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Marco Sturm and the Boston Bruins have dropped a surprising update ahead of tomorrow's game as Nikita Zdorov is still not yet back in the lineup according to the practice lines. We're going to be breaking it down, going over what this means for not just Zdorov, but this Bruins team as a whole, because after being a healthy scratch for a game this season already, the idea was going to be he would be back as soon as possible. but that is, according to Marco Sturm, not necessarily the case. We're going to be breaking down, like I said, what this means for the Bruins, but what Zdorov has to do to get back in the lineup, and why he's not back in there just yet. Before we do jump into this video, though, folks, if you haven't already, be sure to drop us up here on the channel. Your guys' support's been incredible. I appreciate all you guys for tuning in, and we're on the road to 9,000 subscribers. Your support's been incredible. Well, appreciate all you guys for tuning in to these videos every single day and the support that we've gotten over the past couple of days, especially. So be sure to stick around because we have a lot more coming. But I want to get into it because you're looking at this right here from Marco Sturm earlier today in Dallas before practice. Today's line don't mean anything for tomorrow. We will see. We will talk about it and sleep through it. But these lines did not have Zdorov in there. And you see this here from Bill Fraser. If we go ahead and look at the full lineup, Zdorov still on the fourth pairing, which would be ultimately the healthy scratch. It's him and Connor Clifton, as well as Pavel Zach, who is still injured as far as we've seen from today's lines. But this kind of took me by surprise because, you know, we spoke about it in yesterday's video that Nikita Zdorov has not been bad this season necessarily, but his penalty taking has really been the killer for him and this Bruins team. And even though they're on a win streak, we want to make sure that this win streak does continue. And if Zdorov's taking penalties and, you know, undisciplined penalties, that will limit those opportunities. But for a player like Zdorov, how important he has been, it's very tough to take him out of a lineup like this. And especially for multiple games, because he's a leader in the room. And, you know, he expects to be in this lineup every day, but knows that that's not necessarily always going to be the case. if someone's a liability you know their days could be very well numbered for being an everyday player now it's a bit different with Zdorov but you also see Marco Sturm say this I really believe he's going to be even better when he comes back so I'm pretty confident that he will do that so it doesn't really seem like Marco Sturm is necessarily rushing to get him back in the lineup this Bruins team has a very deep defensive core and even without Zdorov in it they can really hold their own they can play a comfortable and confident game and we saw that even with Zdorov while the Zdorov was a healthy scratch but with those current blue lines and with the current uh you know look overlooking this team right now looking like it's going to be at least a very similar or the same lineup and this is before the edit so takes Zdorov out you throw in um well of course you throw in Brendan Brennan up the earlier lines and Jonathan Aspro in the bottom Matt Fraser up the second line, Minton up in the first, Zaka out, the team is capable of doing what they need to to continue winning, and for someone like Zdorov to be out for a second game, you know, you don't want to push it too, too far, because he's an important player, and I mean, he's not someone that's going to go out and score, he's not someone like that, but when you're looking at his defense, his grit, the blocks, the physicality, he's a guy that will eat minutes, he'll be out there as long as he needs to, he can stay sound defensively when he's keeping discipline and I think that's the big thing that Marco Sturm is really trying to drill into his head because you know Zdorov he's a reliable player you know we see him out there in just about every single game and when he's on he's on but when he's off it's really just because the physicality you know gets put up to just that little extra level where the discipline goes out the window but even though we didn't hear necessarily what it was for Marco Sturm did end up speaking out about that, and that being the reason why, and even with this five-game win streak, this doesn't necessarily make it so Zadorov needs to be back in the lineup, because they're still winning, and I mean, you look at these scores, 6-1, 5-1, 6-3, 4-2, 4-1, shoutout Jeremy Swayman and Michael DiPietro, by the way, because of that, but with Zadorov being scratched, it may open the door to some issues, and I'll touch on those here in a little bit, but you see this little comment from one of you guys on yesterday's video keep the door up you know the Bruins need beef beef like him and I mean you guys like the comment as well seven likes on the comment this is what exactly I think we all realize that the Zadorov needs to be in the lineup for so I'm okay with sitting one game but right now two in a row you're throwing out the risk there with not having him in the line because of the stuff that he does provide so give me your thoughts on that down below but if we also go ahead and look at this Sturm referenced the penalties being the reason for Zadorov being scratched and that came from Adam Pellerin via Ty Anderson on Twitter. And, you know, there was no other reason for it. You know, Zadorov in his actual play has been fine. He's been good. But it's been the penalties that have been, luckily for the Bruins, not the kicker for their games necessarily, but it certainly puts the Bruins in a pretty stressful position when you know you may be on the penalty kill several times a night. And, you know, you need to be sure. You need to be sound on defense, which we've seen from Zadorov before. But before the game in LA, this is what Marco Sturm said, the discipline part. I think he needs to be smarter. That's all what it is. You know, there's nothing about his play in specific. So, you know, the pressure's on now for Nikita Zadorov, knowing that Marco Sturm isn't going to be afraid to take him out of the lineup if he's taking penalties. And if you go back and look at his season, I mean, you're looking at the blocks, the hits, the penalty minutes, 29 in eight games. It's a bit more than we'd like to see regularly. But, you know, you know what kind of player Zadorov is. I think that really sums it. up for me of my reasoning to get him back in the lineup before things get a bit sticky before things get a bit physical and he may not be out there but there's more important and it's his voice it's his presence all of that has a serious impact on this Bruins team and we've seen it from players mentioning him in the leadership roles that this team currently possesses so you don't want to keep him out too too long but you know when you're looking at this as well another part of this being said that you're looking at what he brings physicality that's the thing the block shots takeaways only one this season so far which is not great but 11 giveaways 80th most in the NHL and i mean that's kind of hard to put into perspective but the hits bruins the bruins are built on physicality they're getting more skilled they're getting younger they're getting quicker but when you go up a team i think there's a few teams in the NHL you think about this when you think of physicality to me in my mind i go philly i go boston i go you know more recently the Panthers but those are games where you need to see your guys going you need to see your guys being physical and Nikita Zadorov is always going to bring that you don't want him to stop that in his game whatsoever because then you're losing the best part of him and you know Marco Sturm is not discrediting that he's still a tremendous player and leader for our team you want to make sure that the best is for each player and I think that you know you don't want to change Zdorov too much I think at the end of the day is what I want to want to point out now Zdorov did speak about it this morning in practice and obviously when you have 900 games in this league in 14 years you don't want to be in this situation and I feel like this is a good example of really letting us know what Zdorov thinks and being able to see what can what turnaround can come from this because Zdorov can turn it around you know the discipline is going to be there obviously don't lose anything of the physicality but don't throw out the elbows you know keep keep the elbows tucked uh keep the stick down keep the you know the gloves down all of that kind of stuff will aid in getting him back in this lineup but even with the crowded defense he still has to get in there you know Asper was really not great to start the season in uh in the preseason or in the beginning of the year but Zdorov's not going to get this lineup too much longer but I'm still kind of you know questioning how long this may actually be the case so folks give me your thoughts on this down below because I think he's incredibly valuable for this team and they can't afford to Keep him out too, too much longer. So, let me know down below. What should Boston do with Zdorov? Should they put him back in for tomorrow's game against Dallas? Keep him out for one more, or make him earn his spot? I really don't like the idea of C, but A or B, in my mind, are the only two options. So, give me your words down below, but that is all I have here in this video. If you did enjoy, give it a like. Hit the sub button as well. I'm signing out. Thank you for watching. Hope you have a great day. See you later.