On this episode of Bruins Beat, Evan Marinofsky and Conor Ryan discuss the Bruins' statement victory over Toronto in OT as the B's snap their losing streak, and, hopefully, turn the page on a tough stretch of the season. Brad Marchand finally nets his first of the year, which opens the conversation into what his future in the league could look like. All that, and much more!
Topics:
- Bruins get back on track against Toronto
- Toronto gonna Toronto
- Steps in the right direction
- Brad Marchand finally scores
- What is the future of Brad Marchand?
- Is a Tyler Johnson signing imminent?
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Topics:
- Bruins get back on track against Toronto
- Toronto gonna Toronto
- Steps in the right direction
- Brad Marchand finally scores
- What is the future of Brad Marchand?
- Is a Tyler Johnson signing imminent?
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00:25I'm Evan Maranofsky, that's Connor Ryan.
00:28Connor, what is up?
00:29Evan, I'm doing well.
00:31How you doing?
00:32Doing great.
00:33Doing great.
00:34I've been, this morning, I finally, I don't know why it took me forever to see that tweet
00:41about Matthew Kachuk just dummying Semyon Barlamov in front of the net.
00:47And my first thought, first of all, first thought, I don't know how the play, the rest
00:49of the play turned out, looked like Scott Mayfield and some of those Islanders guys
00:52were kind of on top of Kachuk.
00:55But I tweeted this out.
00:56I was like, I think Tim Thomas would have, like, pulled a gun at Kachuk.
01:02That would have been just, would have broke his brain.
01:05He would have went nuts on Matthew Kachuk, and it would have been awesome to watch.
01:10But that was my first thought, was like, someone like Tim Thomas would just lose his mind at
01:14a guy like Matthew Kachuk on that play.
01:16I think Jeremy Swinwood would be, like, pumped because he's like, finally, like, I can get
01:20into a fight.
01:21I'm going to slash the shit out of his knee, right in the back of his leg, like, and do
01:25that and cause a fight like I, so I would probably be excited that it finally happened.
01:29So yeah, again, the Panthers and Matthew Kachuk are very good at what they do of getting under
01:36your skin.
01:37But like, you got to call one of those things like, yeah, they must have dirt on the NHL
01:42because it's great.
01:43None of that get called like I give full credit to the Panthers of how good they are at being
01:48the fly in the ointment, getting teams to lose their minds, those things.
01:52But like, what factors into that as to why teams lose their minds if they get away with
01:58that shit and then you start chasing them instead of the play and then it all goes downhill
02:02and then they strike on it like I can see like the Panthers are very good at what they
02:06do, but you can see why that's that breaks the brains of some of these opposing teams
02:12when things like that aren't getting called.
02:15It's funny how like Brazil like moves like a stick, like a centimeter on that goalie
02:20interference call that was taken back like two weeks ago, but then you have like a Chuck
02:24just like just sort of crosschecking of our lamas like right in the face and nothing happens
02:29off of that.
02:30It's again not trying to be too much of a complainer here about Kachuk and the Panthers,
02:34but you got to call at least one of those things.
02:35You got to step in once in a while.
02:37You can let them, you know, toe the line, all those things.
02:40But at some point, give them two minutes.
02:44So it's not saying you got to kick them out of the game.
02:46Give them two minutes like you can't do that the entire time.
02:48Well, that's the thing.
02:49I mean, even like after the goal, kind of as he goes by of our lamas sort of punches
02:52him in the head, which is like classic Matthew Kachuk.
02:55And I mean, I agree, like we always get on the Bruins for being undisciplined against
02:59the Panthers and sort of losing their minds.
03:02But like the team knocked me out of the playoffs two straight years just doing shit like that,
03:07punching my captain in the face like I'd probably lose my mind a little bit on him.
03:12Like I probably would, you know, sort of be unhinged.
03:15But yeah, they're good at that.
03:17Like they are.
03:18They have perfected sort of just towing that line, and I don't know why they get away with
03:23so much of it.
03:24Obviously, the punch on Marcian from Bennett, I don't think any of us saw that in the moment
03:29that had to be.
