Boston Bruins followers most certainly didn’t catch a lot of Max Jones with him taking part in his first six NHL seasons on the alternative coast with the Anaheim Geese.
But when the scouting report Jones gave of himself when he met with the media Wednesday for the first time since signing with the Bruins holds true, it gained’t be lengthy till he’s a fan favourite.
“Huge, robust, quick. I sort of prefer to play the sport with my hair on hearth just a little bit. Simply sort of go, go, go,” Jones informed reporters, per team-provided video. “I feel the extra I get invested in a sport the extra my coronary heart price will get up, the simpler I could be. I feel that simply makes it simpler for me to cement my taking part in type right into a sport each evening.”
Jones match the mould of the bigger-sized gamers the Bruins focused in free company. He stands at 6-foot-3 and 216 kilos and he isn’t afraid to throw his physique round.
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The 2016 first-round decide of the Geese doled out a career-high 127 hits final season, which was the fifth-most for Anaheim.
And Jones, who tallied 5 targets and 10 assists in 52 video games final season after coming off a career-high 19 factors in the course of the 2022-23 marketing campaign, plans to maintain on taking part in his gritty type, which ought to slot in effectively with the Bruins.
“Possessing pucks, forecheck, getting pucks again, going to the web, creating just a little little bit of havoc across the web and on the opposite crew,” Jones mentioned. “I feel taking part in up and down the lineup is one thing that I can do. I can play each position. I feel that’s sort of what I did in Anaheim over time. So, I sort of realized the best way to play in each single scenario and position and realized my method in every setting. However I attempt to stick with my core values of being massive, robust, quick, heavy participant.”