Three Predictions About Bruins Prospects | The Skate Pod, Ep. 468

Three Predictions About Bruins Prospects | The Skate Pod, Ep. 468

Welcome in to episode 468 of the Skate Podcast. I am Brian D. Feliz joined by Bridget Pru. And no, Scott’s not here, guys. Sorry about that. Scott is on vacation. Bridget, where is Scott again right now? Oh, man. I think he said Maine. Maybe I should pay more attention to what Scott says. I thought he was Didn’t he go to North Conway or something? Wasn’t he on vacation last episode? He was at He was in Mount Washington this past week and he took the train. He cheated. He didn’t hike it. But that’s right. That’s right. But yeah, I think he said Maine. I mean, normally the answer is that he’s going to a concert. So, I’m going to No. Yeah, I think it was Maine. I think it was Maine. Take a stab at it being a concert in Maine, but yes, I want to say I want to say Portland. We’ll find out later. I feel like you be like, “Guys, I was in Tennessee.” Uh, guys, you guys don’t listen very well, do you? He’s like, I was in Spain. Uh but no, so he’s gone this week and then I’m about to leave, too. I’m excited. I’m going to the Bahamas um in under 10 days now. So, uh that’ll be just you two. Uh because I’m not joining you from I’ve tried to join you guys from the Bahamas before because this is my my fourth time going to this particular place in the Bahamas and the Wi-Fi is never strong enough to do anything. And I tried to stream a Bruins game there once too because I went and march once and I couldn’t get I was I was like having a full breakdown. I couldn’t get the game. But uh yeah, I think you guys will do fine. You’ll do just fine without me. Um even though we’re in the part of the year where it’s like what are we going to talk about? And obviously before we came on here today, we were like, well, we have ideas, but like there’s no no breaking news, right? Except for what you want to talk about. Yes. Yes, we will get to that. And and yeah, it’s I mean, Bridget, we we’ve been in that time of the year for a while now. We’re actually the good news is we’re we’re we’re round we’re we’re approaching third base. We’re not rounding third just yet, but no, couple more couple more week. We’re about a month away from or maybe five weeks away from from the start of training camp, which that’s when all the story lines really I mean I think training camp is going to be very fascinating this year with all the the spots up for grabs and and and the overabundance of of bottom six forwards that are vying for, you know, four or five spots, whatever it is. So, um that’ll be fun. But yeah, Bridget, you mentioned it. Uh there’s some fashion news to go over. We’ll go over it right now. We’ll just do it. We’ll get it out of the way. It is the most prominent. It is the most prominent news uh regarding the Bruins, at least right now. And this, of course, has to do with their away uniforms that were debuted. Now, back on June 25th, I believe it was, the Bruins revealed their new home uniforms. They revealed both of their sweaters, home and away, but only the full home uniform. And that, of course, was in a video with David Passion and Charlie Makavoy, as well as a photo shoot with those guys. And the the reasoning for that timing was because the draft was a couple of days away and the Bruins wanted to fashion the uniforms in full for their fan base prior to eventually James Hagens and others dawning it uh at the 2025 NHL draft. This time around, Bridget, and I wrote about it right after they they released the away uniforms because what was what was the day yesterday? August August 6th or 7th. Yeah. So, is it It’s August 6th. It’s like 9:30 in the morning and they’re just randomly dropping these uniforms. I’m like, I wonder why that is. And then it dawned on me and I actually wrote about it, but I was like, “Huh? Uh, NHL 26 for EA Sports. They were dropping their their trailer yesterday at noon.” And the thought crossed my mind, oh, I wonder if there’s going to be some Bruins players or whatever in that trailer giving away their their new away uniforms. And the Bruins want to be the first ones to get it out there. And that’s honestly that is how it played out cuz the trailer did drop a few hours later at noon and there were uh multiple scenes of Bruins in their white jerseys. So that’s probably the mystery as to why it was yesterday. But Bridget, as far as the actual uniforms, I know you’re not I know you’re not the biggest uniform buff, Bridget. you you you like them, but you’re not obsessed like myself and Scott. Yeah. But uh what what are your what are your initial takeaways? So, I mean, first of all, this is not even a uniform thing. I think the lighting could have been better for some of the pictures, but you know, maybe that was a stylistic choice. Um it’s kind of hard to see, but this is the full if people are watching on YouTube, this is like the full get up. I probably should cropped this in a little bit further, but I mean they’re I they’re okay, Bri. Like I like the blacks. You’re okay. Oh my goodness. I like the I like the blacks better. Oh my goodness. That’s That is Listen, we’ve been doing the podcast for about four years and I wasn’t expecting the hottest take to be just now with you saying that these uniforms were okay. Um I think I think that over across the board everybody’s kind of in agreement that these are absolutely incredible. I mean the you I should let you go first and then I should have disagreed with you. I I I didn’t think you were going to have such an oppo a controversial tape. I mean, that’s not controversial. I said they’re okay. I know, but I think they suck. No, but I think I think that’s what I’m trying to say. I think everybody’s saying that they’re amazing cuz I mean, they are. I mean, basically, they are heavily inspired, just like the home jerseys. They’re heavily inspired by the the Bruins from the mid70s to the mid 90s. And with these jerseys in particular, the the Rapid 7 patch obviously is out of the designer’s control. That’s something that they couldn’t control, and it’s as subtle as a jersey ad can be. The meth bear on the shoulder obviously is something fans were yearning for prior to the jerseys being revealed back in June. We found out a few months ago that that those weren’t going to return. But these jersey patches on the on the shoulder are as good as they could have for a modern shoulder patch. I believe outside of the meth bear. It’s odd that there’s only a a shoulder patch on one shoulder, not two, but all in all, the the uniforms are to me like a 10 out of 10. I mean, I don’t want to I don’t want to bore those who might not be massive jersey people on here, but it’s to me, I think these are some of the best white uniforms the Bruins have ever used. Now, the big difference between these jerseys outside of the meth bear on the shoulder and uh you know, the ones that they were inspired by is that the socks here match the jersey piping. Whereas when Bour and Neie wore these jerseys more or less, they had the black stripe with the big yellow um stripe in the middle and then followed by another black stripe, which I love those. But I got to be honest, these socks I think I like better because I do think it’s it’s crisp to match the jerseys with the socks. The reason, Bridget, why the home jerseys people are more torn about is because that same concept of matching the jerseys to the the socks um obviously means that the socks aren’t going to be yellow or gold, which is what pe people love the gold socks with the black jerseys because of the contrast and nostalgia. Now, these black socks are as good as black socks will be for a Bruins jersey. And and and I and I think the uniforms are very sharp. They’re great. But the away uniforms never had that debate, right? Because they were always all white. Whereas the the dark uniforms, people want some people want gold socks. I think most people wanted gold socks and many some were like, “Yeah, black’s black’s fine.” But there’s not that much controversy with the whites because they’ve never had that option. Um, but at the end of the day, I think it’s it’s yeah, great great uniform set. I I think it’s some of the best in the league, honestly. Should we We should have gotten Scott’s opinion. Yeah, I I think I know where Scott falls. I think I saw him uh talking about it online as well. I think he’s more in my camp. Yeah. Well, you guys always seem to have the same like I don’t know if you’ve ever disagreed in a fashion segment, have you? Uh I don’t I don’t know if he hated the Centennial Golds as much as I did. Um No, I don’t think so. Well, we I think he said it’s cuz he would we saw them in person. So, like it was a little bit different than in the They were even they were even duller in person like You thought though? At least on TV like the they No, in person like when we were talking to the guys in per like up close. