The Bruins season is underway, and kicks off with a loss to the Florida Panthers. On this episode of Poke the Bear, Conor Ryan and Evan Marinofsky take a closer look at what went wrong for the Bruins in their season opener. How much blame should be placed on Korpisalo? When will we see Jeremy Swayman? Is there reason to worry about Jim Montgomery's future? All that, and much more!
Topics:
- They weren’t ready to play
- Similar problems persisted
- Was it Joonas Korpisalo’s fault?
- What’s next for the Bruins?
- Reasons to worry about the future of Jim Montgomery
- Good things!
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Topics:
- They weren’t ready to play
- Similar problems persisted
- Was it Joonas Korpisalo’s fault?
- What’s next for the Bruins?
- Reasons to worry about the future of Jim Montgomery
- Good things!
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00:00PokeTheBear is brought to you by PricePix and the GameTime app.
00:09And welcome into PokeTheBear episode 267, presented by PricePix.
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00:30Terms apply. I'm Evan Maranofsky. That's Connor Ryan. Connor, what is up?
00:35Evan, I'm doing well. How you doing?
00:38Doing great. Doing great. Not the hottest start to the season. Let's just put that out there.
00:44You know, it's interesting. We- a couple weeks ago when we were at- we were at Media Day,
00:50we mentioned me, you, and Ty Anderson were sitting there and were like,
00:54the opening night is either going to be like the easiest Bruins win ever because
00:57the Panthers are raising the banner, or it's going to be a blowout like 2018.
01:02And it was more so on the blowout. I know it was 6-4. Didn't feel like 6-4. Those were two goals
01:09at the end. I mean, it was really a much more lopsided game to anybody who watched.
01:16Brutal. Brutal. I mean, that is, you know, as bad a way as you can start the season.
01:21Um, I have a lot of thoughts from this game. I- my biggest is they just weren't ready to play.
01:29They weren't ready to play. It was an extension of last year's postseason series. And they still
01:36can't break the puck out against the Panthers. You can say what you want about the forwards,
01:39and yes, the forwards did not play great. Um, they didn't have the puck enough. They lost a
01:44lot of their one-on-one battles, especially the first period. But they- the Bruins still can't
01:49break the puck out. They sti- the Panthers just ruin them when they're coming out of their own
01:54zone with it, or they have the puck behind their own net. Turnovers, forced dump-ins,
01:59they clog the neutral zone. And it's- I think it's concerning that that's still an issue.
02:04Now, it is game one of the season, of 82. And let's be real, Bruins won all four last year in
02:10the regular season. Doesn't mean any- it doesn't mean a heck of a lot when you're winning all the
02:14regular season games. But I think it's that- that theme is still there where I'm like,
02:19ooh, that's not good. Yeah, very frustrating, I think is probably the best way to- to put it,
02:24right? Because you look at all the moves the Bruins did this offseason with Lindholm and Zdorov and,
02:31you know, a lot more size in the bottom six. Uh, again, no team will say that there's,
02:37you know, your- your game planning for one team, but you can look at the writing on the wall.
02:41Look at the history, right, between the Bruins and the Panthers the last couple years and how
02:45it's ended for Boston, uh, these last two, uh, springs. Um, it's clear that they were building
02:52this team up to be better equipped for another meeting with the Panthers, whether that's the
02:56regular season or obviously the playoffs. And as you said, that team didn't look like it was one
03:02that made sizable upgrades because it was the same old stuff we've seen. And like, you know,
03:07you can point the blame and point the finger at a lot of different, uh, players for, you know,
03:12not showing up. But also, like, from the coaching perspective, Jim Montgomery and his staff, like,
03:17one, like, how do you have the guys not ready to go on time, which is something, as you said,
03:22we saw against Toronto in the playoffs and at times against, um, against Florida. And again,
03:28last year you had Jeremy Swinman that was able to bail you out when you were sleepwalking. Um,
03:33you know, it's Cobra solo, not, not as good, not as shop, but in saying that like Cobra solo
03:40wasn't shot, but shit for every one or two miscues in net, right? Like a misread, a rebound issue,
03:47uh, struggling with tracking the puck. There were five or six miscues and lapses
03:52further up the ice that led to that. I mean, you know, five or six, uh, I think five of six
03:58of, uh, Florida's goals were on the rush, uh, multiple times the Bruins, you know,
04:03turn the puck over under duress or couldn't get the puck in deep. And all of a sudden Florida
04:08gets numbers going the other way and it leads to disaster. Where have we seen this before?
