Bruins showed Oilers TOO MUCH RESPECT | Poke the Bear

Bruins showed Oilers TOO MUCH RESPECT | Poke the Bear

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My name is Connor Ryan and once again we are joined by the esteemed, the ever knowledgeable, the always jolly Tyson 95. This What’s up Ty? How you doing? What’s going on today? How are we feeling? Jolly. I don’t know if I don’t know if I’m jolly. We had a we had debate last night that the Grinch wasn’t wrong. Was it wrong? >> To be fair, like they really were out of out of line. Like the guy was kind of down on his luck like and they’re just >> killing the vibe. They’re they’re not helping him out. Like you can be like a cheable person but then you can’t just like >> you can’t kick the dude to the curb when he’s fighting through some stuff. There’s a mental health crisis there. >> Yeah. Exactly. Like you got young Jeffrey Tambour, you know, bullying bullying the Grinch and it’s like, “Hey buddy, why don’t you look in your closet here?” >> Yeah. I was going to say if anyone should be throwing stones at Glass House, it should be the mayor of Whoville. >> No, exactly. I’ I’ve seen those streets. Clean up your own streets, pal. You know, that’s that’s what I got to say. So, the the Grinch wasn’t he wasn’t all a bad guy. You know, some of his ideas, you know, I I I can get I can get on board with >> who hash shouldn’t be eating that. Eat an apple instead. >> Yeah, that’s true. Like, you have to look at like, you know, I know it’s the holiday season. You can sneak a few cookies in and like no one’s going to judge you, but you can’t be eating that all the time. Like, come on, dude. Yeah. What are you talking about here? There are Bruins fans who are so angry that this is the pivot, but I’d rather talk about the Grinch. And you know, not to segue that, but I think the Grinch probably would enjoy a game like it was yesterday because it sucked. >> Yeah, >> didn’t have a fun time. It it was not the most riveting matchup uh against the Edmonton Oilers. Again, granted, 3-1 wasn’t a blowout, right? Um it wasn’t like they it was a game where the Bruins were uncompetitive. I almost kind of, you know, deem that one as just frustrating because yeah, largely controlled play at five on five action. I think he did a pretty good job for the most part really kind of making that uh a buttoned up kind of low event type of game that I think the Bruins should be kind trying to dictate when you’re playing against a team as explosive as the Oilers. But few too many mistakes like you know, oh [ __ ] forgetting that Conor McDavid’s out there on the ice for a breakaway um that come back and kind of burn this team. But I don’t know if it’s like the glass half full approach or if it’s more of just a really frustrating result, but what was your main takeaway from Thursday’s uh Thursday’s loss at the Garden? >> Yeah, you know, I I have to be honest with myself. A year ago, they lose this game six to one, right? And the fact that it was three to one and it’s a power play goal and a short-handed goal against that that kind of breaks you, you know, it doesn’t make it any more palatable, but um you know, you’ll take that I guess over what it was a year ago, right? And so like I hate the term measuring stick because I don’t think that we know who’s good and who’s bad and you know the EV technically speaking you’re you’re enter you entered that game I think four points better than Edmonton you know so I hate using that term but it does kind of highlight the potential pitfall of the way they want to play. Now we’ve talked about this team and we’ve talked about the weaponized identity of this team and and how they’re able to go to it when they want to and and really kind of change a game’s tenor by deploying their physicality. Now, I thought last night was interesting because I I I felt like it was harder for them to get there because of the penalties they were taking. The amount of penalties that were being called, tickytac penalties, you know, I I don’t think the trip that Frederick tripped on was a trip. I just don’t um >> take away take away the trivia video. >> Play it in reverse. You got to do it. Uh no, but like I don’t think I don’t think that was a penalty. Um there was another one that I didn’t love. I think that was later in the game though. But like >> the the Heman where like Lurai it was like what what you get like a cross check for it and he like flops on the ice. >> If you’re getting cross checked by Mason Lorai who is basically you know the same height and weight as those people on the rainy planet in Star Wars that made all the the the clone troopers like I I don’t know if that’s >> Yeah. I really don’t really I really don’t know if that’s like a legit penalty in my opinion but that’s