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From 'Breaking Boston' (subscribe here): As the great poet Olivia Rodrigo once blurted out... "Good for you, you look happy and healthy. Not me. If you ever cared to ask." That's right, reduce Boston sports for the last few years down and what you'll find is the post-high school heartbreak found in each and every one of us. So to cope, Fitzy commiserates with you and runs through every athlete or coach that's ever broken your heart here in Boston. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Answering the question: would you run last year's Bruins' roster back if you could, or does it need fundamental changes? Discussing top-line center options for the Bruins to target. Follow us on Twitter: @TheSkatePod | @bridgetteproulx | @smclaughlin9 | @briandefelice_ | Email us at skatepod@weei.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep 202, pt 1: Are there any fundamental issues the Bruins were dealing with personnel-wise that need to be fixed for next season? Would you run back last year's Bruins' roster if you could? What's the best team the Bruins could return realistically, considering the cap situation? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep 202, pt 2: Brian, Bridgette and Scott take you through the pros and cons of top-line center options Pierre-Luc Dubois, Mark Scheifele and Elias Lindholm. Plus, what the Bruins would have to give up and how much cap they would have to clear to get them. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep 202, pt 3: Brian, Bridgette and Scott take you through the pros and cons of top-line center options JT Miller, Ryan O’Reilly and Shane Wright. Plus, what the Bruins would have to give up and how much cap they would have to clear to get them. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What Bruce Cassidy's Stanley Cup run with Vegas reveals about the 2023 Bruins and the players that may have forced him out. We react to Jones & Mego's negative Bergeron take. Answering the question: should the Bruins trade Brad Marchand if Bergeron retires? Would David Pastrnak or Charlie McAvoy be ready to take over the captain role at this point in their careers? Has McAvoy proved himself in the playoffs? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Checking in on the Stanley Cup Final and the success of Bruce Cassidy's Golden Knights. Did Bruins' players hurt their Stanley Cup chances in 2023 by influencing a coaching change last offseason? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reacting to Adam Jones' take on WEEI's Jones & Mego, who thinks the Bruins should be ready to push Bergeron out. Should the Bruins trade Brad Marchand if Bergeron retires? Would David Pastrnak or Charlie McAvoy be ready to take over the captain role at this point in their careers? Is it realistic to think the Bruins could keep both Orlov and Bertuzzi in Boston? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grading McAvoy's playoff performance in comparison to Montour and other impactful defensemen this postseason. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brian, Bridgette and Scott preview a Panthers-Knights Stanley Cup Final and what it means for Bruce Cassidy. Scott poses the question: should the Bruins have traded David Pastrnak for Matt Tkachuk last offseason? Could the Bruins re-sign Tyler Bertuzzi before free agency? And, is this the last we've seen of the Ullmark-Swayman goalie tandem? Follow us on Twitter: @TheSkatePod | @bridgetteproulx | @smclaughlin9 | @briandefelice_ | Email us at skatepod@weei.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep 200, pt 3: Who could have more value for the Bruins in the future: Ullmark or Bertuzzi? Could the Bruins re-sign Tyler Bertuzzi before free agency? Is Swayman ready to be a full-time No.1 goalie? And, would it make sense to trade Linus Ullmark ahead of this year's NHL Draft in June? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott poses the question: should the Bruins have traded David Pastrnak for Matt Tkachuk last offseason? And what would have needed to happen last offseason for it to have been on the table. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brian, Bridgette and Scott preview a Panthers-Knights Stanley Cup Final and what it means for Bruce Cassidy. Will Cassidy win his first Cup in the first season with the Golden Knights? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brian, Bridgette and Scott answer your questions including what rehab could look like for Bergeron's injury in the offseason, how much the Bruins will need to pay RFA Jeremy Swayman and if Milan Lucic could be a fourth-line option in Boston next season. Plus, which contracts the Bruins could get rid of in order to keep Tyler Bertuzzi and should he be a top priority for GM Don Sweeney this offseason? ** And thank you to Bruins PA announcer Jake Zimmer for voicing our new open!!!** Follow us on Twitter: @TheSkatePod | @bridgetteproulx | @smclaughlin9 | @briandefelice_ | Email us at skatepod@weei.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep 199, pt 1: A look around the NHL Conference Finals. Should the Bruins dump the Hall or Ullmark contracts to free up cap space for Bertuzzi? What the Bruins could get in return for Ullmark and how much cap space trading him would free up. Follow us on Twitter: @TheSkatePod | @smclaughlin9 | @briandefelice_ | @bridgetteproulx | Email us at skatepod@weei.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep 199, pt 2: What Patrice Bergeron's path the recovery will likely look like this offseason if he wants to return. Should the Bruins make a big move for a center this offseason or should they hold pat with the centers they have? Follow us on Twitter: @TheSkatePod | @smclaughlin9 | @briandefelice_ | @bridgetteproulx | Email us at skatepod@weei.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Answering listener questions: Would bringing back Lucic help or hurt the Bruins? How much will the Bs will have to give RFA Jeremy Swayman in order to re-sign him? Follow us on Twitter: @TheSkatePod | @smclaughlin9 | @briandefelice_ | @bridgetteproulx | Email us at skatepod@weei.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New England Hockey Journal and NHL.com contributor Mark Divver joins to take a deeper look into the Bruins' prospect pool, who could be ready for a full-time role in Boston and what has happened to the development of Fabian Lysell. Could the Bruins run a Swayman-Bussi goalie duo next season? Are Bruins' center prospects Georgii Merkulov, Marc McLaughlin or Johnny Beecher ready to take a full-time bottom-six role in Boston? What is troubling about the Bruins' prospect pool on defense outside of Mason Lohrei. Plus, developments on Hartford trying to bring back the Whalers, new details on why the Bruins targeted Mitchell Miller and why Mark thinks the Bruins coaching staff is about to see a shake up. Follow us on Twitter: @TheSkatePod | @bridgetteproulx | @smclaughlin9 | @briandefelice_ | Email us at skatepod@weei.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep 198, pt 1: Providence Bruins reporter Mark Divver joins to take us through the prospects in the Bruins' system that are closest to being ready to help Boston. Are Bruins' center prospects Georgii Merkulov, Marc McLaughlin or Johnny Beecher ready to take a full-time bottom-six role in Boston? Mark explains some troubling signs in the arch of development with Fabian Lysell and how far away he could be from being an effective NHL player. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep 198, pt 2: Guest Mark Divver gives insight on why he thinks goalie Brandon Bussi is one of the Bruins' most promising prospects and why he thinks Bussi could play in the NHL as soon as next season. What Mark saw from Mason Lohrei in his time with the Providence Bruins. Why the Bruins desperately need to bolster their prospect pool at defense. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices