Welcome back to Poke the Bear! In this episode, Conor Ryan and Evan Marinofsky discuss the Boston Bruins, who delivered a dominant performance over the Washington Capitals before the holiday break, raising the question: was Monday’s win the best of the season so far?
However, concerns loom as star winger David Pastrnak’s injury adds uncertainty to the team’s lineup. Meanwhile, the Bruins might have found a new top-six line with Brad Marchand, Linus Lindholm, and Charlie Coyle clicking together. Tune in as they break down the latest highlights, the Pastrnak situation, and the potential impact of this new line combo on the Bruins' playoff hopes.
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00:24I am Evan Baranofsky.
00:25That is Connor Ryan.
00:26Connor?
00:28Evan, I'm doing well.
00:30How are you doing?
00:31I'm doing great.
00:32I'm doing great.
00:33I'm clearly at my parents' house.
00:35I found these pink lights.
00:36I don't even know what I look like I'm in.
00:40But I am home still.
00:42I played an oddly amount of pond hockey on Thursday, which nowhere better to play hockey
00:50than on a pond.
00:51I mean, just my feet kill.
00:53But amazing time.
00:54So can't complain there.
00:56It's the holidays.
00:58I will say, I saw, I think I didn't read it, but I thought it put out a story of like,
01:03here are 10 spots they should do like a winter classic at.
01:06I still hate they haven't gone back to Tahoe.
01:09That was like beautiful.
01:10Yeah.
01:11I thought they would do something like that.
01:13I think the top option was Lake Louise up in Banff.
01:17Like, that'd be fun as hell doing something like that.
01:19I feel like that's always the video every year.
01:22You see like around the winter time where it's like some dude with like a GoPro like
01:26scanning and cuts up to Lake Louise and it looks unreal like that feels like it's got
01:30to be something that the NFL has to do at some point.
01:33Right.
01:34I know people like didn't I know the players I don't think like Tahoe because I know who
01:38played like the first game of the Oilers and someone else and the ice was pretty abs.
01:42I think.
01:43Yeah.
01:44The Knights.
01:45Yes.
01:46That's what it was.
01:47And I know like it wasn't perfect there.
01:48And listen, there's going to be a lot of headaches, I think, when those kind of things happen.
01:52But like, I don't know, it still felt like a really unique event that like got eyeballs
01:56on the NHL.
01:57And it's kind of what the NHL needs these days is like days like that that catch your
02:01attention on the first.
02:03Like I know the Winter Classic and I personally like the Winter Classic.
02:05I know every year people are like, oh, where's it losing its luster.
02:09And then I always enjoy the actual broadcast.
02:11But in terms of like a national audience, like remember, like the first couple ones
02:14they had first one, it was like snowing out.
02:17It was like perfectly all of the sports world was catching in and seeing what was going
02:21on.
02:22If you have a game like the Tahoe game again or up in Banff or something like that, man,
02:26that'd be really cool as hell to see it play out.
02:29And like the one thing the NHL does not do is like serve as like trailblazers for the
02:35other big sports.
02:36They always kind of follow the lead of everyone else.
02:38Yes.
02:39You know, if like the NHL did that, like more like open settings or in unconventional areas,
02:44like what makes it like that, like the NBA doesn't do like a pickup game at like a legendary
02:48basketball court.
02:49I was going to say, I like Rucker Park or something like that, or like, you know, baseball
02:53did like the Field of Dreams game.
02:56Like that was cool as hell.
02:57Can we do more stuff like that?
02:59Anything that especially over the course of a long year, that is its own spectacle, its
03:03own event.
03:04I'm all for regardless what the sport is, but obviously the Bruins podcast, we're talking
03:08hockey here.
03:09Well, yeah.
03:10And I also like you look back at the Winter Classic.
03:12Like I love the idea of going to a baseball stadium for it.
03:16It looks cool as hell.
03:17Baseball stadiums are unique.
03:18So it's so different.
03:19And then, you know, for even football stadiums, I mean, that makes, that is probably the best
03:23sight lines because, you know, you're sort of even, you know, you can kind of see from
03:26everywhere where I was like Fenway, if you're in the back of the grandstands, I don't know
03:30what I don't know what to tell you, but it's cool to be there.