03:30I think that came out just through like Twitter, right?
03:33Like because in the moment it was like, oh, I don't really know what that was.
03:35It was only off of like the other angle.
03:37I think you could really see it.
03:38It was like it's like there's a Bruder film at first.
03:41You didn't really know what exactly was happening.
03:42Then it was I think it was right before.
03:45What was it like?
03:46I want to say like it was like it was right hour before like puck drop.
03:50The other angle dropped and I was like, oh, all right, like because I think it's right
03:55after it was after like it was already announced that there was going to be no additional discipline
04:00or something for Bennett.
04:02So there's a whole whole to do there in terms of how that played out.
04:05And they were like, oh, here's this angle, you know, it should it should support our
04:08decision for no supplemental discipline, right?
04:10You know, easily punched him in the face.
04:14So anyway, that's our little Panthers minute Bruins, though, they they get a big win Saturday
04:20for three overtime win over the Leafs on Friday.
04:24Diver and I did a Bruins beat where we kind of talked through the whole idea of is Jim
04:28Montgomery on the hot seat?
04:29And I think it's it was a valid thing to to talk about.
04:33Neither of us really said yes or no to him being fired.
04:37It was sort of just kind of running through the whole situation, evaluating all angles
04:41because, again, and I stand by this.
04:43Good teams don't impulsively fire a coach.
04:46Great teams don't fire a coach who's been highly successful in the regular season.
04:51Although I will say I'm watching that the comeback on Netflix and by God, Grady Little
04:56seems like a complete idiot.
04:58I want to read some that way.
05:00I watched the first episode, so it made me very sad where it ends on a traumatic moment
05:06in young Connor's life.
05:09Yes.
05:10But I'm like watching.
05:11I'm like, how much money do they give Grady Little to do this?
05:13It's pretty much them to sit him down there and be like, yeah, you really fucked this
05:16up, didn't you?
05:17It's like the opium, like trashing him like I was like, how did I get him for this?
05:21Like when they even got Henry's whole purpose of like just destroying him, they even got
05:26John Henry.
05:27But yeah, they got John Henry not only to do an interview to do an interview for this,
05:32but also to say on the record in that moment, he said, can we fire?
05:35Do we have to wait till the end of the game to fire him?
05:37Like, yeah, it was just it's a great documentary, by the way, for those who want to watch a
05:42good documentary.
05:43I highly recommend it.
05:46But I do.
05:47I do.
05:48I don't think that it's good for organizations to just be like, oh, you had three straight
05:52bad games.
05:53Goodbye, Jim.
05:54But we kind of talk through all that.
05:56Obviously, though, a big win on a Saturday night against your chief rival or one of your
06:01chief rivals in the Leafs definitely cools the seat down.
06:04I think good 60 minute effort, albeit for that kind of last goal that that Matthew scored
06:11there at the end.
06:13What do you think this does for the Bruins in general?
06:15Just getting that win?
06:16Yeah, I mean, I think it was much needed, right?
06:19As you said, it's unfortunate that you have that brutal miscommunication right at the
06:24end of the game, because for most of that game, it felt like a really professional solid
06:29win.
06:30Again, I don't think any it's few and far between for any team to have a 60 minute effort.
06:35I think you saw consistent puck pressure, sustained ozone time for most of that third
06:39period.
06:40Like they were really limiting the high danger chances like it looked like a professional
06:45closeout kind of game, right?
06:47Like a lot to be encouraged by.
06:49You have, again, like your bottom six contributing.
06:53And again, like by no means was it perfect, right?
06:55You're still we can run through a whole list if we wanted to have things you have to get
06:58better.
06:59I think as a whole, like the urgency was finally there, which I think has been lacking a little
07:05bit during this recent rut that they've had.
07:08So yeah, I think as a whole, it's a step in the right direction.
07:11It's all about how you build off of it, right?
07:13Like you've got a Flyers team on Tuesday that's kind of fighting through it as well.
07:17Like you're able to hopefully stack some positive games together here before you go down to
07:22Carolina.