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I mean, maybe. Yeah. I mean, the the Centennial uniforms I thought were design-wise. Yeah. There were a couple too many stripes, but I thought the design was was nice, but it was but that that centennial glitter gold I hated. I I think I had a very strong opinion on that. But uh I don’t know. I just found it weird that uh you know, you’re going to celebrate 100 years of history by wearing a color that the team’s never worn before. But I digress. These uniforms are what I wanted for the centennial year and this is what we’ve got going forward. So I think they’re I think they’re amazing. I think uh yeah, like I said, I don’t want to bore the non-uniform people at this point. We’re about 10 minutes in. But really, really important question. Is this going to change the trajectory of this team? Oh, yeah. I mean, yeah, they these jerseys, I mean, those those whites, I think I think just on on style and and momentum and confidence, it’s got to get them at least another five wins, right? But uh so we’ll see. Um they might lose a lot of games, but they’ll look good doing it. They’ll look good. Um, before we get into our we we have like a three for Thursday idea and a throwback Thursday idea. So, we’re going to try to get to both of those things. Um, before we do though, I want to make sure that we mention that we talked to Will Zeller’s last episode. And if people want to go back and listen to that, it’s, you know, like I said, it was, I think we posted it two days ago. It’s it should be right there next to this one. So, um, and if you don’t know who Will Zellers is, he’s a Bruins prospect that they got in the Charlie Coyle trade. um really promising prospect. So, I know we’ve been spending a lot of time talking about James Hagens and um you know what his future looks like with the Bruins, but Will Zellers is probably a kid that we will also see um in a Bruins uniform maybe at the end of the season, maybe ne at the end of next season. Um he’s still pretty young, but uh seems to have a pretty bright future. he’s gotten better and better um compared to like the competition and he’s pushing for a spot on the US um junior’s team this year. So, he could be playing with Hagens on that um in late December, early January. But he he was an interesting story. I don’t know if you had takeaways. I I didn’t realize he worked on a farm. I thought that was kind of interesting. He’s talking about like feeasant hunting. I’m like I was I didn’t think that this would be part of the interview, but I know uh you know people like to hear about how kids grew up and uh kind of try to glean what they can from uh you know him talking about growing up on a farm and and being out in the in the cold and you know his his whole family going to North Dakota and him being there now. Yeah, I mean definitely had some takeaways from that. I think his his hockey production kind of speaks for itself. You can you can look up his his numbers online the last couple of years. Uh you can see what he did at Shadic St. Mary in his final year there where he like I said on the on the episode I think he had around literally a hair less than two points per game. But what was impressive is that every every level you get to the speed at which decisions are made and and and the speed at which the game is played it increases right mentally and physically. the game happens faster at the higher level. So, the fact that he was able to go from having that spectacular season at Shadic and winning a national championship to being the USHL forward and player of the year, having I think I think it was around 71 points in 50 something games. Um, it just goes to show that he he was able to uplevel me mentally and physically and that is that’s what I’m looking forward to seeing him do at North Dakota this coming fall where there’s a step there’s a major step from USHL to NCAA D1. So, similar to how he produced in juniors after producing at a high level in uh high school prep, I I expect him to do the same in the NCAA. Now, I I think he’s probably going to be at least a two-year player in college. I I think that’s probably most likely for him. I mean, you never know, but that’s kind of what I’m thinking. Most players are two-year players, right? One year is really, unless you started college late, kind of a lofty goal unless you’re like we said like a Min Cbrini or Will Smith kind of player to name some recent ones. But, um yeah, so he probably still say two two seasons out because he’s just going to be a freshman this year at North Dakota. So, um, but he he’s going to be an interesting one to follow because North Dakota’s going to be really good. So, yeah. And he turned 19 in April, right? So, so he’ll be he’ll be approaching 20 at the end of this coming season, this college season, which means he’ll be approaching 21 at the conclusion of his sophomore season. And so, that fall, he would still be 21 years old. And I think at 21 years old, I think we’ll be sitting here talking about Will Zellers’s vying for a spot at Bruins training camp. Maybe he ends up in Providence, maybe he ends up in Boston, but I I just think ultimately he’s he’s still he’s still a couple of years away. So, I encourage fans to go back and listen, like you said, and get to know him a little bit because because he’s a couple of years away, we wanted just people to get a chance to know him as a person and ask him some fun some fun questions. but obviously follow him at North Dakota and his development and see where things take him over the next couple years because he’s a he’s an exciting prospect and which gets me to my last takeaway from that interview, but Bridget, I want you to go first. Well, I was going to say it’s an interesting trade tree follow, right? Because this key was requ uh acquired in the Charlie Cole trade this year. Donado uh was sent for Coyle originally, which was a Bruins draft pick. Like it’s just interesting to see what things turn into. So you can kind of link it back like oh when when we see what Zellers ends up being eventually like we’ll think back to like oh that I guess it started out as like Ryan Donado and and then became Charlie Coyle and then became well Zellers is all connected. Yeah. I mean the it’s that’s that’s a good point bridge. I haven’t thought about that. the Charlie Coyle trade on both ends of it. It’s it’s it’s probably uncommon where a team trades for a player and then trades him later and then but but both of those acquis uh transactions were a win for the team, right? Like no one I don’t think anybody has ever looked back at that Charlie Coyle trade uh where we traded Ryan Donado for Coyle and said the Bruins lost that trade. Charlie Coyle was a was a was a third line center anchor on a on a contending team for you know four years uh four or five years and then obviously he had