okay. Um, but I think that’s that’s the pitfall of going against s such a speed and skilled team. Uh, that you want to go get to that physical game, but it’s kind of hard, right? And Marco kind of alluded to that after the game in a certain respect, saying that like the energy wasn’t there, that the pop they have typically wasn’t there. Um, and he also thought they showed the Oilers a bit too much respect, which I would agree with. I would agree with that. They were not as nasty, as disrespectful as they have to be to to bridge the gap between themselves and a team with otherworldly skill like Edmonton. >> Yeah, it feels it I don’t know like you come off of a game like that and I feel like Edmonton is such a unique case as to like what they do well which is like they just have Conor McDavid and Leon Dryidle. >> I was going to say that’s what they do well. >> Yeah, exactly. You look at the rest of that team and they hand out the the Bruins PI staff hands out like a depth chart or a lineup that kind of maps both lineups on the same sheet so you can kind of look over both of them. And looking at like Edmonton’s bottom six in the decor beyond Bousad and Ekholm, I’m like Jesus Christ. Like what the hell? Who are these guys they have out there? >> Yeah, they got Tai Emerson on the on the back end which is my alter ego basically. >> That’s that’s when you become like the fire Pokemon. That’s what that’s what your name changes to is Tai Emerson. But right, uh, that’s a horrible joke. Uh, anyway, let’s keep on let’s truck ahead. Um, but like you look at the way that team is built, it it’s true like it is kind of a measuring stick game as far as what Edmonton has been the last couple years. and even Sturm noted afterwards like you have to learn to play teams like that. But it’s also like how much is Edmonton just a class in and of itself or like they are their own unique team where it’s like they’re uh horrifically flawed team with two cheat codes and it’s kind of like if you wanted to have like the glass half full approach you could be like well we controlled five on five play and Conor McDavid dusted us like he does everyone else like [ __ ] move on [ __ ] it burn the game tape >> like they’re they’re kind of a tough team to gauge against that I’m not saying like this is all sunshine and rainbows and you feel good about hanging tough against them But um I don’t know. It’s just a weird team to kind of make any sweeping declarations against based on just how how they handled themselves because you you played pretty structured. You kind of played the way you needed to to like stay afloat, to tread water against a team like that. Just one or two mistakes burned you. And I I don’t know how I don’t know what that says about this team as opposed to the countless other teams that put throw all their effort into defending McDavid and company and then just one or two mistakes kind of opens the floodgates or it’s enough that is the difference between two points and zero points in the standings. >> Yeah, I I I think you know like it’s so hard to simplify it right to boil it down like that, but it is the case like like they were even in shots on goal 2525. They were relatively even in terms of scoring chances and high danger chances based on what natural static had like like this was a close game. It just came down to execution, right? Like they execute on their power play in the first period, then you match it with a with a power play goal of your own. And I think arguably the Bruins did have a chance to get some some short-handed looks and they just didn’t go. You know, they didn’t get a shot on goal. like they did have a couple of rushes there where it looked like they could have traded short-handed goals and you know it’s just they had 97 and you don’t and I I overall though like I didn’t hate the way they played. I didn’t hate the way I didn’t hate the idea of trying to go with Zaka Zaka versus McDavid. Um Zaka was winning his face offs against McDavid, especially in the Dzone. Um I think he lost all of them in the Ozone, but in the Dzone he was winning them. Um which is half the battle against a guy like McDavid. like you you you can’t erase him, you know what I mean? Like you can’t erase him, but you can try to limit him. And I thought the Bruins at five on five play did as good as you can in terms of in terms of limiting him. It’s just on the power play, he’s going to he’s he’s they got one more player than you and that one more player just happens to be the best player in the world, you know, like like what can you really do? Um, but I do think five on five like he was he was getting his looks but they weren’t they weren’t burning you right and and so like it is such a frustrating game in that regard because I’m sure people are kind of