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00:00 It seems to me, even like last night, they were reactive in a lot of...

00:03 I thought they reacted very well, they didn't go over the line, they didn't take too many penalties.

00:08 They defended themselves, they defended their teammates.

00:10 I thought they did all the right stuff and they were ready for it.

00:13 But they still aren't the assertive, proactive team that...

00:17 And I just don't think it's in their personality, a lot of those players, and their style of play

00:22 that's going to go out looking for that fight, is going to go out looking to set that tone.

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00:39 I believe this is the 76th episode of the Pucks with Hags podcast.

00:44 As always, I'm your host Joe Hagerty.

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02:39 All right, let's get into this, Mick.

02:40 Huge win last night, four to three over the Florida Panthers.

02:44 Playoff style game.

02:46 Physical, fast-paced.

02:48 A lot of it reminded me of what we saw in the playoffs last year between the Bruins

02:52 and the Panthers.

02:53 There were times where the Bruins had trouble with the four check big time.

02:56 There were times where Florida tried to push the Bruins around and I liked--

03:01 the Bruins weren't pushing the Panthers around.

03:04 They weren't looking to set the physical tone.

03:06 They weren't-- you know, at times, like McAvoy threw a big hit here or there and some things

03:10 were going on.

03:11 But it looked like guys like Sam Bennett and Kachuk were trying to do the same stuff that

03:15 they did last year where they pushed around the Bruins and there was no pushback from

03:19 the Bruins.

03:20 And at least this game, it wasn't dominating.

03:24 It wasn't them like bullying the Panthers.

03:27 But the Bruins were pushing back.

03:29 The guys that were getting pushed by the Panthers, the guys that the Panthers were targeting

03:33 were standing up for themselves, pushing back.

03:36 Lindholm was a great example.

03:37 Bennett knocking off his helmet, kept going after him.

03:40 Lindholm finally said enough is enough, threw a punch at Bennett and they went at it and

03:45 they both go off for fighting.

03:46 There was a couple instances of that.

03:48 Brandon Carlo I thought had a tough start to the game, but I thought he was nasty and

03:51 physical in the latter moments of that game and I thought played a lot better.

03:55 Brad Marchand obviously taking on a 6'4" defenseman was another instance of that as

04:02 well.

04:02 But I think you saw in general, the Bruins were ready for battle here, were ready to

04:06 push back and they did.

04:08 And I liked the response, top to bottom team-wide, that they had against the Panthers that ended

04:13 up getting them the win in the end.

04:15 - Had to have it.

04:16 And I also was impressed with Watherspoon's dealings with Kuchuk along the boards there.

04:25 That was important.

04:26 They have a way of playing that reminds me so much of the 74-5-6 Philadelphia Flyers.

04:37 They play with that swagger.

04:38 - I knew you were gonna say the Broad Street Bullies right there, the Flyers teams.

04:41 I knew you were going with that.

04:42 - Yeah, you did.

04:44 And it's so obvious, but they have that swagger when they get on the ice.

04:50 In fact, I was discussing this with a pal of mine, Kevin Vautour, that if the Bruins

04:56 aren't playing and I'm in front of the TV and Florida's playing, I am absolutely watching

05:00 that game.

05:01 - Yeah, they're a fun team to watch.

05:03 - They have a way of playing the game that they do something.

05:07 It's like a certain prize fighter.

05:09 There's a way they cut off the ring and get in there and go to work and you expect it

05:15 and you can count on it.

05:16 And you don't know if they're gonna be successful, but they are a pretty successful team.

05:21 And everybody is now circling the Panthers on their schedule.

05:28 And this was a huge win for the Bruins.

05:30 They needed it very badly after what went on with practice and the wake-up call.

05:38 - Yep. - And they're a team,

05:40 the Bruins are definitely a team that can cross a threshold very subtly of effort, whether

05:47 it's the benign kind of hockey effort of a lot of poke checks and second and third and

05:53 fourth efforts on pucks, or whether it's the toughness end of it that we saw last night.

05:58 They have to have that effort and that all-out battle in order to win.

06:07 And when they do, they can win against good teams.

06:10 - And they can win against good teams when some bad things happen to them too.

06:15 I mean, they gave up a goal in the first shift of the game.

06:17 They gave up that goal towards the end of the first period after they scored that was

06:21 a severe gut punch there.

06:23 You know, they had some hiccups and some moments in this game where they had to overcome a

06:28 little adversity where, you know, a lesser team could have been like, "All right, this

06:32 isn't our night.

06:33 You know, this isn't gonna happen for us."

06:35 And it could have derailed them a little bit, and they didn't let that happen last night.