to play an accelerated role in 23 24 and and did well but then last year was last year so acquiring him was a win for the Bruins no doubt about that it was a I think it was a one for one and then trading him when you traded him and he had I think he had was it a year and a half left on his deal he was you He was an expiring contract. Uh he was a player in decline and just the Brewers were able to optimize him as an asset and get Will Zeers for him, get Casey Middlestad and get a second rounder for him. So I just think that it’s it is an interesting Charlie Cole is an interesting asset, right? You you you won acquiring him and you won dealing him away. Well, I guess TBD on the middle staff part though, like I mean these are some people that we don’t really know what their future is in Boston and we’ve get this whole summer every time we get mailback questions it’s like can we trade Casey Middlestad for ex player and it’s it’s just people don’t necessarily know what he’s going to be in Boston. So but even if he doesn’t end up being here long term or doesn’t do well and Will Zeers eventually does that’s still a win in that trade. Yeah. I mean, you gave up, like I said, you gave up a 32 33 year old player who was, you know, in in in the LA the last three holes, if we’re going to use a golf analogy, of his contract with the Bruins and and they were able to get back a second round pick, a uh a an NHL player entering his his his prime and Casey Middle stat. again. We’ll see where he how he pans out. But Will Zeller, so to get us to get a a young younger NHL player, proven player, well, semi-proven player, um, a promising prospect and a second rounder for for an asset, you’re going to probably lose for nothing because they weren’t going to resign him. It’s still it’s it’s still a good hall, right? We’ll see how good it ends up being. But but that kind of gets me to my my last takeaway from the Zellers interview is that we aren’t having that interview with Will Zeers if the Bruins didn’t do what they were supposed to do at last year’s trade deadline. I I can’t I can’t stress enough how much skepticism I had prior to the trade deadline, like the month or two prior because if you remember Bridget, I was I was telling you and Scott back in like last December, I was saying this the power play is brutal. I think the Brewers might miss the playoffs. And because because they had all all of their underlying team metrics were that they were a bottom third team in the league, yet they were still somehow a playoff team. They had games at hand. And I just said they their their special teams, their five on five production. It is so dismal their their situational play. Um it is so bad. It’s too much to overcome. It’s they’re they’re going to have their day of reckoning here. I’m telling you guys. And I was nervous that the Bruins weren’t going to sell because I thought that ownership was going to look at it and say, “Well, Don, we’re only, you know, we’re we’re still technically on the playoff bubble and we we don’t want to miss the opportunity at at playoff gate and and playoff games and and then Dawn, why would he want to sell either, right? Like like if I sell then we definitely won’t make the playoffs and my ass might be in the unemployment line.” But of course, he did have that assurance from from ownership that he wasn’t going to lose his job. And they they did sell and do the right thing. So in doing so, you were able to replenish your prospect system a little bit with somebody like Will Zellers. Of course, they ended up going down to fifth in the league. Ended up drafting seventh overall. They get Hagens. We know the rest. So, and Minton put Mitten in the prospect pool that was added. Yeah. And and all the draft off, I guess, is still pretty young. maybe put in it too. Um, yeah, all all the all in all all the draft capital that they got. I mean, the Bruins, they have many first and second round picks right now over the next three years. I think they have I think they still have nine first and second round picks. So, it it’s just it’s a it’s it’s a it’s a tip of the cap that that the Bruins from ownership to the management like that they surprisingly did the right thing. I I wasn’t sold that they were going to um but they did and and that gave us the opportunity to interview a prospect like Will Zeers, you know, five six months later. So yeah, and I’m sure we’ll be resurfacing that interview like as soon as he gets his call up like we’ll we’ll go back and reference that and you know see where he check back in with him hopefully um before he ends up in Boston but uh he’s focused on playing at North Dakota now. the my my uh thing that stuck with me from the interview and this is really dumb but Brian when you hit him with the rapid fire questions at the end and you you were going like through first of all he doesn’t like Harry Potter and I feel like I should have dug in a little further on that like what why um and this is a very podcast he and he said he said he said Star Wars guy yeah and I was like well those aren’t it’s not one or the other like when we were growing up it was like are you are you Harry Potter Lord of the Rings, right? But then I should have asked him what’s what’s his favorite, you know, Star Wars movie. And I don’t know. Well, we were up against the clock. We only had so much. We were we were we didn’t have a whole lot of time. But uh but no, you one of the questions you asked him was if he had like a goal song or like like the equivalent to a baseball walkup song, but like say you were allowed to have a song go off every time you scored a goal, what would it be? I didn’t know his, but I spent I was driving up to New Hampshire yesterday and it for some reason was in my brain for like at least an hour of this car ride trying to figure out what mine would be cuz I didn’t know. And it started out as I was like, I wonder what Scott’s would be. Like I’m interested. And I was like, oh, I would pick for him. I would pick That’s What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction. And then I realized, no, that’s mine. Like he can’t have it. That’s the one I want. That’s That’s a good one. They play it every game in the second intermission. I sing it to Scott every single time. I could be across like I could be getting popcorn and I’ll run I’ll sprint across the ninth floor and like almost knock people over to get back in my seat to sing it to Scott before they stop playing it. But that’s going to be my song. Oh no, he he loves it. No, he has in the bathroom most of the second intermission just because he doesn’t want me to do it. But so I think I have to go with um with that that it gets the people going. Yeah, it’s a good one. It’s a good one. Yeah. Um yeah, I guess I guess mine would be and I kind of had to rattle through some songs quickly at the last second there. There’s so many options that I haven’t even had a chance to consider right now cuz I Bridget kind of hit me with this right before we started recording, but I think the one that the one that came to my mind right away was um uh Stand by Me. Okay. You know that you know that song what by who? Say by Benny King. It’s like the oldest. It’s like so darling. That is a real throwback. Yeah, it is. But like you know I I I picture myself being in the in the batters box, right? And and then it’s like and then all you hear the celebrating after a goal walking up and then everybody knows I’m going up to the plate, right? I guess it would have to be a walk up song. It wouldn’t it wouldn’t work for a hockey goal song. I I did ask Will if it was a I did ask Will about his walk up song if he was a baseball player. Go song be something more, you know, rock probably. Yeah. Yeah. Um Scott, I I’m going to just take a stab would be something spring. Yeah. Yeah. You know, I’m going to give Scott his Let’s do Let’s do uh what’s the song