pissed about that saying well they lost so what does it matter? >> Yeah. >> You know I think it’s a good loss. I I do and and and this is where I go back to this team competing hard. They haven’t been blown out much. The the Wild game and the Ottawa game are the two that come to mind for blowout losses for them. Um, so they’ve been competitive and they were competitive with McDavid. It’s just, you know, like you you you see how it happens, right? Like that short-handed goal, that’s a backbreaker, right? You see how it happens, though. You see it’s a onegoal game. It’s a third period. You’re in the power play. Who knows if you’re going to get another power play. I understand why Makavoy is being aggressive. I understand why he’s looking for offense there. It’s just that’s the risk and reward and and the risk was there and it burned them. >> Yeah. No, exactly. So, and that seems like that was more or less Sturm’s message after the game, right? Is, you know, he did mention like they showed a little bit too much respect. They weren’t they weren’t making your mama jokes. They weren’t they weren’t insulting these guys, you know, after the whistle, whatever. >> Leave garbage. >> Yeah, exactly. They weren’t doing anything like that. Um, but I think he overall had an optimistic tone, right? Which I know sometimes can uh wrankle some people in this market. But I think if you’re Marco Sturm and it’s all about building, which is I think been his message since, you know, day one. I think even when you look at them at the start of the year where they lost six, seven in a row, what have you. Oh, I did it. Sorry. I’m not going to do the 67 thing. Don’t worry. Um, >> kind of. >> You just summoned Evan. What did you do? >> Evan Evan’s just driving somewhere. just woo just on the highway. Um >> rainy ass highway right now. >> Yeah, exactly. Uh but you look at even during that stretch where they lost seven or maybe six games, I forget. Um you know, he was focusing on the positives there of like, oh, we’re still learning the system. Like guys are slowly buying in. I’m not the the sky isn’t falling. Yeah, we’re disappointed at these miscues here and there, but he hasn’t really had like a crash out or like beyond like that behind the be where he’s like, I tried to be nice, but [ __ ] that. That was like the one time he kind of crashed out off of I think just repeated errors. And it feels like as a whole, his tone this year has been, you know, hopping on the positives, hopping on the progression. And like for him, he said like this was an important test or a game to learn from, right? As far as Yeah. Not every team’s gonna have a McDavid and a dry cidle, but like if we are going to be a team that is going to be in the mix and at least playing meaningful hockey in March and April, like we got to fight through, you know, the Florida Panthers once Kachchuck gets back or, you know, Tampa with Point and Cooerov and all those kind of guys. So, I I think it is encouraging that, you know, you have a head coach here who obviously I think demands a lot, is pretty clear what his vision is, has been pretty transparent with stuff like identity, but also isn’t, you know, maybe flipping the Gatorade uh over over a game like that where I think it’s it’s frustrating you lose it, but it is a lesson learned as far as what he wants his team to adhere to and how they want to build this group up, not just for now, but what they want to be once you get to the springtime. >> Yeah, absolutely. And and and I also think that, you know, right now I I’m probably giving them the benefit of the doubt more than maybe some other people want us to or think we should, if only because this team has been a good response team. They have been a team that when they have lost since ending that losing streak in the beginning of the year that you that you mentioned, like they have come out the next game and responded the way they should. And so like that’s something that I think is is is a trust that they’ve earned because of how they’ve come out and played those following games. And so I understand that Saturday is not going to be as as daunting as Thursday. You know, it’s it’s Vancouver uh who just traded their captain a week ago. Although they’ve won every game since doing that, which is kind of weird, but um >> but no, but that that’s a you know, that’s an example of like they’ve kind of earned that trust right now because we keep saying, >> “Oh, they’re just lucky. Oh, they’re just this. They’re just that.” Well, like, okay, they keep doing that. They keep responding. At a certain point, it’s not luck. It’s part of their identity, right? And I feel like that’s something that right now I’m giving them credit for because they keep on doing it until proven otherwise. I’m going to still say