Memorial Day weekend. Went to the Poconos. I've never been.

01:15 It was an interesting place, to say the least. A little different than the city, I gotta admit.

01:19 There was a Wawa. It's not like the Blue Hills?

01:22 No, not like the Blue Hills. Not quite like the Blue Hills. But they had Wawa, as I said. So,

01:27 I think that was worth the trade-off, honestly. You ever been to a Wawa?

01:31 I have, yeah. Have you been to a Sheetz? I know you can get into a lot of fights in

01:35 Pennsylvania over, do you like Wawa or Sheetz? No Sheetz for me. I did not have any Sheetz.

01:41 Just, I was so focused on Wawa. Did you have a sub?

01:45 Oh, did I ever. Yes, sir. I absolutely did. I had a wrap. I had a sandwich. It was great.

01:50 It was fun times. So, I'm actually at my girlfriend's parents' house in Long Island.

01:57 Because we're to the Poconos, to Long Island, and now we're training it back tonight to Boston.

02:01 You're all over the place, man. I am pitbull. I told you, I'm Mr. 305. I'm Mr. Worldwide.

02:07 Yeah. Like I said, Mr. Worldwide. I don't think I've gone from the Poconos to Long Island as Mr.

02:13 Worldwide, but no, I'm sure Pitbull has made the similar track.

02:16 Yeah, he's adapted. He probably makes that trip like seven times a day, honestly.

02:20 It's true.

02:20 Like those kind of short length trips, just trying to hit every single place every day.

02:24 He's built a medallion status. He's killing it.

02:26 He's got some points, that's for sure. How was your Memorial Day weekend? Did you do anything fun?

02:32 I mostly got caught up on a lot of wedding prep stuff, a lot of that fun stuff. So,

02:39 where the playoffs are now over for the Bruins, I suddenly have a little bit more time on my hands

02:43 to deal with other pressing matters like impending weddings. So, did a lot of stuff like that.

02:48 Cleaned up the house. I feel like I've hit the point now where I feel like an old man,

02:53 because I was like, "You know, this was a good weekend. I cleaned the house.

02:56 I threw out a bunch of trash, donated some old clothes. It was a good weekend, Evan."

03:01 I can tip my hat to that.

03:02 Did you mow the lawn too? That's like the-

03:04 No, I didn't get down to that. Now you bring up things I didn't do,

03:08 so now I feel bad again. But no, I didn't get to the lawn yet.

03:12 Got the grill working though. Grill didn't blow up, so it's a good weekend.

03:15 Yeah. I feel like I'm getting a little older too, because I enjoy grilling now.

03:19 So, I'm with you on that, where it's like, "Someday it'll be my wedding and I'll be

03:24 prepping for that." But good for you for getting ahead of stuff. Good for you for getting older.

03:30 Yeah. It's a hell of a move. Hell of a move.

03:33 Oh, it's all but inevitable.

03:34 You're young at heart. That's what it is.

03:36 Not really, but thank you for the sentiment.

03:37 You and I are both getting so old. We're both getting so old.

03:40 Anyways, some Bruins stuff. There was a comment that Don Sweeney made that stuck with me.

03:47 When I first heard it, I said, "What?" I had to rewind and watch it again,

03:53 just to make sure I caught it. And he talked about getting secondary scoring.

03:57 He mentioned that this Bruins team over the offseason needs secondary scoring.

04:03 And that's where I was like, "Wait, really? Secondary scoring? What do you classify as

04:09 secondary scoring?" Because I classify it as your third and fourth line guys,

04:14 maybe your fifth or sixth forwards on the depth chart, guys that are on your second line even.

04:18 But I looked at the Bruins and obviously David Pasternak is a 50 goal score, 60 goal score.

04:25 That's a primary score you've got there. You're not trading him.

04:30 But they didn't have a lot of scoring outside of that. Brad Martian had a relatively down year in

04:35 terms of points. He's only getting older. Charlie Coyle and Pavel Zaka put up really

04:39 fine regular seasons, 59 and 60 points, I believe. And that's awesome. But they still need one other,

04:46 maybe even two, who can put that primary scoring to you, especially with, it seems like Jake

04:53 DeBrusque might be out of the picture now. What did you think of that comment? And do you disagree

04:58 with it?

