Boston Bruins Roster: Michael DiPietro Earns His NHL Opportunity | Ep. 151

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0:33 Speaker 2: corner pasterst What is that for? Loston? Welcome in everyone

0:51 Speaker 2: to another episode of Bruin's Tape to Tape. I will

0:55 Speaker 2: be your host today. I am Maria from Watertown, and

0:59 Speaker 2: today's episode we're going to be continuing in our summer

1:03 Speaker 2: long series of player profiles. Today's focus is going to

1:08 Speaker 2: be on newest member of Bruins goaltending tandem, Michael Dpah.

1:14 Speaker 2: But before we get going on that topic of conversation,

1:18 Speaker 2: I want to welcome in my co host Caroline with

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1:23 Speaker 1: Hey, Maria, I'm so excited to talk about Dippy.

1:27 Speaker 2: I know you love goalie talking like I love big

1:31 Speaker 2: defenseman talk.

1:32 Speaker 1: I know this guy. It's so funny. We called this

1:37 Speaker 1: weeks and weeks ago when we were discussing our summer

1:40 Speaker 1: player profiles. We knew we were going to have to

1:43 Speaker 1: talk about Michael Dpatrow because at some point, once the

1:48 Speaker 1: Boston Bruins were to say goodbye to Unice Corpusolo, which

1:52 Speaker 1: at the time we did not know when that was

1:54 Speaker 1: going to happen, we knew we're going to have to

1:55 Speaker 1: talk about Dpa Trow because it was pretty clear to

1:59 Speaker 1: me and I think to you as well, that the

2:02 Speaker 1: Bruins organization had invested a lot of time and effort

2:06 Speaker 1: and energy into this young kid and that he was

2:08 Speaker 1: going to be the one that they were going to

2:09 Speaker 1: call up to support Jeremy Swayman. And sure enough, even

2:14 Speaker 1: though it was already on the calendar, what happened, this

2:17 Speaker 1: conversation was meant to be. And let's lay the foundation

2:20 Speaker 1: for this topic of conversation, because, as you just alluded to,

2:24 Speaker 1: we had more than one conversation about the fact that

2:28 Speaker 1: Bruins had been carrying both Jeremy Swayman and Jonis Corprosalo

2:32 Speaker 1: on their salary roster and it was no longer becoming

2:37 Speaker 1: feasible to carry both of these goalies.

2:41 Speaker 2: And whether or not any of us believe some of

2:43 Speaker 2: the rampant speculation that has been coming across social feeds

2:48 Speaker 2: is that the initial potential deal to move corpor Salo

2:53 Speaker 2: was sending him to Edmonton along with I believe would

2:59 Speaker 2: have been Mason Laura with the return of Darnell Nurse.

3:02 Speaker 2: And speculation is that Jonas Corposalo invoked his no trade

3:07 Speaker 2: clause and said, yeah, no, I don't really want to

3:10 Speaker 2: go to Edmonton, but which was fine because maybe the

3:14 Speaker 2: Bruins dodged a bullet and not getting Darnell Nurse, and

3:18 Speaker 2: I believe that's why they ultimately plucked Connor Clifton off

3:22 Speaker 2: the pile of recyclable defenceman but signed by him New York.

3:28 Speaker 2: And I'm glad that the deal was made during the

3:31 Speaker 2: off season rather than going into this season with still

3:36 Speaker 2: this sword hanging over the Bruins head. So the Michael

3:40 Speaker 2: dpietrow era has officially begun, and even Don Sweeney, when

3:46 Speaker 2: asked about Michael d Pietro, said it's time to learn.

3:51 Speaker 2: And I'm not quoting, I'm just interpreting Donnie's words. Basically,

3:56 Speaker 2: time to learn. If Michael Dpietro is NHL ready NHL material,

4:03 Speaker 2: he's also earned his opportunity and hopefully he's going to

4:08 Speaker 2: take advantage of that opportunity with the Bruins. Do we

4:12 Speaker 2: expect Jeremy Swayman's workload to go up a little bit

4:17 Speaker 2: or are we going to try and strike a balance

4:22 Speaker 2: with giving dpe Trow the opportunity to prove that he's

4:26 Speaker 2: NHL ready. But what are your thoughts on that? Before

4:30 Speaker 2: we get into Michael Dpietro as an ahler.

