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Welcome to "Poke the Bear" episode 242, where Conor Ryan and Ty Anderson dive deep into the Bruins' 2024 Draft Class Review. Join them as they dissect the team's bold move with first-round pick Dean Letourneau, exploring his potential impact and the team's shift towards high-ceiling players.  Discover the Bruins' strategic draft approach, focusing on building a roster of dynamic players with size, speed, and skill. Get insights into the team's upcoming free agency plans, including potential upgrades in the center position and defense.  Stay tuned for a discussion on strategic roster improvements and impactful acquisitions shaping the Bruins' offseason narrative.   0:00 - Intro 1:16 - Dean Letourneau's potential 5:45 - Need for patience 7:45 - Importance of patience 9:53 - Transition to patient approach 11:05 - Player stats projections 13:11 - Jacob Lauko's departure 16:44 - Bruins draft strategy 18:04 - Prototype for forwards and defense 21:52 - Don Sweeney's free agency plans 22:57 - Don Sweeney's confidence 24:05 - Upgrading the middle    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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00:00Poke the Bear is powered by PrizePix, the exclusive daily fantasy partner of the CLNS Media Network.

00:09And welcome into Poke the Bear episode 242 presented by CLNS Media and sponsored by our

00:15good friends over at PrizePix and Game Time Tickets. My name is Connor Ryan and once again

00:20we are joined by the esteemed, the knowledgeable, Ty Anderson of 985 The Sports Hub. Ty, what's going on?

00:28What's up? How are we doing today? Doing well, doing well. We are, this is the draft episode.

00:35It's going to be short but sweet. We're going to dive into the Bruins finally after what seems

00:41like 10 years actually having an intriguing first round pick to talk about. So we'll dive

00:47into obviously the man of the hour, Dean Letourneau, but kind of the Bruins overall approach this draft.

00:54Busy day across the league. A lot of teams clearing cap space, moving players without

00:59retention, Ty. It's interesting to note, but you know that's maybe a story for another day when we

01:04look at free agency and what these teams do with that cap space. But I guess before we kind of

01:10dive into the overall approach, we have to start with the 6-7 forward, the new Tage Thompson,

01:18the new Michael Rasmussen, the new Joe Colborne, whatever the hell he's going to be. Dean Letourneau,

01:24which a guy that, again, you look at how the Bruins have approached when they've had these

01:29first round picks. You look at guys like Johnny Beecher, Trent Frederick, guys who are everyday

01:35NHL players are very productive in what their roles are, but the floor I think was easy to

01:40chat with those guys, but the high end ceiling, not really there. Letourneau feels like it's the

01:45opposite where it's like, he's like the NBA, he's the dude who's like Giannis, right? Played in

01:52Greece, 6'8", like he's going to grow another two inches. You don't know what the hell you're

01:56going to get, but if he hits, you've got a player that every other team in the league covets,

02:02right? And I think that's kind of what you're banking on with a guy like Letourneau. A big

02:06risk, but you can see the upside for sure. Yeah, and I think that's what's important to

02:11note here, right? It's like, it's sort of, you know, I said this on Twitter on Friday night

02:16when the pick was made, but would you rather strike out swinging for the fences or ground

02:21out on a bunt? You know what I like? If it's wrong, you're wrong. It doesn't necessarily matter,

02:27you know, like the kind of player you're wrong on, but I think that this team is positioned now to,

02:33or not positioned, but out of necessity, they have to take swings on high skill,

02:39high ceiling kind of types. And you know, the skillset was tantalizing, right? 6'7",

02:45got a good shot. He can skate well for a big man, which I think is the most noticeable

02:50trait that you see. Like a lot of times, like when you get a guy who's 6'5", 6'6", whatever,

02:55like the most common thing you hear is he's got to work on his skating. Well, this guy already

03:00has that part of his game down, or at least to the point where it's not a problem necessarily.