called? It’s like If You Like Peanut. Oh, yeah. That’s a great song. That That That’s That’s Scots. That’s Scots. Escape. I think it’s called Escape. Everybody’s holding up Scots Pops things in the in the in the crowd. Everybody, this this goes up on the screen. There you go. There you go. Um back to this on his ride home from we think Maine. Um yeah, DVD. We’ll find out soon enough. So, you want to go to our uh our scheduled Thursday programming? Yeah. Listen, I’m gonna I’m g have to give Scott a piece of my mind later because he kind of got us into this pickle of these three furs or whatever. I listen, I don’t know what we’re doing or all I know is that I I have a question for for Bridget in the audience and we’ll call it what we will afterwards. Maybe it’s a two for Thursday. We each give a player, whatever. But, um essentially like every single season we talk especially in the summertime, right? We talk about storylines that we we anticipate happening and and how’s this guy going to do? How’s that guy going to do? How’s the team going to do? Whatever. And then every year you look back after the season and and somebody for the most part a storyline emerges or a player emerges that nobody was expecting or anticipating the prior summer. So I was trying to think recently, so what could that be this year? What is something that we’re not talking about this year that this time next year will be more of a known commodity and might catch us by surprise in a good way or a bad way. Right. And Bridget, for me that that answer is okay. Everybody who who’s who’s a young player that might not be on the opening night roster that this time next year though will be talking about as being uh a mainstay on the team. I know James Higgins is the obvious, right? But I’m not talking about Higgins. I’m talking about somebody that’s been in the system. And when it comes to younger players, Fabian Lysel’s name is mentioned a lot. Often times, you know, in a in a way people are saying, I don’t think Lysel is going to pan out. Matt Potras talked about more in an optimistic way. Um Frasier Minton is another player that they’ve gotten recently. Um but one name that comes to my mind is Dan Los. I am very very encouraged and I talked about it earlier in the spring. Very encouraged by his his World Championships performance for for Lafia. He he garnered praise from Cydney Crosby who went up to Los Melis after a game against team Canada, a team Canada that that had as good of a roster as you will get in World Championships because the NHL was still going on. Um he obviously in a very very brief amount of time lit up the AHL with Providence. He had two points per game. He played six games. He had 12 points I believe. He had a very strong sophomore year at UMass. A more quiet freshman year, but a very strong sophomore year at UMass. Did amazing in a short time at Providence. Had a very very respectable world championships. I don’t believe he’ll be an opening night guy for the Bruins. I do think that he’ll be a guy at training camp that is turning heads and makes it tough for the Bruins to make a choice on him. Ultimately, I think the Bruins might look at him and say, “We want him to go down to Providence for a bit, right? Be the guy, learn the systems for all the reasons why the AHL is appropriate for players. I think that they’ll do that for him. But I do think that at some point throughout the NHL season, we will see him at the NHL level. And I do think he’s going to make good of his opportunity. And I think this time next year, he’ll be a player that we are penciling in into their lineup. I’m not sure whose spot he’s going to take or or when he’ll get called up or how it’s going to play out, but I think he’s a player that this time next year, we’ll be talking about him being more of a mainstay for the team. That’s my bold prediction for something we’re not talking about right now that I think next year we would be. Yeah, maybe at this point next year we’re talking about him like passing some of those guys that um on the depth chart like Merkel or Lysel or who whomever. It’s going to be an important season for all three of those guys. Um probably starting out in Providence and trying to prove their way once again. And we know that for Merkel and Lysel, so far they’ve been down there and they’ve really only gotten limited chances in the pros. Um, so the competition in Providence for young guys to to come up and take spots is going to be stronger this season. And they also have more competition on the roster for bottom six spots because of who the Bruins added in free agency. And we’ve we’ve kind of gone over that as well. But to just add a little bit more color on Lesmelis, he was the he had the second most assists for UMass last season. He had 24 assists. He had 31 points in 39 games for them. He takes faceoffs. He he can play center or wing. Um but he was second in assist behind Cole O’Hara who should have been considered a little bit more highly for the Hobie last year. Was a top 10 finalist for the Hobie, one of the best players in college hockey last year. Um, and I think Leh Mouse is really fast. He’s good at, you know, puck retrieval. He plays in front of the net. Um, on the power play, he he causes all sorts of problems up on top of the crease. So, um, this is a a guy that obviously that we’re talking about at the college level, but if he can transfer any of those skills, they could be helpful. Um, and he was just for like perspective on where the Bru how the Bruins got him, where they drafted him, he came uh 119th overall, which is a a fourth round selection by the Bruins in 2022. So, um, you know, that’s not a high draft that’s not considered to be a high draft pick, but if you can get him, you know, into your pro system, that’s that’ll go down as a a really good selection there in the fourth round. Yeah. And and I I want to double check this. I it’s I not in front of me right now, but I’m not comparing the players and I’m not putting his expectations on it. But David Cichi, I think, was a fourth round draft pick or maybe a third round draft pick. I think he was maybe fourth round. Maybe third. Actually, maybe maybe he was second. I don’t really know. I’m all over the map right now. Yeah, you’re everywhere. Maybe maybe he’s a 10th rounder or a first rounder. Um confirm that for me. But but he’s definitely one of those players that has popped since his draft year. And I think what stands out about Los Males is that second round. He was second. So yeah, second round um back in 2004 went 63rd overall. So yeah. So not not not not a not a fair comparison at all even with the draft. Wait a minute. That can’t be right because then that wouldn’t be in the second round. 