04:13But it's literally like, it's like watching, uh, the land before time and the 48 sequels they have.
04:20They're all slightly, maybe a little different. The, the cast a little different. You got another
04:24stegosaurus joining the crew. It's the shame. It's the same shit every year. Like what it's
04:30going to be a bunch of dinosaurs. The T-Rex is going to cause a bunch of havoc and they're going
04:34to overcome it at the end of the day. Fast and furious. Yeah. You know what? That's probably
04:40me going with the land before time is the tired franchise is a wild thing, but the sentiment
04:45stands, whether it's Dominic Toretto or a bunch of Iguana Dons, like however you want to say it,
04:51that is what the Bruins have been the last couple of years going up against Florida.
04:55And it's, it's this, you know, this team is bigger, stronger, all that, but it's not going
05:02to matter all that much if you're turning the puck over and your goalies under duress, like,
05:06yes, it's great. If you can, you know, blow up Sam Bennett with a hit, or you can, you know,
05:11drop the gloves with Matthew could Chuck and all that, that didn't happen. And you know why it
05:14didn't happen? Cause the Panthers didn't need to mix things up when they're kicking your ass up
05:19six, two late in the game. Like you got to execute and do what you can to, you know,
05:24not play into Florida's traps and, you know, playing to their strengths. And it's the same
05:29thing we've seen in the last two years. And I think that's the frustrating thing, right?
05:33It is. And I think, you know, you mentioned like the fights and I saw some stuff on Twitter
05:37of people being like, Oh, you know, the Panthers are cowards. It's like, no, they are not. They're
05:42a very smart discipline team. Yes. They have a way better grasp of what they're doing than the
05:48Bruins have of what they're doing. And I think you see, you know, they get away with stuff.
05:52Like they do get away with stuff. And by the way, like they play on the edge, sometimes they go
05:58over, but they're pretty good at towing that line. And it's not their fault that they get away with
06:02stuff. It isn't. And again, like, you know, you look at you know, Frederick saying, Oh, it's,
06:08you know, I didn't know that was a thing in the game. Well, that's been going on forever of guys
06:12not dropping the, of saying you want to go, you want to go. And then not dropping the clubs.
06:17Again, I just, it breaks their brain. And I understand, you know, I get cast to like
06:22fighting at the beginning. I think they were down to nothing at that point. You're trying
06:25to get things. So Greer also initiated it. So it wasn't cast like Bruins. Yeah, exactly. Bruins
06:31legend. But again, you look at, you know, it was a door off trying to start stuff. Frederick trying
06:36to start stuff immediately. And it's like, you're overextending yourself. You're putting yourself in
06:41the box. You're taking penalties like Max Jones, dude. What are you doing? What the hell?
06:49I'm going to remove that, remove that man's arm. It was like,
06:52Skywalker losing his hand at Empire Strikes Back. I was like, what did he do to you?
06:56His arm went like Gumby style. I was like, Oh my God.
07:00The lines are so tough. He just played the rest of the game with like a broken arm.
07:03It's like trying to put his hand up. He can't quite do it. Yeah.
07:06Um, but so again, I, I just like, and I tweeted this and I got some pushback for it. Like the
07:12Bruins went out this off season, as you said, and basically tried to model themselves as a team that
07:16could take on the Panthers. And I get it. The Panthers are the team in the Atlantic right now.
07:20I understand that. But if it's just to like bully the Panthers, I mean, last night's a perfect
07:27example of why the best revenge you can get on someone is on the scoreboard. We've always said
07:32this. Like if you're going to get even with a team, why don't you try beating them? And I don't
07:37mean like grabbing Kachuk and a scrum and doing nothing like, you know, you know, um, I don't
07:43know what people want the Bruins to do. Like, do you want the Bruins to drop their gloves and just
07:47start like wailing away at Matthew Kachuk? Is this like, you know, 1995 or something? It just,
07:53you know, you can't do that. So the only way to beat this team, you need to beat them on the
07:59scoreboard. Yeah. And obviously there are adjustments that need to be made for that to
08:03happen, but you know, stop with the getting goaded into everything. Yeah. I mean, it's literally what
08:09Brad Martian has said. And if Brad Martian is the voice of reason here, like, and again, this is a
08:14guy that has been around the block that has been in Matthew Kachuk's shoes, right. Of bugging the
08:19bejesus out of guys. Yes. And you know, even like look back at last year where he gets punched by
08:26Bennett misses two games before game six. He's like, yeah, no, it's part of the game. I guess
08:30he's got away with one, but I've got to go beat them. And the same thing, he was asked about it
08:35again before this game open. And he was like, yeah, you know, you do what you got to do in
08:38the playoffs. And the best way to get revenge is sending them home. So yeah, you can, they'll be,
08:44you know, you can be clamoring for like a line brawl on Monday when these guys meet again or
08:50nothing like that. It's all well and good. You know, the best way to get back at them is to send
08:53their ass home in April and May. That's how you got to do it. Like that has to be the most
08:58important thing. And as you said, the Bruins, whether it's the focus, whatever it may be for
09:04a team that obviously they have a lot of history against the best way to get back at this team,
09:07it's to be the one that sends them packing before they get back to the Stanley cup.