04:59 Yeah. I talked to Ty about this too, because I think a lot of people have focused in on that,

05:04 right? Of secondary scoring. I don't know if that's the same as like,

05:07 Drodd Mayo's like cash to burn or one of those things. It's going to not be-

05:13 Red Sox going, what did Tom Warner say?

05:16 Full throttle.

05:17 Full throttle.

05:17 Yeah. That being said, I view that and I think Ty agree with me. That's more of like just Don

05:24 Sweeney speech, speak in terms of like, secondary scoring is secondary players that are not on the

05:31 team right now. It's easy, I think you can view it as like, all right, are they only going to get

05:35 a third line guy? Are they going to get like Anthony DuClaire or Dakota Joshua or someone

05:41 like that and be happy? I think it's more like secondary in terms of guys that aren't on the

05:45 team. So it's like, I don't think it means that they're not going to go after a guy like Elias

05:50 Lindholm or try to trade for a guy like Marty Natchez or maybe they're in the mix for another

05:58 winger like a Gensler or a Reinhardt or something like that. But I think how Sweeney phrased it,

06:04 I don't think it just means like, third or fourth line guys. I think it just means secondary to what

06:09 they already have on the team as opposed to, I think the more, the main point of what he said,

06:14 it's just getting more scoring and something that Neely, I think especially mentioned and

06:18 whatever kind of Neely maps out in terms of being faster, more scoring, all those things.

06:24 I think that kind of paints a bigger picture of what the Bruins are looking at and what Don

06:27 Sweeney will go after. So I didn't take secondary scoring as it just being like

06:32 bargain bin signings, fourth line, maybe a third line kind of guy. I think they're in the market

06:37 for guys that can add some much needed scoring punch to this roster. Yeah. And again, and I get

06:43 that. I just wonder, like, you look at some of the primary guys in this free agent class, like Sam

06:48 Reinhart, right? That's going to be a high, a guy who's going to get a lot of money. Jake Gensel,

06:52 another one, as you mentioned. And like, I look at those two and I do wonder, like, is there any

06:57 chance the Bruins look at guys like Gensel and Reinhart, who are going to have probably pretty

07:02 good size markets, teams that want them, they're going to get paid well. Are they going to, you

07:06 know, they have the cap, they have the cap to acquire one of those guys if they really wanted

07:11 or to sign one of those guys that really wanted to. Could we see them making that kind of move

07:16 and instead saying, you know, hey, we're, you know, it's going to be hard to make a huge upgrade

07:21 at center, right? Let's say they get priced out of Elias Lindholm or organizationally,

07:24 they don't believe that he is a true number one center and they want to kind of either test the

07:28 trade markets or wait till next off-season and, you know, do Coyle and Zaka and hope for Potts

07:34 are doing well again and say, we're just going to bolster the wings. So let's go after a Gensel

07:38 or Reinhart. Like, is, do you think, is there any chance you could see them doing that?

07:42 I mean, I think there's a chance that they might, I'm sure they'll kick the tires, right? Like I

07:46 think, especially you look at like Reinhart, who's, you know, coming off a 50 goal season and

07:50 also I think a really underrated, strong defensive player on the wing. You know, there's a lot to like

07:57 about a player like that and what he could bring to the team. I think it all just comes down to

08:00 how much you want to make, how much of this cap space you want to invest in just one player,

08:05 right? Like, would you rather drop 10 million for a guy like Reinhart who very well could get that

08:10 on the market? Or would you rather, you know, see if you can get Lindholm for 7 million, get,

08:16 you know, a guy like Brendan Dillon to short up the left side of your defense for two and a half,

08:19 and then see what you have left over. Like, do you have enough to make it work for

08:22 a guy like a Duclair or like even more to spend on a guy like, I don't know, Toffoli or someone

08:29 who could be going for four, four and a half million? Like, again, I think it all depends

08:33 on what the market's going to be. Like, I don't think the Bruins have the cap space to, you know,

08:39 re-sign Swayman, re-sign DeBrusk, get Lindholm, get a Toffoli and get like a left shot. You know,

08:45 yeah, exactly. Like, you have the means to acquire at least, you know,

08:50 one or two, maybe one definite impact player and other secondary players, maybe two if you're

08:56 really smart with your money or certain things fall as they may. But I just think like investing