06:38 And I thought that was a good sign for the playoffs too, because that's what's gonna

06:42 happen in the playoffs.

06:43 It's gonna be a wave of momentum back and forth and, you know, a rollercoaster of good

06:48 and bad things happening that you gotta kind of overcome if you're gonna end up winning

06:51 in the end.

06:52 And I thought that was a great preparation-type game last night for what they're gonna face

06:57 immediately in the postseason as soon as it starts.

07:01 One thing, Mick, that I was really encouraged by was that, I think to a man, their best

07:06 players all played their A-games last night and all were, you know, very influential players

07:11 that made big plays.

07:12 Charlie McAvoy scored the first goal I thought was excellent all night.

07:17 Pavel Zaka scores the game-winner.

07:20 Awesome in the face-off circle.

07:21 Very active.

07:23 Played a great game.

07:24 David Postranec scored.

07:25 Had a couple of points.

07:26 Was a very influential player in a lot of the plays that were made offensively.

07:30 Brad Marchand, it looked like from the second period on, he was determined the Bruins were

07:35 not gonna lose that game.

07:36 You know, there was the one goal that they scored where he was an absolute wrecking ball

07:42 on the forecheck, just knocking bodies around, making sure the puck stayed in the zone.

07:47 And then he skated off at the end of that and they scored like immediately afterwards.

07:52 And he directly influenced that goal with his forecheck, with his physicality, with

07:56 his determination.

07:57 And then he sets up Trent Frederick for the game-tying goal by skating through, relentlessly

08:02 skating through a bunch of Panthers players to get the puck into the offensive zone and

08:06 then center it to Freddie for the great one-timer there, which was an awesome shot.

08:11 But you go to a man, I think every single important player, what you would call the

08:17 best players on the Bruins lineup, in their lineup, had their A game, played their best

08:22 and was ready to go last night.

08:24 And that was another encouraging sign.

08:25 Absolutely.

08:27 I mean, it takes a village when you're playing the most important games of the year.

08:32 Right now, Florida, they play a style and they make the Bruins go through the gates

08:40 of hell to win.

08:40 And it took everyone and there were no passengers.

08:46 And it was great to see.

08:47 We're so late in the season here that I'm no longer worried about, well, they might

08:55 burn out, they might not be able to sustain it.

08:57 Now it's more about the playoff concerns.

08:59 Will they stay healthy?

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10:00 - What do you make?

10:01 'Cause Swayman, I thought, was a little shaky early, especially, and Nesson did a good job

10:07 of showing this after the first period.

10:09 Playing the puck, he seemed very shaky at times playing the puck and was putting his

10:14 defenseman in a lot of bad spots when he was trying to help set them up against the forecheck

10:19 and get out of the crease area and play the puck and get it to his D.

10:25 And obviously, they gave up a goal.

10:27 And the first minute of the game, and then gave up a goal towards the end of the first

10:32 period.

10:32 So I thought he was a little shaky early, excellent towards the end of the game.

10:36 I thought he made some big stops late.

10:38 And I read a lot, honestly, into the fact that Swayman started both of the games against

10:45 the Maple Leafs, and he started that game last night.

10:48 Like, they are putting him in against the best teams in the biggest games ahead of the

10:54 playoffs.

10:54 Which to me, continues to read like he's going to start game one of the playoffs by

10:58 giving the assignments that they're giving him and the games that they're putting him

11:02 in.

11:03 And the way he's performing and that they're getting wins in these games.

11:06 You know, it's not always pretty, but they're coming out with the W at the end of these

11:09 games against the teams that they're going to play in the playoffs.

11:12 I continue to take those as signs that they're looking at him as the guy that's going to

11:16 start game one.

11:17 Even though Allmark, I think, has played very well, obviously, since the All-Star break

11:21 in 2016.

11:22 And specifically since the trade deadline.

11:24 I still think by the usage we're seeing with Swayman that they may end up going with him

11:28 in game one.

11:29 Well, they're giving him every opportunity to play up to the job.

11:33 They're putting, they keep putting it in front of him and see if he'll take it.

11:38 And I don't think that's a statistics thing as much as it is.

11:44 No, it's not.

11:45 A big save at the right time kind of thing.

11:47 Yeah.

11:48 So in that regard, I think there's something to what you're saying there, but I don't think

11:54 a decision is going to be made until they're right on top of the question.

11:59 And that's been their MO.

12:02 This management team and whoever they have as their coach goes very, very deliberately

12:09 to decisions.

12:10 And this will happen with that.

12:13 But yeah, there is.

12:15 They're not.

12:16 They're not.

