On this episode of Bruins Beat, Evan Marinofsky is joined by Joe Pohoryles of NHL.com to discuss the start of the Bruins west coast road trip after an impressive win over the Colorado Avalanche. Plus, the Bruins unveil new jerseys for their centennial game, and Evan and Joe give their initial reactions. All that, and much more!
Topics:
- The new sweaters!
- The fourth line is on another level
- Charlie Coyle with a great game
- Who should play with Matt Poitras?
- Offense from the defense
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Topics:
- The new sweaters!
- The fourth line is on another level
- Charlie Coyle with a great game
- Who should play with Matt Poitras?
- Offense from the defense
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00:23I'm Evan Maranofsky joined by Joe Pajarilis.
00:25Joe what is up?
00:28Not much.
00:29I think reveling in the news from the team that dropped this morning and the images that
00:36came out with the new Centennial game jersey and yeah, I don't know, it looks pretty sweet
00:41to me.
00:42I am a sucker for good sweaters.
00:45When you get one wrong, like it hurts.
00:48You know, when you're going to watch a team out there, the Bruins haven't had many misses.
00:53None really come to mind.
00:56But when you look at other teams, and I think that is sort of the beauty of if you're the
00:59Anaheim Ducks or the San Jose Sharks or Dallas or, you know, even Florida, you kind of have
01:05a little, you can be a little liberal with it, have a little more, you know, you can
01:08have some creative freedom and sometimes that works out great and sometimes that works out
01:12terrible.
01:14The Bruins have a defined brand.
01:17They've changed the look of their logo over the years.
01:20It's always been, you know, black and yellow and all that stuff.
01:23But there is a lot to play with.
01:25And these are nice.
01:27These are nice.
01:29And they nailed it with these.
01:30So this came out Thursday morning, as you mentioned, and, you know, the Celtics kind
01:36of leaked these.
01:37Yeah.
01:38Yeah.
01:39At least the patch part.
01:40Like, I feel like they got, it was kind of like the sneak peek before the sneak peek,
01:44it seemed like.
01:45Yeah.
01:46Maybe it was, maybe, maybe it was coordinated.
01:47I don't think it was coordinated.
01:50But so we had an idea that these were the ones or they were at least going to go kind
01:54of with that era.
01:56I love them.
01:57I love them.
01:58I've wanted them to kind of do an alternate like this for a while.
02:02They've had some great alternates over the years.
02:04They've had some good winter classic ones over the years and they, they don't really
02:08bring them back.
02:09And maybe they will down the road.
02:10Maybe they leave us wanting more, all that stuff.
02:14These I think are clean.
02:15They're so nice.
02:17I'd love if they were the permanent home unis because, and I have no, I like the Bruins
02:21jerseys as is, like it looks good.
02:24But it's kind of been the same since 2007 and not there's anything like wrong with that,
02:30but I don't know.
02:32I'm all for a little bit of a change.
02:34What do you think?
02:35Yeah, I think, uh, I think at least for, for these, I like them better than the, than last
02:42year's centennial home and away jerseys.
02:44I think that this one like more yellow or gold I think is good with, with, you know,
02:50the Bruins and the, just the whole brand and how it mixes with the black and gold.
02:54I mean, that's what, that's what they're, you know, one of their shorthanded nicknames
02:57are.
02:58So you, you want to see that featured more in a Jersey like that.
03:01So yeah, I wouldn't be opposed to seeing it as the, you know, normal home Jersey, but
03:05if they wanted to make that like the third alternate or maybe you'd have to be a different
03:09color other than black to make it like a third Jersey, whatever the case may be for that.
03:13But something like of that ilk I think would be good to have in the regular rotation.
03:19I do wonder like if they, so, you know, they have the third alternate last year.
03:23The alternate was the, um, the clean white, um, ones that were against original six teams
03:29that were phenomenal.
03:30Those were awesome.
03:31I think of the three they introduced last year, that was my favorite.
