I know Bruins homers are looking at their win loss record too much & not looking nearly enough at their underlying metrics & where their team & organizational holes still are Homers will say they're 2nd in Goals Against, true Also true? When you look at the advanced stats that GA is ALL tied to Jeremy Swayman, again!!! The Bruin at 5x5: xGA: 22nd Shots Against: 24th Scoring Chances Against: 23rd High Danger Scoring Chances Against: 26th Total xGA (All strengths): 25th Those defensive stats are called "bad" Bruins homers Meanwhile, Swayman is once again Top 5 in 5x5 Saves Above Expected, Save% Above Expected & GAA Better than Expected Homers the ONLY WAY Swayman can be Top 5 in all of those advanced goalie stats is.... If the Bruins defense stinks!!! It's the ONLY WAY, so deny reality all you want to, it's still reality If you're goalie is Top 5 in all key advanced goalie stat but your defense is bottom 5-10 in every key advanced defensive stat, it only says two real things about your team... One: Your goalie is playing at an elite level and Swayman is doing that AND... T Two: Your defense kind of sucks & your goalie is being forced to bail them it constantly Boston's defense still kind of sucks and Swayman is just, once again, covering up the defense's stink & bailing them out every game making dopey homers believe that Boston's defense is now somehow good It's not and again, both all of their advanced defensive stats and Swayman's advanced stats say it!!! They also still lack a real 1C & they may have the NHL's worst defensive pipeline Additionally, four of their current NHL d-men are already over 30 in Hampus, Zadorov, Borgan and Clifton. McAvoy is nearly 29, Lohrei is nearly 26, Aspirot is nearly 28 Not a lot of youth there and if you take out McAvoy there's nothing but the corpse of Hampus Lindholm and a bunch of bottom pair guys who are mostly over 30 or approaching it Their defense isn't very good and now that Brunet is here, the next real Bruins defensive prospect that'll make it to Boston and when is an unknown. Maybe Groenwold in 2028-29? So yes, take big swings but only take big swings on real 1Cs and real Top 4 Dmen that you can sign long term Otherwise, just stick with the current game plan & youth movement and see where it goes the next few years before trying to blow it all up chasing a one-time shot this year with a team that's still trying to figure out who they are