03:05So I like the makeup and I like the idea of swinging for the talent versus the,

03:11ah, he'll be a good third liner who can play some solid two-way hockey. It's like, no, that

03:15this team, they can find a thousand of those. They have a thousand of those. You got to get

03:19the skill. So from that standpoint, I respect the, the courage of making this pick, uh, which

03:25may have been made for them. You know, you look at some of the trades leading up to that pick,

03:30namely Utah, uh, jumping in front of the Bruins and grabbing a two-way center out of the OHL,

03:35which you're like, okay, like that could have been the Bruins pick you would think. So, um,

03:41I respect the approach more than anything else. And if they're wrong, they're wrong, but

03:46I'd rather go down swinging than, than not at all. So to speak.

03:50Yeah. You look at like who Utah takes number 24, Cole, Cole, uh, Bowden. I think that's how

03:55you say his last name, but, uh, that's kind of the complete inverse, right. Of what LaTurno is

04:00because like, I think Cole Bowden is one of those guys that you look at his skillset. He's already

04:05a really good detailed player, a good two-way player for easy to map out, right? Like future

04:12third line center, maybe he's above that, right? Like you never really know, but you can kind of

04:16comfortably chart out what he could be, uh, in LaTurno is kind of the complete opposite.

04:21Like, and it doesn't feel right saying, I guess, boom or bust, because like, if he becomes,

04:25you know, Michael Rasmussen or, uh, Brezo or like, even like Brian, like Brian Boyle,

04:31you looked at like how he skated at like BC, like, like six, eight. And again, like became

04:36a useful kind of more of a bottom six player. So like, even if, uh, LaTurno is not page Thompson,

04:42you can probably still get value from him. But as you said, I think if you're the Bruins and

04:46you're so desperate for just that top six game changing talent, like you've got plenty of guys

04:52that could eventually slot into these roles. I look at like Brezo who kind of fell as backwards

04:57into a roster spot. And you have those kinds of players go for the guy in LaTurno who if all works

05:02out well at five years down the road, and he's this six, seven forward scoring 35 goals, you

05:07want to have the player that everyone else in the NHL looks at. And it's like, damn, where the hell

05:11are we going to get a guy like that? Right? Like that's, I think if you're the Bruins and as you

05:15said before, Ty, like, it's not that you have the luxury of doing it, but like now you, when you

05:21have these opportunities, you need to add the guys that could hit as opposed to the safe.

05:25Plug and play players. Cause you can find those guys. You can find the Heinens. You can find

05:30these players on the market that can shrug your bottom six, but go for a guy in LaTurno who

05:35could be something there for you. Yeah. And the other part of it too,

05:38is that, and this is the part of drafting a player like this that I hope the Bruins

05:43understand and accept is that you're going to have to be patient. Like, he's not going to be a guy

05:48who, I mean, maybe he is, and if he is, that's fantastic, but it's going to be a longer kind

05:53of developmental curve for him. Given some of these things we've talked about, given the size,

05:58the rod and this playing in Canadian prep, you know, which is a step below the OHL or the CHL,

06:03whatever league you want to pick. And out of the gate, he's probably going to be playing

06:09bottom six minutes at BC. I would imagine it's, I don't know if he's the kind of guy who comes in

06:14and immediately gets top six kind of minutes there. I know he's, he's going in a year early,

06:19so maybe he gets a slight bump, but, you know, I don't know if he's going to be top line for them,

06:24but, you know, having some patience and, and, and understanding it's going to take a little bit,

06:29you know, a little while, I hope they have that kind of patience. You know,

06:33we we've kind of read a lot of the comps or tage Thompson, you know,

06:37tage Thompson took a long time to get going. Right. Like it, it took what it took,

06:42I think his third or fourth full season in the NHL before he started to really be like that,

06:47I think it was 30 goals or 35 goals, whatever it was got traded by St. Louis. Obviously

06:54now St. Louis isn't going to complain. They got Ryan O'Reilly out of that deal. So

06:57pretty good trade for them looking at, you know, the, the banner they have in St. Louis, but

07:02patience is going to be the name of the game. And so I hope the Bruins have that patience and don't

07:07lose sight of the things that we're talking about and what he can be for their team.

