Boston Bruins: Takeaways from Bruce Cassidy’s interview with ESPN
By jc
Boston Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy tends to be one of the most open figures on the team. In fact, he might be one of the most open in the league!
So, it’s no surprise that Cassidy revealed some good information in an interview with ESPN’s One Ice podcast.
Cassidy won’t drop Pastrnak from the top line…yet
As you can imagine, the first topic Cassidy discussed was the presence of David Pastrnak on his top line.
Pastrnak is definitely the team’s MVP so far this year with 10 goals. He leads the league in that category, and he emerged as one of the top players in the Atlantic Division.
Cassidy appeared to be a bit uneasy about moving Pastrnak off the top line. There’s no guarantee that line would put up similar production without Pastrnak on the right.
"Typically I’m not gonna break it up until I’m comfortable with the line that Pasta’s going to go to. Right now David Krejci’s out with an injury. Pasta has good chemistry with him. I’m not gonna drop him now, simply because I don’t think it makes us better."
Cassidy didn’t, however, totally rule out putting Pastrnak with David Krejci one he’s back from an injury. But, for now, Pastrnak will remain on the first line.