33rd overall. I don’t know. He was Yeah. Okay. So he’s a second rounder. But the thing that stands out about Los Males is that you mentioned it. He’s very fast skater, which is a difference between somebody like Mercur. Like Murcul is a he he he’s not a he’s not a slow skater, but his lack of size at the NHL level, he doesn’t have that breakaway speed. Lash Melis does have the ability to excel at the NHL level. Like I said, that world championships, he he he outraced Min Celibbrini from from Los Malis’s defensive zone to the offensive zone with the puck on his stick. Cabbrini had had no puck on his stick. And I mean, that’s that just says a lot about about his his straightaway speed with the puck and a stick, but he has a low center of gravity. Um, and he he he has great body positioning. I I just I see traits in him where I it it can translate to the NHL level. And so for those listening, if if you are or you are not familiar with Losis, keep an eye on him in training camp. And I, like I said, I expect him to start the year in Providence. If he does, keep an eye on him in Providence. I I maybe maybe he never makes it in the NHL, right? Nothing’s a guarantee, but he to me looks like a player who has excelled at the pro level even more so than than than college. I I just think he’s somebody that we’ll be talking about. But, um, Bridget, how about you? So, I am I’m going, you know, we’re keeping it pretty much to prospects because um those are the people who we’re kind of waiting and seeing what happens with them this season and what they can do to step up. And um this is someone that I think people already do have high hopes for, but I think we’ll be having a different conversation about him this coming off season because I don’t think we’ve talked about him really all that much this off season. And I I want to talk about Fraser Mitten as maybe someone we’re seeing expand because if you think about it, he comes to Boston and and people are pretty um impressed by him because he he comes in he’s pretty big. He’s 6’2 uh listed at 195 pounds. He’s only 21. he comes over in the Carlo trade and he was doing a pretty solid job as a young kid filling in as a third line center um once the Bruins traded away so many of their regular roster pieces and players like David Posino after games would come over and say you know I think the best players on the ice today were Fraser Mitten and who’s Nadino like praising the younger guys that they got and they put Mitten next to Posanok in the locker them um on purpose so that they could they could chat together, they could talk together. Um and Traor Mitten is also someone who’s considered to have, you know, leadership upside eventually. So, this is this is a guy that maybe he’s a he ends up playing a full season because he hasn’t played a full season in the pros yet. His played 25 career games. Um 21 of those were last season and that was split between the Bruins and uh Toronto. But maybe that at the end of next season, we’re talking about him as a legitimate like 82 game player. Like he’s he’s playing the whole season and he’s uh stepped up and he’s he’s solidified himself a spot in your middle six. Uh I could see that happening for him. He’s very smart. Um and he’s got the size to compete and the strength to compete already even though he’s 21 uh at that level. So, I think maybe we’re talking about, okay, we’re going to try to fill in around Fraser Mitten next off season for what do we want to put around him on the third line in free agency or what have you. And you’re trying to build, say, a third line or something around uh Fraser Mitten. And and Mitten’s a perfect example of of of why last year was so necessary. Like Charlie Coyle is a great NHL pro, right? On on the ice, off the ice. He’s a good guy to have in the room. He’s a good guy to have in the ice, especially when he’s on his game in the right role, right? He, by the way, is obviously have he’s moved on from Colorado already. He’s now with Columbus, right? So, but in an alternate reality where the Bruins didn’t sell at last year’s deadline, okay, they they wanted to stick with it and maybe maybe try to, you know, if not add a piece, just stay stay pat and try to just ride it out and maybe make the playoffs and and and and bank that Makavoy comes back and Lynholm comes back, whatever. Mars Jane comes back, whatever. You know, they would have missed the playoffs and you wouldn’t have had the opportunity to draft James Higgins. you wouldn’t have gotten uh you know an additional two or three second round draft picks, an additional two first round draft picks. You wouldn’t have gotten a prospect like Zeers. Uh you wouldn’t have gotten a prospect like Frasier Minton. You would be entering this coming season going down a dead end road another year running it back with with Coyle and Zaka and Lyn Holm. And it’s like it they needed to do what they did. And I just think that yeah, like there might be some growing pains, right? like doing what they did last year doesn’t mean it’s g there’s not going to be some steps back to before before making uh you know some larger strides forward but I just think I I I I personally am going to really enjoy watching these players develop and and and turn into you know the the future of of the team and I think that Frasier Mintson absolutely should the expectation for him should be 82 games next year to your point Bridget and I think this time next year I I hope that we’re sitting you’re saying that yeah, Frasier Mitten could be their third line pivot for the next 10 years, you know, if they if they want him to be with, you know, with with upside to do more potentially, right? But yeah, it’s it’s as we saw with Coyle, as we saw with Chris Kelly during the Bruins Cup runs, like you having having a reliable thirdline center who can do both uh at both ends of the ice is is important. And I do think that we’ll see like he has competition, too. We talked about it before. Is Matty Potchra going to be a center, right? Is I mentioned Dan Lash Melis? Is he somebody that’s going to try to be a third line center one day for the Bruins or or more like there there what what happens with Casey Middlestat? If Casey Middlestat doesn’t stick in the top six, does he go down to the third lines? Like there’s there’s competition, right? Yeah. But uh but it’s going to be fun to follow. Yeah. And and I think what what he does have what Mitten does have that maybe somebody like Matt Potra doesn’t have or Dons left Miller doesn’t have is the defensive side of his game is a little bit more developed and he’s you know someone that you can trust in different defensive situations and some a lot of times third line guys have to be more that kind of a player. Um and hence why we kind of have conversations like oh is Matt Potra better fit on the second line? And it’s like, well, yeah, those are players that tend to spend more time in the offensive zone. They don’t have to be as defensive. Um, and and like I mentioned, he’s bigger than Patra. Um, and he’s bigger than Lehales, so he’s got a little bit of a size advantage and um developmental advantage, I would say, um, in terms of just being a full 200 foot player. Now, Bru, I want to get your thoughts on Patra and Fibbe real quick. going to kind of go uh off the road here a little bit, but what are what do you want to see from those two players to if they if they want a chance of of of making the team and sticking around? Obviously, like I said, I think people are more optimistic on Potra and and and he should be a guy that finds a roster spot come opening night. I I I I I think that Patra his effort is there, but despite his effort, I do think he needs to win more battles. He needs to be tougher, stronger, more physically inclined. I think we’ve seen we’ve seen him kind of he he I’m not saying this to be to be critical or insensitive, but he seems like at times he he’s he’s kind of fragile. like he he’s he’s vulnerable to getting hurt physically at the NHL level to this point where he’s been a little bit undersized some of the bigger guys kind of take advantage of him and I just think that he he’s not going to grow another five inches right so he he just needs to keep getting stockier and just getting getting stronger and I think that cuz his creativity his hockey sense it’s all there I see it right but he has to be able to endure a little bit more be because the best ability is availability that that’s my thing Patra and then Lysel. I think it’s just elbow consistency. Yeah, I mean we can call this the third of our three for and this was Scott’s idea. Um, but no, I mean, you’re not being overcritical at all to say that he, you know, he has missed time with injury and he has been bumped off pucks and he does get targeted because I think players around the league know that he’s going to give up the puck if they give him a hard enough hit and um that maybe he might be a little bit hesitant to go into some of those areas because he’s worried about hurting his shoulder again or what have you. But, um, yeah, it’s a