09:11Yeah. And again, I think that also like that stems from you. The breakout needs to be figured
09:16out. That to me is the most important thing. I mean, the fact that this is still an issue
09:21after three years, the Panthers four check is still causing you fits. You're turning the puck
09:26over, you're dumping it off the glass, you know, and, and, and, you know, credit to them. They
09:31have a great four check. They clogged the neutral zone. So even when you get to, when you get over
09:35your own blue line, there aren't many options and they force you to dump it in and then they have no
09:40problem breaking out every time. So, I mean, again, like they're well coached, they're well
09:46coached. And I gotta be honest, Connor Bruins didn't look like a well-coached team last night,
09:51undisciplined, not ready to go horrendous at winning battles. And I mean, Montgomery does
09:58preach when your battles, like, that's not like, that's just wanting it more. Like that's, that's,
10:02you know, a lot of those goals, net front coverage, getting out muscles, like, yeah. Again,
10:07like I was a lot of corporate corporate solo was not good. Right. Like, and we're going to touch
10:12more on that, but like, if you're a big takeaway, it was like, ah, this dude sucks. Like, can't
10:16believe we traded all Mark. Uh, look at what was happening in front of them. Like there was plenty
10:20of blame to go around with how that game played out. By the way, shout out to Lena Solmark four
10:26years, 8.25 gets the exact same money. I thought that was awesome. Like good for you to go get your
10:31money. Even though you're getting the crappy questions from the Ottawa reporters, you still,
10:36put it up with it. I like that. It's the same amount, like same amount of money,
10:40like swayman set the state swayman walked. So Lena Solmark could also walk because it's the same
10:44price. So I was going to say fly is that I can never get that actual phrase like correct. So
10:50yeah, well, I think it's, I think it's good enough, but again, my point is,
10:54didn't look like a well-coached team and that doesn't bode well for a head coach
10:57who right now is a lame duck. Uh, we'll get into that first though. Quick word from our friends
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12:42So I mentioned the Montgomery thing. And I think that's really, I think it's an interesting
12:45storyline. I think we're going to continue to talk about until either he gets an extension
12:49or he's let go. Cause again, I think, you know, if they continue to play like this,
12:54now they have Montreal Thursday, like that should be a stomp. I mean, it should be,
13:00I mean, we'll see, we'll see, but you know, on paper, that should be a win.
13:05And we'll see how they do over the next month. But I do think there is a lot riding on him. And
13:10I think there's that famous photo now from that Panther game of him putting his hands over his
13:15face because that's, I mean, they just weren't ready. And I get like the idea of the Panthers
13:19raise their banner. Like they have momentum. I completely understand that. But like the Bruins
13:25have been supposedly getting hyped up for this game since the beginning of training camp.
13:30And to come out like that, I just like, are they tuning him out? I don't know. And that's,
13:36that's the thing where it's like, you know, adjustment wise and, and message wise,
13:41what is it? Why are the Panthers such a problem for the Bruins? And I think, you know,
13:47you hope it doesn't cost Montgomery his job, but I think it's something you've got to talk
13:51about and consider. Yeah. And it's, it's going to be tough, right? When you look at just,
13:55I think this team where you have so many new faces and I think someone, I forgot who mentioned it,
14:00but like, you also have to carve out the fact that this is a team that is trying to kind of
14:05shift their mentality and what exactly it is. We need to be seen, but like,
14:10you know, they're going from like this high paced group to a group that's maybe a little
14:15like slower, but more physical, like you are kind of changing what you want to be. And maybe
14:19that's why when you compound that with like the emotion of the game and the matchup against the
14:24Panthers, why they were taking, you know, penalties, like they were trying to be more
14:28assertive. Like you also have this kind of sea change in terms of what kind of team they're
14:33trying to be and what not culture, right? Cause I think that's more of out off the ice and stuff
14:37like that, but what kind of group you want to be and what kind of identity you want to adhere to.
14:42And that's tough to kind of find that footing in the middle of the year when
14:45you've got so many new guys in place already. And you've got a coach in Jim Montgomery,
14:50who's the margin of error for him is not, you know, is not as wide as a guy that,
14:56you know, has a long-term contract. So it makes for a like precarious spot for the Bruins right
15:02now. And you don't have to say that, you know, this team goes, you know, five and seven out
15:06of the gate, like, Oh God, they're not going to be able to write the ship like there,
15:10but you have to anticipate the potential for some growing pains out of the gate.
15:14And that's leads to issues in terms of a guy that's, again, as you said,
15:18it's a lame duck coach. It makes, that's why we said, like, if you are, you know,
15:23if you're the Bruins and you are working on a contract, but you haven't signed it yet, like
15:29try to do it before the year starts. Cause even if there are, if he's a guy that you're
15:33committed to and you want to invest in as your head coach for the future or for the long haul,
15:38you don't want to have a situation like this where all of a sudden they're slow out of the
15:41gate with all these new pieces. And all of a sudden the pressure, the optics and the
15:45narrative shifts a little bit. So it's an interesting spot for Montgomery and the
15:49Bruins to be in because it would not surprise me if the team does need some time just to
15:54get reacclimated as to what they're trying to build out there on the ice. Cause,
15:58you know, frustrating is how I described the game. It was also just disjointed, right? Like it just,
16:03it feels like it was very much a work in progress of what they were on Tuesday night.
16:08Ideally as much different from what it is in April, moving forward beyond just
16:12the scoreboard, but like in terms of what they're trying to build.
16:15I would hope if they're looking like that in April and May, I think you and I are going to
16:19be looking for content to talk about. Yeah. We get ready to learn Cancun, buddy. I also like
16:26with Montgomery. I just, you hit it with, this is a new, this is sort of a new team,
16:33a new identity. It takes time. I also think you had the swayman stuff. Like, I don't know.
16:39It's been a distraction and they can say it isn't. And you know, they're going to say that
16:43if we're not going to come out and say, oh, it was a huge distraction. We couldn't focus,
16:46but it is something, it is a storyline. You don't have your number one goalie for all of camp.
16:51And I do think that that can play a role. And, um, you know, you, you, you match that with
16:56your D or, you know, as a door off has added to it, you max that you match that with a new top
17:02line. Um, you're, you're trying to kind of put together that second line potter's out.
17:07They clearly need him back for that third line. I think, um, I think he would look a lot better
17:12with Frederick and, um, and, and Brazil. Um, but again, like it's going to take time and are the
17:19Bruins front office ownership? Are they going to be cool with that? Are they going to be cool
17:24with potentially not being a top team for the first couple of weeks now they could write the
17:29ship on Thursday and they could set sail and be completely fine. And like completely, I like it's,
17:34it's one game, but again, that's a big hyped up game and you didn't come to play and your defense
17:41was atrocious. I mean, those net front battles. Um, and again, like corp it's funny. Cause like
17:48corporate solo, obviously, you know, got crap, gave up six goals, not the most ideal, uh, start
17:54rebound control. Wasn't great. Lost sight of the puck a couple of times, but I mean, that was so
18:00bad defensively in front of him. I think I saw somewhere on Twitter. Um, I didn't check the
18:04actual stat. So forgive me if I'm wrong on this, but I think was it like 5.37 goals expected against
18:11him last night? Obviously it depends on which side it is, but I think natural statutory had
18:165.10, I think. So in the five range, like definitely in the five, all of them were five
18:23range. The one you really want back is that shorthanded goal. That's that was a backbreaker.
18:27And especially at that time, that is a Bruce Cassidy special, uh, needed to save there.
18:32Now there's a post-game Cassidy. Oh, I need to save there. It's saved there. Yes. That's a,
18:38I can't nearly water bottle throw across the press box. Um, I want to get into another big
18:44thought I had from, uh, from Wednesday night. And we also might do some, uh, what we liked.
18:49There was anything there, which I don't think there was a heck of a lot, but
18:52it were a couple of things, you know, we'll get into that. Uh, first, so quick word from our
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20:32thought Jeremy Swayman was coming in in that second period after four goals in the first
20:36clearly looked like that might be the case. I gotta say, though, thank God he did not start
20:44that game. Thank God. Can you imagine facing that after not having faced NHL shots in a long time,
20:52not having played in NHL game since last May? The thought of that of him just getting shellacked,
21:01maybe he makes a ton of safe, maybe it's all adrenaline, like, you know, he could do it.
21:05But chances are, he also would have struggled given the situation that he is in. And I do think
21:11it's right that they didn't put him in. I gotta say like, that's sort of like when, when you want
21:15to save your bullpen, like, you know, in a playoff series, like, hey, let's let the starter kind of
21:20just get like, crushed. And let's just kind of, you know, let's save the other guy. So I was for
21:26it, but thank God, thank God he didn't start. And I know that people are like, oh, he's making so
21:32much money. Yeah. But did you see how bad the team played in front of him? I think it would
21:35have been a really bad put to get off on to get off on. Yeah, no, I mean, you look at it's like,
21:40if you have like tendinitis in your foot and you were like, we're off for like a month recovering,
21:45they're like, oh, by the way, like the marathon Boston marathons tomorrow, like, get up, get back
21:49out there. It's like, hell no. Like if there's something that's like the equivalent of heartbreak
21:53hill, it's going against the Florida Panthers and how aggressive and assertive they are.
21:59But yeah, I agree. Even if Swinburne was shopper in that game and locked in the defense in front
22:04of him, wasn't going to do him any favors at all. Like you're still looking at, if it's not six
22:08goals, oh, it's probably five, right? Like the, just the way they move by one, they could, they
22:14could have won, you know? Exactly. So yeah, I do think it was the right call, especially not to,
22:20I think you already looked at how disjointed and, you know, disjointed and
22:28just the way that the game was going, like just couldn't find any cohesion at all.
22:33And the fact that, you know, you bring in Swayman in there, it just adds more
22:37second guessing and more kind of a lack of cohesion with how that game was going.
22:43So if I'm the Bruins, I'm glad that they didn't turn to him because
22:47would that make you feel better if you're a Bruins fan? If like Corporate Solo gets lit up in the
22:51first period, you turn to Swayman who gets shredded because they can't defend the rush
22:55in front of them, right? Like that is the also the issue. I was going to say Corporate Solo
23:00made some huge saves. Like dude, first shot he faced was a breakaway or just, you know, a chance
23:07that no defenseman was in within five feet of him. You know, and again, he didn't play great,
23:13but I also wonder this, like we talked about this when they got Corporate Solo and they traded
23:17Lena Solmark. They were not an amazing defensive team last year. There were many games that got
23:24bailed out in because the tandem was so good going on and off, you know, switching games.
23:29I do think you kind of have to prepare yourself for some of this, where there are going to be
23:32games that Corporate Solo goes in and does an admirable job, but he's not going to save you
23:38the game. He's not going to steal you the game. And I also think they're going to be nights that
23:41Swayman's playing a lot. And so you're not going to have him at a hundred percent all the time.
23:46And there are going to be games where you notice how bad the defense is. I think people don't
23:50realize like last year, their defense, just there were a lot of games where it was like, man, what
23:55are they doing? And even at the end of that 2022, 23 season, that their defense was a little porous.
24:01And again, you don't notice it because the goaltending is so good. I don't know if that's
24:05going to be the case this year. Now, obviously Swayman's still here, but I just, I wonder if
24:10this is sort of the future with, you know, with Corporate Solo in that instead of Lena Solmark.
24:15And I think that's natural. Yeah, no, exactly. You're not going to get billed out to the same
24:19degree as what the last three years were. And again, like we've talked a lot about the defense
24:25and how bad it has been, but also it was not great from Corporate Solo. You could have also made the
24:30case that the Panthers could have had nine goals. There was a lot of, that's what I mean, like,
24:34like, you know, so he needs to tighten things up. Like he struggled with rebound control,
24:39struggled to track the puck at times. There's a lot of like that looking as the pucks flying
24:44around, which is not, the optics aren't that great. Right. So yeah, I mean, listen,
24:50I don't think, you know, we did our like bullet predictions. I don't think either of us were
24:54being like, yeah, I think Corporate Solo is going to have like a nice eight, nine, five,
24:57say percentage, like that would not be great. But if you can just be a guy that can, you know,
25:03be a, you know, a nine, 10, nine, 12, something like that, and add just some sort of stability
25:09into whatever his reps are, you'll take that. And I think you look at just the way that game went,
25:15you know, not saying that the defense, if it just tightened things up, it would have been a
25:1937, say performance from Corporate Solo. But if you can, you know, have a guy that can give you
25:24around, you know, two or three goals allowed, and has you in the fight for those backup role,
25:31in that backup role, you'll take it. I agree. I agree. So this show has been very negative.