07:10Because I think that's going to be, you know, out of all the first round picks they've drafted

07:15under the Sweeney regime. I feel like this guy's going to require the most patience. I think of

07:21that group, to be honest with you. Yeah, absolutely. I looked it up

07:24yesterday. Cause I was like, I remember that tage Thompson like took a little while, like

07:28he was good at, at UConn that you could see maybe he's a top six potential there, but he had in his

07:34first, you know, like three and a half years, he played 145 games total between St. Louis and

07:38Buffalo, 18 goals and 145. And we know Bruins fans and the patients there. If like, this is a

07:46guy who, when he's like, again, like 24, which is like, you know, Tate Thompson didn't take off

07:52till I think he's 20 age 25 season. If Dean Letourneau is here at 24 and he's got 11 goals

07:59and 18 assists and people are freaking out, like you don't want to be the guy that jettisons a

08:03player like that too early. And all of a sudden he goes somewhere else and all of a sudden he's got

08:0731 goals and he's, he's, you know, showing off that skillset. It's almost like we all see,

08:12especially with these kinds of players at that size that are like mapped out as powerful words.

08:16You have to give them more time to fill out, learn the game. But for these guys like Thompson

08:21and Letourneau who are that size, but it's, they're not like powerful words. Like it's just

08:25kind of part of, you know, it's a compliment their size. It's not like their main identity,

08:29right? Like it's so much other things with it. Those guys are so unique that you just need to

08:34carve out as much time as possible. Like, hell, it would be great if he went to BC this year and

08:38he's got 31 points or something in 40 something games for a really good Eagles team. But don't

08:44be surprised if he's again, a middle six, a bottom six player with 11 points as a freshman,

08:50like it's a huge transition going from prep to hockey East in one year. So but that doesn't

08:56diminish, you know, even if it's going to be maybe a longer development timeline,

09:00you got to stay the course with a guy like that, that if he is something you want to be the team

09:05looking at it years from now, being like, we gave up on that guy a year too early and he's

09:08a top six fixture somewhere else. And it also speaks to the idea that the Bruins are not the

09:13Bruins of say four years ago when they were drafting guys with the hope of, okay, how quick

09:18can they be? How quickly can they be ready? You know, like look at Fabian Lysel got taken on the

09:23first round in 2021, uh, played in Vancouver for a year and then was immediately thrown into the

09:28pro game. And I don't think it's necessarily hurt him. I think playing against men younger

09:35is going to help you, but it's not exactly like he's not fast track to the NHL at the same time.

09:40And it kind of just speaks to the idea of the Bruins are not the win now team. They were

09:46when they had Chara and Bergeron and crazy for the final five years of their career,

09:50like they're taking a more patient approach and, and it's, it's a bit jarring, like in a way,

09:57like, like to watch that transition happen in real time that they are no longer, you know,

10:02a team that is making draft picks to win now, or to use it as capital to win now, like they

10:08acknowledge the path in front of them and restocking that pipeline and, and, and being

10:14patient. And so now they're going to actually follow through with that, you know, and that's

10:18going to be, that's the part that's always tough for a team. You can say we're going to be patient,

10:21but executives, when they're coaching and executing, you know, executing for their job,

10:27like sometimes patients escapes them. Yeah, no, it'd be interesting to see how it plays out.

10:32Obviously a lot more to talk about with this draft class beyond just Letourneau and his,

10:35his potential there. But before we do that, Tyler, let's take a quick break.

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12:09back to the show. Shout out once again to our good friends over at prize picks. Ty, before we dive

12:16into the remaining three draft picks that the Bruins selected, I did make a trade today as part

12:22of it but moving on from Jacob Lauco, a guy who became kind of a fourth line regular 60 games last

12:31year. They move him and their fourth round pick to move up 12 spots. Take Elliot Gronewald, a

12:38Vermont kid going to Quinnipiac next year. Also get Vinny Letary back, but I think he's kind of more of a

12:44probably Providence guy. You're going to plug in their top six guy. Hopefully helps a few other

12:48guys along down there. But looking just specifically at Lauco, we surprised at all with it because it

12:54felt like kind of the writing was on the wall, especially once the Bruins bring in a guy like

12:59Mark Castellic. Feels like there's room there that they're kind of banking more on

13:04him, Beecher, and Brezzo kind of being the new crew there moving forward.

