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Benders: Boston Bruins Prospect Rankings 26-30
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Oct 30, 2024
Join the Bruins Benders Podcast as they begin breaking down their Boston Bruins Prospect Rankings. This week, they cover prospects 26-30. Make sure to subscribe and follow along as we count down the remaining prospects in the Bruins system! For more from us, visit: insidetherink.com/bruins-benders Boston Bruins Trade Rumors, Boston Bruins News, Boston Bruins, 2024 NHL Free Agency, Jeremy Swayman, Restricted Free Agent, Boston Bruins Prospects, Prospect Rankings, Jaxon Nelson, Drew Bavaro, Ryan Mast, Jonathan Morello, Jake Schmaltz #nhl #nhlbruins #hockey #bostonbruins #nhlplayoffs #bruins #nhlhockey #nhlmemes #boston #nhlallstar #nhldiscussion #nhlnews #nhledits #nhldraft #bruinsnation #nhlawards #nhltrade #hockeylife #tdgarden #nhlhighlights #bostonsports #bruinshockey #bruinsfan #nhlblackhawks #nhlglobalseries #nhlfi #nhlleafs #nhltrades #nhltradedeadline #nhlcanadiens #nhl #nhlnews #hockey #nhlhockey #nhlplayoffs #nhledits #nhldiscussion #nhlmemes #nhldraft #nhlallstar #hockeylife #hockeynews #hockeymemes #nhlhighlights #icehockey #sports #hockeyislife #nhlbruins #hockeyplayers #hockeyfan #hockeyplayer #hockeyedits #stanleycup #nhlawards #hockeygame #hockeyboys #hockeygram #hockeyfights #nhltrade #nhltrades
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number one is we will begin right now
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the Bruins bers podcast top 30 Bruins
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prospects as we roll those Sons of Guns
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out again we're going to start with uh
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number 30 in number 30 on the list is
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your friend and mine Jake
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schaltz is on this list at number 30
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Hanging On by by his uh by
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hisz AB
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right Jake Jake uh is at North Dakota as
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they say out there no Dak after third
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third third year at at North Dakota has
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seen a drop in production we shall say
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uh he went from eight goals and 16
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assists his first year to five goals and
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seven assists his sophomore year and
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then as a junior one goal in 10 assists
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in 36 games so Jake who was the seventh
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round pick in 200
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19 a uh 62
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185b left shot forward has struggled
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some
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offensively and now is sort of entering
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his senior year here at North
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Dakota youve start to wonder where his
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future
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lies yeah it's really looking to me like
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he'll probably be end up being an
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undrafted free agent like I don't think
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Bruins are going to waste uh time
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signing him um they only have a certain
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amount of contract slots and and I don't
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think Jake is valuable enough for them
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to Warrant signing him to a contract so
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I think he's gonna end up going the the
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you know undrafted route to see if he
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can hook on with somebody maybe earn an
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amateur try out with an AHL team and try
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to go from there or he goes over to
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Europe and plays there so uh yeah it's
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probably unless he has you know a huge
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senior year a huge rebound year uh it
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looks unlikely that his time and the
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Bruins organization will continue and
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Jake uh hockey and the family Nick and
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Jordan uh are both uh cousins of Jake
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schmalz Nick is actually an excellent
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player with the uh well he was with the
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Arizona Coyotes now with the Utah Jazz
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or whoever they are and uh so but Jake
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was a teammate of Mason lry with the
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Green Bay gamblers of the USHL yeah so
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Jakey heading into a senior year at
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North Dakota comes in at number 30
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number
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29 on this list and uh that is as I just
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lost it I was looking right at it um
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that is who's 29 help me out Jonathan
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MLL Jonathan MLL was just drafted by the
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Boston Bruins in the 2024 NHL draft has
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some skill some decent upside size as
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they have drafted size a bunch and Mel
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played at the uh development Camp there
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the rookie development camp and uh
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showed some nice things so here's a kid
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that uh drafted later in the 2024 draft
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but has some tools anyway yeah I think
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he's uh you know um he was drafted in
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the later round so I don't know how much
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they're expecting from him um but uh you
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know big kid um has good offensive
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instincts and and a good hockey IQ so um
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you know looking for for some good
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things from him coming up here in the
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future speed and size he has some really
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good speed for a skater in the Bruins
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you know cam nly talked about getting
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faster uh this off season and they lo
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and behold they got bigger but uh and
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they lost some speed but they did gain
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some in the draft here and he's going to
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Clarkson University he spent the last
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two seasons with the St Michaels buzzers
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of the Ontario junior hockey league at
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57 points in 50 games last season so
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Jonathan Mel is 29 moving on to
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28 on the top 30 and that is Ryan Mast
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defenseman was drafted a bit ago now and
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he's kind of hanging on to the top 30
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here sliding down some and he's been
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with the main Mariners he's been with
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the Providence Bruins he's been loaned
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back and forth it's been sort of a he's
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moved around a bunch and now you wonder
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a kid like Mast what the future holds
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for him with some of the defens they
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drafted this year and also you know guys
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like Frederick brune
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and JN Jackson Edward yeah you know I
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mean they you know so you wonder what
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that uh means for
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masted uh probably means that he's
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probably going to be a 4 a guy I mean
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the I mean the Bruins prospects pool is
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not great and we're dipping into the the
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shallow end right now so um a lot of
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these guys I don't know if they'll
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necessarily make um the jump to the NHL
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I mean MLL and some of these guys that
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were just drafted you know time will
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tell there but some of these guys like