12:16 They're not giving Linus a ball here and telling him to run with it because he's been the more

12:24 proficient goalie since the trade deadline.

12:28 They're looking at the whole season and they're looking at two capable guys and they're putting

12:33 in front of Swayman as much or more than they're putting in front of Allmark.

12:39 But I assume Linus is in net tonight.

12:41 And and, you know, at Tampa and and this is his opportunity to help the team win and we'll

12:50 see how they respond.

12:51 Sometimes it's how two guys play in front of a goalie to, you know, that really affects

12:57 that and whether or not guys can say.

12:59 I remember one time I was at the Walpole Arena before they changed the name from my Oreo

13:04 to Rodman.

13:05 And I was talking with one of the players on the main championship team.

13:11 And as we know, Mike Dunham has been involved with the Bruins goaltending coaching and minor

13:18 league level for sure.

13:19 He was met very and this was not my question, but it was this conversation.

13:25 He was very matter of fact about it.

13:26 Gar Snow was our goalie.

13:29 Sometimes there is a a belief in the room that there's a guy who's your goalie, who's

13:36 your goalie.

13:37 And and and.

13:39 That may emerge, you know, right now I'm not 100% on it myself, but I feel like it may

13:46 emerge.

13:47 And if that does, then that'll factor in the decision as well.

13:50 Yeah, of course it will.

13:52 There's no doubt about that.

13:53 And but I to your point.

13:55 Like I think a lot of people in the groundswell over the last week or two has been that all

14:00 mark should get the game one start or like, you know, is he going to get it instead of

14:04 Swainman based on the way he's performing lately?

14:06 And a lot of it has centered around just putting the stats of them in the second half or since

14:11 the all star break side by side and saying all mark has performed better than Swainman.

14:16 And I think some of it you have to look at to your point, the performance of the team

14:21 in front of them.

14:23 You know, if Swainman gives up four goals in a game, save percentage doesn't look great

14:27 afterwards, but they still end up winning the game because he made the saves that he

14:30 had to in the third period to make sure that they won.

14:33 Was that a bad game for Swainman?

14:36 I don't necessarily think that, you know, I think if he did what he had to do for them

14:40 to win, even if the numbers weren't pretty in the end, I think that's what you kind of

14:44 have to look at.

14:45 And I think he's had a few of those games.

14:47 Swainman has.

14:47 And granted, there are, you know, there are some saves he should have made.

14:51 And I think his performance has not been as strong in the second half as it was in the

14:55 first half.

14:55 But I think there's also been a few of those games sprinkled in where he got the job done.

14:59 He made the saves he had to, but it didn't look pretty in the end because the team wasn't

15:03 playing well in front of them as they have not played well in a lot of games since the

15:08 all star break.

15:09 So, you know, I think there's that way to sort of judge Swainman as well.

15:12 Well, I think that, yeah, I think the one thing with Swainman's play of late that is

15:18 kind of a bit of a concern for me is he's susceptible to sharp angle, near side, top

15:26 corner goals if the player is up to it.

15:29 So you take a great player like Adam Fox, who comes right back and answers with a back

15:35 breaking goal right after the Bruins score what they thought was a big goal.

15:38 Now Fox comes right back.

15:40 And I think his was the game tying goal.

15:42 Yeah.

15:43 Yeah, that was a play to be fair.

15:45 That was a play where Brad Marsh in was nowhere to be found where he should have been, you

15:49 know, like in there was, that was, he had a free and clear look at the net.

15:54 There was a blown defensive assignment big time on that goal.

15:56 But yes, I agree with you.

15:58 He's got to stop that too.

15:59 Well, I mean, I just, I, you know, I mean, I don't like to inject my emotion into a,

16:06 into a judgment on a, on a goaltender and you've got to have that because then we had

16:11 to have a save there and you didn't give it that, you know, that that's crap.

16:15 You know, I don't like going that way, but I have noticed lately that down low

16:21 Swayman's a little down early and susceptible to over the shoulder near side stuff.

16:30 If the guy's got the accuracy to do it, you have scored fun him from some not so great

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16:38 And that bugs me a little bit, but I'm sure goalie Bob's all over it.

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18:02 - Any other takes or any other opinions of what you saw last night from that game that

18:10 stuck out to you?

18:11 - I just feel like the Bruins are once again, a team that can play with any kind of opponent,

18:23 whether it's an uber skilled team like Toronto or a team that like Florida that has,

18:30 they granted, they do have a lot of different kinds of hockey widgets, but they are rough

18:35 and tumble and the Bruins hung with them.

18:39 And we'll see it again tonight in Tampa where Tampa likes to integrate their skill with

18:46 a rough style.