13:09Yeah, you know, the writing was on the wall for me even before this. At Bruins breakup day, Jacob

13:16Lauco was the only guy not to speak. And you know, sometimes you read into that, other times you don't.

13:24And it wasn't like, oh, he's definitely gone now. But I don't know, like the way that they

13:29utilized him late in the year, the way that he was in and out of the lineup, seemingly no matter

13:33what happened results wise for him, I thought was really bizarre. You know, you look at him

13:40in the Toronto series, he draws a penalty. He really was a thorn in their side, it felt like.

13:46And then they scratched him. And you're like, why? What's going on here? And he was only really put

13:52back in the lineup when the Bruins lost Jesper Boquist to injury. And so it was just odd usage,

13:59right? And I just feel like that they were changing the complexion of their team now.

14:05Now, how is that? How do they make up for his loss? Right? Like the Bruins have talked about,

14:10and that sounds weird talking about a fourth liner. I understand that. But like

14:14the Bruins entered the offseason talking about getting faster.

14:18Right. Okay. Well, Jacob Blanco is probably your fastest bottom six option besides Johnny Beecher

14:23and their complexion of their fourth line typically requires two speedier guys.

14:28So are they changing the complexion of that fourth line? That's one thing I wonder.

14:32And secondly, Loco was great at drawing penalties. So who takes up that mantle,

14:37right? Because like that, like that is something that is important in today's game.

14:42Every elite team has a great power play or a power play that can score a timely goal

14:46or just bleed clock essentially. Right. And so how do they make up for that? That's what I want

14:51to know. But ultimately they saw a guy they wanted with that defenseman. And they said,

14:57he's not going to be here in 12 picks. Let's get them. And so to make that kind of move,

15:03a, you got to be right about it, but B two, if you're going to have to cut from your pool,

15:09it's not the worst to have to cut from a guy that internally, to your point,

15:13they may look at and say, we can replace him just fine. Right. Yeah, exactly. So a tough,

15:18tough loss logo. Great guy to talk to you about the Lord of the Rings game of Thrones,

15:24the MCU, great guy, great guy in general. So he will be missed. Um, but best talk to him

15:30over in Minnesota, moving forward, hopefully he'll be able to carve out more of a regular role there.

15:34I feel like he will be grading. He's like a great, just like, especially for what that contract is

15:38a great, just bottom six guy to have anyway, because I feel like the number one thing with

15:42him energy, which again, just on the Toronto series, like drawing penalties, laying hits,

15:46there's value in that if he keeps on doing that. So, uh, wishing the best of luck to him,

15:50uh, moving forward, but, uh, Ty looking at kind of the overall, uh, draft class for the Bruins.

15:56Again, it's only four guys. Uh, as we said, Olaturno, uh, Grunenwald, uh, you know,

16:01a defense may be more known as a defensive defenseman, uh, Jonathan Morello, uh, a guy

16:07in the Ontario junior hockey league, uh, still 17, doesn't turn 18 until I think the very end

16:12of July, the guy was a little bit, maybe more upside than people expect. He's going to go to

16:17clocks in two years from now, he's going to the USHL next year. And then, uh, Loke Johansson,

16:22who, you know, you've got a good player when his like elite prospects page is him

16:26smashing a guy into the glass. It's like the, there's no video of him. I already tried looking

16:30for it. It's crazy. Yeah. There's no one has recorded anything in Sweden. We don't know what

16:35the hell's going on over there, but the one photo we have is him obliterating a guy into glass. So,

16:40you know, you've got a good guy there. Um, looking at just the overall approach from the Bruins,

16:45whether it's how they're structuring the decor, uh, with, you know, it seems like they're clearly

16:50targeting size or, you know, upfront with their forwards. Uh, what have you seen in terms of how

16:56they've approached this draft class and how you can kind of maybe read the TV as to how they're,

17:00they're, they're trying to build up this pipeline once again.

17:04Yeah. Um, you know, Dean Letourneau is, is sort of the, the exception, but they're following the

17:12blueprint they've laid out now for, I think three straight drafts where it's bigger body defensemen

17:17and forwards who the first thing you read is speed or high motor, um, you know, talking about Morello,

17:25he, he, I always want to say Morelli cause that's a, that's a side of my family. Uh,

17:29talking about Morello here, he, uh. Rage against the machine.