03:34I get the whole idea of like, you know, at a Tahoe, there might not be anybody there.
03:38So you lose out on ticket revenue.
03:40I think it's cool.
03:41Like marketing the game that way.
03:44And you know, you mentioned like Lake Louise with the mountains.
03:48I don't think you could ever actually do this, but having them play on an actual lake, I
03:52think would be a sick in like the freezing, freezing cold.
03:55I just don't know.
03:56How do you do that?
03:57Marty Walsh would lose his mind.
03:58The NHLPA would lose its mind.
04:01I don't know how that would work at all.
04:03You can't get a Zamboni out there, but I don't know.
04:06Do something cool.
04:07I agree with you.
04:08I think what's it at Wrigley this year again?
04:10Yeah.
04:11Yeah.
04:12Which is cool.
04:13I mean, it's been like, oh, no.
04:14We're there.
04:15Yeah.
04:16So like I'm in Wrigley's a great stadium.
04:19I know a lot of people are kind of sick of the Blackhawks, but yeah, more outdoor hockey
04:23throughout the year.
04:24I think that's like the coolest freaking thing.
04:25So keep that going.
04:30It was great, Evan.
04:32Loki had the family over.
04:35My niece celebrated her first Christmas.
04:37So again, that's awesome.
04:39Yeah.
04:40Yeah, exactly.
04:41A lot of gifts.
04:42A lot of good times.
04:44I mean, I did great Christmas, so no complaints on my end.
04:47How about you?
04:48No complaints.
04:49Quiet.
04:50Like, I like any holiday.
04:51Chill.
04:52Not going to a lot of places.
04:54Just this area.
04:55I'm going down with.
04:56Yep.
04:57That's the best thing.
04:58Speaking of good things, Bruins dominated the Capitals on Monday night.
05:04Always Bruins.
05:05Bruins always have that 23rd the game on the 23rd.
05:09They play host to the Capitals.
05:11They win 4-1.
05:13Right now, they pick up with a home and home with Columbus on Friday and Saturday, 22-11
05:20in shots.
05:21I know.
05:22I think it was 1-1 entering the third.
05:23Bruins pulled away there.
05:25You tweeted best win of the season, question mark.
05:30And I think about it, they're rolling at the moment.
05:34They came off that West Coast road trip and they've taken care of business since.
05:37Yeah, I think that's in the conversation for sure.
05:41What about you?
05:42Yeah.
05:43Yeah, no, I agree.
05:44I think you look at, and again, like, you can say best win of the season without it
05:48being a sweeping, you know, statement as to where they're going.
05:52Not saying they're going to the Cup.
05:53Not saying they're leapfrogging, you know, Florida.
05:56I'm going to do this for a second.
05:58Wasn't it in 2011?
06:00It was that December 23rd game against the Thrashers that sort of turned that season
06:05around.
06:06That had a lot of, that had a lot of fights, that had a lot of brawls.
06:11That was that famous Freddie Meyer hit on Mila Lucic.
06:15But that was the 23rd, right?
06:19And even like the 2018-19 Bruins, like they were kind of slow out of the gate that year.
06:23Again, I'm not making, I'm like, I'm not making a sweeping conclusion.
06:26Let's talk about every time the Bruins have gone to the Cup.
06:29But 2018-19, they were pretty up and down throughout the fall.
06:32And then it was like right after the holiday break, they had like, they reeled off, I think
06:37four wins in a row.
06:38Two of them were comebacks.
06:39They had a comeback win.
06:40I think up in Buffalo, Crowley had an overtime goal and they really took off in the second
06:46half of that year.
06:47And that kind of, I think, lifted them to where they are.
06:49So again, not saying that's happening here, but I think, you know, in a season where there's
06:54been a lot of, you know, silver linings or qualifiers as to the Bruins play, like, you
06:59know, they went four in a row after the coaching change and they're really convincingly winning
07:05some of those games.
07:06But, all right, let's see how they do against good teams.