07:23And again, like you just look at the way they played.
07:26I think that was the biggest thing.
07:27Like it was they were moving their feet.
07:30They didn't take a billion penalties like these previous games, right, which is a step
07:35in the right direction.
07:36But yeah, I just think the urgency, the puck pressure, putting, you know, opposing defenses
07:43under duress, forcing turnovers.
07:46Not anything too crazy in terms of how they approach the game, but the results kind of
07:51speak for themselves.
07:52And it's just off of playing simple, motivated hockey.
07:56And I think you finally saw that, which I think at this point, you know, without getting
07:59too far ahead of yourselves, that's all you're looking for right now.
08:02Like this team is not going to be a finished product.
08:05No team is on October 26 when that game was played.
08:08There's a lot of moving pieces, a lot of new additions to this team.
08:11So it's going to take a while for them to really be a well-oiled machine.
08:15So when you have these stretches here where the puck's not going in the net, you're not
08:19generating a lot.
08:20It's all about just playing simple, simple hockey.
08:22And I think you saw that.
08:23And that was a step in the right direction for this team on Saturday night.
08:26Yeah.
08:27You're not going to clean up every issue in one game.
08:30I don't care if you win seven, nothing.
08:31There's still issues there.
08:33And I, I agree with you.
08:34I think Saturday was a great step in the right direction.
08:37I, this just shows Toronto, still Toronto.
08:41Like Matthew scores that, that winner or not the winner of the game, tying goal late in
08:45the third.
08:46They're getting behind the Bruins D and then just in overtime, getting forced by a great
08:51play by Marcian on the four check to force Matthews to have to dish that puck off.
08:56And I think he was trying to get it to Marner because he thought Marner was coming back
08:59for it.
09:00And instead went right to the, right to the bench.
09:03Um, and it's just the same problems that plague them.
09:07And I know it's October and there's a long way until April and may, but it is incredible
09:13to watch them just shoot themselves in the foot in the biggest moments.
09:17And they've been doing it now for ever forever.
09:19There's a story in the athletic, I think today or Monday, um, on sort of the, like they,
09:25they sort of compared being a Leafs fan with being a Cubs fan for all those years.
09:28Like it's staggering, but it's sort of true.
09:31Like when, when the Leafs do finally break through, which again, they will at some point
09:35it will happen.
09:36I'm sorry, Bruins fans.
09:37Like it will happen at some point.
09:38Um, they've come very close at least to getting past the Bruins.
09:42Um, it will be very satisfying for their, for their fans.
09:45I mean, that, that is going to be a, an incredible feeling for them.
09:49Um, but God, like that, just the, the turnover turnover to no one and Marner going to the
09:54bench.
09:55It's like, my God, like still the same thing.
09:57I know they've had issues too.
10:00They've had issues for the first month.
10:02It's always like the same thing too, or just like one play that, that, that burns them.
10:05Right.
10:06Cause I even think like the team that they have out there is taking steps in the right
10:10direction.
10:11Like I think still are, this is like a, uh, actually a pretty solid goalie that could
10:15have a pretty good season.
10:17You like what you saw from Joseph wall last year.
10:19And then he seems like he's got these injury issues to watch out for, but like they at
10:23least have goalies in place that like could have more to give there.
10:27I'm not saying these guys are also going to be on the Vesna watch, but you got that and
10:31you get like guys like Chris Tannev, um, you know, some of their D have been, you know,
10:35better than they were in years past.
10:37You've got supporting cast like Matthew Nyes.
10:39I feel like Matthew Nyes is going to be the new player.
10:41Yeah.
10:42I feel like he's going to be the new Hyman too, where he's, or like, just going to go
10:46between here or like Edmonton and just be a 40 goal guy.
10:48Like I think he's a good player, but also like he knows what he needs to do on lines
10:53with some of these star players to be in the right spots to cash in.
10:56So like, they've got a good supporting cast.
10:58They've got the star talent just feels like it's always like the one missed read or something
11:03like that always comes back to bite them.
11:04So, um, yeah, their team had also is kind of in this tough sliding, but maybe they're
11:08also in kind of the same boat as the Bruins where you bring in Ruby.
11:12You're trying to, I think, change your identity and I don't know if they have the personnel
11:16to match what they're trying to do in terms of being maybe a tougher opponent, but I think
11:20they're probably in that same feeling out process as the Bruins where it's, you're,
11:24you're trying to make a little bit of a sea change here and we'll kind of see again where
11:28they are once we get to April as well.
11:30Yeah.
11:31I mean, they have new coaching.
11:32They have a new coaching staff.
11:33The Bruins had a lot of roster turnover in the last two years.
11:35I agree.
11:36That's an apt comparison.
11:37Um, another one, fourth line, they're both, they're both going to be in the playoff.
11:41They're both going to be in the first round once again, where do we, yes, yes, I, I fully
11:46expect it.
11:47Uh, fourth line though, cashed in again, beautiful assist from Johnny Beecher cast to look out
11:51in front.
11:52So this line continues to produce, they'd been a little slow, uh, or they weren't producing
11:56at the same level that they were before against Nashville, uh, and Dallas, but they keep it
12:01going against Toronto, uh, which is, which is very, very good.
12:06Biggest thing though, for me was Brad Martian.
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13:34So Brad Marsh and finally monkey off the back scores.
13:38The OT winner gets robbed on the first chance, by the way, like completely robbed by stole
13:42our play.
13:43Oh God, this is happening again because he's had some legitimate chances.
13:47Like I mean, I know he has not been their best player or even close to their best player
13:51or even close to what sort of his best case scenario is through the first bunch of games.
13:55But there have been chances to score goals.
13:58He's been robbed a fair amount, robbed on that play, stuck with it.
14:02Scores after, you know, a nice four check.
14:05I found it very telling that his goal celebration was just slamming his stick on the ice because
14:10that has to be the best feeling of like, thank God I finally like finally it's done.
14:15I think it's really important that he scored that you get him going.
14:19You give him a little more confidence.
14:20I know after the game, he said, you know, he doesn't really think about that goal is
14:23the drought stuff.
14:24And again, come on, gets on everybody.
14:27And again, you need more from him.
14:29You have needed more from him.
14:32He's in your, you know, he's on your top line.
14:34He's in your top six.
14:35I think Saturday again, right step in the step in the right direction for him.
14:39Yeah, exactly.
14:40And I think as you said, like he he told the company line, right of, you know, it's I don't
14:44really get too worried about these gold droughts.
14:46But I think he also relented later on and said like, good to finally get one because
14:51I think it wasn't just one for him.
14:52It's for the team, right?
14:53Because if they after playing probably their best start to finish game, I would probably
14:58say maybe since the Colorado game, having two points right there and then to potentially
15:04lose that game in overtime would have been not a backbreaker, but just another step back
15:09for demoralizing.
15:10Yeah, a team that is in desperate need of good news.
15:13So I think it was key for him to get on the board there.
15:17And, you know, you just hope it starts building a little bit of momentum there.
15:20You look at like that second line with him and coil, we're still what going into the
15:25ninth game for the Bruins.
15:27And I think those two still have zero goals and one assist at five and five play.
15:32Like got to get them rolling.
15:34Like as we said, it doesn't need to be all of a sudden this team's averaging seven goals
15:38the next two weeks and everyone's firing off, but you just need one more guy in a top six
15:43spot there to get, get on a roll and at least shoulder some of that scoring burden.
15:47You know, like this team needs a two goal game from a Pasternak or they need a, you
15:53know, Brezo to keep up what he's been doing or something like that.
15:56You just need like a few other guys to pull on the rope right now as you're trying to
15:59get your footing and hopefully a Philly team that has a lot of skill.
16:04Mitchcoff has been unreal for them who could have seen that coming, but that is a team
16:08with some defensive deficiencies that you hope that, you know, if a guy like Marchant
16:11can build off of that and get another goal or coil or someone like that, or even got
16:16like Morgan geeky, who Jim Montgomery today was very short.
