Faith in the Kids: Sturm’s System Takes Hold | Snap Shots Episode 58

0:00 Speaker 1: Marco Sturm continues to put his faith in the young kids,

0:03 Speaker 1: giving players like Marat Husnadinov a chance to prove himself

0:07 Speaker 1: and become an essential part of this team. Additionally, there's

0:10 Speaker 1: no denying that Hampus Lindholm's return is making a massive

0:15 Speaker 1: positive impact on the blue line. It seems that Sturm's

0:19 Speaker 1: system is finally starting to make sense to these players

0:23 Speaker 1: and the lines are starting to really gel. Can the

0:26 Speaker 1: Bruins make up for their recent abysmal showing against Ottawa

0:30 Speaker 1: when they host them on Thursday night? This is a

0:33 Speaker 1: Bruins tape to tape snapshot.

0:38 Speaker 2: The Boston Bruins continued their winning ways by defeating the

0:42 Speaker 2: New York Islanders on Tuesday night by a score of

0:46 Speaker 2: four to three. It took over time and a shootout

0:51 Speaker 2: in order for the Bruins to secure the extra point,

0:55 Speaker 2: but these points, as we all know, are huge at

0:58 Speaker 2: this time of the year. The first period was relatively

1:02 Speaker 2: quiet for both teams, as neither team gave the other

1:07 Speaker 2: anything by way of any type of sustained offensive pressure.

1:12 Speaker 2: Andy Brickley referred to the first period as quote unquote efficient.

1:17 Speaker 2: Some of us might say it might have been a

1:20 Speaker 2: little bit boring, but be that as it may, the

1:23 Speaker 2: second period was worth the price of admission, as most

1:28 Speaker 2: of the scoring occurred in that second period with the

1:32 Speaker 2: team's trading tallies. But what got my juices flow in

1:37 Speaker 2: was Nikita Zadorov welcoming Matthew Schaeffer to the NHL when

1:44 Speaker 2: he and the young phenom got into a bit of

1:48 Speaker 2: a scrum in the Bruins end, which drew the attention

1:51 Speaker 2: and rightfully so, of Matthew Schaeffer's teammates on the Islanders,

1:57 Speaker 2: and frankly, I'm here for it with that type of hockey.

2:01 Speaker 2: That's the kind of hockey that I expect to see

2:05 Speaker 2: from the Bruins' defenceman that carries the likes of Nikita

2:11 Speaker 2: Zadorov and Charlie McAvoy and Hampis lind Holme. So I

2:15 Speaker 2: had no problem with Zadorov sending a bit of a

2:18 Speaker 2: message to the young man saying, you want to dance

2:21 Speaker 2: and dangle in our own end, there may be a

2:24 Speaker 2: bit of a price.

2:26 Speaker 1: To pay in that regard.

2:27 Speaker 2: Marco Sturm continues to seem to be pulling all of

2:31 Speaker 2: the right strings with this team in that he decided

2:35 Speaker 2: to shorten the bench in the third period of the

2:38 Speaker 2: Islanders game, which saw the fourth line, which includes Johnny

2:44 Speaker 2: Beecher and Tanner Janeau not getting a significant amount of

2:49 Speaker 2: ice time because Marco is well aware of the importance

2:54 Speaker 2: of getting as many points in the standings as possible.

2:59 Speaker 2: The game, as I said, did go to a shootout,

3:03 Speaker 2: and once again Merritt Hustadinov is proving his worthiness as

3:09 Speaker 2: a member of the Boston Bruins, and he had an

3:12 Speaker 2: absolute snipe shot that beat Soroken for the only goal

3:18 Speaker 2: in that shootout. Jeremy Swayman once again stood tall, did

3:23 Speaker 2: his job. The Bruins' penalty kill was pretty much on

3:26 Speaker 2: point all of the night. All in all, that was

3:30 Speaker 2: a good win and just a piece of advice for

3:33 Speaker 2: Wes McAuley, sir, and maybe time for you to consider

3:37 Speaker 2: retiring your whistle, as there were numerous questionable penalty calls

3:42 Speaker 2: on both sides during the course of that game, and

3:45 Speaker 2: then blatant calls that were ignored. So Wes, I don't

3:50 Speaker 2: know what you were watching during that game against the

3:54 Speaker 2: Islanders and the Bruins, but you might want to take

3:57 Speaker 2: a look at the game film.

3:58 Speaker 1: Boston didn't get to face their former goalie Linis Allmark

4:01 Speaker 1: in their last matchup on October twenty seventh. He's not

4:05 Speaker 1: had the best of starts either, but then again, the

4:09 Speaker 1: Senators are still working on improving their on ice product.

4:12 Speaker 1: The Sons are currently maintaining a negative five goal differential

4:16 Speaker 1: while their captain Brady Kuchuk continues to be out on ir.

4:20 Speaker 1: That being said, Boston lost seven to two in their

4:24 Speaker 1: previous outing, and all the usual suspects from Ottawa were

4:28 Speaker 1: to blame at five on five. Shane Pinto and Drake

4:31 Speaker 1: Batherson are quite troublesome, and let's not forget about the

4:36 Speaker 1: league's most beloved diver, Tim Stutzla, who not only has

4:40 Speaker 1: the ability to fool every ref out there, but he

4:43 Speaker 1: can also score. Along with Pinto and Cousins, Stutzler leads

4:48 Speaker 1: the team in goals with eight, six and six respectively.

4:52 Speaker 1: Since playing against Boston, Ottawa has had a regulation loss,

4:56 Speaker 1: a shootout win, and an overtime loss. The Bees better

5:01 Speaker 1: take advantage of the chaos currently surrounding this Senator's team.

5:05 Speaker 1: Among the starting goalies as in those who have played

5:08 Speaker 1: at least nine games so far, Almark is dead last

5:12 Speaker 1: with his three point four to one goals against average

5:16 Speaker 1: and last in save percentage with an eight sixty one.

5:20 Speaker 1: Even if we look at goalies who have played six

5:23 Speaker 1: or more games to include Corpus Solo in the mix,

5:26 Speaker 1: all mark falls to third from the bottom, well below

5:30 Speaker 1: Corpi's eight eighty two save percentage and three point four

5:34 Speaker 1: to nine goals against average and Swayman's three point one

5:37 Speaker 1: zero goals against average an eight ninety seven save percentage.

5:42 Speaker 1: Whatever the reason for this form of Vesner Winner's tough start,

5:45 Speaker 1: if Boston can take advantage and actually played defensively, this

5:50 Speaker 1: could end up a more evenly matched game than the

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