09:02 like 10 million of that cap space in one player when you have so many other pressing needs,

09:07 probably just doesn't fit with overall what the Bruins are going to look at, unless it's just,

09:11 you know, if Lindholm's off the market, if DeBrusk goes somewhere else, if Chandler Stephenson goes

09:16 somewhere and you're like, all right, well, we have to upgrade anyway. Like we have to find

09:21 some way to add an impact player. We run it back with Coyle and Zaka, which probably isn't the

09:25 ideal move, but if you get a guy like Sam Reinhardt available and you're able to do that, it's not a

09:30 bad contingency plan. I just don't see it being their first course of action. When you look at

09:34 just how many areas they need to kind of shore up a little bit this offseason. Yeah, I agree. I agree

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11:12 get back to the show. So you mentioned an interesting point there in you know with a guy

11:16 like Reinhardt or Jake Gensel tying up potentially 10 million dollars in a free agent winger which

11:22 again as we've talked about can be dangerous right and I think this is true of any free agent you

11:27 bring in. It's a new environment. It's a new system. New coaches new players new city everything.

11:33 You don't know how a player is going to fully react. I mean you can have an Artemi Panarin

11:37 for sure like that was a home run free agent signing looks damn good now. But you also have

11:42 guys you know like Matt Bolesky we always mentioned. I know that was years ago now.

11:46 It's almost like eight years ago. Seems like just yesterday. I don't like that at all.

11:50 But you have that too and I think it's a hard thing to wrap your head around. But I think you

11:57 know with this Bruins team the way the roster is currently constructed they have a ton of money

12:02 invested in David Postrock as their top line right winger and on the wings. And I don't see Sweeney

12:09 in this front office tying up 10 million in a guy like Reinhardt. As you said okay maybe if

12:15 every other option is gone and that's the only way we're going to be able to do this.

12:19 I just don't see that being the case. I don't I don't see them investing that kind of capital

12:24 in a guy like that. It would make more sense if they were stacked down the middle and had nobody

12:28 on the wing. We just need one top right wing or one top left wing and you know we're cup contenders.

12:35 They're the complete opposite. That's why like the middle to me is so important. You have to

12:40 go out and get a number one center by hook or crook. Now is that a trade? Is that a signing?

12:46 Remains to be seen. There's lots of fun scenarios that we've discussed. Natchez or you know Elias

12:53 Lindholm. And to me that's sort of where the secondary scoring as you mentioned kind of comes

12:58 in right. And if we are to take Sweeney literally with what you said. I believe you in the sense

13:03 that that is kind of Sweeney speak. But like if it is true that's like I mean do you think this

13:08 organization views Lindholm as a guy that can be a primary scorer? I would think yes considering

13:13 they tried hard to get him at the deadline. Yeah I think so. And again like I kind of view

13:18 Lindholm as a guy that can definitely be a one C especially with a good supporting cast around him.

13:22 Like again there's very few players that I think drive play just by themselves. Like he had that

13:26 what 40 goal season but he also was with a lot of guys put together absurd years that year with

13:34 Calgary. Like I think Goudreau is still on that team. Kachuk had his 100 point season. So that

13:39 team was just a wagon anyway. That being said like is Lindholm a guy that's going to every year be a

13:44 35 goal 85 point guy? No. But I think he can be a 60 point guy. And again you look at like

13:52 Zaka and Coiles based on numbers be like oh he's more of the same. Well one I think you put a guy

13:58 with that skill set with someone like David Poshnok elevates his own game. Like maybe he can

14:03 consistently be a 60 point guy. But you also you add in the fact of his defensive game his face

14:09 off numbers and also his addition to the team beyond just adding another scoring element

14:14 pushing guys down the line of whether it's Coil further down the line up whether it's Zaka to the

14:18 wing. I think there's a reason why the Bruins prioritize a guy like Lindholm. And again like

14:24 is he a bona fide top line center? I think he can be a very good center. I think an ideal situation

14:30 he's your 2C. But it also goes back to the fact of like if you're able to get Lindholm this year

14:35 and he's your 1C and you go next year with some assortment of Lindholm, Zaka, Coil, Patra as your

14:42 grouping you're in a pretty good spot. And also you may be able to add to that later on when you