16:20Scott McLaughlin of EI asked him, where does geeky have to do to get better?
16:24And he says, play better.
16:25I was like, Oh, I saw that.
16:27That was great.
16:28I was like, Oh God.
16:30But this is a time now where, you know, you look at how much a guy like Martian can provide
16:35a lift for this team, especially at five on five play, just scoring in general.
16:40You do hope that Tuesday or Saturday's game rather is kind of that, that jumping off point
16:46for him.
16:47And he kind of builds on it, not, you know, not expecting him to be what he was a few
16:50years ago, but I still think he has the skill and the means to be like a 60 point regular
16:55guy in the NHL.
16:57Right?
16:58Yeah.
16:59And that's, that's the biggest thing I think with him, where it's like, I think fans have
17:02to understand that he's not the same 80 point guy, you know, he's not going to be lighting
17:06it up, but if you can get that, you know, 55, 60 point range, like if you can get that,
17:13that's going to be valuable.
17:14That's going to be valuable playing next to guys like Lindholm or Coyle.
17:17But again, as you're right, Coyle does need to get going.
17:20And Philly is a perfect spot for sort of guys like that to get going.
17:24Breazeau is getting his feet under him.
17:27He has goals in two straight games again, around the net front, like that's, that's
17:32where he makes his money.
17:33That's where he's going to make his money.
17:35And I think he's another candidate for sort of top six minutes.
17:38Like maybe that's your internal fix because I want to talk about Tyler Johnson, but there's
17:44another thing I want to talk about, which is the future of Brad Martian.
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19:09So on Saturday, Elliot Friedman brought up the fact that the Bruins and Brad Marchand
19:13were close on a three-year contract extension.
19:16Obviously Marchand's contract runs out at the end of this year and Marchand was asked
19:20after the game and shot it down to say the least.
19:25Poor Elliot Friedman.
19:26He threw Elliot directly under the bus and drove over him and saying that it's false.
19:32It's not true.
19:33Not going to talk about the contract situation.
19:34And by the way, the reporting was false.
19:36Screw you, Elliot.
19:37Um, so that was also saying that he doesn't like talking through, he doesn't like talking
19:41about contracts with the media, but then once again, reaffirmed that Elliot Friedman was
19:44wrong.
19:45He doesn't like talking about contracts with the media, but by doing so talking about contracts
19:50in the media.
19:51Um, I think it brings up an interesting point, obviously like Elliot is very tapped in, um,
19:57my whole thing.
19:58And like, I know you agree with me on this.
20:00Like I fully expected like Monday morning or at some point this week for that news to
20:03drop of like three year contract extension for Marchand, um, and it'll be like Elliot
20:08to break it to, which will be great.
20:09I thought it was going to be like, he signed a three year and one day contract.
20:13Like just so you can be like Freeman was, no, he's not right, but it was a three year
20:17one.
20:18Like I was totally expecting something like that.
20:20The one day for the retirement the next year, I, that would actually be like the most Brad
20:25Marchand thing to possibly do.
20:27Um, it does bring up an interesting point though, of, you know, obviously Marchand has
20:32struggled a bit through the first bunch of games.
20:36Um, as we've talked about, got his first goal on Saturday night.
20:39Um, and you know, I saw a little bit of this on Twitter of, you know, if it was a three
20:44year extension, would you want him for another three years?
20:47And to me, like, and we've talked about Marchand's regression and, you know, he's going to be
20:5137 in May, had three off season surgeries, had double hip surgery, uh, two years ago.
20:57Like he's not the same guy that, um, you know, they, Bruins had a couple of years ago,
21:03but like if you did three years at a good number, like I'm fine with that.
21:08I mean, he's your captain.
21:10I think we all understand that, that he's not going to be that, you know, best left
21:14wing and hockey guy that if in year three of that contract, which I think he'll be like
21:1839 or 40, um, if he's a fourth line left wing, like you take it, it just comes down to like,
21:25how much does his game break down over those three years?
21:28And what are you paying him?
21:29Cause you're already kind of getting a deal on him.