03:36These I wonder if we see them more and more and more and suddenly either the, the alternate
03:41for a while when this is not, this is speculation.
03:44This is not like inside info or anything, but I do wonder if by the end of the year
03:47or next year, you know, going into next year, it's like, all right, we're going to slot
03:51these in as the, as the main ones.
03:53Uh, and then obviously the ones they currently have will be alternates in like 2050 and you'll
03:59be like to your kids, you'll be like, man, I remember when they wore those every game.
04:03Like I wonder if they, if they, like they sort of do what the penguins did where they
04:06had the current thing and they went back into the, I think eighties and nineties, um, and
04:11the birds kind of doing a similar thing.
04:12I wonder if they're kind of going that route.
04:15I think the hurricanes kind of did that with like their black flag or they started as alternates
04:20and I think they use them, they started to use them as like home jerseys in the playoffs.
04:24Like one of those years or maybe it's, it's become like one of their, one of their main
04:27jerseys I think.
04:28So yeah, it's a hundred percent and I could see that in this situation too.
04:33And I think like, I'd be curious to hear what fans think.
04:36Like I love, and again, I have nothing against the current home and away set up.
04:40This isn't the ducks where the home and away jerseys look awful and they've had them for
04:43a long time.
04:45These are clean.
04:46They want a Stanley cup in these.
04:47They've had a ton of success.
04:48Um, you know, the, when they brought these sweaters in the, basically the one they have
04:52now, uh, they've been in the playoffs every year, but two years since, like it's, it's
04:56been a great run.
04:57Um, I don't know.
04:59I just be open to something different.
05:01They have a great history.
05:02I don't think it's like the Patriots where like the Patriots switched out of, you know,
05:05the ones they had for all of the Brady years.
05:08They have these current ones.
05:09I do not like the current Patriots uniforms, especially the blues.
05:14Like I think those are awful.
05:16Um, but I don't think that would be this cause this is a, they've had this logo.
05:22Um, it's just sort of a more modernized sweater.
05:26I like it.
05:27I'm all for it.
05:28I'm curious to see what it looks like on the ice.
05:29We won't really know until we see it, um, in action.
05:31So yeah, that's a win.
05:33That's a win.
05:34Thankfully.
05:35I was hoping that the alternate wouldn't be terrible and we're like, man, that's an eyesore
05:38to look at.
05:39So that's a good thing.
05:40That's a good thing.
05:41Uh, speaking of good things, Bruins going to Colorado, start the road trip off on a
05:45Wednesday night, late game, almost a 10 PM start.
05:49Um, I was watching it frigging in bed by the period.
05:53Um, Bruins win five, three.
05:56Um, again, Colorado does not look great.
05:59They are still win lists, but I still look at them as the abs, um, and are very deep
06:05and they, they were not as nearly as dominant as they were in years past.
06:09Um, still though, Bruins have some trouble in Colorado.
06:12So to me, like you take it.
06:15Yeah.
06:16I mean, the, I've, it were, was it all their goals on the power play or something?
06:20I think it was, uh, at least two of them.
06:22So like that, that's where it got like the most dangerous, obviously when he got Kal
06:26McCarr shooting through traffic from the point on one of us.
06:29So the fact that they were able to hold them off, that goal was so nice.
06:32Yeah.
06:33I love that.
06:34It was like, oh yeah, that's trademark kale.
06:36Just a missile from the point.
06:38Right.
06:39Yeah.
06:40So like those, you kind of, those kind of come with the territory when you're facing
06:42a team like Colorado and the fact that the fourth line just keeps on rolling to like
06:48an unprecedented degree or one that not anybody would expect just coming into this year.
06:54How many, if you did a poll of Bruins fans at the start of the year, how many of them
06:57would know who Cole Kepke is now he's probably one of the fan favorites.
07:01Like, so obviously they want to see more from there, you know, from the top six as, as it
07:06keeps going on.
