Lohrei whips up a spread of steak, chicken, salmon and sides. He always makes sure to take a photo to send his mom, he said. There are also some extra mouths to feed \u2013 Matthew Poitras and Lukas Reichel are staying in Lohrei\u2019s apartment for the weeks leading up to training camp.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great. Obviously I enjoy living alone, but it\u2019s nice to have \u2013 especially in the summer \u2013 it\u2019s nice to have guys. They don\u2019t have a place here yet, so just trying to help them out a bit. It\u2019s fun to have them around. We\u2019re always just hanging out on the couch. Everything we do, we kind of just do together,\u201d Lohrei said. \u201cPotsy and I were just throwing the baseball on the street the other day because we had nothing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lohrei and Borgen will be in a deep group of capable defensemen at camp \u2013 including Clifton, Charlie McAvoy, Nikita Zadorov, Hampus Lindholm, Jordan Harris, Jonathan Aspirot, Henri Jokiharju and Frederic Brunet. It is motivating instead of intimidating for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always enjoyed pressure and competition. I just like those moments where you have to rise to the occasion,\u201d Lohrei said. \u201cEver since I was little, I just think that\u2019s something that I\u2019ve always savored, and I want that. So I am excited. It is going to be high compete. We have 10 NHL-caliber defensemen that are all going for six spots. It\u2019s going to be fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
What can Bruins fans expect from Borgen\u2019s style of play?\u200b<\/p>\n
\u201cJust a simple defenseman. I focus more on the defensive side of things. Try to be a safety valve back there and do my job on the defensive side always. It\u2019s nothing crazy \u2013 I try to move the puck up to the forwards, let them do the job up front. And if I can help out in any way up there, or if I see an opportunity to join the offensive side, I will here and there,\u201d Borgen said. \u201cTry to play hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u200bThe mission for Lohrei is clear, and he\u2019s been working on rounding out all areas of his game while getting bigger, faster and stronger. It is just a matter of weeks before he, Borgen and all the Bruins can put their summer training to practice.<\/p>\n
\u200b\u201cFor the season, I think it\u2019s about playing all 84\u2026I want to contribute in all areas. Offensively, defensively, all situations, 5-on-5, 4-on-4, overtime, power play, penalty kill. I want to be somebody that can play in every single situation. And I think I do have the tools to do it. I think it\u2019s just putting everything together, which it\u2019s obviously been a process,\u201d Lohrei said. \u201cJust excited to go out and prove that I deserve one of those spots.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lohrei whips up a spread of steak, chicken, salmon and sides. He always makes sure to take a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":876480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-876479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}