21:32I doubt that he would be like, I want, I want, I want to be fairly compensated.
21:36I want to make more money than I should this time around.
21:38But I do think you have to consider those things in that whole debate.
21:42Yeah, no, I mean, I think the biggest question is going to be just what the payout is.
21:47Right.
21:47Because I think over three years, as you said, like, even if he regresses, right.
21:52And becomes maybe more of like a third line kind of player.
21:54I think he can still help out your team.
21:56You know, you look at the, the energy he brings, how good he is defensively.
22:00Like he could morph into a really, really good bottom six guy.
22:03If we get to the final year of that contract.
22:05I'm sure Brian Martian doesn't want to hear about that, of thinking that he's going to
22:08be like a more of a Swiss army knife kind of player.
22:11But like, you can see where, if that is the path that just his, his career kind of goes
22:17in how we can still be a really useful player.
22:19Even if maybe he's a 20 goal, 20 assist, two way penalty kill kind of guy.
22:25He he'll help out this team over the, I think the span of that deal, barring injury or anything
22:29like that.
22:31But it's going to come down to just what the money is.
22:33Right.
22:33Like, is he going to take a page out of Bergeron and Charles book, which you think over a three
22:38year deal, he's not going to just lock himself into that.
22:41Right.
22:42Like a million a year.
22:43Yeah.
22:44But is it, are you looking for like a six million, like maybe a slight decrease, but
22:49still like pretty solid for a guy that, you know, has obviously done a lot for this team.
22:53Are you looking at it being prorated of it being like 3 million, which I think is probably
22:59more manageable in terms of just where the cap is going.
23:02And again, this is a guy that has been on a bargain deal for most of his career, like
23:076.25 for what he's given you for the last, you know, seven plus years is very, very impressive.
23:14But I think that's the biggest question mark is just what that money comes out to.
23:17Maybe that's why this could take a while for them to come to terms on a deal, just
23:23in terms of what he's looking for, what the team is looking for.
23:26Again, famous last words after the entire streaming fiasco.
23:30I can't imagine this being something that becomes contentious, but it is fascinating
23:35to see just what that final, what that final payout is going to be, because this is a guy
23:39that wants to be here, wants to keep on playing.
23:41He's made that abundantly clear, especially the Olympics around the corner.
23:45He's motivated to play at a high level, not just for the Bruins, but also because he wants
23:49to make a legitimate run at the Canadian team for the Olympics.
23:54Like he wants to be on that line with Crosby and McKinnon, but he also has to play to level
23:59deserving because Canada doesn't have a lot of goalies, but they've got a whole lot of
24:03really skilled forward.
24:04So yeah, this is a guy that's very motivated, obviously, to get to that stage, to keep up
24:10that level with the Bruins.
24:12I'm not worried about the value per se or the concerns about a three-year deal.
24:18It's just what the money is.
24:19I'm more just curious, I would say, as to what that contract is going to look like,
24:23if it is indeed three years, three years in one day, whatever it ends up being.
24:28My concern with it is not so much him and it's not so much the money, because again,
24:35the money will be reasonable.
24:36He's not going to be asking for seven or 6.25.
24:39I think it's going to come in somewhere around the five range or something like that.
24:43It's more so, as I kind of said, moving back in the lineup as he moves, whether it's
24:49staying in the second line, moving to the third line, potentially around year two or
24:53three, do the Bruins have the guys to replace him in the top six?
24:59To me, that's the big thing because again, you can make an argument now he's more of
25:04a middle six forward than a top line guy, which is fine.
25:08He's still going to produce this year, still going to put in 60 something points.
25:12But next year, the year after, then the year after that, as he gets older, and again, a
25:16lot can change.
25:17They can draft well, they can make a trade to bolster the top six free agency, however
25:23it is.
25:23But just looking at the game board now, you don't have anyone in Providence outside of
25:29Fabian Lysel and he's a right wing to be a top line or projects to be a high end left
25:37winger.
25:39Like a Zaka that I would say Zaka fits more of Martians mold of like a 60 point guy, which
25:44is fine.