14:46 have more contracts coming off the books in the years ahead. Like everyone wants to talk about

14:50 Leon Dreisaitl. Like if you're able to save some of that money you look at that next year and you

14:55 can approach that when you have more cap flexibility. That's why I see them like not

14:58 allocating 10 million for a guy like Reinhardt when you add to an already pretty good talent

15:05 group on the wing. Like you either want to save some of that flexibility for the years ahead or

15:09 you need a guy like Lindholm who helps you out this year and then you can finagle it a little

15:14 bit more in the years ahead. If you want to spend 10 plus million and it won't be that much if you

15:19 are realistically in the mix for a guy like Dreisaitl. But like if he's ever got to spend

15:24 12, 13, 14 million dollars on that's the guy. That is the guy you want. So-

15:29 Let it be him.

15:30 Yes. I think that Lindholm if he's your top target this year it makes your team better. And I think

15:37 you still have the means to if he ends up being your 2C down the road and you're able to find an

15:41 upgrade that's pretty damn good. But even if he is your 1C for the foreseeable future and you don't

15:46 get Dreisaitl which is the most likely scenario here he I think could more or less do the job

15:52 especially if he's stapled to the hip with Posterknock moving forward.

15:56 So what you're saying is if the Bruins don't go out and spend big on the top three agents

16:01 like Reinhard Genzel, he's a good Dreisaitl.

16:05 I mean like this is the thing-

16:07 Austin Bruin.

16:08 I don't think it'd be great if the Bruins just go into this upcoming season with like

16:12 833,000 in cap space. Like that doesn't mean I think they're going to have like 7 million

16:17 or it's like they're hedging all their bets. But you also look at like

16:21 next year you got other expiring contracts. You got Martians contracts up and again I don't know

16:27 if he's going to follow the Bergeron-Ciara routine and take a pay cut to make the team better.

16:31 But like they do have the means that if you have some more flexibility and these contracts you can

16:37 kind of augment and tweak a little bit. You do have the opportunity to spend big again next year

16:43 especially if the cap jumps up again which it very well should do. I think we look at just how the

16:49 escrow has all been paid off. But yeah I think it all comes down to what you want to spend on.

16:54 I'd rather spend I don't know 7.5 million on a Lindholm, address a need and the means to maybe

17:00 slot him down further on if you're able to land another big fish in the years ahead. It may not

17:04 be Dreisaitl but there'll be other guys worth investing money in if you have some of that

17:08 flexibility as opposed to 10 million and a guy like Genzel who's 30 and adds to an already pretty

17:14 good strength of your team. He'll help but like again it's all about what you want to prioritize

17:19 and if you want to get Lindholm and then can build off of that next year and years ahead.

17:23 I'd rather that be the strategy. You need a top center. You need an upgrade this offseason.

17:29 That is to me that's number one priority. I want to get into why I think Lindholm

17:33 better fit than most people think. I know there's been some stuff out of Vancouver

17:38 this season right after the deadline didn't really fit. They wanted to trade him again.

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19:30 So what's interesting with Elias Lindholm is, you know, he gets traded to Vancouver

19:37 from Calgary and, you know, initially doesn't really fit. They tried to trade him. They tried,

19:43 they tried it. Oh my God. They tried to trade him. When I'm in Long Island, New York, my,

19:47 my boat cab just goes down the toilet, I guess. Must be, must be the pink,

19:51 the beautiful pink walls. Yeah, it must be the pink walls. But they tried to, or they were,

19:57 you know, at least looking into trading him after they'd acquired him. And, you know,

20:02 they already had guys like Patterson and JT Miller as kind of one and two guys.

20:06 But what's interesting is now that the season is over in Vancouver, players have been very adamant

20:11 about wanting Lindholm back. The Canucks have been kind of adamant about wanting him back too.

20:17 I don't know how they're going to do it. They have a lot of guys up for contracts,

20:22 especially on D. I don't know how they're going to make it work, especially considering you already

20:27 have kind of a one and two tandem with Miller and Patterson. That must be nice, right, Connor?

20:31 Remember the days, remember those days? But to me, I look at guys like Elias Lindholm,

20:37 so they still want him. They clearly are going to be going after him in free agency, most likely.

