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@TheDefiantGhost Read The Charm School by Nelson Demille

Former CIA officer John Kiriakou dropped the scariest sleeper agent story you’ll ever hear. The Russians (and others) take kids basically from birth, rip them from their families, and raise them in fake American towns deep in Russia. American food, American TV, perfect American accent — the whole thing. Then they steal the identity of a dead American baby, get them a legit passport and Social Security number, and drop them into the U.S. They live normal lives for decades — travel agent, dad, neighbor, until one day they get “activated.”A coded radio message. Or a stranger whispering in their ear on the subway: “Report back… or I have to kill you.” One guy turned himself in to the FBI the second his daughter was born. He couldn’t do it anymore. This stuff is happening. How many “Americans” around you right now are actually waiting for that call?

@BruinsCapSpace It’s amazing how much better they spend the same amount of money as Sweeney does. Amazing

The Tampa Bay Lightning have been eliminated and head into the offseason with about $15 million in cap space. Pretty much everyone is locked up. Darren Raddysh is a UFA who had a breakout season at 30 years old.

@beingahermit @CullenM920 And they would easily sweep the Bruins.

@CullenM920 It's crap hockey with crap defense by both teams and both goalies are crap

Anyone that thinks this Bruins team is building on something please watch this central playoff series and tell me what specifically this team can do to get *close* to this. I'll even give you two years. I'm begging you to tell me how this happens.

@Goosey1994 @BruinsOh You’re too stupid to argue with. Maybe the top line center fairy will deliver this summer. Hopefully that happens after the 1RD stork delivers also.

@Sweeneysucks @BruinsOh The bruins roster composition is not as dire as people make it out to be. We have guys over extending their roles. However, provided you can get a 1C and an RD2 which has been your weakness then yes you do become better. They took buffalo to 6 games woth this current roster

Lets be real, two pieces are missing for Boston. A 1C and an RD2 Everything else is relatively solid. Id consider Elias Pettersson if available at reasonable cost Then id revisit Rasmus Andersson or explore other options like Whitecloud or Perbix (if available) #NhLbruins

@CullenM920 What’s jarring is watching teams like Colorado/Takpa/Minnesota, etc and realizing the Bruins aren’t playing the same game as those top teams. Boston is light years away from seriously competing with them

So jarring watching Reichel tonight. When's the last time you saw a player in black and gold cleanly beat a defender to the outside more than once a game. On purpose too!

@BruinsWyan2 You’re not getting Roberstaon without Hagans. That’s the problem. If you want to win in Pastas prime, it’s gonna cost you Hagans, Latourno and probably all your 1st picks. Getting a wing, center and at least 2 Dmen isn’t cheap

Robertson-Hagens-Pastrnak Geekie-Minten-Arvidsson Khus-Poitras-Lindholm Jeannot-Kuraly-Kastelic Carels-McAvoy Zadorov-Lohrei Brunet-Aspirot Sway DiPietro Good mix of youth and talent and Pastrnak finally has some good linemates. Lindholm can still take critical draws

@Dylan__Potemri @BruinsWyan2 Who cares if he is immediately replaced? Get a 1 and a top D prospect. He isn’t going to make a difference in the playoffs anyway

@BruinsWyan2 I wouldn’t be opposed to moving him if you are packaging him for a top end guy like a Robertson, but I am not just trading him to trade him. He is a skilled top 6 forward that would be hard to replace if you want to continue with the retool on the fly

Lots of 1 year contracts next year that should be moved by the deadline at latest no matter where the team is in the standings

@Goosey1994 You’re dumber than Sweeney. Delete your account.

Next season if we can somehow get this to happen I think the Bruins are that much better. (Offseason coping) Zacha-E. Petterson-Pasta Hagens-Lindholm-Geekie Khutsy-Minten-Arvidsson Jeannot-Kurl-Kast Lindholm-Mcavoy Zaddy-Andersson Aspirot-Jokiharju Sway DiPietro #NHLbruins

@ericshutup He’s the best of what they have.

@Sweeneysucks Why is 73 considered a core piece?

I don’t want to lose m assets acquired last year, which is why I openly rooted for another tank year. Not getting a similar haul this year means those assets will need to be used to get enough help for 88/73. At least 4 bona fide players. So, pick a lane. Which do you want?

@Icymane18 So give Sweeney credit for 1 good trade deadline, not hold him accountable for the situation they’re in? They’ve won nothing & they’ve been past the 1rd once time in 10 years. They need so much to help the current core because he did a piss poor job the last 10 years. @BruinsOh

The Bruins have the potential 6th overall pick, promising prospects, 16mil in cap. On top of all of that they have a top 3 goalie, a top 3 forward and a top 10 D-man all in their prime. Sweeney had his chance and failed, someone new has all the tools in front of them. #NHLBruins

@Guy_is_mello @Jessemedscience We shouldn’t want anyone from the Don Sweeney tree of average. I’m sure that FL, TB,Colorado, Dallas, even Montreal’s assistant GM if he’s worked for Scott Gorton. The league is littered with Evan Golds. I’d prefer getting one from a team that’s known to draft and develop.