17:32Yeah. Um, no, but, uh, so, uh, he actually won a fast, a skater competition at the all-star game

17:41in the OJHL. Um, he's a guy who, again, like you, you read about him and motor comes up high

17:48intensity, speed, good skater. This kind of fits the bill with Chris Pelosi, who was a high motor

17:54type. This fits the bill with Matthew Potra, a gri, a greasy high motor kind of center. Uh,

18:02so this seems like it's their MO moving forward is you want, you don't care about their size

18:07necessarily, but you want forwards who can skate well, have a high motor, have a little bit of

18:12grease to their game. And then you're going to have a big defense defensive core behind them.

18:16And so this is the plan it's been laid out now for three or four drafts in a row that, that

18:21this is their prototype for forwards. This is their prototype for defensemen and they're building

18:26out their pool that way. And, and it helps you can add some natural scoring talent that like they

18:31did in the first round, but, um, this is their blueprint, right? And I think, you know, it's

18:37comparable to some of the other blueprints you see around the league. It feels like Tampa has become

18:41a much smaller team upfront, but they all got motors and they all can fly. And so you just,

18:48you have to hope that they're not behind the eight ball or behind where the game may be

18:52trending in that regard. But I think this is sort of like their identity or their future identity

18:58is coming to focus here. I think all these last couple of drafts. Yeah, it does seem like when

19:02you look at just how many teams have a pretty similar blueprint in terms of big mobile defensemen,

19:08some physicality, some size, uh, and forwards that, you know, you'll take the,

19:13the blend of size and speed, but just guys that have a high motor can impact the game,

19:17can make things happen, kind of make something happen out of nothing. Um, that does seem like

19:22that's a good strategy to kind of follow in terms of just trying to find ways to get the inside edge.

19:28So, uh, encouraging see from the Bruins in that regard, um, Ty, before we wrap this one up,

19:33we're also going to talk very quickly, looking ahead at, uh, the next couple of days,

19:37on Sweeney's comments earlier on this week in Vegas, before we do that,

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21:38too far into free agency outlook. We've already done that before. By the time this episode drops,

21:43we're going to have probably a signing or two already to start breaking down or start looking

21:49ahead at. But looking at Dawn Sweeney's comments on Thursday from Las Vegas, I think he spoke for

21:56about 30 minutes, kind of laid the groundwork for how they're approaching free agency,

22:01how they're approaching, obviously, new goalie Jonas Corporasolo, all those things. What was kind

22:05of your main quick takeaway from his overall spiel or how he was mapping out this offseason?

22:12Yeah, I think the biggest takeaway for me is they're going to get a center.

22:16Now, who that guy is, the rumblings of a lot of Island Home have only gotten stronger. We'll see

22:24if he's their number one target, but it does feel like they're being very, I don't want to say

22:32cocky, but they're confident in their approach, right? They're pretty much shutting the door on

22:38Jake Dabrowski, it sounds like, and they're confident that they can get an upgrade. Now,

22:43is that an upgrade at the middle and then you move Pavel Zaka over back to wing?

22:48Like, we're going to have to wait and see, but I think there's a confidence that Don Sweeney is

22:54exuding at that press conference that makes me think they got some big fish sort of lined up,

23:01or they're legit hopeful they can get a big fish. And I think it has to be in the middle.

23:07I'd wonder about a guy like Steven Samkos as well.

23:10I feel like.

23:11It just feels like they're going to make a big signing. And then the biggest question though,

23:17and it relates to Jonas Corposalo as well, is like, do they have the money to make two big

23:22signings? Like, can they get, you know, a tier one guy and a tier two guy, or do they have to get

23:28one tier one guy and then a couple of tier three guys? Like, that's what I kind of wonder about

23:33with this team. And you only have so much cap space, right? And you got 20 something million.

23:39Swayman's going to eat up a big chunk of that, probably just under a third of it,

23:43or maybe a third of it for that matter. And so do you have the extra million,

23:48million and a half you might need to secure two notable free agents versus one and some depth

23:54filler? That's what I really wonder about with this team, but it sounds like their confidence,

23:58like they're confident they're going to get a pretty good guy this summer.