07:09You have like that, you know, great win over Vancouver on the road that was really encouraging
07:16to see, a pretty dominant game as well.
07:18And then, you know, you can't follow it up in terms of, you know, ending that road trip
07:22with a win over the Oilers where you just can't get that extra goal, let them come back.
07:27And that's also sandwiched in between a start of that road trip where they get smoked by
07:31the Winnipeg Jets, loose to the crack.
07:33Yeah, Mike, there hasn't been like stretches here where you've had consistent good play.
07:38So I'm not going to get carried away off of one game, but I do think you look at, you
07:43know, maybe it's also the circumstances of it being the first game before the break where
07:47you have more time to let that win kind of marinate.
07:49But I think you look at the quality of the competition, Washington, again, second leg
07:54of a back to back, but damn good team.
07:56And I think you saw the way they play, like really relentless on the four check, really
08:00active sticks.
08:02You can see why I think they're at the top of the league.
08:04They've got a lot of buy-in all across the roster.
08:06I think Carberry's done an awesome job there.
08:10That should be a pretty formidable team, especially once they get Ovechkin back.
08:13But I think you look at the Bruins and like their mentality and where they're approaching
08:18things for how they need to play under Joe Sacco.
08:21That's kind of the gold standard as to what they need to do in order to be in games and
08:26win games, right?
08:27Like again, you helped out by the third period in terms of that Coyle-Lintel-Martian line
08:35breaking through.
08:36And we'll talk about that a little bit later, but throughout that game, the Capitals weren't
08:39getting a whole lot.
08:40I think the Bruins had 14 block shots.
08:42They had, you know, zero shots on goal over that five minute major from Walton.
08:47You know, like there was a lot of things there where the Bruins defensively, the buy-in was
08:52there, making simple, smart plays.
08:55The Capitals are pretty dangerous transition, didn't have a lot of odd man rushes.
08:58That's when they made the saves they need to make.
09:01Like I think if you're the Bruins, yes, I don't think you're going to be holding teams
09:06to 11 on goal per game, but that buy-in, the block shots, the clearing guys out of grade
09:11A ice, limiting cross-slot passes, stuff like that.
09:17If you adhere to that mentality, maybe it's not 11 shots, but if it keeps teams to 25
09:22or fewer, and you're limiting grade A looks, and I think the Bruins are fourth, I think,
09:27in like high danger chances allowed per 60 cents SACOs taken over, that's a winning formula.
09:33This team still has flaws that we can talk about scoring, all that stuff.
09:36But if you control your end of the ice and you're a very tough out and the goaltending
09:41especially improves, you're going to be a pain in the ass to play against.
09:44And that makes you a hard out.
09:46And when you get to the playoffs, if you make the playoffs and you're a team that is deficient
09:50in terms of scoring, being a hard out at least gives you a chance of extending series
09:54and making things interesting.
09:55I think it's how the Bruins need to play if they want to make some noise and be an entertaining
09:59product this season.
10:00Yeah.
10:01And I think it kind of comes down to the whole anything can happen mantra with this team.
10:05And, you know, I think we've said this, we said this when Joe Sacco got promoted, it
10:09was sort of like, this team's got to play ugly hockey to win games and not going to
10:12win games five to three and six to two, like you're not going to get that crazy amount
10:17of scoring.
10:18You're going to have one goal going into the third, but it was sort of that resilience
10:21you saw, you know, like making plays, finishing chances, not allowing the capitals, anything.
10:26I mean, you think about that third period, 10 seconds in they're down on there, they're
10:32killing off a five minute major, which by the way, Oliver Wallstrom had a real chance
10:36there to that spot with Pavel Zaka and, and just, Oh, Oh, what a start.
10:47So again, I just, I don't know to me, like that, that's how you, you have to win games.
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12:34They did have some great Christmas ones.
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12:55Um, negative to the game.
12:59Yeah.
13:00Yeah.
13:01Absolutely.
13:02The night, uh, David posturing leaves with an upper body injury.
13:04We still don't have any real clarity on it.
13:07Uh, to the best of my knowledge, uh, the broadcast thought it was some sort of awkward collision
13:12with Tom Wilson at center ice.