4:34 Speaker 1: My initial thought before even the Corpusolo trade happened, understanding

4:42 Speaker 1: that all right, Boston is definitely going to be given

4:44 Speaker 1: this kid a shot. We saw him play wasn't even

4:48 Speaker 1: a start. He covered in for Corpusolo very briefly during

4:53 Speaker 1: a game when Corpy had a puck to the head

4:56 Speaker 1: and had to go sit in the dark room for

4:57 Speaker 1: a little bit before he came back, So we didn't

4:59 Speaker 1: see him and that was great. Initially, I was a

5:03 Speaker 1: little bit worried that, Wow, they're going to take this risk,

5:06 Speaker 1: They're going to just give him the job. But here's

5:10 Speaker 1: the thing. When it comes to goalie development and playing goaltenders,

5:15 Speaker 1: the way that you train as a goaltender, the way

5:18 Speaker 1: that you develop as a goaltender very different than with skaters.

5:21 Speaker 1: Goalies develop through a lot of repetition, reading live game situations.

5:27 Speaker 1: So being in games, handling that traffic, learning how to

5:31 Speaker 1: read what's in front of them, and if they make

5:33 Speaker 1: a mistake, recovering from those mistakes, and that only happens

5:37 Speaker 1: in game, and then building that confidence with start after start.

5:42 Speaker 1: So they clearly see in him a solid foundational game,

5:49 Speaker 1: a solid technical game. They would not be giving a

5:53 Speaker 1: kid without that experience this massive chance. So he's clearly

5:59 Speaker 1: got it, and he's got a hell of a story

6:01 Speaker 1: that I know we're going to get into. We're going

6:03 Speaker 1: to get to that this is the next step for him.

6:08 Speaker 1: He's spent time in Providence getting that degree of experience

6:13 Speaker 1: and repetition with that level of play, and quite frankly,

6:18 Speaker 1: the only way that you can then truly learn how

6:21 Speaker 1: to play the NHL game is to play in the NHL.

6:25 Speaker 1: So they are putting a lot of faith in this kid.

6:28 Speaker 1: I don't know that they will necessarily increase Jeremy Swayman's workload,

6:33 Speaker 1: nor do I think that he needs to have his

6:36 Speaker 1: workload increased. As we discussed in our Goalies conversation a

6:40 Speaker 1: few weeks back, his percent of games covered was on

6:44 Speaker 1: par with other elite starting goaltenders. Connor Hellibuck, Jay Gottinger

6:49 Speaker 1: all playing roughly the same, was it sixty five percent

6:53 Speaker 1: of games plus we've not loved Jeremy Swayman's work after

6:58 Speaker 1: more than games.

7:00 Speaker 2: I think when he gets to that five game in

7:02 Speaker 2: a row, mark, you can expect the floodgates to open up.

7:06 Speaker 1: Especially considering last season where he was doing a lot

7:10 Speaker 1: of heavy lifting, a lot of heavy lifting. Now, having

7:13 Speaker 1: a young goaltender who's inexperienced in net could also not

7:19 Speaker 1: only grow and develop him as a player, could have

7:23 Speaker 1: actually very positive motivational impacts on the players out in

7:30 Speaker 1: front of him. Because the players, if it's a good team,

7:34 Speaker 1: if it's a team with a solid, respectful culture, they're

7:38 Speaker 1: gonna say, we got to bring it. We cannot expose

7:42 Speaker 1: this kid and not put him in situations that are

7:46 Speaker 1: not fair. It's one thing to do that to Jeremy

7:51 Speaker 1: Swayman because at this point he is becoming a veteran goaltender. Hell,

7:55 Speaker 1: last season he earned his stripes. I think it benefits

8:01 Speaker 1: everybody to put Dippy.