losses don’t hurt me if you come back and play the way you should the next game which they have done >> relatively consistently. I think it’s like 8-2 or 9 and two or something like that when you know immediately after a losses here. So, so they have done that and so I am giving them the benefit of the of the doubt there and we’re going to see. It’s going to be a tough weekend. It’s back toback. You know, you got Vancouver who we just mentioned. You got Ottawa who always plays you hard. Like like this is a this is a good test here. And then you got Montreal right leading into Christmas. So if you can bounce back here and and end this little pre-H holiday home stand with you know wins in two of the next three games or you know five out of six points or whatever like you’re going to be a happy camper I think heading into the break. >> Yeah. No, without a doubt. We’ll see how they respond on Saturday against Vancouver. Uh Ty, we have a little bit more to talk about. Before we do that though, let’s take a quick break here from our friends over at Prize Fix. This episode is brought to you by Prize Fix. It’s the holiday season, the best time of the year for sports. You got bowl games, basketball match ups, playoff pushes, it’s all happening at once. And while you and I are out here making decisions every day, what gifts to buy, what to eat, which game to watch, there’s one place where it feels good to be right, and that’s prize picks. 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That’s code cls on the Price Fix app to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. Price Fix, it’s good to be right. Shout out once again to our good friends over at Price Fix. Uh Ty, looking ahead at this Bruins team as they get ready to take on a Canucks group that on paper pretty ass as the kids say, but they’ve been playing better since they traded away their best player because that’s what happens in hockey because it’s a dumb sport. Um, as far as like lineup changes or any tweaks, uh, I wanted to see what you thought of like the fact that you’ve had a few guys that have been key secondary contributors, right? Guys like Alex Steves have cooled off a little bit. Could you see a case where they go back to maybe that that balanced lines they had once Pos came back where you got Ste with Geeky and Lindholm, you got Posnock with uh Minton, Husand or do you think Sturm kind of keeps in more structure and more how you would expect this lineup to be? Because it it does feel like you have a few secondary guys that are cooling down a little bit and it’s putting a lot of onus on your big guns and when they don’t have a strong night like on Thursday, your offense tends to flatline. But what’s your kind of take on it? >> Yeah, I I actually almost said to you during the game last night cuz I was very uh I was very, >> you know, I I felt like they were a little flat last night and and I kind of wanted to say like I would debate maybe putting Minton and Husadino and Posnock back together right now >> just to counteract some of the speed that you were going against. Right. And and and this is where I think guys like Husadino and Minton and and I’d even throw out in there, you know, this is where you want to rely on them to be those speedy types that can get under the opponent’s skin. Steve’s, you mentioned him as well. Like that’s another guy, too. Yeah. I think I think the geeky Lindholm Posnock line for as good as it has been in the past, like right now with David Posnock battling back from what we suspect is a lower body injury, it just looks slower. It just looks slower than than it than it needs to be, I think, to get the most out of those players right now. Um, and maybe that changes, you know, on Saturday. Maybe Postnak had a day off now. A few games under his belt, feel is feeling better, is ready to go. I I did think Postnak actually was moving pretty well last night. I think it was the best that he’s looked since coming back from the injury. However, um, they didn’t really produce, right? And so, like I it’s not a demotion necessarily, it’s just spreading the wealth, right? And and what I like about that and you know you can do that and then go back to it in the third period if you’re down right but if you’re if you’re sticking with it from the jump and you don’t have it as you were saying you can’t go to it because you already you’ve been going to it and it’s not really doing anything for you. So, I’m down to do that because I just feel like it it makes them a more a more versatile, deeper, more dangerous team to go against. And that’s again, that’s part of the challenge for this team when we know that they’re short. Like, like their scoring has been good, right? It’s not a problem for them this year. But we know that if it does dry up, you