07:07I think a lot of the gameplay came to life and both units showed some signs, which was
07:10nice, but overall a good first step after, you know, sort of the call demoralizing, call
07:16it disheartening, whatever you want the losses to Florida to start the year.
07:20The fact they started off the road trip showing signs of life in those categories to good
07:24sign going forward.
07:25Yeah.
07:26And that fourth line is rolling and it's now it's been five games.
07:29So it's, it's a, you know, it's still kind of a small sample size, but it's the whole
07:34season right now.
07:36And you look at, you know, Castilek and, and what he brings on the four check and Beecher
07:39and the speed he brings, and then Kepke kind of just is so involved down low and cycles
07:45and things like that.
07:46And to me, like, and, and, and, you know, obviously you've seen this a lot, like fourth
07:49lines change so much throughout a season and it's sometimes it's not until March when you
07:54find that right trio, because a good fourth line can get you far, it can be an X factor
07:58in the playoffs, whatever their role is.
08:01This looks good.
08:02And they, it's funny because I think, you know, you saw going into, uh, Wednesday's
08:07game, uh, Jim Montgomery, take out Morgan geeky, Justin Brezow put in Riley Tufte, um,
08:12and Max Jones.
08:14And those are guys who would, you'd kind of slot in on the fourth line to see what they
08:17have.
08:18You wouldn't necessarily, especially Tufte put him up on the third line Jones, you know,
08:23I think has more of a case for it and, but you can't, you can't break up that fourth
08:27line right now.
08:28Cause it's going so good.
08:29So like, I think that's their, their problem is they have a couple of guys on level nine
08:35who would essentially slot in on that fourth line.
08:38You swap, swap feature out for a game, you swap Kepke out, Caslick, whatever that line
08:43is working.
08:44And they're not just working, they're getting results a five on five.
08:49Like I think that's one of the biggest things is they're so annoying to play against in
08:52the offensive zone.
08:54And this is what like you and I said this a lot.
08:56I remember last year when a lot of people said this during the playoffs, they got to
09:00shoot the damn puck sometimes.
09:01And I, I, I like the idea of going for high danger looks, but sometimes you just got to
09:05fire that thing on net and they do that.
09:06They, you know, pucks bounce off of them.
09:09I forget what goal it was last night that I think the broadcast thought went off of
09:13Beecher in front or, or he screened, it was Hampus Lindholm's shot, screened Georgiev.
09:20So like, again, it's just little things like that.
09:23And again, are they going to produce like that the whole year, maybe, but probably not.
09:29But to me, like that's, that's clearly been your best line through five games.
09:33Yeah.
09:34Yeah.
09:35And to your point, like the, and even last, but the game before their, their last home
09:40game where I think Caslick was credited with the goal at first, but it ended up tipping
09:44off Beecher.
09:45Like they change it up, but like, that's the type of shots they're going for.
09:48That's the way they're playing.
09:50Well, and you can just, it's a noticeable difference.
09:54Like even if you're just watching the game casually, like you can tell when that line's
09:57on the ice, they're making things happen in the offensive end.
10:01And even if it's not always resulting in a goal, I mean, most of the time it is at this
10:04point, but even the defensemen are getting involved, like on their lot, whichever, whether
10:09it's Lindholm or Lowry or peak and anyone on that line with them, they're getting shots
10:14on that too.
10:15So that's like a trickle down effect for the whole defensive corpse as well, it seems.
10:20It is.
10:21And they're getting long ozone shifts, which is important.
10:23And I haven't looked, I think, I think I saw they're like eight, eight, they're outscoring
10:27teams, eight, nothing at five on five.
10:29I saw last night on Twitter.
10:31So like, again, they continue to just do well.
10:35And I think like, you know, at the beginning of the year, obviously nobody called that
10:38line best lines of the first five games.
10:42But I do think that line has sort of the makings of a good playoff line.
10:46I said this earlier in the week, like they are sort of how you want to play the Florida
10:50Panthers.
10:51They play a Panther style of game.
10:52They're hard on the four check.
10:54They're very physical.