8:02 Speaker 2: In And we've seen instances of that happen when Linas

8:06 Speaker 2: was on the team where we have made no I

8:08 Speaker 2: had done it where I would say, why does this

8:11 Speaker 2: team seem to play better in front of Gerrorah.

8:14 Speaker 1: Even if it's not a conscious decision.

8:16 Speaker 2: Don't leave them out there hanging to drive.

8:18 Speaker 1: Okay, So yeah, exactly, So I think it's going to

8:22 Speaker 1: be good for everybody to see him in that, and

8:24 Speaker 1: I think it's great.

8:25 Speaker 2: Well, from an organizational standpoint, you are in a very

8:28 Speaker 2: good position where you have the luxury of knowing that

8:32 Speaker 2: as an organization, the Bruins, they do a very good

8:36 Speaker 2: job of developing goalies. We can talk about their development

8:40 Speaker 2: of other young players at a different time, because I

8:43 Speaker 2: think that's subject to some concern at this point. However,

8:47 Speaker 2: when it comes to goalie, they're pretty solid. So you're

8:52 Speaker 2: not leaving yourself, I don't think in a vulnerable position

8:57 Speaker 2: to start the season. What you've done is you moved

9:00 Speaker 2: to salary in Yonis Corposalo off your current roster, and

9:07 Speaker 2: you're also now giving this young man an opportunity that

9:12 Speaker 2: frankly he deserves based on his play at the AHL level.

9:17 Speaker 2: He's won an MVP, he's won the equivalent of the

9:21 Speaker 2: Vesno Trophy at the AHL level twice. Now, his safe

9:25 Speaker 2: percentage is off the charts. Yes, this season, his safe

9:30 Speaker 2: percentage was crazy.

9:32 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, And I don't know if you want

9:35 Speaker 1: to talk a little bit about his pathway, because yes, yes,

9:40 Speaker 1: not just the fact that goaltenders take longer to develop,

9:45 Speaker 1: but this is a particular instance where he was impacted

9:50 Speaker 1: by two things significantly COVID and Vancouver.

9:56 Speaker 2: Yeah, and not only that, this kiddo started off as

10:00 Speaker 2: a defenceman and then at the ripe old age of

10:03 Speaker 2: nine decided to switch to goaltending.

10:06 Speaker 1: Which is actually like people joke, but actually that is.

10:10 Speaker 1: It's not that it's late, but I will say the

10:14 Speaker 1: vast but goalies know they want to do that. No,

10:17 Speaker 1: they want to do that right from the get go

10:20 Speaker 1: for the most part. Right, he also had very sad

10:24 Speaker 1: life tragedy where he lost his mother when he was

10:28 Speaker 1: just five years old, and so he's become very close

10:32 Speaker 1: to his father, has a type bond with this father

10:36 Speaker 1: and credits his father and his now stepmother for playing

10:40 Speaker 1: a major role in his life. But yes, Vancouver was

10:45 Speaker 1: not kind to him being drafted into their system.

10:49 Speaker 2: And he COVID the fan base there. It was time

10:54 Speaker 2: to get this kid out of Vancouver, and so he

10:58 Speaker 2: ended up making his way. So apparently the Canucks had

11:01 Speaker 2: as the Bruins are now starting to accumulate a very

11:06 Speaker 2: deep goaltender, which is.

11:09 Speaker 1: Great for an organization to have that degree of choice.

11:13 Speaker 1: It can be less great if you are one of

11:17 Speaker 1: those goaltenders. And in fact, as he got replaced or

11:21 Speaker 1: pushed down the ladder depth chart lest he I didn't

11:25 Speaker 1: know this, he requested the trade.