don’t have many options you can go to. This, as you’re alluding to, would be one of those options you can go to out of the gate. And then if you’re down by one and the third, put Geeky and Posnock together and say, “Hey, go do your thing.” Now, you know, there’s a little bit different teams can be blitzed by that, I feel like, and that’s something I’d want to do if I’m the Bruins. >> Yeah. It’s almost like the break glass in case of emergency, which like you know what they can all do together, but in the meantime, if it’s the first 40 minutes or maybe the whole game, if they are clicking and doing well, >> you’re able to spread the wealth. You have Posano driving his own own line, which you’ve seen him do. >> It gets I think it elevates both Husand and Minton their offensive scene a little bit more. Gets them more involved. And I think also like Steves who has what I think like one point or one goal in his last five games and he’s still >> moved off a little bit. Yeah. >> Yeah. He’s still moving his feet, but I think putting him back with Geeky and Lindon with that’s able to get him rolling a little bit more. Um, like again to your point, it’s not like one game where you score one goal against the Oil is where I think this team was either didn’t have the juice or they were too tentative or maybe they were throwing all their effort understandably so into just slowing down McDavid that it led to a a dip in execution down the other end of the ice. I’m not like hitting Defcon one just because you scored one goal against the Oilers even though you look at their goalending which Morgan geeky out here just destroying the Oilers depth by taking out Jarry. But um I’m not like hitting the alarm there off of one game. But I do think if you’re the Bruins and you want to, you know, keep this offense rolling, you have to kind of keep the keep the embers going in the campfire, right? And if that means like just always making sure that these guys that have been so key like Steves, Minton, you know, Houston Dino off these secondary scorers, keep them engaged, keep them involved and put them in elevated roles where we we’ve seen them produce in the past. I wouldn’t totally hate that if if on Marco Sturm um just because I think it it is going to be so crucial. We know that this team their offense is anchored by the Postnox, the Geekies, the power play. not worried about the power play or anything like that, but five on five, I think you have to do what you can to make sure that these other guys across your lineup are remaining engaged, involved, and you give them the the room and the opportunity to to thrive with high-end players because >> you’ve seen it before. It’s not like we’re just like, oh, could Husin could he play? Like we were saying like at the start of November, we’ve seen it. We’ve seen Minton become like a a higher upside offensive player when he’s got Posternog with him as is the case with most guys when they play with David Posternok. So, uh don’t know if that’s going to be the case when we go to, you know, morning skate on Saturday what Sterm’s going to go with, but I do think if he wants to switch things around, I wouldn’t totally hate that. >> No, no. I I and and this is sort of, you know, this is where they are and and this is who they have been. And you know, it’s like I loved Berseron, Maria, and Pos as a line. I thought it was a fantastically fun line to watch. However, towards the end, I was kind of like, uh, all right, let’s maybe break this up a little bit. And the Bruins got it. They the Bruins got the message like a year too late when it came to breaking them up and and, you know, then going to them when you had to, you know, and I feel the same way about Lindol and Makoy being together as a pairing. like like if you’re short on star players, don’t load him up right away. And calling Morgan Geeky a star player might be a stretch to some, but he’s leading the NHL in goals or he’s he’s up there with with Nathan McKinnon, you know, like he’s not leading, but he’s the second best, third best player in the league scoring goals. So, like I I got to give him credit there, right? And so I I just think that when you look at this team, they have beaten all of our expectations so far. That said, you know, the comedown’s going to happen, right? Like they got the fourth best shooting percentage in the NHL. Like the odds are the come down is going to come. And I’m not saying it’s going to come down and they’re going to miss the playoffs, but like scoring is going to drop a little bit. And I think you’re starting to see that here. You know, whether that’s Steves, whether that is Geeky, whether that is, you know, Elias Lynholm. This whole season basically had five on five play. He finally gets one last week in Winnipeg. Um, but