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um like Mast and some others that have
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been around a little while you know you
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start to think maybe they have you know
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four a guys where they're you know their
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ceiling might be Providence Bruins you
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know might be sometime in Europe um but
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uh you know a solid a solid defenseman
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um won't really wow you with anything
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and that might be part of the problem is
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to make it to the NHL you need to really
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have um a standout skill you know we've
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said this before you have to have
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something that you're a lead at I don't
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think he does so he probably will be you
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know a an a an AHL guy uh going forward
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he is 21 Bloomfield Hills Michigan
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native 6 fo5 220 big kid H he did sign
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an entry level deal he has $
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83,5 56 against the cap
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2221 sixth round pick in last year he
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played 47 games for the main Mariners so
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Ryan Masten at 28 27 is Drew Bavaro and
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this was a kid Bavaro who they signed
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out of Notre Dame Fighting Irish last
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year so Bavaro is in at
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27 uh and you know the Bruins have had a
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little bit of success with college free
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agents and you know Bavaro is someone
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who has obviously some ability at a
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major you know major program and um
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hopefully he's 24 years old though he's
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an older older guy uh he is from Bradon
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Florida 62 198 right shot
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dman and he played at Bentley two
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seasons at Bentley before going on to
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the Fighting Irish Walt Dam mass is on
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Walt Dam Mass Bentley last year he had
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10 goals and 10 assists at Notre Dame in
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35 games and then played seven games
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pointless with the Providence bonss last
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season he'll probably be right back
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there with Providence again this coming
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season but taking a flyer on a college
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free agent yeah I mean and you know he's
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a bigger kid uh scored 10 goals so
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that's nothing to sneeze at no um so you
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know maybe maybe he's got a chance to to
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do something you know uh scratch out a a
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place for him uh in the AHL and you know
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if there's some injuries um maybe he
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gets a shot in Boston but it's good to
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have some defensive depth there and and
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they Bruins take a shot with a a big kid
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who uh you know was locally at Bentley
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and then you know goes on to play with
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against really good competition um at
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Notre Dame so you know he's got some got
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some upside and some ability so you know
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he's got a chance he's got a chance to
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uh to maybe um you know surprise and and
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do some things here in the uh in the AHL
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and then hopefully with the brones and
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then 26 is Jackson Nelson Five Seasons
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with the Minnesota Golden Gophers he was
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a a captain his fifth year he had 19
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goals and 12 assists his fifth year at
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Minnesota played seven games did score
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one goal with the Providence Bruins
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after signing a contract with them that
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was at 870 Grand he is 64220 a center 24
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years old so another older guy but as
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what was a trend for a bit the Bruins
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tend to love captains of hockey clubs
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they do barachi was a captain like they
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like that leadership aspect absolutely I
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I think um you know and that goes to
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their their culture I think you know you
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bring in the right kind of guys captains
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are usually guys that that are going to
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be hard workers that'll do um kind of
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whatever it takes for the team and and
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you know obviously leaders and and
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probably vocal in the in the room um so
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a lot to like about guys who are
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captains usually um but not necessarily
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was the most talented guys on the team
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but you know hard workers and so forth
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and you know that can only help with the
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depth in your organization if you bring
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in a bunch of guys who are willing to
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work hard and and do the right things
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and and it will show the guys who maybe
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come in and do have a little more Talent
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you know how to do things the right way
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and stuff so I think that that culture
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kind of extends down to you know
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Providence and in maybe even Maine um
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you know so um you know the Bruins are
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kind of building an
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organizational philosophy of of uh you
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know accountability and and so forth so
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um
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yeah a nice pickup for them well Charlie
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coils yeah yeah I mean he's not he's not
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from wayth no but um you know he he he
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is a big bigger kid and they and they do
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like the big kids too they do big size
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yeah size size size size size size so um
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Size Matters size does matter if you're
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uh if you're a bruin so I don't know
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they measure that when they measure when
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they're doing all the uh the the
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measuring of the uh the different things
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I don't pay attention to much
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measurements I don't know if that's I
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don't know if that's allowed I don't
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know if it's I don't know if you're
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allowed to measure the schmalz when
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you're no the schan when you're doing
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the uh St the push the push-ups and the
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pull
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no no I don't think you can measure the
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40 dash and then Mals so there's our 26
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to30 next week we'll do 21 through 25
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