10:55They might not be the most skilled, although the Panthers do have quite a bit of skill.
10:59But they, they just, they have it.
11:01They have that little, that little drive that comes up huge in the playoffs every year.
11:05Are they going to be a shutdown line?
11:07Probably not.
11:08I think it's kind of shaping up to be more of coils line, which we'll get to in a second.
11:12But in terms of a line that just kind of creates havoc, wears guys down, you have it in that
11:17now.
11:18Is that going to last the rest of the year?
11:20I don't know.
11:21My guess is we're still going to see some different variations of that fourth line injuries
11:24obviously happen.
11:26But so far, I mean, again, Cole Koepke, what a find Kastelik, a very underrated part of
11:30that trade for Lena Solmark.
11:32And I think, you know, everybody harps on, Oh, Johnny Beecher's a first round pick, blah,
11:37blah, blah.
11:38He's an every night NHL.
11:39Like he's got a lot of speed.
11:42He can produce great penalty killer.
11:44Good on draws.
11:45Like, again, you picked him, I think at like 30 or 29 back in 2019.
11:50So like, it wasn't like, you know, it wasn't the first overall.
11:55So again, I've never, I get the idea of, Oh, some other guys were picked after who, you
12:00know, higher end, but still he's given you something a lot last year and he's given you
12:05a lot to start this year.
12:08So fourth line good.
12:09We'll get into some more good because again, vibes are high after the Bruins took down
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13:38So another bright spot I thought was pretty clear on Wednesday night was Charlie Coyle.
13:42I thought Coyle had a great game, obviously scores a goal, and I think that was big for
13:46him.
13:47He got demoted to that third line against Florida on, on, on Monday.
13:51I think it was important.
13:52He had a good game.
13:53He did have a good game.
13:54I thought that line had some good ozone sequences.
13:57What'd you think of Coyle on a, on Wednesday?
13:59Yeah.
14:00I mean, you, you pretty much covered it, like just seeing him get back to, you know, what
14:05he can do.
14:06Cause he's such a under, maybe not underrated anymore, but such a valuable player in all
14:10facets of the game.
14:11I still think he's a little underrated.
14:12Cause I think people forget that he had, I think, what was it, 60 points last year?
14:16Yeah.
14:17And he plays a phenomenal two way game.
14:18I think people kind of just think, Oh, he's a third line center.
14:20And it's like, no, I think he actually like could be a pretty good number two center.
14:24Yeah.
14:25I mean, they use him on the power play.
14:26He's on the penalty kill.
14:27And the fact that he was showing up in, in all those ends and at five on five as well.
14:32I think that's sort of the thing, obviously the, you know, going back to the fourth line
14:36a little bit, everyone's, you know, talking about them, it's like, Oh, what about the
14:38rest of the team?
14:39Well, honestly, like it's so early in the season that you're going to expect players
14:43like Pasternak, Zaka and Coyle, just what he brings to get to that level or get to their
14:49usual level as the season goes on.
14:51So the fact that the fourth line's already kicking and now we're starting to see some
14:55players get back up to the season form, that's just an encouraging sign for, for the rest
15:00of the year.
15:01Yeah.
15:02And I think, you know, there have been questions I think after, especially Monday's game where
15:05it's like, all right, you know, is Coyle the best guy for that second line center spot
15:10or would, you know, maybe moving Matt Patra up, would that be better?
15:13Cause again, that second line, I think offensively, you know, they move Frederick in the second
15:18line offensively has not been super potent through the first four games.
15:23And I think that's, you know, I think that's going to be sort of an issue where it's like,
15:25you know, you have Brad Marchand there historically has been a big producer for you guys.
15:29And I've said it kind of all off season and preseason, like, you know, he's 30, Marchand's
15:3536.
15:37He's still a phenomenal player, but I don't think you can expect, you know, point per
15:40game levels out of him right now.
15:43And if he is just sort of a guy that, you know, gives you 60 something points good in
15:49his own zone plays hard in the off, you know, a lot of long Ozone sequences, you take that
15:54every time.