11:29 Speaker 2: Yeah, so he wound up in a better place, so

11:31 Speaker 2: to speak, with the Bruins organization. In twenty twenty two

11:34 Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, spent some time with the Main Mariners,

11:39 Speaker 2: but he blossomed with the Providence Ruins and as I

11:44 Speaker 2: mentioned earlier, he won back to back Baz Bastion Awards

11:49 Speaker 2: for being the AHL's best goaltender. He also took home

11:53 Speaker 2: a League MVP. As I said, his safe percentage has

11:59 Speaker 2: been from absolutely tremendous. Yeah, from he got to the

12:04 Speaker 2: Providence Bruins until the end of last season's regular season.

12:08 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's shocking to see just how effective the Bruins'

12:15 Speaker 1: goalie development program is with him, as like the poster child,

12:21 Speaker 1: we don't typically see or hear these stories of goalies

12:25 Speaker 1: coming in with his particular situation. He was on the

12:30 Speaker 1: Taxi squad for Vancouver. If folks remember already, my goodness,

12:35 Speaker 1: it's been six years. But teams were allowed to have

12:39 Speaker 1: a taxi squad of extra players who practiced with the

12:42 Speaker 1: club and they were available in case of injuries or

12:45 Speaker 1: COVID outbreaks. And because he was on that taxi squad

12:50 Speaker 1: for most of that shortened twenty twenty one season, we

12:54 Speaker 1: had practice with the goalie coach, but he barely played

12:58 Speaker 1: any games. He was in for AHL games because the

13:01 Speaker 1: thing is, if you were on the taxi squad, you

13:03 Speaker 1: couldn't go to the AHL. You were not allowed to

13:08 Speaker 1: go between teams like you normally would see today, right,

13:12 Speaker 1: you call him up, you send him back down. That

13:14 Speaker 1: was not allowed because they were afraid of the spread

13:17 Speaker 1: of COVID. So he was stuck. And at this point

13:22 Speaker 1: he was twenty two years old. And if you're a

13:25 Speaker 1: twenty two year old player in general and you're not

13:28 Speaker 1: getting ice time, you're not getting meaningful practice, that could

13:32 Speaker 1: spell disaster for your development. I think, like I said,

13:36 Speaker 1: the reason why I'm optimistic and I'm not worried about

13:41 Speaker 1: his opportunity in Boston is the fact again that goalies

13:46 Speaker 1: need to just get often thrown in so to speak,

13:49 Speaker 1: he had that lost year or so on that taxi squad.

13:54 Speaker 1: The extensive depth that you talked about in Vancouver really

13:59 Speaker 1: put him on his back foot. But I think whoever's

14:02 Speaker 1: idea was for him to request the trade at the

14:05 Speaker 1: best idea anyone could have possibly had for him, because

14:08 Speaker 1: the way that Boston then handled him, they had to

14:11 Speaker 1: have seen something there, right. The technical foundation is what

14:17 Speaker 1: is going to be the most important aspect of any

14:21 Speaker 1: player's game, whether you are a skater or a goaltender.

14:25 Speaker 1: If you have those foundational technical skills, you can always

14:28 Speaker 1: rely on them as naturally as breathing, so you don't

14:32 Speaker 1: have to think about those things, and you can actually

14:34 Speaker 1: then use that mental ability to the play and make decisions.

14:38 Speaker 1: You don't have to then also think, oh, I now

14:40 Speaker 1: have to place my foot here and do this. And

14:43 Speaker 1: in Boston, the way that they develop their goaltenders, they

14:47 Speaker 1: basically were saying, we don't care who you are or

14:49 Speaker 1: where you've played, we care that you play. And that

14:51 Speaker 1: is a massively huge philosophical difference in how they handle

14:55 Speaker 1: their goaltenders. And as we've said before, I think that

14:58 Speaker 1: shows in the the fact that Boston hasn't had a

15:01 Speaker 1: gap in goaltending in fifteen years minimum since Tim Thomas.

15:06 Speaker 1: So that kind of idea and that approach really makes

15:11 Speaker 1: I think a huge difference, not just in how they

15:13 Speaker 1: can grow and develop these goalies, but then also just

15:16 Speaker 1: as a person knowing that the organization doesn't care about

15:21 Speaker 1: where you came from. We just care that you get

15:23 Speaker 1: the practice and that you get the travening you need.

