Likely a "philosophical difference" in Sway's contract is minimum number of games. This is "asset Management" now. They have to play him to get his value up. I heard they set the goalie schedules at the beginning of the month. And stay with it

Let's let Wahlstrom play a couple of games first before we present him with the Art Ross.

Welcome home Ollie! Happy to see you in Black & Gold 🐻 Power play help was first to come to mind. Pasta's showing a creativity as a playmaker -Oliver is another creative forward. We know his potential. He's happy to be back home - Happy hockey players produce. Bruins locker room has not been happy No reason not to hope for the best. Zacha stood out @ Vancouver 3 points. He woke up Also why Pasta had a 4 point game Hit hard! Have fun Ollie!

All I expect from Oliver is effort and grit for 60 minutes. The same thing I expect from ALL Bruins. When they play with a bit of heart they can actually win games. Get your fingers out Bruins.

Not every person listening to this lives in a state lol. English boy from Quebec Canada here. Surrounded by dumb azz Habs fans and only a 15 min drive to Ontario so even more greasy leaf fans around lol

Love the optimism on Wahlstrom Evan. Much needed.

Missoula, Montana checking in.. grew up in Bridgewater, MA but live out west these days.. fyi our local youth hockey program is the Missoula Bruins… which makes it easy with the kids. :)

Love the HF Bruins shoutout 😂

He is not so bad 32 points in 32 games like everyone say even if imagine if he had at least better players around ,Just give Geekie,coyle,Swayman to mcdavid we will see how good he will be .

Pasta is not him self - he miss the explosivitet both in the shoot and the skating - either he is sick, injured or just bad prepared. Doing 4 points is good but this is not the sort of play we need from him. Marchand is driving the team still ..

Is that guy Coyle still on this team?

No, he’s arguably the most overrated player in the league

Not yet .still looks not himself playing

don't think so

I will always be a bruins fan ,however i would be heart broken if marchy was traded 😢

Isles fan here. Trotz destroyed this guy. He brings him up, plays him 8 minutes a night. The defense first system was not a fit for him (yes the isles were winning games) Any time he would make the slightest mistake, he would be a healthy scratch the next 5 games or just get sent down. Roy comes in and its more of the same. If he dresses at all, its on the 4th line in a checking role. That's not what he should be doing. His shot is amazing. He is really good in the shootout. He needed a fresh start. I think he def has more to give than what we saw here.

Welcome Oliver wahlstrom! Happy to have you in Black & Gold! Hit hard, have fun! Do that Michigan trick on the Islanders when they come to Boston in a few weeks! 🐻

Given the Cap space and Wolstrum's youth, his excitement to be home... this could be Sweeney's only decent bet this year. Worth a try to slot him in.

Can't remember the last time I've seen a Bruins team this bad, maybe when Chirelli brought in all those ponies like Soderberg . All I see is a bunch of mediocre players. The only guy who was exciting to watch was Poitras and now he's rotting down in Providence. Both Lindholms seem to be a bust. Enough already with Frederick , Geekie, Johnson, etc.. Still disappointed with Coyle - he should be a constant 20 goal scorer. Marshy has lost a step. Pasta still gives away the puck constantly ! We used to pride ourselves on the PK and now our defense sucks. Lohrei was a bright spot but he's making mistakes, probably too much pressure on the young player. This team is a mess and I don't see getting another question mark is gonna save them . Maybe it's time for Sweeney to go !

16 years is long enough its a business and we do not owe him anything. If anything he is the one should be grateful for giving a 5 feet nothing a chance. He is old injuries and most importanly lost his favorite blanket in PB. He is not a leader he is an instigator and a drama queen that have alot of insucurties. we want cups NOT long lasting memories of a loosing records. enough is enough

No. He should retire a Bruin

Good luck. He has done nothing with the Islanders. Yes, he has a great shot. But you need more than just a great shot to add value to a team.

osterlee is shit mclaughölin was good 2 years ago now shity POITRAS UP why are u so slow

Wahlstrom's lost a step and has had some bad luck in his career. Really hoping that he can rebound and collect what's left of his career and stick with the Bruins.