25:38Again, like, what do you want from us? Any positives?
25:43Well, the PK went six or six. So that's a, that's a good. There you go.
25:48Again, a continuation of last year. Yeah. I mean, about Elias Lindholm looks all right.
25:54Face offs were kind of a little wonky there for him, but liked his, you know,
25:59he had a nice one timer. I do like how I think the movement on the power play, even though
26:04they only scored kind of in garbage time. Martian had more of a shot first approach,
26:08you saw more pucks going through with Lindholm in the bumper there. So I think especially
26:16when you look at the like power play, and the fact that this team is probably going to be
26:22a work in progress in terms of five on five scoring, especially further down the lineup,
26:26you're going to need your power play to really rebound from the fact that they just completely
26:29ran out of fuel at the end of last year. And I think the guy like Lindholm in place there
26:34offers some room for optimism of just what he can provide and how much he can be another
26:41scoring threat in that bumper spot, especially if so many guys are going to be keyed in
26:45on taking away Pasternak and his shot need Lindholm, you know, at the bumper. And you
26:50also need Brad Martian being more of a shot first guy at the half wall. And I think you saw
26:54signs of that being the case in that game yesterday. I agree. I can agree with that.
26:59I didn't have any big things that I really liked. I will get I will say, don't play. I will say
27:04one thing I that Justin Brazil passed to Trent Frederick on that goal. Yeah, I really liked.
27:09And again, that shows what Brazil can be. He had some other nice net front plays in the offensive
27:13zone. I wonder if and when he sort of starts to push for higher spots on the lineup. Good for
27:21Frederick, like good start to his contract here. Zaka shoot first, like really nice. Good way to
27:28start. Yeah. McAvoy jumping in the rush, taking sort of an assertive stance on offense. So I'll
27:34give them those. But again, like, I just, you know, I don't know if I made this point earlier.
27:40I mentioned, you know, the Bruins wanting to go get bigger. And with the whole idea of like,
27:44oh, like there's this whole notion of, oh, see, there's these, you know, if a team has
27:48forces on the ice, they police. And I think that's BS. I think that is like, I've never
27:54really subscribed to that. Sam Bennett just completely trucks Jonas Corpo Sala. I mean,
27:59again, I forget who was on the ice for it, but I don't think he cares if Nikita Zdorov is on
28:05the ice or not. I don't think he cares if Castle is on the ice or not. And, and, you know, you see
28:09other plays to late hits and, and, you know, slashes and things like that and stuff after the
28:15whistle. Like this isn't old time hockey. So I, the whole notion of like, oh, Max Jones is going
28:22to make them pay. It's like, well, like they actually did that. Like Mark Haslick had a
28:29linesman paid. Mark Haslick had that hit AJ Greer dropped the gloves immediately. Like,
28:34you know, I just, the whole idea of policing to me that, oh, now that Zdorov's on the ice,
28:39no Bruin, no Bruins have to worry. Breadmarshing and skate, you know,
28:43and then with his head down, David Pashnakas doesn't have to worry. Like,
28:47I think that's so overblown. I don't, I don't subscribe to that. And I think you saw it. And
28:53I think what the, they don't care, the Panthers don't care and they're not going to answer for
28:58it. So don't bother trying to make them answer for it. Score some freaking goals and learn how
29:03to pass the puck out of your own zone. Like those, those are the two right there. That's, that's it.
29:08That's all you got to do. Easy, right? Easy. My God. Why haven't they just had you give a speech
29:14before the playoffs? People are saying, people have been saying, but yeah, so tough game one
29:22on the game too. Yeah. Not the best start to the year, but it's locked up, I guess.
29:27So people are happy. Hopefully better things for us to talk about in the future. Yes. Connor,
29:35what can the people look forward to from you over at the globe and boston.com?
29:38Yeah, you can read my stuff over at the globe and boston.com. We'll have you covered every step of
29:43the way this season from recaps, features, breakdowns, analysis, all that stuff. So you
29:50can read my stuff over there from now until hopefully June. Won't be the case if they did
29:55on Tuesday, but let's hope we'll see how far this team can go. But yeah, you can read all of my
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30:05Go do all that. That's Connor Ryan. I'm Evan Baranofsky poke the bear listeners have a great
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