24:02Yeah, that, that was my, I mean, my main takeaway from it was like listening to what he says,

24:06like immediately talks about middle of the ice upgrading there, even mentions like upgrading

24:10the defense and it's like, and how they have to, you know, not just be aggressive. He's like,

24:15we were going to be, we're going to attack. We're going to do all these things. I'm like,

24:18again, not getting too far ahead of myself, but I'm like, are you trying to like

24:22sign Lindholm and Stamkos? Like, are you going to have the money to do that? Like, are you like,

24:26you know, is it Lindholm and Anthony Duclair and Alec Martinez, which seems more realistic,

24:32or is it, are you legitimately trying to, you know, even if it's like Lindholm and Toffoli,

24:37right? Like that would make sense as a replacement, but are you trying to swing

24:40for the fences where, for someone more, the fact that you mentioned like the defense,

24:44it's like, are you trying to like sign like Brady Shea? Are you trying to get like another

24:47dude to, you know, pair with McAvoy or something like that? So it doesn't seem like it's beyond

24:53just like, all right, we have got the cap space we're hopeful to add. It's like, no, we're going

24:56to try to steal some headlines on, on Monday, on July 1st. So it's very, yeah, it's very interesting

25:03to see like what they're approaching and how the money's going to, to map out. Cause again,

25:07it'd be a lot of fun if you get Lindholm and the Stamkos, it makes you an already good team that

25:13much better, but is the money going to work? That's the biggest question, right?

25:17Yeah. And you know, I, I wonder if there's an element here of the Bruins saying, you know what,

25:23like let's focus on getting two high impact forwards and we can score our way out of our

25:28problems. If we think that we're one left shot D short of having an ideal grouping,

25:34you can always make a trade in season as well. If there are guys out there that peak your interest,

25:38but I think the biggest thing that I want the Bruins to, to do on July 1. And this isn't,

25:45this is the theme of what we've talked about to this point. Have a little bit of patience,

25:49get your big fish, try to get another one, but if you don't, Hey, July 5th, prices start to drop,

25:55man. There will be a good player out there who is unsigned, who you can get for 2 million instead

26:00of four and a half. And so that's something that the Bruins, I think a veteran GM like Don Sweeney

26:06should be mindful of is not blowing all your money on day one. It's great to be part of the party,

26:12but if you're part of the party, but you don't get anybody you actually want, it's a bit of a waste.

26:16Right? Like I go back to 2021 when they had all this money, like we've got to spend all this

26:21money. And it's like, well, maybe you don't have to spend all of it. You can save a little bit of

26:25it. So I just, that's, we've talked about before, but that's my biggest hope is just don't blow it

26:30all on July 1, unless you thought you're getting what I would consider to be your one, two, and

26:34three targets. Right? No, exactly. So we will definitely recap. We'll break down. There'll be

26:40no shortage of stuff to talk about this upcoming week. It's going to be,

26:43dare I say a shit show die in terms of the amount of news. Yeah. There's going to be way too much

26:48stuff. We're going to die or Dean Letourneau is going to like have two people talking to him

26:52on like the Thursday of there's a July 4th of dev camp, the final day or for that 4th of July

26:58scrimmage. But Ty, before we let you go, where can we read your stuff? Where can we hear you?

27:04All that good stuff. Yeah. You can find me at a 95, the sports hub.com. Sometimes on the radio

27:11there, the, also the sports of underground podcast I do with my friend, Matt Dollef.

27:15Uh, and you can find me on Twitter and X at underscore Ty Anderson. I'm also on Facebook.

27:20I have a page there, which I'm trying to get better about using. It's not going well. I'm

27:23trying my best though. How about yourself? Yeah. So you can find me over at boston.com and the

27:28Boston globe. We'll have you covered every step of the way this off season. You can also find me

27:31on Twitter X, whatever the hell it's called at Connor Ryan underscore 93. Uh, so this was episode

27:38242 of poke the bear. I'm Connor Ryan. That's Ty Anderson. You fans have a great rest of your week.

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