@Jessemedscience They are still using Sinden's philosophy in how they build teams. That's Neely, he believes all that and is stuck in the wrong century or hockey Nothing is going to change, Gold is stuck where he is like a bruins prospects in PVD. He will leave for another team soon

You know what’s the ‘fatal flaw’? Can Neely’s and Don Sweeney’s inability to understand the definition of “hard to play against” in the modern day It seems, they’re stuck in a 70’s/80’s Time Machine — constantly trying to build altered versions of the “Big Bad Bruins” [Hard to play against] is no longer about bone-crunching hits, clutching and grabbing, or baiting your opponents into a fight It’s about stick position, first on pucks, forechecking/back-checking, hockey intelligence, zone breakouts, and zone awareness You can’t hit what you cannot catch, and in this era, players have evolved; the strength, speed, IQ, creativity — it’s almost second nature to most kids Buffalo was a prime example of that — the hits were there for Boston but most of those hits BUFF were just either side-stepping, or spinning off of They were using their skating ability and awareness to get rid of pucks quickly. It got to a point where they were just baiting BOS to chase them around to trap the forecheckers deep just to turn up the ice in transition for odd-man opportunities The most shocking about the philosophy is that you had the privilege to watch the most dominant 3-zone player in NHL history in your own backyard in Patrice Bergeron After his concussion he altered his game and mastered his positioning. Protecting the puck, boxing out players, using his stick to disrupt passing lanes — never needed to bring the ‘Piss & Vinegar’ as his hockey IQ did all the work Boston needs a new voice from the top. A new culture, new vision. The Jacobs’ shouldn’t fumble a guy like Evan Gold… #NHL #BRUINS #NHLBRUINS

@Sean_in_Boston @Jessemedscience So you’re just choosing to ignore 10 years prior they had to address supplementing the 2025 core? Or are u suggesting they should’ve only looked to young help after their older players retired? They had multiple opportunities to supplement the 25 team. They failed miserably .

So dumb. Bergeron was barely 22 when he took that hit. He hadn't developed a game yet that he could change. The Bruins essentially won the 3 games in Buffalo. But for 5 minutes at the end of Game 1. What happened to Buffalo those 3 games? Did they think they were playing in the 70's? Buffalo won the series because they had more talent. Specifically more offensive talent. No team is going to win a 7 game series against Buffalo scoring 2 goals per game. Neely and Sweeney did the best they could with the hand they were dealt. 40 goal scorers were nowhere to be found in free agency or by trade. Jeannot, Arvidson, Minten, etc were however so that what they used to build a playoff team. Something no one thought they could do. For sure the Elias Lindholm deal is an all time shit contract. They deserve plenty of criticism for that deal.

@Jessemedscience I usually agree with your opinions, but I don’t know what your fascination is with this Evan Gold. He’s learned at the feet of Don Sweeney.Wouldn’t you rather have the Evan gold from an organization? That’s actually won? Or at least proven that they know how to draft and develop?

Unfortunately, they will try option 3, Both, but that’s an actuarial impossibility. need too much to contend now & don’t have time to wait on prospects to develop. If 88/73 were 26/27, it would be possible. Not at 30. have to pick a lane.3 is perpetual purgatory.@briandefelice_

Bruins are stuck between two timelines and need to pick a direction. 1. Go all in to give 88/73 a chance at a cup. This means trading Letourno/Hagens/first picks, etc. need A LOT! 2. Sell 88/73 at their highest value to build around assets listed above. I’d pick option 2.

@BruinsOh @briandefelice_ And everyone will give him a pass. It’s amazing how bad he’s been. One good trade deadline in 10 years …/

@briandefelice_ So Elias Lindholm stinks, he's hurt, has an NTC & he makes 7.5M until the end of time He's untradeable without pissing away assets to just get rid of him Sweeney wanted to have a worse UFA contract on his resume than David Backes With Elias Lindholm... Mission Accomplished😂

Surely his back will heal well over the next 5 years of his contract and into his late 30’s.

@bridgetteproulx @smclaughlin9 Hopefully neither are back

Arvidsson talked about his broken rib & punctured lung. He also said "I'd be happy to talk to Sweens about coming Back."

@bridgetteproulx @smclaughlin9 What a douche

Swayman reflected on his season including his first goalie fight: Q: Did you get the goalie fight out of your system? A: Hell yeah. I went after the biggest guy in the league, so yeah. That's definitely a moment I'll remember forever and I'm so grateful for that moment and Vasy allowing me to experience it at the highest level.