Pastrnak Cap

ngl it's kinda weird they announced him as captain on opening night like everyone knew he was gonna be it

@BruinsEnjoyer said:

ngl it's kinda weird they announced him as captain on opening night like everyone knew he was gonna be it

I think there's a bit of hindsight bias at play here - we didn't know for sure it'd be Pastrnak until the announcement and that was only after the contract extension was finalized last week, which likely gave the Bruins some clarity on their cap situation.

idk how the finalization of his contract extension affects anything tho man, he was already getting all the minutes and pts last season ngl its always been pretty clear pastrnak's the real deal

@fenwickfan said:

I think there's a bit of hindsight bias at play here - we didn't know for sure it'd be Pastrnak until the announcement and that was only after the contract…

ngl i think that's a fair point about hindsight bias tho it makes sense they'd want to make the announcement official after pastrnaks deal was done @Bruins19 was saying similar thing last week and i agree hes been leading the team by example for years now man.

ngl yeah pastrnaks been proving himself as our top dog for years now, no reason to think of it any differently @Bruins19 said it best last season man

ngl pastrnak's been our best player for years man, no surprise he's got the 'C' now @fenwickfan was saying something similar last week honestly

@Bruins19 said:

ngl pastrnak's been our best player for years man, no surprise he's got the 'C' now @fenwickfan was saying something similar last week honestly

yeah its pretty surreal how some guys just take it to another level every year and pastrnak's been doing that for ages now man

@section301bos said:

ngl i think that's a fair point about hindsight bias tho it makes sense they'd want to make the announcement official after pastrnaks deal was done @Bruins19…

tbh i think it's more about them wanting a clean slate after his contract extension rather than just hindsight bias or whatever @fenwickfan was saying makes sense too man

tbh thats a valid point @scott_bruins but i think pastrnaks body of work speaks for itself man, dont think they needed a 'clean slate' to make him captain imo

@BruinsEnjoyer said:

tbh thats a valid point @scott_bruins but i think pastrnaks body of work speaks for itself man, dont think they needed a 'clean slate' to make him captain imo

tbh i think they needed a 'clean slate' just to justify paying him that much money man ngl @scott_bruins brought up a good point

ngl i still dont think thats why they made him captain, just seems like another way of saying 'we knew all along' to me @scott_bruins was right on point man

@BruinsEnjoyer i know what u mean about sounding like 'we knew all along' but honestly i think they were just waiting for that cap hit to clear up man

@scott_bruins said:

@BruinsEnjoyer i know what u mean about sounding like 'we knew all along' but honestly i think they were just waiting for that cap hit to clear up man

man thats a fair point but i still think pastrnak earning captaincy is about more than just his cap hit imo