15:25 Speaker 1: So they sent him to this ECHL, which may have

15:29 Speaker 1: initially seemed like a demotion so to speak. I know

15:32 Speaker 1: for me, when I heard that we got this kid,

15:34 Speaker 1: I'm like, why did we get somebody to just bury

15:37 Speaker 1: way down in Maine? Okay? But it actually ended up

15:42 Speaker 1: doing the opposite of that, which was it gave him

15:46 Speaker 1: the chance to start games, play back to back face

15:50 Speaker 1: a significant number.

15:51 Speaker 2: He lost development in that Vancouver Canucks organization, and in essence,

15:57 Speaker 2: the Bruins and the Canucks traded one struggling draft pick

16:01 Speaker 2: for another in which we sent Jack Stadnika to them.

16:05 Speaker 1: So to your.

16:06 Speaker 2: Earlier point about we're seemingly on a better page the

16:10 Speaker 2: organization is when developing goalies than we are when developing

16:14 Speaker 2: younger players.

16:15 Speaker 1: And that time in Maine gave him the opportunity to

16:20 Speaker 1: grow his confidence. He was thirteen seven and zero with

16:24 Speaker 1: a nine to sixteen savee percentage there, that's fantastic, and

16:29 Speaker 1: he worked hard. The organization was saying, we want to

16:33 Speaker 1: see what you can do, and he responded. He knew

16:38 Speaker 1: he had a lot to prove. He knew he had

16:40 Speaker 1: to work on his game again because he didn't have that,

16:44 Speaker 1: and so he earned his spot in Providence. And it

16:48 Speaker 1: can still be hard to be seen as a goalie.

16:51 Speaker 1: He had to work really hard and he didn't get

16:56 Speaker 1: automatically put in as the starter in Evidence. That was

17:00 Speaker 1: during the time when Brandon Bussy was there, so Bussy

17:03 Speaker 1: was the one who was really running the show there.

17:05 Speaker 1: But they gave him opportunity. They brought him in because

17:10 Speaker 1: he earned it, and he kept earning his time and

17:12 Speaker 1: I think that gradual increase in his workload and him

17:18 Speaker 1: having that right attitude is really what then turned him

17:23 Speaker 1: into an ECHL regular, to an AHL regular, to Goalie

17:29 Speaker 1: of the Year right and an MVP.

17:32 Speaker 2: To win an MVP as a goalie in the league

17:36 Speaker 2: is pretty pretty significant. Shows the depth of what he

17:40 Speaker 2: did for the team, the Providence Ruins and what he's

17:44 Speaker 2: accomplished as a player in his craft, and he's also

17:48 Speaker 2: been prepared to Tim Thomas in that he's and we

17:53 Speaker 2: all remember Tim Thomas. He had a very orthodox way

17:58 Speaker 2: at times of playing play goalie. He might not have

18:01 Speaker 2: been the most technically sound, and Tim Thomas was really

18:05 Speaker 2: not known for his his butterfly style. He likes to

18:09 Speaker 2: spend a lot of time at net pucks and making

18:13 Speaker 2: this let me display myself out type of save. Not

18:16 Speaker 2: a bad comparison, not a bad comparison in terms of

18:20 Speaker 2: your style of play. But he does like to challenge shooters, yes,

18:27 Speaker 2: rather than just sitting deep in the net, which I

18:31 Speaker 2: do admire. I do like that style of play. I

18:34 Speaker 2: think sometimes that we want to see goalies that limit

18:37 Speaker 2: their movements in net. However, there are those instances where

18:44 Speaker 2: you don't mind seeing the goalie come out a little

18:47 Speaker 2: bit or be a little bit more aggressive with their

18:50 Speaker 2: stick play.