15:55Um, but you know, is Coyle the guy to get that out of him and who's going to be on that
16:00right side.
16:01And I still think, I think Frederick's a solid kind of stop gap on that right side.
16:05I still think they're going to need someone at some point.
16:08Um, and I think that, you know, they understand that where it's like, all right, come the
16:11deadline.
16:12I think when you and I are doing these in February, I think we're going to be, you know,
16:15looking around the league going, all right, who are the bad teams with like a 20 goal
16:18score?
16:19Who's like 31, um, to play on that second line, right wing.
16:23Uh, cause I think that that's still going to be a need.
16:26Patras interesting because, um, I think Patra, I like Patrick on the middle better, but I
16:31would be intrigued at him on the right side of that line.
16:35The only thing is like, he's getting crunched out there.
16:38I mean, holy crap.
16:40Yeah.
16:41Yeah.
16:42I think, uh, I think at a certain point they're going to have to put him there, whether it's
16:45middle of the game or if they're, you know, using for a whole game there just to see what
16:49he can bring.
16:50I think, I think Jim Montgomery, he changes his lines, like the drop of the hat, you know,
16:55looking at the last few seasons.
16:56So we're probably going to see that we're probably going to see different variations
16:59of that, but you have to, you know, find what, if he can work there.
17:04And I think, uh, obviously they use them there in the preseason.
17:07He looked good there as well, you know, less defensive responsibility, focusing more on,
17:12on his offensive game.
17:13So I think that's what they need from that right wing spot.
17:16If you know, he can hold his own physically and, and, you know, show that more of that
17:20offensive upside and, and, and ability, then it's definitely worth a look.
17:25Yeah.
17:26And I also, again, like, I think he brings an offensive ceiling that Frederick doesn't
17:31quite have.
17:32Uh, and again, I still think Frederick is better suited on the third line, like come
17:36the playoffs.
17:37I think you want him on that third line as a guy that can give you an advantage.
17:40Um, Morgan geeky obviously, uh, was scratched on, on Wednesday night.
17:46Um, again, he was sort of the, the first guy they tried on that second line, right spot.
17:50So to me, like Patra, there's a lot of offensive potential there.
17:54Um, obviously I think he makes more sense down the middle going forward.
17:57You want to develop him as a center, a potential top six guy, if you down the road, but if
18:02you have to use them at second line to get that line going at five on five, I think you,
18:08you have to entertain it.
18:09I mean, again, we saw at the beginning of training camp, uh, Patra started on that,
18:13on the wing.
18:14Um, so I think that line, I mean, again, if they can get that coil line going offensively
18:19at all, I think it completely changes their outlook.
18:22Um, and again, they've shown in the past that they can do that.
18:24So it's no surprise if they end up finally frigging flipping the switch.
18:28And if they don't, then it's a big problem because then that's a real problem.
18:31That line doesn't get going.
18:32Um, I want to get into sort of some of Montgomery's lineup switches going into Wednesday's game.
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19:56Now back to the show.
19:57So a lot of people were very surprised going into Wednesday's game when Jim Montgomery
20:02came out prior to the game and said, Geeky and Brizzo out, Riley Tufte and Max Jones
20:09in.
20:10And they were going to play with Matt Potra.
20:11I think a lot of people were like, oh, oh, and by a lot of people, I mean, I know I was
20:15like, what are they doing?
20:18And again, I think it goes back to like, you can't switch up that fourth line because if
20:21Tufte is coming in, you would normally put him on line four.
20:25But it's worked so well.
20:27I again, Tufte took two penalties.
20:30I think they're both in the offensive zone.
20:32Both led to goals.
20:33My guess is he is not playing Saturday, and I think he probably slots back in Jones.
20:40I didn't notice a heck of a lot of I didn't see any like I know that he missed a lot of
20:46training camps.
20:47It's hard to tell the guy you got to, you know, you're gonna play every five games,
20:51you know, get ready for the season.
