The SECRET KEY To Bruins Offensive REVIVAL? Why Matthew Poitras Is More CRUCIAL Than You Think!

captain’s practice has started and everyone is talking about the veteran guys that need to turn it around for the Bruins, right? Jeremy Swamman, Elias Lindholm, Charlie Makavoy and Hampus Lindholm coming off injuries. You know what I mean? And before in free agency, we were looking around to see who the Bruins could go out and acquire to unlock this offense. Shoot, man. Some of us are already looking ahead to next year’s free agency to see who Don Sweeney can pick out of the woodwork and make this team a contender again. But the missing piece to unlocking this offense might already be on the roster. The question is, is he going to get a real chance in 2025, 2026? Matthew Potra has battled injuries. He’s battled setbacks and plenty of I95 traffic between Providence and Boston, but the advanced stats show he is exactly what this Bruins team needs. Now, look, I am not handsome enough to be Brad Pitt. I know that might shock you. I’m not fat enough to be 2011 Jonah Hill, although I’m kind of working on it. More or less working on it. But let’s play Moneyball here, shall we? Let’s take it. Let’s take a Moneyball approach to these things and let’s go to the advanced statistics, the analytics where Matthew Potra is an absolute darling for this team. And these are going to be some tough ones to kind of read and follow here, but I’ll take you I’ll take you by the hand because I had to learn about it, too. But let’s look at the the advanced stats. In his limited career, Matthew Potra has elevated the star players around him. The stats bear that out. You can see it here with David Posternok playing alongside Matthew Potra, the face of the Bruins franchise here. Pasta’s expected goals for goes up 16% when he’s playing with Patra. How about with 30 goal scorer Morgan Geeki? expected goals for goes up by 20%. He is 20% more likely to score a goal when Matthew Potra is on the ice than when he’s not with him. Even Trent Frederick, man, who was so limited offensively and had one 40point season two years ago, the one that Matthew Potra actually played some games for the Bruins. Do you think that had some bearing on it? 9% more likely to score a goal when Potra’s on the ice than when he’s not. In fact, the only two guys on here who are less likely to score a goal when Potra is on the ice than when he’s with them are Charlie Coyle and Brad Marshand. And I’ve got news for some Bruins fans. Those guys are not on the team this year. I know. Take a second. Charlie from Weimoth and the Rat King Brad Marshand are no longer here. Everyone else plays better when Potra is on the ice, including Pavle Zako, who’s a guy you can put up and down the lineup. That expected goals for 17% higher, almost 18% higher when Matthew Potra is on the ice. You have been looking for a center that can drive the play. Matthew Potra can be that. And look, I get it. No matter where you play him this year, no matter what line he’s on, you need a better year from Elias Lindholm. You need it. But it’s time to put Potra up there with some real talent. In fact, these advanced numbers show me that you’re just as likely to have a good year with Matthew Potra on the first line than you are as having Elias Lindholm, former 80 point scorer, but probably never to score 80 points again on your first line. The nearly $8 million a year man, Elias Lindholm on your first line. That’s what the numbers show me. And we need to take an analytical approach if we’re going to spend up to the cap every year. And we’re not going to have any other way to evaluate talent because Cam Ney and Don Sweeney certainly struggle with that. That is where Matthew Potra comes into play. We have been begging for it as Bruins fans for almost two seasons now. As this team scrapes the barrel for center help, as Casey Middlestat gets second line minutes, we still wonder what can Potra do here. Instead, we’re watching Casey Middlestat, your second line center last year when he came over in the trade, dished out two assists in 18 games. Statistically speaking, it is more likely for you to hop on the orange line when it’s on fire than it is for Casey Middlestat to create a goal. Look, advanced stats. Those are just the facts. Those are just the facts here. You just wonder again, how many prospects do we say this about with the Bruins? We wonder what can this kid do if there’s real opportunity around him? And unfortunately, the Bruins still have options, which means they can start the year with Matthew Potra in Providence. Not only would that be a massive mistake to not put him on the big club to start the year, it would be a massive mistake to not take it a step further to not have him playing on the top two lines for you this year beside real NHL players. With all due respect to Maratus Nadino and Connor Brown and David Foninaci, he needs to be playing alongside Pavl Zaka, Morgan Geeki and David Posturdock. Put him with actual hockey players, real NHL players capable of putting that vulcanized rubber in the net. These guys need a center who can drive the play. We’ve said it so much over the last two years or so that my dog thinks it’s a command. And yet here you have one. You have one. And a year and a half ago before the shoulder injury, we were talking about Matthew Potra being the replacement for Patrice Berseron. And now he’s not going to be that. But there were some real people in the no talking about him being your your future topline center. He wasn’t going to beat it right away. That’s why you had to go out and get Elias Lindholm. Had to had to overpay for him. Had to pay him 7.75 a year to give you 40 points. But everyone was thinking the same thing. Matthew Potra is undersized, but he is the future of the center position for the Bruins. And yet here we are going into 2025 26 I still really need a center and there’s a legit opportunity for Matthew Potra to be starting the year in Providence where he when he should be playing on the second line in Boston. Like is he young? Yes. Does he need to get more durable also? Yes. But should he be developing those things in Providence or should he be playing in Boston at this point? Like let’s let’s get real here. And one of the other things we’ve talked about so much over the last couple of years is not just who’s going to play center, but who can play with David Posternok. Remember like Elias Lindholm actually did have some good chemistry with him towards the end of the season. Pavle Zaka always has good chemistry with him. That’s why you elevated a middle six winger in Zaka to your first line center because they were just so desperate to get someone to play with David Post. That’s one of the reasons why Morgan Geeki has a fiveyear extension, six-year extension because he plays well with your franchise guy. The stats bear out. Matthew Potra does that, too. So, it’s like laying all options out in front of you, Don Sweeney. You’ve got a guy who plays well with Posterno and with the star players and is a center, or you’ve got a guy in Elias Lindholm who sometimes hits one or two of those things. There’s absolutely no reason that Matthew Potra is not starting the year in Boston playing on the second or dare I say even the first line for the Boston Bruins. If he’s the future of your position, let’s see it. He and Fraser Mitten should both be a at center on opening night against Washington or Chicago, whoever it is. I think those are the first two games. I don’t know which one’s which, but there’s no reason to not have Matthew Potra and Fraser Mitten in there. And I’m just as stunned as a lot of you guys are of seeing these numbers and just how much better these guys look, albeit a limited sample size. Potress played 66 NHL games, but that’s not a dozen. That’s not two dozen. It’s not a full season, but it’s not nothing. And look at how much more prolific these guys are when they’re on the ice with Matthew Potra. The kid’s your future. Let’s give them a chance here. Let’s give him a chance. And if not, then you got to pull off something. Then I if you’re not doing that, then then what are we even doing here? Pull off a Mason McTavish trade and let’s start thinking about the future. But let me know what you guys think in the comments section below. Be sure to like the video, subscribe to the channel. Is he too hurt, too damaged, too paper thin to be playing at this NHL level, or is he exactly what the Bruins need? Let me know in the comments section below. Then like and subscribe. Find us here live on YouTube every weekday high noon Eastern time and then available wherever you get your podcasts as well. I’m your host Cam Stewart. Zack Burke keeps us on the air. Check out the other videos on the channel.

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