It has been requested by @camp-bruins that I offer a rundown of the player. Again, under the cut because these boys are precious but there's a lot of information
I guess just going in the order of the roster on the NHL website
John Beecher: Nicknamed Beech. Plays forward, specifically center. He's a speedy skater and this is only his first full season with the team. He's still trying to find his identity as a player, but he's super super promising.
Justin Brazeau: Nicknamed Braz. He kind of came out of nowhere last season and made a huge impression. He's a forward, a right wing. He's huge, a good thing in hockey. He throws his body around a lot to make the play.
Charlie Coyle: Nicknamed Cees, CC. He's a local boy! He grew up in Weymouth, MA which is about half an hour outside of Boston. He's another center and he's super crafty on the ice. Even if the play is nowhere to be found he will make the play happen.
Trent Frederic: Nicknamed Freddy. This boy. He's so scrappy. He's a center, but he LOVES to fight. And score. He's crafty like CC is on the ice and he's not afraid to take the hit in order to make the play. In his first ever NHL game he got in a fight and it's just continued ever since.
Morgan Geekie: Nicknamed Geeks. Geeks is subtle on the ice. He's a center too but he's like the Swiss army knife of the team. He'll do just about anything and a lot of his goals are sneaky. He doesn't hit a lot, but because he's not a big name a lot of people sort of ignore him because they don't think he's gonna cause damage.
Mark Kastelic: Nicknamed Kasty. Another one that sort of came out of nowhere. He plays center like the guys above. He's speedy like Beech is and scores the way Cees does. Another one that isn't a big name so he doesn't draw the attention.
Elias Lindholm: Nickname: O-Lindy. Yet another center but another really important player. He took a while to get started this season but now that he's in his groove he's almost unstoppable. He takes his time, waiting for the play to come to him. The way the play forms around him is almost like he can see into the future.
Brad Marchand: Nicknamed Marchy, Little Ball of Hate, Rat King. Oh boy. Where do I start with Marchy. He's a a left wing, but more importantly our captain. I could honestly spend an entire post just on him and all his lore. He's scrappy like Freddy, a lot of people labeled him dirty in his younger years but he has matured a lot. Honestly, just watch this video because I can't even begin to describe him.
David Pastrnak: MY BOY, MY LOVE. Nicknamed Pasta. Where do I begin with Pasta. He's our Guy. Our poster child. He is one of the best players in the league. The man will create a goal out of thin air. He's also literally the sweetest human being on the planet. Look at my pinned post for context. Ugh. I cannot say enough good things about this man. He's so. I love him. I love him so much. I love him. He's also an assistant captain. He's been in Boston since he was about 17 or 18 and has become such an amazing player.
Oliver Wahlstrom: Nicknamed ???. Wally maybe???. He showed up like a week ago. He's a right wing. He's also another sort of local boy! He's from Maine which is about 3-4 hours north of Boston depending on where you're going and such. I honestly don't know that much about him yet but I'm excited to see how he does with the team.
Pavel Zacha: Nicknamed Pavs. Pavs Pavs Pavs. What a guy. He's another center but he'll do almost everything on the ice a forward does. He's speedy, he's good at sneaky goal scoring. He's pretty quiet though. He's another one that waits for the play to come to him. But when it does? He will shoot a puck so hard and so fast the goalie doesn't know what happened.
Brandon Carlo: Nicknamed Brando, Bambi. Our first defenseman! He's tall and lanky. He's not so much a major hitter, but he's really good at freeing the puck up to make plays for his forwards. He's pretty injury prone which kinda sucks but he's a really good player. He gets his nickname Bambi because he's so injury prone and tall and lanky. He's another another really sweet guy (same vein as my post about Pasta).
Hampus Lindholm: Nicknamed D-Lindy. Our other Lindy! He's a defenseman too and another Swiss army knife. He's injured right now but he's so good. He hits, he frees the puck. He scores occasionally. A lot of critics say shitty things about him but they're not true. He's one of those guys who does things on the ice that don't show up in the statistics. And also I love him.
Mason Lohrei: Nicknamed Mase. Mason! He's another one in his first full season like Beech. He's still trying to get his legs under him and learn the ropes but he is so so promising. He's good at making hits, but he doesn't really know how to control his body the right way in the NHL yet. He's got MAJOR animated dog energy. That doesn't make sense, but it's true.
Charlie McAvoy: This boy has no many nicknames. Chuck, Chucky, Stallion, Mack. He's our second assistant captain and I'm pretty confident when Marchy hangs his skates up he's gonna be captain. He does everything. He hits BIG (really, opposing forwards hate to see this man coming), he scores, he creates plays. This boy. Oh my god. He is so so so amazing and yet somehow still underrated!
Andrew Peeke: Nickname ???. I honestly don't know what it is. I think it's just his last name. He's another defenseman. He's kinda quiet, doesn't really get a lot of attention. But the way he plays, creates opportunities for forwards, doesn't really show up in the statistics.
Nikita Zadorov. Nicknamed Zaddy (I think). He's huge. The man. Is massive. He will hit so hard the other players get knocked into the next calendar year. Not a huge scorer, but oh my god. Nikita. He hits. He hits so hard. It's insane.
Joonas Korpisalo: Nicknamed Korpy. Our first goalie! Korpy is new this year, replacing Linus Ullmark (never forgotten, we love you Ully). He's pretty solid. I don't have a good read on his character yet but then again he's not Ully. I guess I like him? I don't really have an opinion.
Jeremy Swayman: Nicknamed Sway. Sway! Sway Sway Sway. SO much to say. He first played with the team about three or four years ago at this point. Both our starting goalies went down hard with injuries and he got called up. He is a generational talent. He played a shutout (did not let a SINGLE goal in) within his first few games and has just. Taken off. Sway is hilarious too. He's the typical "weird goalie" but oh my god. He's so unbelievably talented. Excellent candidate for favorite player, btw.
Thus concludes the rundown of the roster. They're an amazing group of guys that play really, really awesome hockey. Again, let me or @camp-bruins know if you have any questions. The Bruins will be playing tonight at 7pm Eastern Standard Time at home against the Buffalo Sabres.
Bruins fans themselves (ones that are local especially) deserve their own post. We are feral. Absolutely feral.
izzy806
ellievsbear
areudirty
stormborns
kaledo-art