13:15Usually you think, Oh my God, Tom Wilson, dirty guy.
13:17I wasn't much there.
13:19Um, wasn't intentional at least.
13:22Um, I wonder, you know, we'll get to a good thing in a second, but this is not who you
13:28want to be losing right now.
13:30No, no, absolutely not.
13:32Um, yeah, kind of a weird play as again, we hear Tom Wilson, you're like, Oh my God,
13:36how, who did he launch into the class this time?
13:38Yeah, no, it really wasn't even like it got both guys kind of pulled up, uh, you know,
13:43right before the hit too.
13:44So it's kind of a weird spot and like the whole sequence looked weird.
13:47I remember like, I didn't notice immediately that he like, uh, you know, left early.
13:52I think he left with like 11 minutes left in the second, uh, second period, but, uh,
13:57he had that hit or whatever you want to call it.
14:00And then kind of like stopped to like collect himself, like, Oh, Oh shit.
14:03Like it's something like that, which is not great.
14:05You want to see that from your most talented, uh, playmaker and goal scorer.
14:10Um, I first thought like he tweaked like something in his leg, but it was an upper body injuries
14:14with the Bruins listed as, um, didn't get any update after the game with the holiday
14:20break.
14:21Uh, they're not going to practice until, uh, Friday morning, I imagine in Columbus.
14:26So we probably don't have an update yet, um, in terms of what, uh, Pasternak is dealing
14:30with, but obviously not ideal, um, in terms of both, you know, you're able to win a tough
14:36game against a good opponent in Washington, but I don't think I'm splitting the atom here
14:41or dropping any revelations in which I say that, uh, the Bruins are a better team with
14:46David Pasternak in the lineup, even with his, uh, his goal scoring regression this year.
14:51And it also, I think raises the question as to, you know, what David Pasternak is fighting,
14:58uh, this year in terms of lingering injuries, it's been kind of a narrative throughout the
15:02year, right?
15:03Like he had an injury that he suffered during the world championships in may that kind of,
15:08uh, messed up his off season regimen a little bit, which is not ideal said he was fine going
15:14into training camp and the regular season again, that's what he says.
15:18But then like, he's also clearly been dealing with other bumps and bruises because before
15:22that Western Canada trip, he missed that Monday.
15:25They had a practice before taking off at warrior and he didn't practice.
15:30And Sacco more or less said like, yeah, he's hoping to play on that Tuesday against Winnipeg,
15:35but we'll see kind of where he's at and stuff like that because of an upper body issue.
15:39So clearly something's bothering him.
15:41Um, and it's something worth monitoring for the Bruins.
15:44Obviously if he's like missing games outright, not ideal, but even if like he's on the ice
15:50Friday morning, uh, and he plays Friday against Columbus and he's well and good and able to
15:54play, it does raise the question as to what, what kind of David Pasternak are you dealing
15:59with right now?
16:00Like, is it better to sit him for a little bit, like, you know, a week or two, um, to
16:04see if that helps him respond to what he's dealing with or not, because, um, it does
16:09feel like these he's dealing with, with some sort of lingering issue that again, like where
16:15this team would be, uh, if David Pasternak had another five, six more goals from where
16:19he was, it helped this team out a whole lot.
16:21But if he's also operating at 60% now, uh, not ideal one for the Bruins in terms of getting
16:27tangible scoring, but, uh, how it usually works, I think Evan in hockey is if a guy's
16:32already at 60% and you're still got more than the half of the season to go, it's going to
16:37get worse, especially before you get to the playoffs.
16:39So, uh, definitely very concerning for the Bruins and it does, again, make you weigh
16:43if this is something that is just rest and letting it heal you, you wonder if it is better
16:49to let him kind of sit things out, you know, until you get to that, um, you know, not saying
16:54you send them out until the, uh, the, whatever the four nations face off that kind of extended
16:59break or anything like that.
17:01That's two months away, but, um, you do wonder if, if more rest is needed for a guy like
17:07him who isn't playing at his best right now.
