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Good episode gents. Enjoyed the off season outlook. Definitely agree with Ty's point about Chychrun as a potential growth inhibitor to Lohrei's offensive game. I personally don't want to see Chychrun here, too injury prone, never played in a market with winning expectations, and the $4.6m cap hit.

The last thing I want to hear about during a Bruins podcast is the Celtics. Two thumbs down, guys.

Appreciate the coverage here! Been following Haggs a long time! Would love to see a discussion on how likely the Bs will be hoisting a cup sometime in the next 5 years. I don’t see it with the lack of homegrown talent in the lineup, especially at center. But would love to hear thoughts!

Appreciate the coverage here! Would love to see a discussion on how likely the Bs will be hoisting a cup sometime in the next 5 years. I don’t see it with the lack of homegrown talent in the lineup, especially at center. But would love to hear thoughts!

Great discussion guys. Enjoyed it.

Guess Evan has never watched The God Father, He looked lost when Mark D threw that tomato patch scene at him. its pretty good movie Evan, and checkout it out for future reference!

I wouldn't give Swayman anymore than 7 for 7 years. Then you have to move Ullmark's 5 mil for a pick. So you essentially only use 2 mil of the 21 mil of the cap space on Swayman. That leaves you a ton to get a center and 1 or 2 top 6 wingers. My wishlist would be Stephenson at 6 mil per, Guentzel at 7 to 8 mil per and Brenden Dillon at at 2.5 mil. That leaves the team with 3 mil while upgrading 3 areas of need.

Good work Boys!

You fella's are the real deal!!

Sweeney is afraid to stick his neck out. It's all about the $$$ and keeping JJ and Family floating in Champagne & Caviar. They may spend to the cap but HOW ABOUT FIXIONG THE DAMN ICE AT TD GARDEN. The answer "Well we added hundreds of new NARROWER seats to make more money and people keep spending their $$$ so why should we fix the ice?" Why? Because it's the #1 RIGHT thing that you need to do and then BUILD THIS TEAM OUT TOUGHER AND FASTER.

Ullmark and Geekie for Bahl, Holtz or Mercer and a pick would be nice IMO. Bahl upgrades Wootherspoon and Mercer/Holtz can play 3rd line with Poitras and Frederic for some more depth scoring!

They better hit in free agency or they're F'd for a while and no pick in this years draft until the 4th round, WTF

If they don't hit on free agency then they will suffer for a long time and when they start drafting in the first round again it will be late round picks as they usually draft at the bottom of the round.

Rumors are sway wants 9 . I say bye bye sway and keep Ullmark. It may be goalie bob who coaches these goalies because B’s goalies have been very good in the years .

Lohrei's offensive potential is exciting, but he's still a giveaway machine in his own zone. He needs to get better defensively.

I'd attempt keeping Heinen and Maroon. They are both good 3rd /4th line guys. Heinen is a good fit for Coyle if we can get Charlie back to 3rd center. I feel hes better off there. I'd like to see Ully dealt for Chychrun and a first. Make a go at Bertuzzi for sure. Necas would be epic Center if we could do it. But lindholm is more likely. Which I don't hate. Ad long ad Poitrss and Lorieri are not apart of a trade I'd be happy. I think Poitras had alot of potential to be that Bergy type Hybrid Center. Also Beecher was excellent too. Not sure if he's reached his ceiling or not. I'd be willing to trade Lysell if they had to send a prospect to get what they need. But I am excited like you fine gents are as to what we might see to come. Great job guys. Love the channel. ;)

Bruins all the way

KPD!

Some team is probably going to regret signing Reinhart to a high-AAV extension. From 2018-2023, Reinhart scored 0.35 Goals per game, with a 15.0% shooting percentage. This season, his Goals per game suddenly doubled, to 0.70, in part due to an inflated and unsustainable 24.5% shooting percentage. Reinhart is a very good player. He’s durable, reliable, and skilled. The free agency price is going to be way too high, though. There are lots of recent examples of NHL forwards having one huge season, around age 28/29, and then falling off dramatically after that: Gaudreau, Huberdeau, Atkinson, Hoffman…

Question?? Does Ullmark have to provide his no trade list to the Bruins or is it something that he gets to keep under wraps until approached with a specific trade proposal???

Liked Conor all the way back to the BSJ days. Good job Boys!

conor’s accent🥵🥵

In 9 years under Sweeney, they've gotten past the 2nd round 1 time.

PLD

Ullmark will ride the bench in Boston or he can accept a trade and play for another contract. I’m sure there are several teams interested.