20:53But I like, I don't know if I would have pulled the plug on Brizzo going into Colorado.
20:58Like I still like what he could potentially bring you that offensive potential front of
21:02the net stuff.
21:03So what do you think they end up?
21:05How do you think they end up managing this?
21:07Yeah, I think I think I agree with Tufte just after that game.
21:11I don't think he's gonna be in the lineup much, you know, anytime soon.
21:14I mean, maybe if they feel like they want to play around with things again, Jones Yeah,
21:18and I agree with what you said there as well.
21:20I feel like he's obviously he's got NHL experience, but here he's a bit of like an unknown with
21:25how he fits with the rest of the team.
21:27So I feel like they will give him another shot, maybe sometime soon, even if it's not
21:32the next game.
21:33They want to play around with it a little bit.
21:35I think Brizzo and Geeky for that matter should go back into the lineup at least, you know,
21:40for a game or two and beyond and get themselves better looks.
21:44But yeah, I think I think Jones, I think he deserves more of that opportunity, or at least
21:50to show what he can do, because, you know, they brought him in, he didn't really have
21:53that opportunity in in training camps.
21:56Maybe deserves in the right word, but just sort of, I think it's worth taking a closer
22:00look at him as well.
22:01100%.
22:02I think he does.
22:03I think he does deserve to get a legitimate look.
22:05It just comes down to where and I think it's that third line.
22:07That third line probably is where you're looking at him as you know, but you know, that left
22:13wing on that line, Tufti, I don't really see it.
22:19I don't.
22:20And again, it just goes back to that fourth line is solid.
22:24Like typically in the beginning of the season, you'd be rotating that bottom six around seeing
22:27what works.
22:28That fourth line immediately clicked.
22:30So how much you can do in terms of getting guys in and out.
22:35I think they do have to get Morgan geeky going.
22:39I think they're just like Frederick on the third line.
22:41I think they're a much better team with geeky on that third line.
22:45Again, they had him as that number one center and you know, he's a good replacement guy
22:49in that top six, but to me, like, I just think he is at his best on that third line.
22:54You start to kind of play with matchups and you exploit them and I think he shines the
22:58most in that.
23:00So they have to get geeky going.
23:02That's a definite Corpus solo played pretty well.
23:06You know, the broadcast kind of called them out for, I think it was the third avalanche
23:10goal.
23:11I think it was like a one timer on the power play.
23:14Other than that, I didn't think he was bad.
23:16He made some big saves.
23:18Definitely a nice bounce back and for him, want to start to the year, start in Florida
23:22and Colorado.
23:24So to me, like I thought Corpus solo was, uh, it was good.
23:28It was fine.
23:29What'd you think?
23:30Yeah.
23:31Yeah.
23:32I think, uh, obviously the shot count was pretty low for most of the game until Colorado
23:36started to, you know, fight things back a little bit.
23:38So maybe if you look at those numbers, it's like, oh, he let it in, you know, two, two
23:42goals on nine shots at one point, I think.
23:44Yeah.
23:45Obviously that part doesn't look good, but if you know, obviously if they're not giving
23:50you much, you kind of have to go with what you work with.
23:52So I think, yeah, on the surface maybe didn't look as good, but after the first game, after,
23:58you know, the concerns coming into the season, obviously I, I think, I think the third goal,
24:02he probably would want back out of the ones that he went through, but, uh, overall with
24:06what he was left to face, uh, definitely, definitely could have been worse.
24:10I mean, I think he showed that, uh, there's room for improvement for him and, you know,
24:15he's willing to take the steps to improve.
24:17So, uh, yeah, that, that definitely not the most concerning thing with the team right
24:22now.
24:23No.
24:24And again, if you can just get him to come in every three games, every four games and
24:28just be solid, like that's, that's really just what you need out of him.
24:33I'm not a good enough goalie expert to be like, this is what he's changed from, uh,
24:37the Colorado game, the Florida game.
