Big news this week for Bruins nation: the (somewhat) expected trade of Linus Ullmark to make cap space for a new crop of players finally took place on Monday, June 24th. The Bruins walk away with Joonas Korpisalo (G), Mark Kastelic (C), and the Sen’s second first round pick in Friday’s draft.

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🟡The case for Jake DeBrusk ➡️ https://checkthisdata.substack.com/p/is-there-a-case-to-be-made-for-jake

⚫Bruins extend RFA Ian Mitchell ➡️ https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/bruins-sign-ian-mitchell-to-one-year-extension/ar-BB1oK9DR

🟡Bruins extend RFA Brandon Bussi ➡️ https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/bruins-sign-potential-rookie-backup-goalie-to-contract-extension/ar-BB1oOILs

⚫Linus Ullmark traded to Ottawa ➡️ https://nesn.com/2024/06/how-espn-graded-bruins-senators-linus-ullmark-trade/

🟡Jay Leach joins the Bruins coaching staff➡️ https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/catching-up-with-former-seattle-kraken-player-assistant-coach/ar-BB1oKppU

Joining us this week for a special pre-Free Agency chat is friend of the pod Moe (one half of our favorite Too Many Men duo). We talk who should stay, go, and who to go after. With RFA offers due on the same day as the opening of the UFA season, and a significant increase in cap space, it’s going to be a very interesting July for the Boston Bruins.

Love a blooper? Stick around until the very end.

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⚫Martin Nečas Highlights ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUYGvistXu8

🟡Who is Elias Lindholm? ➡️ https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/l/lindhel01.html

⚫Hronek signs deal with Canucks ➡️ https://www.nhl.com/news/filip-hronek-signs-8-year-contract-with-canucks

🟡Bruins say goodbye and good luck to Oskar Steen ➡️ https://x.com/_MikeSullivan/status/1803061872276521293

While our regular season content has gone on summer vacation, our favorite regular guests share their thoughts on the end of the Bruins' season and year end press conference. Enjoy a little extra Bruins content before our Free Agency Roundtable in June!

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This week Maria and Karoline cover the Bruins' final game against Florida as well as the end-of-season press conference hosted by the Bruins front office on May 22nd. It's always sad to say goodbye to the season but on the whole this team exceeded our initial expectations.

We will be back on June 18th to talk Free Agency and make sure you like, follow, and subscribe to get notified when (or if) there is a special episode around any June trades.

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⚫Game 6 Highlights ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFiM7pl_ucY

🟡End-of-Season Press Conference ➡️https://www.youtube.com/live/T0mvlO2lOqg?feature=shared

⚫Bruins Heading to Free Agency ➡️ https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/bruins

The objective was clear: win a hockey game. And boy did they. The Boston Bruins held on and held their own in a nailbiter of a game 5 in Sunrise, Florida. With a game 6 in Boston, do they have what it takes to stave off elimination again?

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⚫Swayman continues to hold on to the top goalie position in the entire league ➡️ https://www.moneypuck.com/goalies.htm

Needless to say, Maria and Karoline are displeased with the league's disregard for the black and white rules and for player safety. Besides dealing with the clowns in black and white, the Bruins continue to struggle at the face off dot and on the power play. The execution challenges of the last 5 years also have returned. Is the end of the season near? We hope not.

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🟡Obvious sucker punch by Bennet on Marchand in game 3➡️

https://twitter.com/emilymkaplan/status/1790073754589986988?s=43&t=X9aeYmlc-MyP1-tytMtg6A

⚫Pat Maroon speaks at the press conference on May 13 ➡️

https://twitter.com/_TyAnderson/status/1790059433759789400

🟡Horrible non-call relating to goalie interference ➡️

https://twitter.com/ScoutingTheRefs/status/1789829802037215470

It was expected that Florida would come back hard and fast and it's a game that got away from the refs.

We welcome in special guests, our Too Many Men friends of the pod, Adrian and Moe to talk about game two. What went well and what didn’t in the game we all expected to go Florida’s way?

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⚫Pasta talks about fight with Tkachuk ➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUcsa550_nw

Game 2 highlights➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUR_usp5vxQ

The Boston Bruins decimate the Leafs with an unbelievable over time goal by David Pastrnak in game 7 and keep the ball rolling into game 1 against the Panthers. Jim Montgomery is out of Maria’s dog house…for now! And Jeremy Swayman is making an excellent case for best player in the league.

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⚫Nobody comes close to Jeremy Swayman ➡️ https://www.moneypuck.com/goalies.htm