25:45Like again, but that's the whole thing is like, what's the, how are you replacing his
25:49production?
25:50Because Jake Dabrowski left in the off season.
25:52So like Dabrowski is gone.
25:55Do you, you know, do you at this deadline, do you trade a first for a left wing with
25:59a ton of term?
26:00Like that you can lock up for a while.
26:01That's young.
26:02I don't know who that is yet.
26:03But like, that's my thing is like who, who replaces that production in the top six?
26:08Cause again, I think everybody wants to see Martian hoist the cup at least one more time.
26:12I mean, I think that's fitting.
26:14Captain Martian hoisting the cup would be awesome for the league.
26:18Piss everybody off.
26:19Bruins fans would love it.
26:20Like it would just, the whole thing of that would be great.
26:24But I, that's my big thing is who is, who's replacing that production in the top six.
26:31And we don't know that now.
26:32We're not going to know that now, but I'm just curious, like what their plan is to actually
26:37get that in these next couple of years.
26:39So yeah.
26:40And I couldn't, couldn't tell you Evan, do you?
26:42Yeah, I was going to say, I was like, I was going to pass on the ball to me because I,
26:46I'm like the guy in like the fifth row and like the NBA game.
26:49He's not paying attention.
26:50And the ball hits me as I'm eating popcorn in the head.
26:53Like I couldn't tell you as to what the exact plan is.
26:56It's going to either someone's going to have to take off like within the system.
27:01Um, or it's going to have to be again, whether it's, I don't know if it's a trade this year,
27:06but monitoring that or what the free agent market looks like.
27:10But yeah, like in terms of just scoring on the wing, it's, it's something where
27:13the Bruins had plenty of options forever in terms of just between Marchand and
27:17DeBrusk and everyone like that.
27:19Um, where you're like, oh, they've got enough guys.
27:21We'll see where it fits.
27:22But now you've got to rebuild your center depth, obviously.
27:25And you've got Lindholm, you've got Patra, you've got, you know, guys in place and it's
27:29better than where it was.
27:30And you have Lucherno, you know, down at BC.
27:32So you've got options there.
27:35Yeah, of course.
27:35Yes.
27:35Never forget honorary Bruin, James Higgins, but, um, but you know, you at least have,
27:41I think you're in a better spot there, both in the short term and you hope the long term,
27:45but you have guys that, um, could step into those roles at wing.
27:50Maybe that's the next thing this team has to look at, you know, in terms of the draft or
27:53what have you, where, you know, as opposed to, we all knew the Bruins are going to look down
27:58the middle, most likely with their, their first round pick, they regained with the all-mark
28:02trade.
28:03But, um, if they have their first this year and there's a guy that's putting up numbers,
28:08having 40, 50 goals in the WHL or, uh, someone like that, maybe that's what they look at as
28:14a pure kind of scoring winger as kind of their next kind of need, uh, through the draft.
28:19Cause it does feel like that has to be something that has to be addressed.
28:21And just, you know, you're not going to get a, a, uh, a slim dunk, you know, guy, if you're
28:27picking like in the twenties or wherever they end up picking, but you got to give yourself
28:31options.
28:31And I think that's probably the next thing you're looking at for the Bruins is probably
28:34a, uh, it's a little bit more skill on the wing.
28:37I think moving forward.
28:38Yeah.
28:39I'm going to throw the basketball directly at your face.
28:42If you're eating popcorn with this next question.
28:44Yeah, I, I, I, I'm ready for it now, so I won't be able to stop it, but I'll leave it
28:49like hands up.
28:50Yeah, exactly.
28:51The oval Redenbach is not going 20 rows behind me.
28:54Yeah.
28:54The popcorn it's the popcorn is down beneath you.
28:57Um, let's say, let's say the Bruins around the deadline are, are comfortably outside
29:06of the playoff picture, which they shouldn't be, by the way, like that this probably won't
29:09happen.
29:10But in the event that they were, and Martian was not yet locked up on a contract and a
29:15team comes to you offering like a first round pick or something for Martian, would you say
29:21yes?