20:42 And I think another reason why I'm okay with them going, the Bruins going out and signing him

20:46 is, you know, you mentioned like, is he going to be a 35 goal, 85 point guy?

20:50 And I said this last off season with Coyle and Zaka, like with Bergeron and Creechie,

20:56 aside from a couple of years, were not top producers in their class of centers. They just

21:02 weren't, but they were really strong two way guys. They were skilled. They made their teammates

21:06 better. They consistently produced at a 60 to 70 point level. And you were cool with that.

21:12 And I think Lindholm is in that same category of great two way center. He's going to make his

21:19 teammates better. He's proven that. And he can put up 60 to 70 points on average, right? Of course,

21:24 there's going to be a year where he's with, you know, let's say Zaka and Pasternak next year,

21:27 and he goes off for 82 points or something like that. But I think even if you're somewhere in the

21:32 75, 70 range, like you're still in a good spot there. And that's why, like, I know, obviously

21:38 there are, you know, there are younger options like Natchez who are, who would be, you know,

21:42 great. But with Lindholm, at least I think you kind of have a pretty good idea of what he can do.

21:48 Right? Yeah. Who he kind of reminds me of in terms of like what I think next year could be with him.

21:54 And it's not just with the Bruins. I think it's also something where you look at just

21:59 whatever team he ends up going to, if he's in a featured role, especially just

22:04 at center, like not on the wing, like he was with Vancouver or anything like that. But

22:08 kind of reminds me a little bit of Ryan O'Reilly and what his past year was, right? Where like

22:13 Ryan O'Reilly was banged up last year at the Blues, his numbers dropped, goes to

22:17 like a third line center, you know, like, all right, is, is that kind of what he is at this

22:23 stage of his career? Like a really good three C, which like a compelling case for that when you

22:27 look at just how he's kind of been slowing down and kind of the toll that he put himself through,

22:31 especially those years with the Blues. And then he goes to Nashville, he's back in the top six

22:36 role has guys like for his work with them, which certainly helps, but he almost had 70 points this

22:41 year while also continuing to be a very good two way center. And like, I think if you're the Bruins

22:46 and you look at just Lindholm's body of work, his high floor based on his defensive game and his

22:51 face off numbers and what he should be able to do with, you know, a guy like Pasternak and whoever

22:58 it is, like, is it, uh, you know, is it a player like Marchand to his left? Is it Zaka? Is it

23:03 the brusque if he's back? Do they trade for Marty and put them on the wing? Like they have means to,

23:09 to add more scoring depth around them. But even if it is just, you know, uh, Montgomery likes to

23:14 operate in terms of like, you know, putting pairs together on lines, if it's Pasternak and Lindholm,

23:18 he's going to be in line for a bounce back season. Again, is that 40 goals?

23:23 No, but if he's like a Ryan O'Reilly and all of a sudden he has a 68 point season, uh, is

23:29 contributing on the power play, contributing on the PK can win face offs at critical times. Um,

23:34 and also again, his presence alone, just pushing guys into roles, maybe better suited for him

23:39 for the rest of the lineup. You'll take that. So I think that's what he kind of reminds me of.

23:43 People would think that maybe he's on the downward trajectory because he had 44 points this year.

23:48 I see him being a guy that whoever he lands with, if he's in a top six role with a stronger cast,

23:53 um, I think you're going to get good value for what he brings.

23:56 And I just think you also have the playoff matchup advantage too. He can be a shutdown center. He can

24:02 go against other teams, top lines and shut them down. And to me, like I, that's a guy I want.

24:08 And you, you had nailed it at the beginning. Like if that's your one C for the next couple of years,

24:13 great. If that's your one C now, and then to see when Leon dry sidle rolls into town with like

24:19 Regina's pizzas and pizza and like a Mike's pastry people always get on me and say, that's like

24:24 touristy stuff. I love those two places. What do you want me to do? Like not eat there. Cause like,

24:28 you know, the tourist eat there. Come on. Like I like those places. Um, you know, then that's,

24:33 then I'm okay. I'm okay with that. With dry sidle, uh, and Lindholm, that'd be a hell of a tandem.

