This is the skate podcast talking Bruins hockey with W.E.I. Bruins writers, Scott McLaughlin, Bridget Prue, and Brian D. Follice. Lace him up for some Bees Talk. It's Odyssey's The Skate Pod on W.E.E.I. Welcome in to episode 431 of the skate podcast.

I am Brian D. Felice, joined by Bridgette Pru and Scott McLaughlin.

Now, Bridget Scott and everybody listening, I want you to stop where you are right now

and give yourselves a round of applause and a pat on the back for enduring what was one of the

worst 82 game seasons of Boston Bruins hockey that I have ever seen, certainly in my lifetime.

So the good news is we're moving on.

They finish with the exact same number of points, 76, as the infamous Dave Lewis year in 0607.

And we'd have to, I'd be curious to go side by side there, their team analytics.

But yeah, it was not good.

So everybody can breathe a side of relief.

We're no longer talking about this season.

And now we're moving forward.

What next year looks like, if it's any better, That remains to be seen, but there's a lot of

work to be done. Of course, though, Bridget, let's go to you for the opening shifts first

because there were some things worth talking about in game 82, some young players stepping up

and just there are some takeaways from the last game.

Yeah, and I guess to keep it just a little bit reflective and then we're going to get

into some forward looking stuff later on, it was an opportunity once they knew they were

out of it to get a look at some young players. And essentially, you know, and this is something

that Don Sweetie mentioned a few games ago on Nesson,

just Joe Sacco having to coach essentially two different teams.

And they finish out this season with two more call-ups,

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