29:22I mean, does Martian have trade protection?
29:24Cause I feel like he wouldn't.
29:25I would have to learn.
29:26Yeah.
29:28And here's the other thing with that, right?
29:30It's your captain.
29:31He's the, he's that bridge to the culture that Chara and Bergeron built so well.
29:36And I, I, that's a guy who's hires a Bruin.
29:41Like this organization would not trade Brad Martian.
29:43That's the other part of it.
29:45Yeah.
29:45It would be jarring if this team was outside of the playoff picture, but I also think when
29:49you look at how many guys they have signed that are here in their primes or around that,
29:54between McAvoy and Swayman and Elias Lindholm and all these players, like even if it's the
30:00fan this year, I could fully see the Bruins being like, oh, this is a really bad blip,
30:04but we're not selling the, we're not blowing it up like the Rangers a few years ago.
30:08Like we'll make some tweaks, obviously, whether that's coaching or tweaks to the roster, but
30:13I don't think they'd, you know, do a full fire sale or something like that.
30:17You know, I assume this team is too invested in what this current group is that, um, if
30:23things do go awry, I don't see them all of a sudden jettisoning kind of the plan they've
30:27kind of put in place in this kind of post Bergeron era.
30:30Yeah.
30:31According to spot track modified, no trade clause from 22 to 24.
30:35So, um, that's what that is.
30:37And that's what that is.
30:38Yeah.
30:38I agree with you.
30:39And I, again, now I will play devil's advocate.
30:42If you were to deal him, I don't think that would be a full rebuild.
30:45I think that's one move you're bolstering, whether it be a prospect in a first or whatever
30:49it is like sort of retooling on the fly.
30:52But again, it would be unlike them to actually do that.
30:55Right?
30:55He's the captain.
30:57And that guy should retire a Bruin.
30:59Like, I think we all can agree on that.
31:01So I like to bring up those hypothetical situations.
31:03Keep keep everybody on their toes.
31:05Like to think of the box.
31:07Keep everybody going.
31:08Um, some help, some potential help for the wing.
31:11Tyler Johnson still remains unsigned.
31:14I feel like for the last week, ever since Riley Tufte got waived, we've sort of been
31:18like, all right, when's that Johnson news coming out?
31:23You know, again, I don't think he's the solution to their problems, but I don't think it would
31:27hurt to give him a look to try him.
31:29Like kind of be last year's Danton Heinen.
31:32Again, it comes down to what he's going to command.
31:34I mean, Heinen, I think made better in minimum last year, but like, yeah, I think, you know,
31:39given Johnson a shot would not be a bad thing.
31:41Yeah, and I agree.
31:43Like, again, if you're expecting him to be the savior, I don't know what to tell you.
31:46But again, it goes back to what we said about like the depth of this team.
31:50It gives you options.
31:51And like with, especially guy like Morgan Geeky, really struggling right now, bring
31:55in a guy like Tyler Johnson to both kind of put a fire under him and give him time to
32:00sit as well.
32:01I think can only help your team.
32:02Like, again, he scored 17 goals with an admittedly really bad Chicago team last year.
32:07But, um, you know, the playmaking, the veteran savvy is still there.
32:12We saw it during, um, preseason play.
32:14So if, and when he signs a contract, would you imagine that's going to be all but inevitable?
32:19I think when Heinen signed, it was October 30th, and it was like an hour before, um,
32:25it was like an hour before like a game.
32:27So maybe that's the same thing.
32:28And we'll sign five players and he's in the lineup.
32:31But, uh, again, gives you more, I think, playmaking skill.
32:35Like, even if he's not what he was with Tampa, um, having a more of a guy that is a proven
32:41playmaker can hang around the net can only help this team again.
32:45It gives you more.
32:45It's not calling up a, a tufty or a guy that's probably better suited for like a fourth line
32:51or a very kind of like North South third line kind of role.
32:54Like Johnson can at least give you something there.
32:56I think in one of those roles and so you can get out of them.
32:59Top six fill in bottom six regular.
33:02I think you can get along with that for sure.
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