you you’re gonna have to get creative. You’re gonna have to get crafty. And guys like Jano and Castelik, who’s one goal away from tying careerh high, Carali, you know, had a had a goal and had a near goal they took away from him. They gave it to Castelik. Like those guys scoring is a bonus based on their deployment and how you use them. So, how can you augment your top six to get the most out of it, you know? And I I think that’s going to be part of the challenge. Now, the good news for the Bruins, in my opinion, is that they are getting goals out of Casey Middlestead, who is almost halfway to matching his careerhigh right now with 40ome games to go. You didn’t see that one coming. At least I didn’t, you know, and and so you’re getting goals. It’s just how can you augment let’s say the top nine really to to get the most out of it for a full 60 minutes versus >> the 16 minutes at Posnock and Geek are out there together, you know, like you you got to find >> ways to just squeeze more out of this, right? Like and it goes back to what Marco said to me at the beginning of the year when I when they were losing games and I said, “What more can you do?” He kind of said he’s like, “There’s not many buttons I can push I can push. So this is what we have. We got to find a way to make it work and that’s on me.” And so now I think you’re in that point and it sounds so weird because like they’re winning games, right? Like they’re not they haven’t lost six in a row, but like the scoring I think you’re noticing it. It’s starting to kind of dry up just a little bit, right? And so how do you how do you address that? Because you’re not getting goals from the defenseman right now, which is like the third year in a row this has happened, but like you got you got to you got to find ways to augment it and and just improve it just a touch because it does, as we saw last night, make a difference. when you look at uh you know the the long list Tai almost Bruins guys that we’ve spoken about on this podcast and potential targets wouldn’t Jacob Truck be a nice ad right now because that dude has like 17 goals right now with Washington that’s that’s like the ideal guy that when you’re looking at not saying that we’re doing revisionist history but if the Bruins are trying to be active whether it’s this trade deadline the off season it’s finding those types of like depressed assets who still have more room to grow or you’ve seen them produce in the past. Like that’s what I think who the Bruins should be targeting are those types of players because you’ve seen how much of an impactful guy he’s been and someone that you look back on it, you wish you probably pulled the trigger on a deal like that because I know he’s a left shot so you’d be a little crowded there, but man, he’d help you out quite a bit. He’s still only like what 26, 27 >> and he’s not very old because he because he jumped in the league stupidly early. Yeah, but like but no, but but it’s a great point though, if only because they have him and they also have John Carlson who has seven goals. So between those two guys right now, they have 21 goals from their back end just with two guys. The Bruins defense as a whole has nine goals from from like 10 different guys, you know, like and so like he like Chicken is kind of what you hoped Mason Loai would become, right? And we haven’t seen enough of the shot from Loai this year. Um he hasn’t been as much of a goal scoring threat as we thought he would be. Uh but it but this is sort of I think when your offense dries up front, you got to have other ways of scoring goals, right? And it can’t just be just the power play. That’s where you look at the defense and you say, can you get some more goals out of that back end? Can you get some more guys hammering on goal? And I thought Thursday, I thought Lindholm was one of their more active shooters in that regard. Uh same thing with u Victor Sardstrom. I thought they were both trying to get the puck on net from the point, which you know, like if everything else is failing, throw it on, hope for a rebound. You get that kind of team, right? And so I I I think that that’s uh that’s a weapon in their bag, but it’s got to become a weapon. And so far, it it really hasn’t because Andrew Peak has uh two of those goals, by the way. Time for the team lead on the back end for uh for goal scoring. >> Just as we all expected. No, no, absolutely. They they do need some more offense there from the blue line. Uh, Ty, before we wrap things up, uh, again, want to shout out the CENUS Media Network. Again, please subscribe to our Bruins rings YouTube channel. Daily content, Poke the Bear, Bruins Beat Fox with Tags. We have you covered every step of the way this hockey season. And it’s not just the Bruins. You can also please