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And they shake hands on the Bruins bench.

The Boston Bruins have punched their ticket to the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Tuka Rask registers the shutout, and the Bruins once again will be playing playoff hockey.

Your final tonight in Newark.

Bruins 3, Devils Nothing.

I was too a little Bruins. How do you feel about your hockey team heading into the postseason, I mean, overall, pretty good. I like the way the roster's been reinforced in the deadline. I like how they're playing. You know, and I say they're playing. I'm talking about the fact that the second line has emerged. Their first line's obviously elite. I want them to see, I want to see them get healthy on defense. But compared to where I was, say, a month ago, three weeks ago when the deadline came, which was April 12th, I can't tell you how much better about them I feel now. Those guys have made a profound impact, particularly Hall and Riley, although Lizard, too, all three of them. I think that they're a lot deeper and better than they were then, and I give them a shot to get out of the division. Yeah, we're far removed from that point in the season, pre-deadline, trade deadline, where I think there was some doubters, myself included, that this team could even make the playoffs. So they look completely different. They're poised for a deep run.

I still don't trust Tuguerask. Okay. So I was definitely on the brink with the team. I never, you know, they were always like one loss away from pushing me over the edge to writing them off. I never quite did. They never quite got there. I never felt they got over the line. Teetering, I think it was the term you used.

They were definitely teetering there for a while.

And right now I feel pretty good about him.

I really do. I feel as good about him. I mean, I feel better about him now than I did last year. And then last year was really more about the goofiness of the pandemic and the long layoff and the bubble. It felt like anything could happen, right, just because of the setup. Sure, exactly. And then, and then Tampa's staring you in the face in the, you know, second round there. So I didn't, I didn't feel that great last year. The year before, I did not feel they were a Stanley Cup team and they, you know, ended up being a Stanley Cup finalist anyway. So, like, I feel pretty good about them, and you should too.

I mean, they've answered a lot of the questions, at least in the regular season context.

I mean, they do have scoring depth now, and they do have a second line, and they are better five on five.

And the D is some question marks there for sure, but if they get healthy and they have a chance to do it now with the way they can monitor here in the last five games and sort of pick and choose when and where to play guys and really bring them along, they should have their full compliment. You should be McAvoy, Lozahn, Greslick, Carlo, Riley as a third pair guy. Like, that's a good spot. Kevin Miller, if he's healthy.

Like, he makes a difference, man.

As you've mentioned this before, they're like a different team when Kevin Miller's out there. I think they need Carlo and Miller. They need them both. If they're going to beat the really good teams now. Mike, in the 12 games, they've played since the deadline. They're 10 and 2. they've outscored their opponents by 21 goals

and they're the best five on five team in the league.

Now look, the schedule's been soft.

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