We break down the Bruins’ back-to-back overtime losses to New Jersey and Montreal. Was this a “good” road trip? Marco Sturm shook up his lines, but Elias Lindholm and Morgan Geekie continue to struggle. What do the Bruins do with Lindholm – both now and moving forward?
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00:00 – Opening Shifts: Sturm shakes up his lines
09:30 – Riveting Casey Mittelstadt talk!
12:35 – Was this a ‘good’ road trip?
18:48 – Bruins’ power play continues to struggle
30:55 – What do the B’s do with Elias Lindholm?
47:20 – Hagens Watch
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13 Comments
Elias Lindholm is a horrible waste of money!!! health bomb him, trade him..whatever. Poitras is not the answer, he is worse than Lindholm and probably an AHL star but NHL flop.
I think Brian is actually just out of focus in real life, amiright? 😁 I love this podcast!
Lindholm has 12 goals 28 assists and is a -9 says it all, he's not tradable and he brings little to the team until 2031 ?
13:50 it’s funny listening to both this and Morning Bru talk about “feelings” and how Razor came with the take that he doesn’t care about them.
Personally, it would’ve felt better if they lost in regulation against NJ but won against Montreal. Same result points wise but two wins and one loss does feel a lot better
We tie him to a boat as he is an anchor
I stuck up for E Lindholm all the way to the Olympic break. No more. It's gotten pathetic.
Poitras has shown he can play in the NHL. He accounted himself well in his brief call up. I'd rather see him on the ice right now than almost half the current forewords.
I said from the moment Sweens signed Elias that its a Beleskey/ Backes signing that would be a future buy out. No one is trading for that contract even if he waived his NMC without sending a first round pick or more. Bench him until he asks out and send him as fast as you can.
Boston Bruins 12 regular forwards
Elias Lindholm 5×5 Ranks:
11th Goals
9th Points
9th Primary
Assists
235 NHL forwards with 700+ 5×5 minutes
Elias Lindholm 5×5 Ranks:
214th xGF
213th Goals
193th Primary Assists
He's nothing but a faceoff specialist & powerplay merchant
If he didn't play with Pasta, Elias Lindholm would have maybe, 15-20 points
His compete level stinks, defensively he's been a minus player since the Olympic break
And speaking of the Olympic break, in the 11 games since, Elias Lindholm has a grand total of ZERO 5×5
points
ZERO!!!
Elias Lindholm isn't a great skater, he doesn't have even above average puck skills let alone elite ones, he's not tough to play against, etc…
What is he to the Bruins lately?
An albatross, that's it
It's long past time to move Lindholm down to a less offensive minded, 3C role
He isn't driving play as a Top 6 player
Thus to maximize his value they need to reduce his 5×5 ice time, reduce his offensive zone starts & get him off power play #1
The reduced ice time & playing lower in the lineup would theoretically give Elias Lindholm a chance to produce more in matchups that should be more favorable to him
Continuing to allow Elias Lindholm to drag down anyone he plays with in the Top 6 & PP1 while he produces nothing offensively & continues to be a minus 5×5 player would be 100% counter productive to winning
When Hagans arrives I'd go with these lines…
Hagans Zacha Pasta
Geekie Minten Arvi
Khusy Elias Middlestadt
Jeannot Esyimont Kastelic
Bench Steeves & Kuraly
If they don't want to disrupt the Zacha line right now… Go with
Hagans Minten Pasta
Middlestadt Zacha Arvi
Khusy Lindholm Geekie
Jeannot Esyimont Kastelic
In the off season they have to decide what Elias Lindholm is to them moving forward so they can make roster decisions that'll improve them demonstrably next season
No matter what he is next season, Elias Lindholm shouldn't be in their Top 6 or on powerplay unit #1
If he stinks next year too they'll have to at least consider a David Backes cut bait kind of move to get him off the team & to free up cap space
That'd mean a pick, a prospect & some form of salary retention
That'd be a steep price to pay but if he stinks again next year they can't continue to pay him $7.5M through 2031
They're not quite there with Elias yet & maybe he'd never waive his NTC or limited NMCs in the future but they may have no choice to but approach him with it at some point if he continues to be terrible
Elias Lindholm looks like nothing more than yet another Don Sweeney, outside the organization UFA fail to go right up there with the craptastic David Backes & Matt Belesky mistakes
Let's also not forget that due to Don Sweeney's crap drafting & developing at forward he had to overpay Elias Lindholm in both terms of money & well, term
65 draft picks across 11 drafts since 2015
Only ONE Top6-ish forward has ever been drafted & developed by Don Sweeney
ONE!!! of 65!!!
Cry baby & the mentally weak Jake Debrusk, that's it
A player Don Sweeney let walk for nothing as a UFA after he ran himself out of Boston, the same way he's running himself out of Vancouver these days
39 Total Forward Draft picks across 11 drafts and again, Debrusk the only marginal Top 6-ish forward to show for it
So the Elias Lindholm UFA mistake by Don Sweeney…
110% the result of Don Sweeney's piss poor drafting & developing at forward
Proof?
Look Up😂😂😂
Buy out material the second Hagens, Letourneau and Zellers are all in Boston
Elias Lindholm: The Swedish Meatball
Yah so funny how the Zacha / Mittlestadt / Arvidsson line was viewed as the "all the guys who will be traded at the deadline" line at the beginning of the year, and now they are the best line they have by far.
I don't think they should play Hagens with Lindholm if they call him up. Lindholm sets a bad example with his lazy effort and should be benched. In the offseason he needs to be traded for cents on the dollar of bought out.