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uh chirp uh number three uh Oliver
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walstrom claimed from the New York
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Islanders a BC guy a South Portland Main
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guy um thoughts on the claim and the
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expectations for walstrom uh I think the
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expectations are wildly out of touch
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same with same with Tyler Johnson I mean
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people are just craving for someone to
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come in and score goals I think the I
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mean that's what it is is that people
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know that they need goal scoring and he
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was an offensive player uh you know in
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college and Junior Hockey so they see
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that they also see he was a first round
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pick 11th overall so you see all of that
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but he hasn't produced at the at the NHL
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level um but I like I like the signing
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just because there is offensive upside
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there uh and maybe he needs a change of
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scenery look the Islanders are a black
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hole of suck they always have been um
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people like to leave there Jonathan t uh
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John Taris left there like people don't
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stay on the islands because the team's
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terrible no one cares and it's you know
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it's just uh you know drab kind of
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boring place to play um so maybe a
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change of scenery will do it maybe being
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closer to home will do it but in my
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opinion it's just a lowrisk you know
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potentially High reward thing so I I
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don't see a pro I don't have a problem
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with it um you know maybe he fits in and
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and he he can find that scoring touch
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yeah we might find out Thursday night
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Edmonton um hopefully uh they have a
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decent game against Edmonton because
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Edmonton gives them all the fits that
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any team would mean they have the size
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the speed the skill the all the things
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that would really give the Bruins a hard
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time are coming on Thursday night so you
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know maybe you know what the wallstrom
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thing I same with Johnson like I mean I
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get the point of the highrisk you know
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the lowrisk high reward thing I I mean I
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get it but I just feel like you didn't
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have to do these things if you just um
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went out and instead of spending all
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sorts of money on zadorov and lolm just
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went out and got a couple of guys who
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could potentially score a few goals you
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know 20 goals a piece or whatever and
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then just you know sort of live with it
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and then see what the kids could do and
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then at the trade deadline maybe have a
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little bit of money you can make a move
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or something you know what I mean I just
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feel like now they're they're grasping
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at straws yeah I mean swey himself said
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that they left the roster short right
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and that's you know they left the roster
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short because they got a guy who's a
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complete fraking pylon who who you know
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punches a guy every 15 games and coughs
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the puck up repeatedly for five million
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bucks a year like yeah if you're left
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the roster short why did you go get a
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guy you really didn't need I mean you
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could have gone with some other Bargain
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Basement defenseman playing third pair
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with Andrew Peak and and been fine like
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instead you get you give all this money
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to this guy so that's your fault like
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that's you're you're short because you
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spent that money and resources on that
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guy I agree stupid I agree I don't think
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they I think they overpaid for him I
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think they overpaid for Lindholm yeah um
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and they did leave themselves short they
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don't have enough scoring they don't
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have enough scoring depth um you know
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they're finding it now a little bit with
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some of the you know secondary scoring
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guys you know mlin scored and and geeki
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is getting hot now a little bit playing
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with Roa and posano so you know maybe
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there's some some hope there but you
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know still they left themselves short
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but but I know why because he thought
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they'd get great goal tending and really
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good defensive structure and they would
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be able to get by with their lack of
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goal scoring that's what he thought he
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thought we'll be a defensive structure
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really good goal tending signed our guy
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here we go and it backfired didn't
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didn't work that way mean defensive
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structure hasn't been as good at all and
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the and their goal tending is he's got a
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three 42 or whatever the he's got
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like he's just he hasn't been he hasn't
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been nearly an 8.25 as Connor would say
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no no he would not no he is not there
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you have it like there you have it I
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mean it's I mean I don't I don't know I
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mean I just I just I really question
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whether what how he cannot build a
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roster no he can't I think he I think he
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failed in the off season um and it just
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everything kind of rolled over in the
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season I I mean he I think he messed up
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the allmark trade I think he messed up
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the the swan signing I think he
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misjudged that he clearly misjudged uh
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the market on Lind Holm and zadorov I
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think he was bidding against himself in
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those instances the training camp was a
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mess disjointed mess they waited too
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long on uh firing Montgomery uh they
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should have either done it in the
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offseason or done it earlier in the
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season when Montgomery had already
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seemed to check check out uh there's a
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number of issues that I have with
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Sweeney and the way he's handled this
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entire roster this entire season um and
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I don't think he should be the one to
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build the new roster I don't think he
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should be around for that he I don't
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think he's earned that right I think
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he's made too many mistakes prior to
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that and it's it's it shouldn't be him
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it should be someone else we'll see if
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that happens if they sneak into the play
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he's probably still around um but um you
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know I don't I'm I don't I'm not
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confident in in how he would um kind of
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re retool and rebuild this team yeah all
