{"id":136830,"date":"2025-09-06T10:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T10:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/136830\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T10:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T10:08:09","slug":"morning-skate-leaders-stanley-cup-of-chowder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/136830\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Skate: Leaders | Stanley Cup of Chowder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Welcome to the first Friday in September, folks!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Fortunately for you, there will be no Cehptember this year, but Slovaktober is still being discussed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Apologies for the lack of new content this week, as a couple of sick kids and back-to-school season kind of got in the way of more important website pursuits. We\u2019ll get there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The B\u2019s unofficially returned to action earlier this week, with the players holding two captains\u2019 practices at Warrior Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The sessions were pretty well attended, with players present including Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak, Nikita Zadorov, Fabian Lysell, Mark Kastelic, Mason Lohrei, and Casey Mittelstadt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As you may have anticipated, a lot of the post-practice media questions centered around captaincy, or lack thereof in the Bruins\u2019 case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">All players asked emphasized the importance of having a group of leaders, not just one or two guys, so it doesn\u2019t appear the team is too worried about a leadership void.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">(But Pastrnak should still be the captain.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Elsewhere, Jeremy Swayman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/jeremy-swayman-in-a-great-spot-entering-training-camp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spoke to the media<\/a> and said that he changed \u201ceverything\u201d this summer and he\u2019s \u201ca completely different human being\u201d compared to last year at this point, so\u2026I think that\u2019s good?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Finally, in a sure sign that the season isn\u2019t too far away, the Bruins posted some photos of the new sheet of ice at TD Garden, featuring the team\u2019s new spoked-B:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">I enjoyed how many people clamored for the return of the yellow seats in the comments of that Tweet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While there\u2019s probably a 0.0000001% chance those seats will ever come back, it\u2019s important to have dreams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Anyways, first weekend in September \u2014 what\u2019s on tap for today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to the first Friday in September, folks! 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