24:39 If that ends up coming to fruition and it kind of hits it's sort of a thing you wrote about over

24:43 the weekend about, you know, the Bruins looking for a type of player and Lindholm seems to kind

24:47 of fit that type. Yeah, no, absolutely. Uh, you know, coil, I think mentioned during breakup day

24:53 of how much they prioritize two way players. Um, Neely mentions, you know, speed and winning

24:59 puck battles. And I wouldn't say that Lindholm is the fastest skater, especially among the

25:03 centermen. Like I think probably Chandler Stevenson has the highest motor of that group, but

25:08 again, you can, yeah. If you're just looking for like winning puck battles and Lindholm,

25:12 you know, is viewed as one of those, you know, two way finesse Swedes, maybe you don't view them

25:18 as these guys that's going to be really physical, but he was operating a lot of grade a ice with,

25:22 uh, Vancouver during this latest run. Like he can, he can, uh, throw his weight around a little

25:26 bit. He can do those and kind of like how like British run is not a bruiser, but like can,

25:31 can engage down low when needed. Right. Um, and that's why I think he's such an effective player

25:36 Lint home in terms of his overall game. So if you're looking for like, it's almost like if

25:40 you're trying to take out two birds with one stone, Stevenson is a pretty good contingency

25:45 plan in terms of being a high motor with another, you know, obviously talented centermen, but

25:51 if you're the Bruins and you come out of this with a two way sentiment, like Lint home and a speed

25:56 guy on the wing, and you've got options there, like whether it's the breast makes the most sense,

26:01 even though we'll see what his market is. But you look at like, again, if you're looking for

26:04 just like a third line guy, do clear has a lot of speed. Um, of course the third of all season,

26:09 you know, he's a guy that won't be five and a half million. I don't think. Right. Um, if you look

26:15 at, uh, you know, even like Marty and HS, if you're trying to trade for him, we'll see what

26:20 that market is and what have you. But if he's a wing and you're able to put him with a guy like

26:24 posture knock or anyone in the top six, like if you're looking for just speed, Marty and HS watches

26:29 highlights, that guy is his own entry machine guy can make something happen. You got nothing when

26:34 he just has a head full of steam. So, um, if you're the Bruins, you come out of this off season with

26:40 a guy like Lint home and nature's that that's a home run in terms of what it is. Is that realistic?

26:44 Will you have the money to make both that work remains to be seen. But I think if you're the

26:48 Bruins, right. Two way centerman and a winger that adds that speed component is what you desperately

26:54 need. Completely agree. Completely agree. Connor, as always much love for joining Bruins beat.

27:00 What can people look forward to from you over at the globe and Boston.com?

27:04 Yeah, we'll have you covered every step of the way this off season. We finally have

27:08 the dates for training camp. So training camp officially starts September 18th at warrior.

27:14 Mark the calendars, mark the calendars. Rookie camp starts a week prior to that. But we also

27:19 have free agency starting July 1st dev camps that same week. So it's going to all of a sudden be

27:24 very busy over here. So we'll have you covered every step of the way leading up to that during

27:28 dev camp free agency, all that stuff over at Boston.com and the globe to please follow us

27:33 over there. If you want to follow me on Twitter, you can at Connor Ryan underscore 93.

27:37 Go do all that. Maybe I'll do like a live podcast at your wedding. You know, I'll be like,

27:42 I'll be the host, you know, like there's a show off to the side like as the people come in like

27:45 the DJ, there's a DJ going on and the exact same time. Just Evan was talking about Leon dry. So

27:51 like, no, they can make the money work. As you as you and Sarah dancing, the narration is just like

27:58 why Leon Dreyfus is me and Ty Anderson. Like why Leon Dreyfus I don't make so much.

28:01 I just hear I just hear the middle of dancing here like Marco Sturm and Dennis Seinberg love

28:07 their time. Like, damn it, guys. If they get the Leon Dreyfus title, it's all worth it. So it'll

28:12 be great. I think if that if Dreyfus ends up coming here this offseason, I think there has

28:17 to be some sort of plan for that to be in place. But yeah, that news that news will break during

28:23 the wedding. So which Oh, no doubt. No, you know, there's gonna be some I shouldn't have said that.

28:28 I shouldn't I shouldn't have said that. It's gonna happen. It's gonna happen. Anyways,

28:33 Connor, always a pleasure. And that's what this week's brewing people were set up by

28:36 prize picks and game time. You broods be listeners of a great rest of your week.

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