Morning Skate: Reliable

Photo by Ronald C. Modra/Getty ImagesHappy Thursday, folks.

Hope it’s a good one and the start of some smooth sailing into the weekend.

Yesterday, I was reading a piece by Travis Yost of TSN.ca, where he sorted the league’s goalie tandems into tiers.

The Bruins were put in the second tier from the top, which seems fair enough. I’d imagine if Jeremy Swayman and Linus Ullmark can grow even a little bit from last year’s performances, they’d be considered a top-tier tandem next year.

(Yost did pieces for all of the positions, and the whole series is a pretty interesting read. I’m not sure why Brad Marchand is missing from the LW piece, as he included injured guys like Charlie McAvoy in other…