disadvantage that he, we’ve talked about this before, um, like you can’t make him any taller, but you can put on weight and muscle and, uh, prepare your body with recovery and and all sorts of different things. So, um, yeah, he’s going to have to be one of those guys who off the ice really works hard at at keeping up with the like just what other guys might naturally be better at doing, like just because they’re bigger. um he’s gonna have to work harder, but uh I I think he’s got the right personality to to try to keep up and compete. And uh I I don’t think any of our fans, our listeners really would say they’re ready to give up on Patra and and he’s somebody that’s their like one of their favorites. We get a lot of questions about Patra talking about like why isn’t he getting more chances? Why? So I don’t think people are down on him currently. Certainly the fan base, it’s kind of harder to say what the Bruins organization might feel about him at this point because they’ve bounced him down and up and down and up to Providence this past season. Um, and you know, it could all just be for the sake of his best development path, but or maybe it’s that they didn’t think he was going to have to be on the roster. It’s it’s probably um it’s harder to say what they’re feeling about him um and where they think he fits in the future, I guess. put him right in that category of TBD because um I think his future is just as in question as some of the other guys we’ve talked about. Not Lush, but like Fraser Mitten and him I feel like are both at a crossroads where they’re early on in their careers and we just don’t really know what it’s up to them. Yeah. I mean, and he’s he’s still only 21 years old, right? I mean, he’s 21 years old with 66 games to his name. I mean, there aren’t many 21 year olds, whether they’re drafted in the first, second, third, or fourth round that or or or later that that have that many games at that stage of their, you know, a lot a lot of the 21 is when a lot of guys start to break in that if they do break in outside of the, you know, elite uh prospects, right? Yeah. So, well, I got a question for you. Would you, how surprised would you be if Patcha did not make the team out of camp? I would be surprised. I would be surprised by that because I do think that this is the year I want to just double check when his birth month is, but um okay, so March. So, I mean, yeah, he he’ll be he’ll be 21 and a half years old. And I do think that between the opportunity that is there for him with with with open spots and the fact that he’s, you know, now been a pro for for nearly three years, I I do think the expectations for him change. Um, but again, this is why I’m saying like I think like somebody like Dan Lash Malis, if he comes into training camp and just completely outperforms Matt Potra, well, Matt Potra is not going to make the team just because he’s played 66 games for the Bruins and Los Malis hasn’t played any. Like, I do think that there’s a there is a world where Potra starts the year in Providence. Yeah, I would be surprised by it and I would be disappointed by it because that means that he hasn’t done enough to make the team a very makeable team considering their their their needs, their holes, and his potential. Um, so that’s what I would say to that. All right. So, I guess if I were to ask you your predictions for, you know, this is obviously really early and then we’ll probably do a similar activity uh right after training camp or during training camp. Like if I give you a name, you tell me whether you’re not whether or not you think they’re on the roster right out of camp. So, Fraser Mitten, yes. Patra, yes. Um, Fabian Lel, that’s the one that it’s tough to see. A and that’s that’s because at a certain point it becomes a numbers game. So last year I thought I thought Lizel and I and I was at Warrior in person for much of training camp and there were moments that he had where I said nice you know nice shift there Fabian or or nice nice drill um nice rep but his body language didn’t strike me consistently enough throughout training camp as somebody who you know knew that they they had to they had to show everything they have to make the team. And it was inconsistent at best is what I’ll say cuz he had a he had a he had one or two good preseason games, but he just I wanted to see more from somebody who’s whose job whose NHL future was potentially on the line. And so I need to see a completely different Fabian Lysel this training camp. I need to see one that will refuse to go back down to Providence. I haven’t seen that yet. But at the same time, even if he does have a great camp, right? Well, your top line has Pastnack, Geeky, and Zaka, right? And Passion is that is that uh I’m double check. Liz Cel’s hand in this. What is he again? Is he a lefty? He’s a righty. Yeah, he Yeah, he’s a righty. So So Passion is the right wing on the top line. Your second line now, you have Ardson there, right? You have Arvinson, you have uh Zaka and Middlestad. So automatically there’s there’s just no spot in the top six. Now you could sit there and say maybe Lysel outperforms Arvidson and in training camp and he starts the year on the second line. I don’t I don’t see that for a number of reasons. I think the Bruins aren’t they’re not going to be very riskadverse. I think this year I think they’re going to try to want to have some veterans that can be play respectful two-way games to help get that structure identity back. So then, okay, so how about the fourth line? Well, the fourth line is not where Fabian Lysell is going to going to succeed. It’s not it’s it’s not his fit. So you’re looking at the third line. So the third line, you have, you know, Matt Potra, you have Frasier Mitten, you have Marcus Sandino, you have Tanner Jano, you have like I just these are all options for that line, right? I just don’t I don’t know who he who he surpasses. Like he could. It’s just going to be a tough numbers game for him. So, yeah, if if he shows any signs of inconsistency, I I don’t think the lease for him is very long. I think the Bruins won’t be quick. I don’t I don’t think they’ll take too long to say, “All right, Fabian, back down to Providence till you prove it again.” I got I got two defenseman, too. So, Michael Callahan, who played more at the end of the season, he he got, you know, his NHL debut. He’s a PC grad, has spent the last few years in Providence, finally got to taste the NHL. Um, and I think to me, my answer is yes, he’ll make make the wrong I think he’ll be a maybe a good seventh defenseman or um, you know, in that in that conversation. Bridget, just real quick, I’m gonna comment on that real quick, but I just wanted to jump back. I knew I was forgetting somebody, too. They also signed uh, Mate Blumel, right? and and and they they signed uh is it is it Alex Steves from Toron? Those are those are two prolific AHL scorers that the Brewers are trying to give an opportunity to as well to win a spot out of training camp. Those guys would also be vying for probably third line spots if they if they make the team. So there’s just a lot of competition for life and George Merkel, right? Like Yeah. Mulov, too. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. So there’s a lot of competition for cuz we because we think Patra and Minton are probably you know making that third line and and I think Tanner Chanel like right now Daily Face off here here’s Daily Face offs line combinations uh projected line combinations Geeky Lynholm Passion Zaka Middlestat Averson Jano Minton Mate Blumel uh John Beecher Sean Carali uh Michael Eimont I mean hell Matt Potra is not even listed there. Neither is Marus Nadine off like let alone myself. Yeah. No, it’s it’s I don’t I don’t think so either. I think but I’m just I’m just saying like these are some names that are out there for options, right? So, u but yes, um Michael Callahan, right? Yeah. I I think I think he’s definitely somebody that’s going to have an opportunity to to to get some playing time, especially because we know the NHL is such a tough season to stay healthy for. So, I mean the Bruins top six is Lindholm, Makavoy, Zador off, Yoki, Haru, Peak, Lori, you know, order them how you will um outside of the top two guys, but beyond them, I mean, you know, there’s going to be injuries at some point. So, you have, you know, Jordan Harris who they signed, uh, Victor Sodestrom, who they signed in the offseason, Michael Callahan, of course, who you mentioned. So, think those are probably your your top nine on the depth chart right now. Um, you know, Frederick Bne is another player that that that fans like as well. And so he’s only 21. Um, yeah, he’s on the younger end of of guys. And you mentioned him before we started as maybe being someone that you’re interested in in his training camp and, you know, what he can I am. I definitely am. So, I mean, I think that ultimately it’s no secret this Bruins roster at the NHL level, it’s missing some a couple of high-end pieces, right? Certainly up front, they’re missing at least one um bonafide top six forward, at least one. Um maybe two. And then on the back end, I think that it’s it’s fair to say that they’re missing a legit top four defenseman. Now maybe maybe Yoki Haru or or Peak play above their their capabilities maybe similar to how like Coyle and Zaka did in 23 24 season. Maybe maybe they produce and play like a top four defenseman, but I think there’s it’s not the ideal guy. Um so the Bruins roster is obviously missing a few key pieces. There’s no doubt about it at the high-end level, but they’re not short on on depth and competition for spots, right? Like, so that’s something to keep an eye on. Like there there are a lot of there are a lot of players that are capable of playing bottom six forward roles. Um, and even bottom pair defense roles at the NHL level. I think that there’s going to be good competition for. So, I know that’s kind of a I know fans might hear that and roll their eyes and be like, “Well, we don’t want death. We want high-end pieces.” Like, I I I hear that. I get it. I’m I’m with you. But, like, you still need to have, you know, competition. Like, it’s it’s that’s obvious. Well, I guess Yeah. the more the more draft picks that you’ve had like there’s been a a stretch where the Bruins just didn’t have any guys that they had drafted to bring in or like it’s very limited now that you we’re talking about other prospects that they traded for and other draft picks that they have now received. Um it should in theory boost competition um at the in Providence but also hopefully somebody like Hagens uh will boost it on the on the NHL roster as well. So, as soon as he gets in, um, we’ll see. Like, I guess at the next this time next year, Brian, this is what the question is. You said, “Oh, Higgins is the easy one.” But like I guess the question, assuming he’s on the roster, assuming BC once their season ends, he comes. So, so maybe call that March or April. Um, where where is he playing? Who does he take? Like, where where who is he bumping? Yeah. No, it’s a great question, Bridget. And that that that’s that’s all the more reason why when we talk about players like like Potra and Minton and you know Lizel like I I know I know it’s you know there’s a lot of versatility like guys can play center and win these days right but we’re talking about these guys making a team now right a and and how challenging it will be to win a spot at training camp right now let alone when you know that you have you know uh a future mainstay at the top of your lineup entering the team like you said in less than a calendar year’s time. So when Higgins comes around, it’s you you you better you better have if if if you’re Potra, if you’re Lysel, if you’re Minton, if you’re Los, whomever, like the sooner you cement your spot in this lineup, the better for you personally, because there’s only going to be more turnover like you mentioned. And the reality is not all these guys are going to cement their spot in this roster prior to getting here. And throw some of the veteran guys that they just added in that category as well, like Sean Carali also has to work every single shift to make sure he stays in the lineup. And what? Casey Case Casey Middlestad, right? Like he he he’s right now he’s kind of like a he’s like a like a Costco sample, right? He’s he’s like a he’s like a try out. Like all right, he’s 26 years old. He’s entering his prime in the NHL in when it comes to age, right? Over the next few years. Can he can he run with a spot in the top six or you know I is is Hagens going to one day surpass like Elias Lynholm and Pavo Zaka and then Casey Middlestat who second line center behind Hagens or is Hagens going to force Middle to the third line or force him to trade whatever like there’s so when you ask like who does Hagens like kind of bump down it’s it’s going to come down to a combination of things. Does does Hagens make the NHL roster at some point later this this you know next spring? Um or you know is are the Bruins are the Bruins have have they regained their structure and identity and are they a respectable product maybe battling for a wild card spot? In that case the influx of skill and youth could be helpful. Are the Bruins an absolute show in an environment that you don’t want Hagen to even be in next spring? Maybe. Like we’ll see. But it’s going to come down to the players that are on the NHL roster to like take advantage of their opportunities, right? So basically, whoever’s struggling, whoever struggles the most next year, that’s who’s in jeopardy. I don’t know who that player is, right? Um yeah, it will it will be interesting to see how high of a level he’ll be challenging at, right? Like does he like Ryan Leonard came in and started playing on the second line last year with the Capitals? Yeah, I I think James Hagens I think he’s going to have some uh he’s going to have some some developing to do on the fly at the NHL level just like anybody in this position, but I think I think he’s I don’t see him being like a oh, let’s let’s put him on a third line for his rookie year. Like his first full season. I mean, like let’s put let’s put him on a third line as rookie. No, like he’s going to be he’s going to be a top six forward right away in his first full season. And I would imagine that look, if you look at the Bruins top six right now, you got Arvidson, you got Middlestad, like I don’t I can very easily see Higgins, you know, replacing one of them and pushing one of them down the lineup at some point if he were to get there. Hell, those guys might even slide down before Higgins gets there. Like maybe somebody else outperforms those guys. like it’s tough to tell, but I I definitely think that Hagens will be put in a position to succeed with um top six players pretty quickly. Yeah, whenever that is. So, look at that. We went we already have gone over 50 minutes um on, you know, this August summer day. Always happens. We’re always like, “Oh, I don’t really know.” And then we get talking. I swear we could probably do like another two hours because we This is what we talk about anyway. Like people will walk up to me and then that’s what they want to talk about. But um there was one other thing before we go. We don’t have to do our throwback Thursday question yet because maybe we should save that for next Thursday. Um seeing as we have already gone this long. Um and you that that might be my first episode record from my new place. So that’s right. Gota find new place for Harold as well. But big couple weeks for you. You got the move. You got vacation. Yeah. And then I’m going to Jonas Brothers. So Wow. Big next few weeks for me. Um but yeah. Uh, what was I saying? I I got lots. Was there There was one more question you