18:48 And so we'll see if they can do it two nights in a row.

18:50 But I like that.

18:51 I've always liked that aspect of the Don Sweeney era of the Bruins is it doesn't have to be

18:56 one kind of game in order for the Bruins to win it.

19:00 That said, that said, are they ever going to be good enough at any one of those games

19:08 to win 16 times in the post season?

19:12 - Well, I mean, that's the question, right?

19:15 Like sometimes it takes, it's hard for me to sort of adjust to what I'm watching with

19:21 this Bruins team, because like take last night for an example, they're never going to be

19:26 the Florida Panthers that are like, you know, looking for a street alley fight that are

19:31 pushing people around that are really pushing the envelope physically.

19:35 It seems to me, even like last night, they were reactive in a lot of, and I thought they

19:39 reacted very well.

19:40 They didn't go over the line.

19:41 They didn't take too many penalties.

19:43 They defended themselves.

19:44 They defended their teammates.

19:46 I thought they did all the right stuff and they were ready for it, but they still aren't

19:50 the assertive proactive team that, and I just don't think it's in their personality.

19:54 A lot of those players and their style of play that's going to go out looking for that

19:59 fight is going to go out looking to set that tone and be the one that's initially doing

20:05 it instead of reacting to what the other team is doing.

20:08 Like I still thought a lot of times last night, they were still reacting to what Florida was

20:13 doing.

20:13 I thought they reacted appropriately.

20:15 I thought they reacted in a good way that you continue to want to see them pushing back,

20:18 but I would still like to see some of the guys on that Bruins team be the ones initially

20:24 doing the pushing and trying to set the physical tone instead of being constantly reacting

20:29 to what the other team is doing.

20:30 Like even Lindholm, for example, Bennett had to continue pushing and punching at him and

20:36 knocking his helmet off.

20:37 Holding his head down like a big brother on a little brother.

20:40 100%.

20:40 He had to really, really, basically dare him to do something to him before Lindholm responded.

20:47 And I know that's not Lindholm's personality at all, but I would love to see the Bruins

20:52 doing more of that instead of simply waiting for the other team to try to bully them on

20:56 the schoolyard.

20:57 Of all the guys here, of all the guys in the league who decides to finally take a shot

21:01 at it's Mike Tyson.

21:02 You know, I mean, I gotta congratulate him on that, but at the same time, it's like,

21:08 what are you doing, buddy?

21:09 You know, I mean, either, you know, I mean, he had to in that situation though, Mac, he

21:15 had to in that situation.

21:16 Like you got to, I mean, there's two ways to do this.

21:19 I mean, if you're not, if you know, you're not going to win a fistfight, then my thing

21:23 might be to do is to line them up and nail them on the boards, you know, and, and, and

21:28 make some hits and say, we're not going to back down.

21:30 We're going to play our game.

21:31 So I don't think you have to, I mean, does he have to fight there?

21:36 It's a debatable, but I, but I do feel like I commend him for standing up.

21:41 I do question the judgment on the opponent.

21:45 But I do feel like there's such a bullying aspect to how Bennett plays the game.

21:49 So matter of fact, and dismissively kind of like, you know, and, and, and that it's,

21:56 that alone is impressive.

21:58 And what he does, I really feel like what Kachuk does stands on Bennett's shoulders.

22:02 And I'm wondering what would Kachuk be if Bennett wasn't on that line, because he's

22:07 so much of a mouth and so much of a, now, Grant, is he great talent?

22:11 Yes, he is.

22:12 Is he an agitator?

22:13 Yes, he is.

22:14 Does he try to play the game and get your last?

22:16 Absolutely.

22:16 Get your first, get your middle, get your last.

22:18 But, but, but Bennett is the muscle.

22:21 There's no question about it on that line.

22:23 And, and that's, that's, he's the, he's the, he drives that train.

22:28 Now I would like to, sometimes we see the Bruins come up for a first period,

22:33 particularly in home games.

22:34 Big four check, some hits generated by the bottom six.

22:42 Top six comes in and capitalizes on the chaos.

22:46 And, and, and they, and they all work together, five man unit, and they score goals.

22:52 And they, they impose their will.

22:53 There aren't too many other ways that I see the Bruins say, announcing, this is our identity.

22:59 This is how we're going to play.

23:01 Here's how we're going to go out.

23:02 We're going to set a bar.

23:03 We're going to win a hockey game.

23:05 I see them attempt this and become more of a dump and chase team this year.

23:10 And, and Brad Marshan has said that, you know, when we start thinking we're really cute out

23:14 there and get away from it, that's when we hurt ourselves, shoot ourselves on the foot,

23:18 lose hockey games.

