Add a 1st/2nd line winger to the list to play with Zacha and Pasta.
Petterson...........be patient and he will be yours , I love pissing off Canucks fans........
It was time he did his best and delivered us a cup cant ask for more. Hope he comes into the organization in some roll his experience is invaluable.
They could add some money to that total via trades. Swayman and Ullmark will cost over $10m+ combined. Some money to be saved there. And if they get a 1c, they'll also need to make room for Coyle to come back to the 3rd line (or move Coyle).
Hopefully Lysell and Merkulov will be ready to add some youth and talent to the middle6. Maybe JDB plays with Zacha and Pasta and Lysell plays with Marchand, and Merkulov goes to the 3rd line.
I would think some additional moves would have to be made. Where does Coyle go if they bring in a 1C? If it's back to the 3rd line, what happens to the guys who are on the 3rd line this year? What about some of the kids that are close? Who do they make expendable?
No, I'd even say that's the plan. Hanifin has to make it to July 1st but if he gets there I'd be shocked if there wasn't mutual interest.
I don't doubt there'd be mutual interest, but Hanifan is gonna command A LOT of money if he hits the open market, and personally I don't see LHD as a priority for that kind of spending rn. Already have Lindholm locked up long term, with Lohrei hopefully on the way soon. Ideally that sets the top 4 in stone for the foreseeable future with McAvoy and Carlo on the right side. Obviously that's dependent on Lohrei developing into a viable top 4 guy though.
I was 5 when Bergy made his debut, literally don't have any memory of the bruins without him. Gonna be really weird not seeing him out there.
Calgary would be nuts to let him walk without any compensation
I agree, I think CGY trades him. I'm just hoping he doesn't re-sign with his new team. Like what happened with Orlov and Bertuzzi.
They could use Lohrei as a trade chip for a C. They don't have a lot of high value assets and if they think they can add a first pair defenseman in his prime via free agency it might make sense.
At some point, the Bruins need to stop converting future value into present value.
This, right here. It may be horrible but this robbing Peter to pay Paul mentality just makes you mediocre for a longer period of time. Need to bite the bullet and play the hand you're dealt for a couple/few years. Hopefully some of the youngsters emerge and fill some holes. It's that or swapping talent for talent which keeps you on a treadmill and halts any forward progress. Worst case scenario, and I DON'T support going to this extreme, trade your established stars (Pastrnak, McAvoy, Marchand, Lindholm, Ullmark) for a collection of younger players firmly moving upward and restart.
They don’t have to