17:10Well, I think you also look at that if that was the play and it did seem like that was
17:14the play that knocked him out of the game, quite re-aggravating something, which is something
17:19he's already been dealing with.
17:20And I think that's when you sort of worry, as you said, of how long is this guy going
17:23to sit out?
17:24I mean, you look at like you have Columbus Friday, you have Columbus again on Saturday,
17:29which should be two winnable games.
17:30I know back-to-backs are tough, obviously Washington, I think was coming off back-to-back
17:33as well when they were in the garden on Monday, but, uh, so those are two winnable games.
17:39Then you have Washington on the 31st and you have a crazy stretch.
17:43You have the Rangers, Maple Leafs, Islanders, who've just lost to the Buffalo Sabres.
17:49So, um, Oilers, Lightning, Panthers, Lightning again, you have Ottawa, and then you get into
17:54like San Jose, but then you have New Jersey, um, you have Ottawa again, you have Colorado,
17:59you have Buffalo, and then you have Winnipeg.
18:01That's all the month of January.
18:02So January is a brutal month for them.
18:05I agree with you.
18:06You obviously want Pasternak to be healthy, but you can also use Pasternak for a lot of
18:10that.
18:11Um, cause again, like we'll get to a certain line that looks good, Pasternak's not in the
18:15lineup.
18:16That's the top line.
18:17Um, cause you, I mean, if you're going to, if you're going to roll with Geeky, Zaka,
18:22and Wallstrom, that's a third line, not a first line.
18:25That's barely a second line.
18:27Like that's a middle six line for sure.
18:30I think we can all agree on that.
18:32Um, obviously Pasternak elevates you.
18:35I do wonder though, however long Pasternak's out for, you know, we don't know yet at the
18:39time of recording, you do wonder if Wallstrom can kind of step in.
18:43I mean, I would assume Wallstrom would be the one-timer guy on the power play, um, would
18:50probably get first reps with Zaka and Geeky, um, and you wonder if Sacco changes that line
18:55even more.
18:57When does Patra come up?
18:58If they even try to do that too.
18:59So like, there's a lot of question marks there.
19:02It's just, it's comes at a crappy time.
19:04I know there's no good time for an injury to happen throughout a year, but you'll hope
19:07that this is nothing serious going forward.
19:10And if it is something lingering that you can get a little bit of rest and still get
19:13back in.
19:14Um, fortunately with David Pasternak is not in the game.
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20:45Connor, what time is it?
20:47A game time.
20:49It's game time.
20:51It's game time.
20:52That's for damn sure.
20:53Um, that line, Marshan Lindholm, Coyle puts Coyle up on the wing.
21:01Look good through two games, man.
21:02Look good through two games.
21:03I mean, Coyle has a goal against the Caps.
21:05Lindholm has a goal.
21:07Marshan adds one at the very end.
21:10You might have something there, and again, we said it last week, it might pave the way
21:12for Patras, the third line center.
21:14Um, what do you think?
21:16Where are you at with this group?
21:17Yeah, I mean, hell, you'll get this this season, how tough it's been to find, uh, effective
21:22combinations, especially in the top six, uh, does feel like, uh, Joe Sacco's kind of, uh,
21:29struggled with how this group has played so far, right?
21:31It's kind of your two-way shutdown line, um, and it's kind of getting the most of all the
21:37players.
21:38Like Marshan and Lindholm have been a duo for a good chunk of the year, and I think
21:40you've seen obviously Marshan really step up over the last month or so.
21:44I think Lindholm's getting more confident.
21:46You're seeing him play to a higher level.
21:48I don't think the Capitals even got a single shot on goal during, um, Lindholm's 12 minutes
21:53and 30 seconds of five on five ice time.
21:56Really encouraging to see there, um, and we know how he is as advertised as a two-way
22:01player except you're now starting to see some of the production show up as well, which is
22:05super encouraging.
22:06But yeah, I think Coyle, even if, you know, we've seen in, in previous years, him be at
22:11his best kind of driving his own line down the middle.
22:14I think this, uh, allows, you know, Marshan and Lindholm to have a guy that can possess
22:18the puck, protect the puck.
