The Bruins season is underway, and kicks off with a loss to the Florida Panthers. On this episode of Poke the Bear, Conor Ryan and Evan Marinofsky take a closer look at what went wrong for the Bruins in their season opener. How much blame should be placed on Korpisalo? When will we see Jeremy Swayman? Is there reason to worry about Jim Montgomery's future? All that, and much more!

Topics: 

- They weren’t ready to play 

- Similar problems persisted 

- Was it Joonas Korpisalo’s fault? 

- What’s next for the Bruins? 

- Reasons to worry about the future of Jim Montgomery 

- Good things! 

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