18:51 Speaker 1: To know that he's the type of goalie that is

18:54 Speaker 1: also going to be aggressive, like a Tim Thomas, you

18:58 Speaker 1: have to have a hell of a lot of confidence

19:00 Speaker 1: in understanding the play in front of you to play

19:03 Speaker 1: that way.

19:04 Speaker 2: To play that way, now, we'll see how that translates

19:08 Speaker 2: as he gets games in the NHL, maybe there needs

19:13 Speaker 2: to be a little bit of tweaking done to that,

19:15 Speaker 2: or maybe the Bruins will just say I'm just gonna

19:18 Speaker 2: let this kid do what he knows how to do.

19:21 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. So I don't know that if we we

19:26 Speaker 1: probably will see him at will we see him at

19:28 Speaker 1: rookie camp? Maybe Well, that's because I can be a player,

19:31 Speaker 1: I know, but we saw Hi.

19:33 Speaker 2: I'm just wondering if he'll be more training camp rather

19:36 Speaker 2: than rookie camp. Technically he will be a rookie, but

19:40 Speaker 2: if he's your backup to Swimen, right.

19:43 Speaker 1: I think yes for two reasons. One again, for the goalies,

19:48 Speaker 1: you just get him in. You get him in, you

19:50 Speaker 1: get him in, you get him in, right. But we

19:52 Speaker 1: have seen in the past with skaters who most definitely

19:57 Speaker 1: got called up part way through a season or ended

20:01 Speaker 1: the season in Boston, like Mason Lauri or Johnny Beecher,

20:05 Speaker 1: they were at rookie camp because it was technically still

20:09 Speaker 1: within the purview of their rookie season. So I wouldn't

20:12 Speaker 1: be surprised if we see him and then giving him

20:16 Speaker 1: obviously the semi guaranteed spot in training camp, knowing he's

20:21 Speaker 1: going in as someone with a spot on the roster.

20:24 Speaker 1: I think that is still something that happens, and I'm

20:27 Speaker 1: really excited to see what this kid can do. I

20:29 Speaker 1: am too, and I think a lot of people are too.

20:31 Speaker 1: And I think a lot of people are breathing, not

20:34 Speaker 1: breathing a sigh of relief, but maybe saying or acknowledging

20:38 Speaker 1: the fact that finally the Bruins understand that the scope

20:42 Speaker 1: and purpose of having these guys down at the AHL

20:46 Speaker 1: level is to develop them so that you can bring

20:49 Speaker 1: them up to whatever role or position you have open

20:53 Speaker 1: and available at your NHL club. Maybe this is the

20:58 Speaker 1: start of an organizational shift in how things are looked

21:03 Speaker 1: at down in Providence, to which I say, it's about

21:07 Speaker 1: freaking time that we make a shift of this nature.

21:11 Speaker 1: My whole thing is, Okay, you're here, now, take every

21:16 Speaker 1: advantage of the opportunity that is set forth in front

21:20 Speaker 1: of you. The only downside, the only downside. Oh boy,

21:26 Speaker 1: he's twenty seven. He's not a baby now, twenty seven.

21:31 Speaker 1: You're like, well, wait, Caroline, you talk all the time

21:33 Speaker 1: about how goalies get to be their best at twenty

21:37 Speaker 1: seven to twenty eight. Yes, one percent. I'm not worried

21:39 Speaker 1: about his play. I'm thinking long term, this is not

21:43 Speaker 1: a guy who is going to take on the mantle

21:48 Speaker 1: from Jeremy Swayman when Swaymon's time.