24:40Um, but I do think that it was encouraging, again, not the busiest night.
24:46Typically you would think going into Colorado, cause when, uh, when he was announced as the
24:51starter and you're in Colorado, it's like, all right, well, it's going to be a high scoring
24:55game.
24:56Corpus Oliver's Georgiev, like, it'd be a lot of goals, uh, hit the over on, on the
25:00goal number.
25:01Um, but again, I thought he was, he was fine.
25:03He did, he did enough to win.
25:05Um, one other play I loved, uh, Mason Lowry, uh, I think offensively just continues to
25:10look really good.
25:11Um, had a brutal first game against Florida, but to me since like, you know, that past,
25:17uh, I think was it, uh, Pasternak on the OT winner against the Kings, um, he had that
25:23nice goal against Florida on Monday.
25:24He had a really nice assist again, um, on Wednesday, like he's kind of silently putting
25:32up pretty good numbers through the first five games.
25:35I'm very curious to see what that point total is at the end of the year.
25:38Cause I like Fluto wrote, um, I think it was Fluto who wrote on like his preseason predictions
25:44that Lowry ends up at some point signing like a six times six contract, um, which would
25:48be pretty substantial, but like, I think that'd be smart by the Bruins at least going off
25:53what we've seen so far.
25:54But I think offensively, I'm curious to see what those numbers end up being at the end
25:56of the year.
25:57Yeah.
25:58I mean, he started to really break out if you want to call it that in the playoffs last
26:02year.
26:03I think that it's carried over so early in this season where I feel like the, for most
26:07of last year, the, you know, different parts, at least the last side of the defense was
26:11always a bit of a question mark, uh, and Hampus Lindholm, you know, regressed in terms of
26:15point production total, obviously it looks like he's on pace to, you know, get back to
26:19those numbers two years ago without, you know, he's playing with the puck.
26:23So the fact that, uh, low rise jumping in offensively to, uh, Zdorov's, you know, hasn't
26:29been the greatest start, but he's still, you know, mixing it up with, with other T you
26:33know, he's bringing his, his size and force and, and fighting with other players occasionally.
26:38Um, yeah, it's definitely, definitely stuff to like from that.
26:42Yeah.
26:43And I think like I've noticed, you know, obviously the points support it, but I think they've
26:46also on D just been more offensive in these first five games.
26:50They've been more willing to jump up, uh, very active at the point.
26:53I mean, again, low rye, uh, leads the defense and points one goal, three assists Lindholm,
26:58one goal, two assists, Zdorov, three assists, Carlo, a goal, two assists, McAvoy, two goals,
27:04one assist peak, two assists.
27:06Like they are very, very, uh, they've been very active.
27:09Um, and a lot of those, a lot of those aren't just like secondary assists either.
27:12Like they're making plays happen.
27:14So again, you know, we harped on it a lot after game one and sort of their front of
27:19the net coverage hasn't been amazing, but you know, like I like low rye, I think when
27:24the year ends, if he's at 40 something points and he's a minus four, like, I think you probably
27:29take that.
27:30Like you do take that trade off.
27:31I think that is someone that you expect that from.
27:33So, um, if there's a little more offense, then I guess you just take it.
27:39Um, Joe, what can people look forward to from you, uh, at, uh, at NHL.com and everywhere
27:45you're writing.
27:46Yeah.
27:47Um, still doing like Bruins coverage, a lot of game day stuff, maybe occasional features
27:52from there.
27:53And then also working on some stuff for the new England hockey journal.
27:55I'm not sure if you've heard of it, Evan, but I'm, I've got some, what do they do?
27:59So yeah.
28:00Yeah.
28:01That'll be fun to, to once I've, you know, working on some stuff now, we're on a couple
28:07features.
28:08So excited.
28:09We've got you going.
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28:13I'm kidding.
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28:16Uh, anyways, Joe, always a pleasure.
28:17Uh, that's Joe.
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28:19I'm Evan Marinovsky.
28:20Have a great rest of your week.