The Boston Bruins need to add some scoring this offseason. James Hagens could provide a spark, but is he ready and what if he’s not?
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman, on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast on The Second Round is Here episode, on the Boston Bruins needing to find some scoring, and will too much pressure be put on James Hagens to provide that next season?
Friedman: “I think a lot of what happened this year for Boston was good. The question is, they got to find pop. They have to find scoring.
And you know (James) Hagens is, I’m already, I don’t want to say I’m worried for him, Kyle. I just worry about these guys who get the ‘Savior Role’ on them so early. Because it’s a process, right? And it’s a, it’s a really hard League. And you could tell that the Bruins really have faith in him, and they like him, but he wasn’t ready for this.
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And you know, they’re going to give him a shot to make the lineup at the beginning of next year, obviously. But if it doesn’t start well, or they say, ‘All right, we want him to begin the year in Providence.’
Like it’s like, it’s almost like, whatever happens with (Matvei) Michkov now in Philadelphia, right? Everything is an online debate. And I don’t think that’s a good thing for the player, and I don’t think it’s a good thing for the organization, because everybody develops differently.
The bottom line to me is, they think this kid can play. The question is, when is it going to be? And I’m really curious about, if they don’t think it’s going to be at the start of next year, they’re not sure, they have to go out there and they have to find some scoring that. That’s the one thing that I think everybody who watches them agrees with.
But the best thing for them is that they believe Swayman would be fine. And that was the right answer.
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Kyle Bukauskas: “No question. And that was kind of my feeling going into the season for them, was like, ‘Okay, where else are you getting goals from throughout the, the lineup. Now, they managed to make it work, like that was, they were full value for everything they got this season. But it’s not, it’s not a surprise at all that, that that would be a priority for them going into this summer.
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