David Pastrnak heeding Bruins president Cam Neely’s advice in pursuit of 50 goals
Bruins president Cam Neely, who's also the last Boston player to pot 50 goals in a season, expects to see David Pastrnak end that drought this season.
"Well I made a comment the other day that he can't be selfish," said Neely, who scored 50 goals in 49 games in 1993-94,
during an appearance on The Skate Podcast. "And what I mean by that is you can't pass up opportunities to shoot. When I say to people you're selfish when you don't shoot, they don't understand that. They think they're not being selfish by passing the puck, and for me you know when you have an opportunity to put the puck on the net, you should put it on the net, especially the way that David shoots.
"I think if he continues to put pucks on the net and the line continues to click the way they are our power play goes - I don't know if we're going to sustain this kind of clip - but obviously he's got a great shot at getting 50 this year."
Neely doesn't just share his advice with Pastrnak on popular podcasts. He's shared his opinions with the 23-year-old, and Pastrnak, who heads into the Bruins' game at Detroit on Friday with 15 goals in 15 games, thoroughly understands what Neely wants him to do.
"Sometimes you just got to close your eyes and shoot," Pastrnak responded to
WEEI.com when asked what Neely has told him. "When you're feeling it the puck's going in, you never know what kind of shot's going to go in. Yeah, so obviously it's always helpful."