subscribe to the Patriots Prescc. The whole crew at the CNS Media Network do a great job keeping all you Boston sports fans informed, up to date on your favorite teams. So, shout out to the CLNS Media Network and please subscribe to those respective channels. Uh, Ty, as far as another trade target, I feel we always end these episodes looking at possible trades. Will they, won’t they? What should they be investing in? Uh, you keep on hearing Kefir Sherwood as a guy that you, you know, I think there’s a lot of teams interested in him. You can see why. Physical player, has some scoring touch. Bruins keep on getting mentioned amongst like those teams. I think there was a report from the Ottawa Sun I want to say recently that had the Bruins, Islanders, Stars, Flyers all involved there with the guy like Sherwood. Got to tell you, not not too enthused like the player for what he is this year. But if you’re the Bruins and you’re trying to add pieces and again if you’re trying to add a player like a chicken of years past or like even like look at this this season, right? like Rasmus Anderson who’s 29 but helps you out this year and is going to help you for the next couple years. If this team is going to be aggressive and they are going to buy, which is far from being set in stone, I’d rather you target a guy like that than a 30-year-old physical forward who’s also going to be afraid that’s going to get paid, right? Like, and I know I know Anderson is too, but if if let’s say you got Anderson and we’re going down the rabbit hole here, you’re going to try you’re ideally going to resign a player like that, a top four D. Sure. what it’s like, oh, we need you for this year, but like salute, right? Like I it makes more sense for like the Dallas Stars to get a guy like him and then you see what he do on this run and then thank you for your service, right? As opposed to the Bruins where it feels like not that he’s completely redundant, but you got enough bruises, I think, in your bottom six that I don’t know if you’re giving up a lot of assets for a guy like Sherwood. >> Yeah. And you you have to keep in mind too that like you are going to be welcoming James Hagen to your lineup probably by the end of the year. You are going to be welcoming uh Dean Lato probably two years from now like you hope, right? Dan Lememell you think can play in this league as well and he he’s going to be knocking at the door soon you would imagine. And so like you you don’t want to box all these guys out, right? And and you already have Jan signed long term. You have Geeki signed longterm. Lindholm, Poserno, the Bruins, I do believe, view Pavle Zaka as somebody they got they are going to extend. So you got to factor him in as well. So you got like five spaces right now already locked up, right? You got Frzier Minton who you figure is going to be part of your core moving forward, right? So so you’re going to have him locked up. So like you’re kind of already out of spots here like for for to maximize a guy like Kefir Sherwood who’s now been dropped down to the third line in Vancouver. So, I look at that and I go, “Yeah, I don’t love that fit.” And and I I kind of go go back to what we’ve talked about here where I just think if they’re going to be spending any any premium assets on anything this off this this summer, this offseason, whatever it is, I think it should be on the back end. I just I I just feel like that’s where they are one piece away from being potentially legit. Uh, I think that, you know, like if if everything we’ve just talked about for the last, you know, half hour, right? Is it magically fixed by acquiring Kefir Sherard or would be would it be close to being magically fixed by acquiring a top four right shot D? I think it’s the latter because like, hey, how could we limit McDavid? Well, if we’re throwing out three pairs that we feel very confident about or it has a game breaker on every pairing, then I think you’re going to feel better about your your your defense versus the alternative here of like, well, maybe we can outscore our problems. No, you’re not that team, right? And so I I just feel like, you know, even with Matteas Machelli, like like that report this week um or last weekend from Elliot talking about how like they were in on him, I think that ship has sailed. I think that I think that was a pre-acquiring Victor Arbertson kind of ship for the Bruins. But Freriedman does say like they’re looking for a scoring winger and I’m kind of like no, you need >> Shut up, Elliot. >> Yeah. Like you’re acquiring, you know, you’re acquiring defenseman off waiverss. you’re you’re you’re you know, you’ve gone 11 deep now in the bag defensively. Like even when you’re fully healthy, we’ve talked about this on this podcast. I don’t think you’re getting enough