Boston Bruins 2023-24 Roster and Salary Cap Discussion IVX-post TDL

[Kazcram]

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Zacha, Pavel $4,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Lindholm, Elias $7,500,000 C, RW UFA	Pastrnak, David $11,250,000 RW NMC UFA - 7
Marchand, Brad $6,125,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Coyle, Charlie $5,250,000 C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Lysell, Fabian $863,333 ( $212,500) RW RFA - 2
Frederic, Trent $2,300,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Poitras, Matthew $870,000 ( $80,000) C RFA - 2	Geekie, Morgan $2,000,000 C, RW RFA - 1
Boqvist, Jesper $1,200,000 C, LW RFA	Beecher, John $925,000 C RFA - 1	Brazeau, Justin $775,000 RW UFA - 1
Lauko, Jakub $787,500 LW, RW RFA - 1	Nelson, Jaxon $870,000 ( $80,000) C RFA - 1	RW5
LW6
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Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hanifin, Noah $7,500,000 LD UFA	McAvoy, Charlie $9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Swayman, Jeremy $6,500,000 G RFA
Lohrei, Mason $925,000 ( $250,000) LD RFA - 1	Carlo, Brandon $4,100,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	DiPietro, Michael $775,000 G RFA - 1
Lindholm, Hampus $6,500,000 LD NTC, NMC UFA - 6	Peeke, Andrew $2,750,000 RD UFA - 2	G3
Wotherspoon, Parker $800,000 LD UFA - 1	RD4

 

[HustleB]

Keep Heinen

Dispose
Shattenkirk
JVR
Forbort
Grizzly
DeBrusk maybe
A goalie

Add some
Stephenson
Duclair
Monahan
Duschene
Drouin
Big Z Zadorov
Bussi

Dont love to he adds but otherwise we agree.

 

[Shaun]

I’m 66…… just a youngster compared to @Alan Ryan . Who is 83 years young.

hear from old john recently?

 

[Gee Wally]

hear from old john recently?

No. I tried for couple of years. No luck.
I think Old John may have passed.

 

[sarge88]

No. I tried for couple of years. No luck.
I think Old John may have passed.

Another example of why we need a “sad face or heart emoji”.

 

[bbfan419]

Another example of why we need a “sad face or heart emoji”.

agree

 

[GordonHowe]

Need for physicality overarching concern as Bruins aim for puncher’s chance at a true Cup run - The Boston Globe

The Bruins again were inconsistent with their physicality in Tuesday night’s loss at the Garden to the Canes, who looked and played hungrier, although there were some encouraging signs of pluck from the Black and Gold.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[capecodder]

I'd let Heinen walk. He's definitely surpassed all my expectations when we signed him to the PTO but he's also playing for his next contract and I'd prefer to look for better options.

Pasta, Zacha, Coyle, Marchy, Freddy, Geekie, Beecher, Brazeau, Poitras, (most likely Debrusk), Lauko are all returning. I'd say decent chance Maroon comes back for a full season
JVR, Boqvist, Lucic most likely wont be back.
Merkulov and Lysell will be battling for a spot in the top 9.
We'll need to add some muscle especially if Maroon walks.

XXXX-Zacha-Pasta
Marchy-Coyle-Debrusk
Freddy-Poitras-Geekie
Maroon-Beecher-Brazeau
Merkulov/Lysell/Lauko

I hope the hell Looch comes back

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[22Brad Park]

This kind of sucks for Boston.I wanted him to run powerplay.Ahh well ,hopefully Lohrei can be that guy as they move forward

 

[CDJ]

Lohrei is the offense/transition guy in that slot for much cheaper, spend the money on nastier D instead

 

[22Brad Park]

Lohrei is the offense/transition guy in that slot for much cheaper, spend the money on nastier D instead

Well they better start getting him running that PP soon ,because McAvoy is not that guy.Somebody earlier posted he has 1 G 13 A in over 200 + pp mins.I would need to confirm that because it would mean he has 11 goals 5 on 5 barring any shorties or OT goals which would be impressive from backend.Still, I am not a fan of McAvoy running a pp.

 

[dugg133]

Lohrei is the offense/transition guy in that slot for much cheaper, spend the money on nastier D instead

If you go Lindholm-Mac, Lohrei-Carlo as your top 4 next season I honestly kinda think Zadorov could make some sense depending on the price. He's not a top 4 defenseman like some people seem to think, but I do think he's a solid #5 that will win his minutes pretty decisively if he gets third pair matchups. That's how it went for his time in Calgary anyway.

Really depends on the price though.

 

[CDJ]

Well they better start getting him running that PP soon ,because McAvoy is not that guy.Somebody earlier posted he has 1 G 13 A in over 200 + pp mins.I would need to confirm that because it would mean he has 11 goals 5 on 5 barring any shorties or OT goals which would be impressive from backend.Still, I am not a fan of McAvoy running a pp.