Any change would be an improvement. This is a Bruin's Nightmare. Please make it stop. 🤣

Team needs a major shake-em-up trade or 3. Too much complacency, laziness, low IQ lazy plays. If these guys don't pick it up there are probably only 2 (if that) untouchables. Big decisions need to be made, and they aren't going to be prett

Oliver Wahlstrom??? He's a right winger. His "potential" talent is undeniable and, in addition, he's a player with an intimidating grinder attitude (well-asserted during his junior career). But since his arrival in the pros, not only has he not stood out but he has not shown the determination that was expected of him. Despite the fact that he is still very young (24 years old), the Islanders have given up. Wearing the BRUINS jersey, teammate of Marchy, Pasta and McAvoy, will he finally come out of his shell and actualize his potential? I remain very skeptical... I still have the bad impression of a grotesque somersault number from GM Don. Peter Chiarelli was a team "builder", Don Sweeney was content to plug gaps. The difference is huge... and in recent years, more obvious than ever. I'm not changing my position: Owner Jacobs must immediately fire Neely and Sweeney.

This guy is as useless as the guys he is replacing, the only thing more useless as him is Haggs opinion.

Carlo coyle dump them

Sweeney has an ongoing hard on for local guys. Until he starts bringing in some Canadian boys, this team isn't going anywhere. And you're getting excited about a player a bottom of the league team didn't want? You must be on crack.

Pasta took that early penalty after the game he was benched in the 3rd by Monty. You are right Haggs, leadership is suffering on this team

If they chose to retool. Frederick, Geekie, Coyle, carlo, Brazeau (if you cant get him to resign for cheap) are the guys i would move. The only way i move marchand is if you can get a kings ransom 2 first and more. But those other guys get what you can for now, and open room for younger guys to earn their spots at the nhl level. But they should wait for the deadline to maximize return.

Simply said, at this point, they are embarrassing

I love these podcasts and love Evan and Connor but the ad breaks are nearly insufferable

