Bruins Showcase Early Chemistry, Real Potential | Snap Shots Episode 50

0:00 Speaker 1: Hockey is back, baby, and boy are we about to

0:03 Speaker 1: get a whole lot of it.

0:05 Speaker 2: And lucky for us, Boston Bruins have started the season

0:08 Speaker 2: with a bang, showing us an unexpected level of unity, perseverance,

0:14 Speaker 2: and high energy playmaking, making the first two games of

0:18 Speaker 2: the season highly entertaining. But can the Bees maintain this

0:22 Speaker 2: pace with a concentrated schedule over the next four months.

0:26 Speaker 2: This is a Bruins tape to tape snapshot.

0:31 Speaker 3: Our Boston Bruins have turned the page and started the

0:35 Speaker 3: twenty twenty five twenty twenty six season with a new

0:39 Speaker 3: coach and a relatively new roster. While I won't say

0:43 Speaker 3: that it's an improved roster, I will say that after

0:48 Speaker 3: the first two games, they seemingly are all on the

0:52 Speaker 3: same page, working together for one common goal, which is

0:57 Speaker 3: very refreshing in my opinion. The Bruins started off the

1:01 Speaker 3: season beating the Washington Capitals on the Capitol's turf in

1:06 Speaker 3: what I would call a solid team victory. Up and

1:10 Speaker 3: down the roster, the special teams and the goaltending is

1:14 Speaker 3: what won the game for the Boston Bruins. While it

1:17 Speaker 3: wasn't ideal to give the Washington Capitals five power play opportunities.

1:23 Speaker 3: They were perfect on the night in the penalty kill

1:26 Speaker 3: and lo and behold, the Bruins scored a power play goal.

1:30 Speaker 3: Thank you, Elias Lindholme.

1:32 Speaker 2: Lindholm was fantastic over the course of two games. He

1:36 Speaker 2: has won twenty four of thirty five face offs. He's

1:40 Speaker 2: been where he needs to be to support Pasta and

1:43 Speaker 2: to quote friend of the Pod MF, this is the

1:46 Speaker 2: Lindholm we thought we were getting last season. Yes, it's early,

1:50 Speaker 2: but these early glimpses are a site to behold.

1:54 Speaker 4: The Bruins home opener, While it wasn't as fluid as

1:59 Speaker 4: the game against the Capitals, they did persevere, they did

2:03 Speaker 4: grind it out, they didn't give up, and they won

2:06 Speaker 4: the game in overtime on a beautiful goal by Fraser

2:10 Speaker 4: Mitton Welcome to Boston Bruins Hockey, young man, and some

2:14 Speaker 4: key saves in that overtime period by Jonis Corposalo. While

2:19 Speaker 4: I'm not going to go out on a limb and

2:21 Speaker 4: say that this is an eighty two game pace that

2:24 Speaker 4: the Bruins can maintain, I'm very, very optimistic at this

2:29 Speaker 4: point in time.

2:30 Speaker 3: Although it is early. The only damper on the two

2:35 Speaker 3: and zero start. Is the fact that campus Lindholm left

2:39 Speaker 3: the game against the Blackhawks in the first period and

2:43 Speaker 3: was nowhere to be found for the remainder of the game.

2:47 Speaker 3: It appears to be being downplayed by the Boston Bruins

2:51 Speaker 3: in terms of precautionary lower body injury not related to

2:56 Speaker 3: the knee. I'm hopeful that that is in fact the case,

2:59 Speaker 3: but we can ill afford to have Lindholm out for

3:03 Speaker 3: any extended period of time, as he is going to

3:05 Speaker 3: be a key component to the Bruins' success this season.

3:09 Speaker 1: I agree the Chicago game was more of a roller

3:12 Speaker 1: coaster than I would have liked. A few bad habits

3:15 Speaker 1: still manage to rear their ugly heads, odd man rush

3:19 Speaker 1: breakdowns in some sloppy passes, and the occasional bad transition.

3:23 Speaker 1: We also saw our quote unquote favorite problem giving up

3:27 Speaker 1: a goal right after gaining a critical lead. However, they

3:31 Speaker 1: were shooting the puck a lot, the power play was active,

3:36 Speaker 1: they had great zone entries for the most part, and

3:38 Speaker 1: managed to keep it in. I think we can all

3:41 Speaker 1: agree that we'd like to see a more decisive win

3:44 Speaker 1: over the Bruins' next opponent, the Buffalo Sabers. The Sabers

3:48 Speaker 1: come to Boston on Saturday, October eleventh as part of

3:51 Speaker 1: the NHL's Frozen Frenzy Spectacular. It's no brainer that the

3:55 Speaker 1: Bruins should beat the Sabers, because well, they're the Sabers.

4:00 Speaker 1: They're coming off of a loss in their season slash

4:02 Speaker 1: home opener against the Rangers back on October ninth. Like

4:07 Speaker 1: many teams, Buffalo has also been bitten early by the

4:10 Speaker 1: injury bug, with Zach Benson taking a puck to the

4:13 Speaker 1: face in practice and Josh Norris going down in their

4:16 Speaker 1: first game, and their starting goalie Ukapec Glucanen has been

4:21 Speaker 1: out since before the season even started with a lower

4:24 Speaker 1: body injury that has actually resulted in Buffalo putting him

4:28 Speaker 1: formally on ir. Alex Lyon is expected in net again.

4:32 Speaker 1: It's only been one game for the netminder, but in

4:35 Speaker 1: spite of his three goals against average, he still managed

4:38 Speaker 1: to point nine zero six safe percentage in the tilt

4:41 Speaker 1: against the Rangers. Swayman will be in between the pipes

4:44 Speaker 1: where we hope to see him be everywhere he needs

4:46 Speaker 1: to be, just like he was in Washington. It's refreshing

4:50 Speaker 1: to see a team that is seemingly coming together really

4:53 Speaker 1: well so early in the year, and so far, the

4:57 Speaker 1: attitude and effort on the ice after two games is

5:00 Speaker 1: nearly the same as what we saw in preseason. Let's

5:03 Speaker 1: hope they can survive the grueling thirteen games over twenty

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