out of Yoki Haru or Mason Lorai. And so like your your focus, I think, should be on the back end. You know, Andrew Peak is a is a is a underrated variable, I think, in terms of he’s a pending UFA. He’s playing really well. Does he price himself out of what you want to do? Like you need defenseman beyond this year. You just do. And so, and if you if you if you draft one with a Toronto pick or your own first round pick, assuming you don’t trade that pick, that player is probably two years away, right? At the very best case scenario, you know, Brandon Carlos don’t grow on trees where you draft him and then they’re in your lineup, you know, a year later. Like, no, that’s rare. And so, you know, that’s that’s your Charlie Mackoy, your Brandon Carlos. Um, even Mason Lurai was probably ahead of schedule, you know, based on what you originally thought he would be. And so like I if you’re looking for immediate help right now, I think it has to be on the back end. It just draft acquiring a forward in my opinion is just a waste of time because I I I don’t know if Sherwood is bringing you anything that you shouldn’t be able to get out of what you currently have, right? Just based on your roster complexion. If your whole idea is, oh, if we put Sherwood with with Lindholm and Bosnock, it’s going to boost them. Well, yeah, that’s going to boost anybody because that that those are two good players for your team, >> right? No, I agree. I I think if this team is going to buy, it’s going to be on the blue line and that remains to be seen if they even are going to buy. But stop us from talking about Yeah. Wouldn’t stop us from talking about it. Yeah. >> Yeah. I I I just think like, >> you know, like we are in this era now where the star player does not hit free agency. They just don’t, right? And you can make a trade, sure, but I I think to fully rebuild, you have to see this through. And I think the only way to do that is to make those draft picks. If you want to trade a second round pick for for an extended Sherwood, sure, you could maybe sell me on that, but the market, as you mentioned, all the all those teams in on him, like, no, that market’s going to be pricey, and it’s it’s it’s not worth it for them. It’s just not. And I think I think the value that you will get out of a player you draft with that pick will be higher than the value you’ll get of Kefir Sherwood. I just I just do. And I like the player. I like I like what he can bring. I just they’re not that team right now. You mentioned the Dallas Stars. They are that team. They’re that team. You know, the New York Rangers with all their cap constraints and and the uncertainty with their core and older team. They’re that team. Uh I would include Florida. They’re they’re that team, you know, like like but you’re not there yet. And that’s okay. But you’ve done a great job of building it back up so far, right? Think about this. you really only had to suck for about a month, you know, to to to make a a significant acceleration in your timeline to being a more viable prospect pool or having a more viable prospect pool. Don’t compromise that for identity, right? Like the identity that you’re like, “Oh, he’s he’s mean, he hits and he scores the gritty kind of goals we’re going to like.” It’s like, “No, he’s going to drive the Panthers crazy.” It’s like, “No, no, stop it. Stop. Stop trying to do that. You’re not them yet. Don’t worry about it.” like this is nice found money right now. Don’t mortgage that for something that’s not superstar bonafide help. And that’s that’s where I am with that right now. >> Yep. Well said, Ty. Uh Ty, where can we uh read you stuff? Where can we hear you on the airwaves? All that good stuff. >> Uh you can find me at 98portsub.com. You can also hear me on the air. 985 Sportsub every Saturday morning, the hockey show, myself, Ryan Johnston, and Bob Beers, and your phone calls uh all all throughout the day. So that’s where you can hear me again on Saturday morning. I’m going to be doing some filling work too during the um during the holidays. I don’t have all the dates right now, but I’ll just follow me on Twitter, XB Blue Sky, whatever. I’ll be talking about it. We’ll be we’ll be chatting with you uh over there. So, that’s where I can be found. How about yourself? >> Yeah, you can read my stuff over at the Boston Globe, Boston.com. We have you covered every step of the way this hockey season. We got recaps, features, columns, breakdowns, all that good stuff. So, please follow along over there. And you can also follow me on Twitter, X, whatever it’s called, Connor Ryan_93. Ty, thank you once again for talking hockey with us. Again, to all of our listeners, please subscribe to our Bruins Ringside YouTube channel. 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