Oliver Wahlstrom is now the Boston Bruins best under 25 wing in their entire organization and that includes Fabian Lysell Walhstrom’s combo of size, speed, puck handling, willingness to go to the dirty areas as well as his natural goal scoring acumen all equate to his having a higher ceiling than whatever Lysell’s may still be at the NHL level Wahlstrom has his warts as his effort, consistency and attitude have all generally stunk since the day he came into the league That being said, any Bruins fan can attest to the fact that under Don Sweeney some prospects simply haven’t been handled properly in terms of their development and in Wahlstrom’s case, that’s also been true whether or not Wahlstrom can put it together and become the kind of Brady Tkachuk type of Top 6 forward he was projected to be when he was selected 11th back in 2018….? Who knows, probably not at this point but if he can just turn into a middle-six power forward that can score 30-40 points wouldn’t even that be a huge win for Boston right now? However, no matter how you slice it or dice it Lysell looks like a potential bust and it’s starting to sure seem like even the Bruins don’t think Georgii Merkulov is a real NHL player How do we know the Bruins aren't very much interested in Lysell or Merkulov? Um, they just decided to burn what little Cap space they had adding an outside of the organization RW instead of bringing either Lysell or Merkulov up while they keep brining up turds like McLaughlin, Viel, Tufte, Patrick Brown.. By claiming Wahlstrom he has to be on their roster the rest of the year as well, so it's kind of obvious Lysell and Merkulov are fading as prospects, even in the Bruins own eyes. Proof? Um, this move But even after those two, it’s a black hole in terms of Top 6 wings in their largely terrible NHL Farm System. All they have at wing after Lysell & Merkulov are 3rd-7th round guys that all project, at their ceilings, as bottom 6 players Maybe a 5th round long shot like Oscar Jellvik can put his skill set together and crack a Top 6 role but that’s literally it after an underwhelming Merkulov and a “heading towards bust status” Fabian Lysell Riley Duran, Dans Locmelis, Trevor Kuntar, Cole Spicer, John Faranacci, Chris Pelosi, Ryan Walsh,...... These are the Bruins best Wing/Forward prospects behind Lysell and Merkulov (who knows what Dean Letorneau is at this point). And not a single one of those guys projects as a Top 6 anything at the NHL level assuming any of them make it But before you get your hopes up for any of these Don Sweeney's 3rd-7th round forwards you might want to take a look at history. Don Sweeney has made 37 3rd-7th round picks since he became GM back in 2015 The games played leaders at forward drafted by Don Sweeney in rounds 3-7? -Lauko (83 NHL games) No longer with the team. 3rd round pick -Steen (60 NHL games) No longer in the NHL. 6th round pick -Koppanen (5 NHL games) No longer in the NHL. 5th round pick So as of today not a single forward Don Sweeney has ever drafted in rounds 3-7 is on the Bruins presently and in 10 years as GM one forward drafted in rounds 3-7 (Lauko) is a real NHL guy. 1 out of 37. Not exactly a solid "hit" rate Thus at the very least, adding a player in Oliver Wahlstrom, that has a rare combo of size/speed/skill/natural goal scoring ability, would be called a "good thing" And if he turns out to continue to be a bust, well, Walhstrom would have just proven he’s really a Don Sweeney guy at the end of the day after all -Busted 1st round draft pick -Played college hockey in New England Win-Win either way :) I’m still not 100% sure if Wahlstrom being the Bruins best under 25 wing prospect now is something to celebrate? Or If it’s just a further indictment on Don Sweeney's terrible drafting and developing that a guy another NHL team just threw in the garbage, that 30 other NHL teams passed on, is now your organization’s best wing prospect Tough call…

As if we grab this guy and give him time over Poitras, Lysell and Merki. Just dumb

No boys haha

FIRE Sweeney and Neely

It's pretty sad when you're a 37-year-old Captain is your points leader and brings more of a fight

Great show again Haggs Agree on Nikita disagree on Lindholm

Just what we needed another 4 th line journeyman come on. Imagine paying good money to watch a geekie,koepcke,johnson

Take the C away from Marchy and let him go back to the annoying brand of hockey he played before he got the captaincy. Get rid of Coyle, Carlo and Wotherspoon for starters. Bench McAvoy for a few games so he wakes the flip up! Playing lazy, lethargic hockey this year. Make Korposolo the #1 and Swayman his back-up. But most of all fire Sweeney. Most Bruin fans have been asking for Sweeney 's job for years!!!

How can a Captain address the team about scoring and playing, when he can't do both!

i think the word you were looking for to describe the Bs is " quit. " you didn't want to say it, but this team is full of quitters. they might play hard for a while, but they quit as soon as something goes wrong or someone punches them in the face. get a case of binkies for these guys.

how pathetic is your team when a waiver wire reject from a team starving for goals is the hope to replace your 8 M per year, 8 goal per year free agent stiff ? sweeney created this mess. how can he possibly be the guy to fix it ? he won't stop screwing his team by signing multi year, multi million dollar busts.

Before stepping back on the ice these Bruins need to look in mirror and ask themselves IF THEY know what it means to wear that Spoked-B!!! Go out and prove it!! 🐻🏒

Imagine we could have traded a pick lysell and Ullmark and gotten Necas in return to center our top line. Instead we get lindholm and Zadorov zzzzzzz

Trade Frederic coyle and Johnson and bring up the young guys. Why not? It cant get any worse..

Not all Swaymans fault but he invited Karma into his house with a red carpet and Karma has completely taken over his season. Looks good on the greedy butthead. Can’t imagine the locker room is too excited over it either.

Sway doesn't have a nmc until 2026