The Bruins are facing the Ottawa Senators. Now, because Toronto blew that two-goal lead against Columbus last night, the Bruins don't have to take on the Capitals. I thought Bruins fans would have a huge sigh of relief, but that does not seem to be the case. You know, it's a huge sigh of relief? I'm sure Brad Marchand, feeling a little bit better. Yeah, because what would people be saying if they ended up having to play the capitals?

They would rightly be saying, well, to me it doesn't change anything.

That was incredibly dumb.

But people would be blaming Brad Marchand for them playing the capitals.

I still blame him for a lot.

All right.

Bob Beers, who of course played the game. He is the analyst for the Boston

Bruins hockey games that can be here on 98-5. The Sports Hub, join us on the AT&T expert hotline.

Hello, Bob. Good morning, guys. How are we doing? We're doing well. All right, so first of all,

any news on Carlo or Krug? No, they'll skate today, so we'll find out a little bit more, you know, this morning at their practice. But I hadn't heard anything. They had a complete day off yesterday. So, you know, it's all kind of quiet right now. You assume that Carlo had, you know, some form of a concussion and see how

quickly he can bounce back with Tori Krug. You know, it looks like that right knee is injured,

so we'll see it didn't look good. Let's put it that way. So I'm not counting on that,

but we'll wait until today to find out a little bit more.

All right. There is a sentiment going around that if Kroog is indeed out,

this spells disaster for the team against Ottawa.

How much of a factor is his presence in the lineup?

Especially against Ottawa.

That's huge.

I mean, it is against a lot of teams, but just the ability to make intelligent plays coming through the neutral zone. And, you know, you guys, I mean, I'm sure people are talking about it, but that the middle of the ice is just, it's clogged up by the Ottawa Senators. That's the way that they play. They're effective at it. They've been effective against the Bruins at it in slowing them down, coming through the middle.

Not always, but when they are, it's pretty evident.

And then what happens with teams is they get really frustrated because they can't get through that neutral zone.

So it's not always the most exciting game, but you've got to be able to be patient.

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