22:20You know, I think he was great on the back check, uh, recovering the puck and feeding
22:24it up leading up to, uh, Lindholm's, uh, goal there in the third period.
22:27That was a great play by Coyle that kind of gets, um, you know, under, uh, not really
22:32noticed as much as Marshan and obviously Lindholm with the finish.
22:36But, uh, I think for Coyle to put him in that spot, get him more involved offensively is
22:40really encouraging to see.
22:41Um, and yeah, it opens up more possibilities.
22:44Like if that's a line and you can stick with them, you have a group that can shut down
22:48opposing lines, can score, um, you know, gets a guy like Lindholm who needs to get going,
22:53uh, more involved offensively.
22:55Um, and if they're cooking it, yeah, it allows for more options, whatever it is, whether
23:00it's Pasternak and, and Zaka and you keep them together with Geeky or whoever it may
23:05be, obviously, uh, health wise, how, how that thing plays out.
23:08But yeah.
23:09And that leads to a guy like Patra getting called back up and driving his own line.
23:13I can only help, help this team help.
23:15Like maybe it's, uh, maybe it's Zaka, Patra, Pasternak down at some point.
23:20Like, again, I'd still love to see it at some point.
23:23I don't know if I have no problem with that.
23:26Yeah.
23:26I don't know if that will actually happen, but I think now that.
23:30At least for right now, it's only been what, like 35 minutes of ice time together, but
23:33that March and Lindholm coil line looks like a line that Sacco, um, should keep together
23:39and just opens up so much more where at long last the Bruins feel like they have a
23:43functioning top six line with three guys that I think could hold the drone.
23:47They don't really feel out of place.
23:49Even if coil is a traditional centerman, like he's looked pretty solid and he has
23:54the potential to play further up the lineup, whereas you're not putting anything
23:57square pegs and round holes with a few other guys.
24:00So encouraging as to what we've seen so far.
24:03Lindholm's looked so much better of late ever since that Calgary game,
24:06he has looked so much better.
24:09I think it's wild.
24:10Elias Lindholm has struggled for most of the year.
24:14You know, couldn't score a goal to save his life.
24:16Um, low production throughout the entire year.
24:19He's third on the Bruins in points 18.
24:22That just kind of sums up how things are going.
24:24But again, I go back to, like I mentioned earlier this week, that person sending us
24:31that tweet of like the Bruins are 80% according to like money puck to get in the
24:35playoffs, like third Atlantic spot.
24:39They still are.
24:40And they're only two points behind Toronto and four points behind Florida.
24:44Like they're in it.
24:46Like the whole idea is we've talked about of retooling.
24:49Um, and we talked about sort of with that West coast road trip or that Western road
24:53trip of like, you're going to find out what you are.
24:55You're going to find out what you need to do.
24:57And we came out of that saying, well, two, two and one sort of the same team.
25:02You're a little bit better.
25:04You're a middle of the pack playoff team.
25:06You're not bottom playoff team.
25:08You're not up near the top.
25:09You're not a cup cup contender, but you're in it.
25:13So you're not going to be making, you know, maybe they
25:15do go out and add a top six forward.
25:18Um, you hope you don't give up a first round pick.
25:19You hope you don't give up any big future assets.
25:22Um, but they're in it.
25:25They're in it.
25:25Despite the fact that Eliza has 18 points in 36 games and he is your third highest
25:29point getter.
25:30That's still blows my mind.
25:32It still blows my mind.
25:34Um, that is that for this week, uh, for poke the bear, uh, what can people look
25:39forward to from you over at the globe and Boston.com?
25:42Yeah, you can read all my stuff over at the globe and Boston.com.
25:45I've covered every step of the way of this brewing season, whether it's recaps,
25:49features, columns, breakdowns, all that good stuff.
25:52So you can read me over there on those two sites.
25:54And if you want to follow me on Twitter X, whatever it's called, you can at
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26:00Go do all that.
26:02Go do all that.
26:03That's Conor Ryan.
26:03I'm at the Maranofsky.
26:05You poke bear listeners.
26:06Have a very happy holidays.