21:51 Speaker 2: No, no, no, although I will say maybe the AHL

21:54 Speaker 2: miles are not to the same degree as the NHL miles,

21:59 Speaker 2: even though he's twenty seven. But there is validity to

22:03 Speaker 2: your point, and I think that's why the Bruins have

22:07 Speaker 2: drafted or signed an abundance of goalies during they're yeah right,

22:12 Speaker 2: So I am glad that they're looking ahead because one

22:17 Speaker 2: of the biggest criticisms I have had with regard to

22:20 Speaker 2: the Bruins is and a lot of other people, is

22:24 Speaker 2: they never planned for what they knew was going to

22:27 Speaker 2: happen somewhere down the road. Is you knew Tates Bergeron

22:31 Speaker 2: wasn't going to play forever, you knew David Crazie wasn't

22:34 Speaker 2: going to play forever, and you never planned appropriately, which

22:38 Speaker 2: is why we find ourselves in the roster situation that

22:41 Speaker 2: we're in right now. I'm glad they're not going down

22:45 Speaker 2: that same road with goaltenders. Boston also has in the

22:50 Speaker 2: pipeline behind dpe Trow, Simon Zechek, who is twenty five

22:56 Speaker 2: years old, who I have seen play and is also

22:59 Speaker 2: a fantastic goaltender. But again, he's twenty five.

23:04 Speaker 1: So if you're thinking about, okay, who's then going to

23:08 Speaker 1: be that next goalie, we don't have him yet. He's

23:12 Speaker 1: not there yet. But we've seen a number of goalies

23:17 Speaker 1: with a lot of potential drafted in the early stages

23:21 Speaker 1: of their development. And whoever it is when the time

23:25 Speaker 1: comes for Jeremy Swayman to retire, I am not worried

23:29 Speaker 1: about the Bruins' ability to find somebody to seamlessly integrate

23:35 Speaker 1: into the crease because they've done it so well for

23:38 Speaker 1: the last fifteen years. I have no concerns whatsoever, and

23:42 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see this kid. I love a young

23:44 Speaker 1: goalie with the right attitude who has overcome so much,

23:47 Speaker 1: so much of bertigity and has I don't want to

23:50 Speaker 1: say a chip on his shoulder, but he's got a

23:53 Speaker 1: I need to prove it attitude all the way through,

23:56 Speaker 1: and so this is the next step in that I

23:59 Speaker 1: need to prove and show to everyone this is where

24:02 Speaker 1: I belong at the NHL, and I think this is

24:05 Speaker 1: going to be really beneficial for Jeremy Swayman. It's always

24:09 Speaker 1: a really good thing to have both an excellent tender

24:13 Speaker 1: partner but also having someone that you can compete against

24:18 Speaker 1: a little bit. And they are of similar age. But

24:22 Speaker 1: obviously Swayman has more experience, but DPG who has a

24:25 Speaker 1: lot more to prove, And I think that they're going

24:28 Speaker 1: to have a really great dynamic to make each other better.

24:32 Speaker 2: And yeah, I think to your point too, I think

24:34 Speaker 2: this is a good opportunity too for Swayman to be

24:37 Speaker 2: somewhat of a pick on a mentor role.

24:39 Speaker 1: So to see, yes, the leadership piece. Goalies don't tend

24:43 Speaker 1: to have that degree of relationship with a lot of

24:47 Speaker 1: the other players. Like, yes, Swayman is a leader. He

24:49 Speaker 1: can mentor some of the younger players in terms of

24:53 Speaker 1: this is how you get ready for playoffs. But nobody

24:56 Speaker 1: else plays the role that he plays on a team.

25:00 Speaker 1: That's it.

25:01 Speaker 2: Yeah, a new era and we say in the dawning

25:05 Speaker 2: of a new era when it comes to goaltending for

25:09 Speaker 2: the Boston Bruins. So good for dpatro for earning his

25:13 Speaker 2: opportunity and now take advantage of it to its fullest.

25:18 Speaker 2: So that will unless you have any other thoughts to

25:21 Speaker 2: add that will conclude our conversation on what's.

25:24 Speaker 1: Our nickname for him?

25:25 Speaker 2: It sounds like Dippy Dippy and it's not meant in

25:29 Speaker 2: any kind of derivatory manner.

25:31 Speaker 1: We just think it's kind of cute.

25:32 Speaker 2: But we're looking forward to seeing him either at Rookie

25:35 Speaker 2: Camp or at Big Boy Camp. We'll likely see him

25:39 Speaker 2: potentially in both places. So as always, folks, thank you

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