Can Jeremy Swayman lock in for the Bruins down the stretch?

0:00Hey there, I'm Kendra Adachi and my show The Lazy Genius Podcast helps you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't and you get to decide what matters. I'm not here to tell you what to do, I'm here to give you a new way to see. Episodes of The Lazy Genius Podcast are full of compassionate time management tips and permission slips to do what makes sense for you. New episodes drop every Monday. Follow and listen to The Lazy Genius Podcast on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. Bouncing Pock out in front of Swamin! Skyr! Connect me! Connect me! Into the slot, Triesdale walks and in shoots! Skyr! Triesdale makes it to nothing! Flyers! It goes to zeroes and the flyers have their 3-1 win in support of Dan Bladar. I'll tell you Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, quite a 5-12 match up in the Osfess region. He did match up there. 5-12, there's a lot of 5-12 upsets every year. I don't know if the data still backs that up,

1:05but I think from many years, 12 over 5, I didn't think the selection committee, maybe in this case, maybe in this case, the selection, no I think the selection committee purposefully puts an upset there is what I think. No, I'll tell you Marilyn Manson, bad guy, I don't know if you saw that document. That's why you put about 12. You can put him out. No, I'll put him in there, let the people decide. It could have had probably a cancelled region in the bracket. Oh, well look, easy to mad. We here at the Jones and Keith, 1990s, early 2000s, heavy metal, new metal, grunge alternative, pop punk, butt rock, rock bands, March badness bracket. We here can separate the art from the artist. We can do that. Not everybody can do that. No, no, I understand it, but we can here. So again, you can vote one match up live. We'll be doing these on the 45s, I think every day. So about 15 minutes from now, you can vote in the eight, nine match up bush versus the counting crows. Last I checked, corn was out to a resoundingly, I think Keith is. I think he's maybe voted a handful of times is what I think. But again, at Jones and Keith, you can go vote there. Yeah, resoundingly. Yeah, even in a competitive field,

2:06the one 16 usually is, you know, pretty, I think I said, don't pay attention to the seats. Well, normally I wouldn't pay attention to the seats. This is up to the people to decide, but also know that I seated it. Something you shouldn't pay attention to the seats, but you know how my voting goes. I know all your votes already. Buddy of mine texted me, Keith. They said, can I get a PDF version of this bracket so I can fill it out? That would be a good idea. That would be a good idea. That would be next year. That's also next year. Yeah. So a selection committee behind the scenes video, huh? And we'll get the bracket yeah, in a PDF format next year. Yeah, better graphic. I need to talk to my graphics people. So Mike and Ken, that's another year we just bought ourselves again. I think so. If you're listening, by the way, if you're at Jones and Keith, we also have the Jones and Keith combined from last week. Yeah, we did, which Nick took home. You can go view that. Kid win that Congrats to Nick. That's on the Jones and Keith YouTube page. There's something very mesmerizing about watching a bunch of grown adults at 2X speed playing rock paper scissor. It's a very mesmerizing watch is what it is. 2X speed 3X size. Let me tell you, there's music in that. It's not as dramatic as the data music. No, but there's

3:11music in that video. If there wasn't the Billy, Billy, how would you describe the sounds from rock paper scissors shoot? Like that was bored. I angered a lot of cursing. No, but I mean like just the Oh, yeah, yeah, it was the, it was the Brady getting the size video. Yeah, yeah, that's one of my favorite. It was. It was it was a jackhammer. It was like a good little pace going with it and turp was quick. He was trying to, yeah, get the quick shots. Oh, no, he, yeah, he definitely, he was, he was, he was running some tempo on us as what he was doing for sure. Oh, but no, it sounded like a Guerrero deep massage in there while we were rock paper scissoring. So while you're, that's not the way to say it while we were playing rock paper scissors. So that is up at Jones and Keith go seek that out along with the Jones and Keith March mad this bracket. Speaking of watching your profanity, the text line Twitch chat, Twitter and Instagram, not very happy with Jason Tatum these days. Yes, not. Let's see if Cyrus and Dorchester is on team Tatum or not. Go ahead, Cyrus. How's it going? Y'all can hear me? Yes, you got you. Yep.

4:11I'm, I'm team Tatum all the way. I'm just wondering if you guys got any stock in this March 14th date if you've heard about this with the, he signed a Ford 314 million contract. The St. Louis area code is 314 and they play the Wizards on that date. Okay. I'm just wondering what you'll think about that. I don't know. The Wizards have to do with it. We have talked about this theory before. We have talked about the theory. The runtime of the first episode of the quiet work was three minutes and 14 seconds 314 is the area code of St. Louis. He signed for 314 instead of 315. It is a home game. It is a home game. It's the Wizards. Again, I don't know what the Wizards have to do with it. Bill Simmons says Friday March 6th. Maybe, maybe that. Bill Simmons says Friday, March 6th is the date that he is hearing and all signs are pointing to. He didn't elaborate on why, but all signs are pointing to March 6th according to Bill Simmons. The following weekend, though, would be against Washington. I won or two. So if you play Dallas, you at least then be available for the next three, which is that's tough of the three game stretches. You could probably have in the NBA at Cleveland at San Antonio at Oklahoma City. Now, obviously, Detroit's really good too, but you got my point. That is a murder or

5:14show. That's a good fact to back. It's the two best teams in the NBA. Sorry, two best teams in the West plus Cleveland, who people think of as a favorite in the East. So yeah, it's hard to get all the road games on a road. All with one day off in between. So it's like if he's not playing back to back, I guess he would maybe potentially be available for those. I don't know how they would play that or do you wait for that gauntlet to be over and then make your debut on Saturday 314 against Washington. He might be on something. Those games are again, very interesting because now you're working in a guy who isn't coming back to just be a role player. No, you're you're working him back in. I'd imagine to be Jason Tatum because again, the only thing worse than not locking again is not being Jason Tatum here that and he ain't coming back to being a role player. Correct. So I don't know. Are those if you're rolling and the Celtics are are those the games to work him back in? I say whenever he's cleared playing. And if that's just if that's just unfortunate timing where now you're hitting the ground running against OKC, then that's just unfortunate timing. But whatever he's cleared, he's back for me. I know not everybody feels that way.

6:16Jeremy Swaman did not play the Bruins first game, Keith. No, you were steamed about it. After the Olympic break, I wouldn't say I would have been steamed if they lost the game. For sure. Like to me, it was kind of no harm. No foul. They beat Columbus. But the Corps setting a game. Corpse played really well. And so I said, I didn't like that. He wasn't even dressed for the game. Never mind. Not starting. But not even dressed. That bothered me. But no harm. No foul. They won. Then Swaman comes out on Saturday against the flyers. They lose three. One. He only allows two goals. But he also faced like no shots. He faced 16 shots, 14 saves for Swaman and that. He did stand on his head in the second period. Fine. I just, is he going to lock in? Is this guy going to lock in for the Bruins stretch run? Are we going to get kind of the same? We've gotten out of Swaman all year, including that horrible showing in the Olympics. He is a wild card, isn't he? If there ever was one. And oh, going up against old buddy, Darth Vader, too, in that played by Vlad Arja. Swaman is such a hard guy. Oh, God, bitches. Yeah.

7:16That is swimming after the game. Yeah, because like if I told you he had like an amazing playoff run, and I'm not saying the team has an amazing run, but like if he plays really well in a playoff series, it wouldn't surprise anybody. You'd be like, oh, okay. No, I wouldn't bet on that. Exactly. I guess it wouldn't surprise me, but I'm definitely not betting anything on it. No, I mean, but it's not like. So when they had an old mark and Swaman, and then it became like, what do you do? And it's like, oh, well, they were going every other night. So do you keep that going? Or do you go with just old mark because he's the guy or do you go with Swaman? Because he's like, you know, a little bit better in the playoffs than old mark is. And like, there's an actual debate. Like, there's not a debate now. You go with Swaman, and then you just got to kind of hope for the best. He's capable of it. But I think ever since he signed that contract, he hasn't been the player that we all wanted him to be. No. And last year, you could both blame he and the team for how it got going. And it never really got back on track. And then now this year, you were, I think he's been better this year than he was last year. But still, it's not, yeah, you're thinking you're going to have like a top five goalie in the league. And that hasn't been the case. Let me give you his ranks. I

8:20know you like to do this from time. Oh, let me check it in on a good ranks. Don't look. Do you know where he ranks in goals against 289 goals against? You know, that'd be ranks in the league. Oh, it's 27. Very close. 34 34 is where there's 32 NHL teams. Correct. Save percentage. And I know these aren't the end up people like advanced metrics, high danger chances and things like that. These are just traditional short hand measure. Cause if he survives, how's he playing? Not well. He was 34th in goals against. He's got a 903 save percentage. That's so seventh. That is tied for 24th. 24th. So he's into the top 32 for that. He's not for goals against. I would be a resident finalist. No. Okay. And do I think do I expect him to lock in? No. And we talked about McAvoy. All right. Could McAvoy come back from the team USA experience and look like a different player looking for something smart, soulful and full of heart. I'm Jen Hatmaker, host of For the Love. The podcast where we talk about what really matters. Love and family, faith and purpose every week. I'm

9:25joined by in credible guests for honest conversations that invite all of us to live with more intention, more laughter and more connection. Join us on For the Love wherever you get your podcasts. I buy into that to a degree him. No. And if anything, he might go the other way after this Keith. Yeah. No, that's frustrating because if the team was going to have real success, we talked about all the time. It's going to be their sort of that they're big three, if you will, of posture, knock, McAvoy, Swamon kind of leading the way. And they've gotten pretty good performances for those guys, but then also from other guys outside of Swamon. And so like they're scoring more goals than we thought that they're going to score. I think when they're when their defense is healthy and they have everybody on the ice, they're in pretty good shapes, but they should have an advantage in net more nights than they do. And that's frustrating. Like after all that and after the whole contract thing and after going from having both goalies to, you know, one in a contract dispute to like finally that guy back, then he might be what kind of lets them

10:28down in the playoffs, which is, which is obviously disappointing. What do you think the Bruins need? Like if you were going to, if you were going to highlight their need at the trade deadline, which is Friday, if you were going to highlight their need, what is it? Is it a bottom six forward? Is it an upgrade in net, which I don't think is realistic, but like play the game, is it help on the back end? Like what does this Bruins team need? They let him far too many goals. They do let in too many goals. And it's hard to say because if they have all of their defenseman healthy, then I think they're actually pretty good there. But maybe you have to just sort of bolster that. I might go defense. It's sort of like, give me a defenseman. I don't know what's going to be available and how much you'd have to give up for. Cause I don't really want to, I don't want to trade the first one pick. I would not do that. But if there's other things you can do and swap in some twos and threes and whatever else, I would do that. And maybe just try to sure that up a little bit because you're right. The scoring has been better than I thought. Geeky had that little run where you're like, oh, is he cool and off? No, I think you can rely on Geeky and Posterock to score plenty of goals. They got a few other guys that I feel okay about. So I think

11:31probably a defenseman for me. What about you? Yeah. I think I can make a case for a bottom six forward too, just like a defensively responsible guy and team is bottom six forwards. No, but like, not just a guy who plays in your bottom six, but a guy who actually is a good two way player and defensively responsible. And this is what they did when they won the cup in 11 and it wasn't the headlining move whatsoever. He's beefed up the third line. Yeah. And they and they got they got a little bit. It was some scoring death, but really it's okay. You like, how can we help this team from the defensively from that framework and that defensive spine? And I think there's something to be said for that because I also don't fully trust the offense, Keith, while they have ranked highly in terms of goalscoring, I don't fully trust the offense. So to me, that'd be a good way to go about it. There's a potential long term need there as well. If you want to look at some depth down the middle long term, like a longer term replacement for someone like middle stat, I think I'd go there. Can't go wrong with another body on defense and maybe even a top four guy if you want to aim higher than that. Yeah, they don't have like a third, but that's, but that's

12:34going to cost you. I'm not talking about trading a first round. I'm not really talking about trading any high impact prospects. So now what are you realistically going to get if you don't want to spend anything a bottom six forward or you know, a bottom pair D is probably what we're talking about. But then that becomes one of those things that every trade deadline we talk about where a team just gets that sort of shot in the arm like you are helping them out. You do buy in because if you do nothing or if you flip a piece for like a pick, right? Like, you know, Nick met you. You have a million bottom, you know, six forwards. Like if you trade one of those guys away or you trade a defenseman away or you trade corpus solo away, the teams would be like, we didn't know. Yeah, I don't like when, for instance, I'm Friday, when Billy Lannies at the trade desk, yeah, yeah, with all of our NHL trades getting ready to go. It's this Friday. If they're trading people away, that's not good time. Yeah, I just, I'm not on board with that. Now, look, they did that last year and they got a really really good return for Carlo. Right. The difference is last year, you were out of it. This year, you're in playoff position. And you know, last year, I never have a problem with that approach. This year, I would. But again, that's Friday on Jones and Keith.

13:37What do you want him to do between now and then? Well, Jeremy Swaman lock in for this team. I wouldn't hold my breath on that. In fact, after the Olympics, I see it going the other way. I'm Susie Welch, the host of Becoming You, a podcast where I help you stop living by default and start living by design. Listen to Becoming You, wherever you get your podcasts.