We don't need another defenseman. We need a center and a scoring winger. Can't rely on pasta for it all.

If Ullmark gets off to a great start next season, they'll be calling. And the cost goes up, particularly before the playoffs start.

Get Necas

Top 6 Forward/Centre, Help on D, some overall toughness and last but not least… Better Scouting… Why is it so hard for the Boston Bruins to get Top Talent from the NCAA College Free Agents? There is a huge talent pool 💯 miles away from Boston…

I want Florida round one

This team has said theyre all in so I'm giving my opinion on whqt they should do, step number one in my opinion is the Ullmark trade, if im Don Sweeney im on the phone with Ottawa packaging Ullmark and another player and asking for Claude Giroux, hes still a point per game player and would obviously fill a huge hole at center, Ullmarks and Girouxs salaries are almost the same (Giroux makes 6.5 and Ullmark makes 5) so if you add another player you wouldnt lose any cap space so we'd still have around 21-23 million to go into free agency with Step two is gonna be the Swayman contract and i believe they'll get it done, from what ive read he'll command anything from 6-7.5 million per and i think hes worth every penny so lets say hes gets 7 million per thatll leave us with around 14-15 million in cap space Step three is I'd let Jake Debrusk walk, hes a good player but he's not worth a 5yr 30 million or 6yr 36 million dollar deal not when this team has glaring needs at center and can honestly find a player like Toffoli in free agency who can provide the same type of scoring for a couple million less Step four is signing Elias Lindholm to be your 1C, his game is perfect for what this team needs hed be perfect centering a line with Marchy and Zacha and itd allow Coyle to move down to be your 3C (assuming they get Giroux like I said) and id imagine Lindholm would demand between 7-8 million per so itd leave us with around 6-7 million left Step five is fill out your bottom six and add depth d-men, maybe bring back guys like Maroon and JVR on the cheap but if they say theyre all in they gotta be all in amd cant half ass anything

Ok, I'll preface this by stating I know this may be really stretching it, but..........can the vaunted culture of the locker room somehow rub off on PLD in LA? Or is this wishful thinking?

Paul wow 😍💘

Need a elite centre not lindholm.Reinhart would be nice.a gritty d man.goal scoring winger also.please Santa.keep it rollin

Ullmark debrusk gretzlaf gone

So, get the same guys that you've had forever!! Lindholm is one of the most overrated players in the league. Please, no more average slow guys that have no toughness. For once Bruins, think outside the effing box and get speed and size! You're dreaming if you think Draisaitl is coming here this year or next.

Ideally, the guys who made the team in '24 (and went up and down) will come back to camp in phenomenal shape. And that includes Poitras. (He needs to get stronger without losing speed and agility.) And then, maybe some guys from Providence will make the leap, as well. Otherwise, they'll be sorting the bottom 6, after spending. The Ullmark "trade" scenario is huge. Consider that's like adding a player or two without touching the cap. And there's the goalie situation. How high is Swayman going? What's left? All this, and I didn't really get into spending on FAs. A tough winger who gets 20g and plays well without the puck is an improvement over Jake. Methinks, they'll go past that...we'll see. There's enough for a good player or two, pending on the deals. Regardless, the B's have much better options than they did last year. 🤔

Don Sweeney will need to hit on every transaction he signs or trades for to make significant advancement. This is really the last chance for the trio of Neely, Sweeney & Montgomery. I would love to sign Sam Reinhardt, he is playoff proven!

Could see the B's trade Ulmark for a first rounder, then flip it for a top 1 centerman.

A team can’t have $20+M invested in just two wingers when the roster lacks so much at the center position.

You guy fill the Bruins shaped hole in my heart lmao. Great podcast

I've been saying since 2018 that this team should rebuild and I still believe they should but they're obviously not so you'd expect with about 23 million in cap space they'd be all in on a top free agent but Sweeney has already said he's not gonna pursue Stamkos, Reinhart or Guentzel and if your not gonna shell out money for those 3 then they probably aren't gonna go after Lindholm either so wtf are tbey doing?

Plua wow 😍💘

Plua

Get size & speed

Don’t really understand why everyone thinks Lindholm is the guy… he quite literally had an identical year to both Coyle and Zacha (better playoff forsure). He’s a great player but don’t really think he changes much…

We need center

Necas

Yes the team was heavy but not gritty especially on defense where you need a couple real nasty players like Zadorov or Gudas

As much as the pieces matter, the culture of this team needs to change. Instead of tears after being eliminated I needed to see anger. The players always seem sad, but we never hear anger. I'm sick of hugs and tears, find some men for this roster.