said you we had. You had No, no. I said we were gonna push off that till Thursday. So So that that was the question you were talking about. No, it was something else. That’s what I was saying. You said you had another question you wanted to talk about. No, I don’t remember, Brian. Okay. You threw me off because I was like, “Oh, yeah. I do have a lot to do.” Well, yeah. I I do think the the one that I had might be a a bit of a Debbie Downer to end on. So yeah, we don’t need to do that. We can we can save that. Maybe Scott has an answer for that, too. So yeah, we’ll save it for Scott. Unfortunately, you will remember your question. The As I, you know, sign us off and and just write it down and and we’ll talk about it next time. Okay. Okay. Oh, it wasn’t a question. It was a statement. I I came to me. All right. Talk to me. Um, so just one last prospect thing, uh, that happened this week. Uh, Roger McQueen did end up going to PC officially. So, um, that’s something I mentioned in passing a while ago, um, because I had heard about all over that. That was You probably told us that first week of July, I think. I think Yeah, it might off course before the draft. Yeah, off the off the record. I told you. No, it was it was after it was after the draft. It was after the draft. Oh, yeah. I think I had told you guys before the draft like um not mentioned it on the podcast but uh that he was somebody that they were interested in and uh then I had I had heard that like because he got drafted by Anaheim like that might have changed him whether or not he was going to college and I guess at some point recently the decision was made that college was the best route for him. So he just he’s going to end up in Hockey East. Um there were a few Hockey East teams interested in him, not just Providence, but uh he he’s going to go there and that’s going to I think that changes the landscape of Hockey East. Um because that’s that’s a big addition, 10th overall guy, um going there and somebody that we’ve heard has some of the most offensive um the highest offensive ceiling and and skill set. So, uh I’m I’m interested to see him him there this year and and how that changes. Like does that make them a top three team in hockey this year? Does that make them a top five? Like where are they going to fall now? Um with this this prospect being, you know, McQueen being as good as he is. Yeah, he’s a great get for them. And and you mentioned the competition. I mean, I’m not sure, you know, what it was that that they were able to do to get him to go to commit to Providence over some of the the other teams. I don’t know who those teams were. we would do. But tell me tell me offline, I guess. Um, but um, you know, yeah, he he he he didn’t go 10th overall because he was a 10th best prospect in the draft. A lot of it had to do with people having concerns about his his health with the the the lower back injuries over time. Um, but I think that it’s cool to see him in Hockey East because I didn’t think that James Higgins was a possibility for the Bruins. I mean, you talk about I remember texting you guys at the bean pot during the bean pot being like, “Would you guys would you guys trade this and that to try to get the number one overall pick and at the time the Bruins were like 16th in the NHL.” So, like there was no world where they were getting him, right? Um, and even when the Bruins did tank at the end of the year and they finished fifth last and moved down to seventh, I was like, Hagens isn’t going to the Bruins. So, who are some players that could go to B to the Bruins, right? And to me, I thought Roger McQueen had some of the most some of the highest upside. Yeah. Of potential players to go to the Bruins, but it was just the classic like, you know, how seriously could these injuries affect him and stuff like that, the same concerns everybody had. So, the fact that we have the opportunity to to watch who I thought for months could have ended up being a Bruin potentially. Um, we get to see him down the street in Hockey East. And another name that I’m curious about Bridget is, have we heard anything in the hockey world on Caleb Denier? Because as far as I know, he is not planning on playing college hockey this year, but um as of right now, that’s the information that I have. So, just seems just seems like going back to the queue would be I don’t know like I feel like I feel like he’s kind of done all he he can do there. Um and and but anyway, um yeah, as of right now, the teams that I knew that were interested in him, he’s not like really talking to right now. So, so let’s let’s think about some of these top 10 prospects from from last year’s draft and that are going that are in college hockey right now. So, you got you got you got Porter Martone who went sixth overall. He’s going to be at Michigan State. You got James Hagens who’s going to return to BC, went seventh overall. Uh Roger McQueen 10th overall to Providence. Gavin McKenna projected first overall to Penn State uh next next year. Projected first overall. Um um one of Will Zeller’s teammates in North Dakota. He’s rooming with them. Um Verahhoff or something. Katon Vhov. Yeah. Um he he’s also he’s also projected to be a top pick next year’s draft and uh he’s at North Dakota. Um, man, just a lot of a lot of high-end talent in college hockey next year. Hockey East. I think in Hockey East there’s some really good goalenders as well. I mean, last year there’s Fowler. He’s moved on. He’s up in Montreal system now. But, um, Yagorov at BEu is right. When he came in, I was immediately impressed by him and he’s gonna he’s going to be a really good NHL. I think he’s a second round pick. Um, and they said Cole Eman and Cole Hudson. Yep. Yep. And then um up we we mentioned Alban Boya in Maine and Maine’s kind of one of those teams like it might not have a bunch of draft picks, but it’s built really solidly and coached really well. So, um and they won the hockey championship last year. So, uh a lot of good a lot of good things to keep an eye on. And I didn’t want to start with this because like obviously this is more of like a a hockey it was like a college hockey segment that we always end up talking about. But, uh yeah, it should be a good season. Bruins fans are hockey fans too, right? Like they they love That’s why when I mentioned hockey and stuff when I mentioned the McQueen thing in passing, I didn’t realize people were going to like pick it up and like just like tweet it out and like all get excited about it because I had I had just literally been like, “Oh, I heard he’s interested in in, you know, coming to Hockey East, maybe PC.” Never knew people were going to just like run with it. And I’m They gave me credit at least, but I, you know, I wasn’t intending on it being like a legitimate report. um just thought it was maybe interesting to some people, but um it it ended up being See, I’m right sometimes, Brian. Yes, you are. Yes, you are. I I w I wish I wish you told the world when you knew in instead of being so modest about it, but Well, I I have another job that I have to make sure I don’t get fired. So, I know, I know. I got you. Um All right. So, yeah, again, College Hockey, Hockey East in particular, it’s going to be awesome next year. If if if if you haven’t been a college hockey fan historically, like this year, this upcoming year really is boasting the the the most talent that that NCAAD1 has ever had across the board. Um so that’ll be great to follow. Um Bridget, thank you for your time. Thank you all very much for listening and we’ll talk to you next week. Hey guys, thanks for watching this Gate Podcast. If you want to see more of our videos, visit our playlist, not in front of a screen. You can listen to us on Spotify, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Don’t forget to follow us on social media. 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