23:18 But that's what they are.

23:21 That's what they need to be.

23:23 And so I think if we're going to look for an emerging identity of the Bruins as a bar

23:26 setting team, it's going to initiate and announce themselves before it's a response.

23:31 Then that's, that's how it's going to be.

23:34 It's got to be that four checking game with, with some speed and some tenacity.

23:38 Then you mix in skill and you try to get out in front.

23:41 Another thing I would say, take as an encouraging sign was the response in this game to what

23:50 happened in practice on Monday.

23:51 Jim Montgomery lighting into his team, not liking the practice coming off what he thought

23:58 was a bad third period against Philly.

24:00 At one point he was yelling, you could hear him yelling, wake the bleep up from up in

24:05 the upstairs in the press box, a warrior stopping a drill and having them do some conditioning

24:10 skates, basically back skating them a little bit during that practice.

24:14 The second time he has done that this year.

24:16 And I thought it was going to be telling how the team was going to respond to that happening

24:22 on Monday, not only in the practice, which had the proper response in the practice after

24:26 that, but how, how that would carry over into the game.

24:30 And it was good to see Montgomery dialed in with the team, getting them focused, doing

24:36 it the right way, pushing the right buttons to get the right, right response.

24:39 And that also makes me feel better about what we may see out of this team in the playoffs

24:45 that he's getting the right response from them.

24:47 And he's got a pulse, you finger on the pulse of what the team needs from a coaching perspective.

24:53 Well, yeah.

24:54 And I think he also was looking at the schedule and realizing that if these guys keep playing

24:59 what the way they've been playing, we could be in big trouble here because this list of

25:05 opponents is either, are either teams that you can consider Stanley cup contenders or

25:11 teams that are desperate and playing well right now, the Washington capitals.

25:16 So, well, they're still in the mix.

25:20 So they're, they're, they're, they're right now, they got a foot in the door.

25:24 So, and that's cause they've, they've, they've quietly rallied when they got ignored, the

25:29 Bruins gifted them a game earlier this winter.

25:34 So, yeah, I mean, I think that, I think given the run of the string of games coming up,

25:40 Monty looked at it and said, these guys need something here and I'm going to give it to

25:44 them.

25:45 And the timing was excellent.

25:47 Absolutely.

25:49 All right.

25:49 Tweet of the week, Mick from BK five, one, three, seven, um, Maroon better be healthy

25:56 for the playoffs or they better get Luchich in skating shape.

25:59 I do not think we're going to be seeing any meal on Luchich guys.

26:02 Uh, Lindholm and Marcian can't be fighting in the playoffs and this team doesn't play

26:06 physical just like previous years.

26:09 Uh, they're going to get out hit and outplayed physically.

26:12 Like, uh, this is an echo of what I just said to a degree where they've got to be a little

26:17 more assertive and they've got to really go at it.

26:19 But I also think.

26:20 Have Maroon being in the lineup may change things a little bit and get everybody a little

26:26 more courageous, uh, on that Bruins team.

26:28 He's one of those kinds of players that I think will make everybody feel a little taller,

26:32 a little tougher, but I liked what I saw last night, as far as them pushing back, they did

26:37 enough of what they had to do to stand up to the bully and to get the win.

26:42 Uh, they did.

26:43 It's a long haul to win the Stanley Cup.

26:47 Um, I just winning a playoff series.

26:50 Uh, you got to go through this, uh, six or seven times.

26:55 Um, unless the other team is somehow dysfunctional and not showing up and not that, not at their

27:02 best.

27:02 So, uh, but, but I do, I do agree with the, with the, uh, tweeter that we have a situation

27:11 where, where the Bruins, but I, here's why I disagree.

27:14 I don't think that in as much as I agree that a guy like Maroon or had it been Milan Luchich

27:22 or had it been Nick Foligno, uh, that you would have had some helpful influence there,

27:28 but at the end of the day, everybody who's on the ice has to step up.

27:34 Everybody's on the ice.

27:36 They don't have to say that, Hey, I'm Dave Schultz.

27:38 What they have to do is go out there and say, I'm here to win a hockey game and whatever

27:44 it is you do to win that hockey game, you got to do it.

27:47 Um, so it's gotta come from them, uh, whether or not, uh, Maroons in uniform.

27:53 I agree.

27:54 Um, I do think though, a presence of a guy like that makes everybody a little more courageous

27:58 in all aspects.

27:59 So that, that part will be interesting to watch, to see if that influences their Mick.

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29:08 Happy to be here.

29:10 Thanks Joe.

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