Agreed, I think McAvoy would be better on PP2

Currently I want Shattenkirk to run PP1 when he’s in the lineup

 

[goldnblack]

Wow Hanafin "only" got 7.35M? Great deal.

 

[22Brad Park]

Agreed, I think McAvoy would be better on PP2

Currently I want Shattenkirk to run PP1 when he’s in the lineup

Monty don't have the jewels to do it u ask me.My hope is Lohrei is that guy for years down the road .I mean somebody there has to see this kids offensive gifts right?

 

[PB37]

Maybe a blessing in disguise for the Bruins that Hanafin signed a long term deal elsewhere.

 

[DKH]

hear from old john recently?

He hasn’t posted for years and he was in his 80’s I think he would be 90-something today

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

I’m just glad I won’t have to see “Hanafin” or “Hanifan” for a while lol

 

[dugg133]

Agreed, I think McAvoy would be better on PP2

Currently I want Shattenkirk to run PP1 when he’s in the lineup

I think McAvoy could be a good PP guy if he was just willing to shoot from the point more. Gotta do it sometimes to keep teams honest and open up passing lanes, but just refuses despite having a good shot.

 

[BamBamCam]

The Powerplay should have/be Lohrei in Marshy spot with him and Pasta available for 1 timers,

 

[mar2kbos]

Sucks I was hoping they’d get him in the off season. Let’s hope there remains a good free agent list for the summer would be a bummer to have cash and no good players available

 

[Hookslide]

If you go Lindholm-Mac, Lohrei-Carlo as your top 4 next season I honestly kinda think Zadorov could make some sense depending on the price. He's not a top 4 defenseman like some people seem to think, but I do think he's a solid #5 that will win his minutes pretty decisively if he gets third pair matchups. That's how it went for his time in Calgary anyway.

Really depends on the price though.

What makes you think Loheri will turn into a top 4 during the offseason, the last game he played in did not indicate to me that he is ready for that challenge.

[TABLE=collapse]
[TR]
[TH]Left Wing[/TH]
[TH]Centre[/TH]
[TH]Right Wing[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Zacha, Pavel
$4,750,000
C, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 3[/TD]
[TD]Lindholm, Elias
$7,500,000
C, RW
UFA[/TD]
[TD]Pastrnak, David
$11,250,000
RW
NMC
UFA - 7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Marchand, Brad
$6,125,000
LW
M-NTC
UFA - 1[/TD]
[TD]Coyle, Charlie
$5,250,000
C, RW
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 2[/TD]
[TD]

Lysell, Fabian
$863,333 (

$212,500)
RW
RFA - 2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Frederic, Trent
$2,300,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1[/TD]
[TD]

Poitras, Matthew
$870,000 (

$80,000)
C
RFA - 2[/TD]
[TD]Geekie, Morgan
$2,000,000
C, RW
RFA - 1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Boqvist, Jesper
$1,200,000
C, LW
RFA[/TD]
[TD]

Beecher, John
$925,000
C
RFA - 1[/TD]
[TD]

Brazeau, Justin
$775,000
RW
UFA - 1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lauko, Jakub
$787,500
LW, RW
RFA - 1[/TD]
[TD]

Nelson, Jaxon
$870,000 (

$80,000)
C
RFA - 1[/TD]
[TD]RW5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]LW6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Roster created at CapFriendly.com | Follow on Twitter @CapFriendly[/TD]
[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE=collapse]
[TR]
[TH]Left Defense[/TH]
[TH]Right Defense[/TH]
[TH]Goaltender[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hanifin, Noah
$7,500,000
LD
UFA[/TD]
[TD]McAvoy, Charlie
$9,500,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 6[/TD]
[TD]Swayman, Jeremy
$6,500,000
G
RFA[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

Lohrei, Mason
$925,000 (

$250,000)
LD
RFA - 1[/TD]
[TD]Carlo, Brandon
$4,100,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 3[/TD]
[TD]DiPietro, Michael
$775,000
G
RFA - 1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lindholm, Hampus
$6,500,000
LD
NTC, NMC
UFA - 6[/TD]
[TD]Peeke, Andrew
$2,750,000

RD
UFA - 2[/TD]
[TD]G3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wotherspoon, Parker
$800,000
LD
UFA - 1[/TD]
[TD]RD4[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

That team is not as good as this years team....

 

[SPV]

Well they better start getting him running that PP soon ,because McAvoy is not that guy.Somebody earlier posted he has 1 G 13 A in over 200 + pp mins.I would need to confirm that because it would mean he has 11 goals 5 on 5 barring any shorties or OT goals which would be impressive from backend.Still, I am not a fan of McAvoy running a pp.

Don’t need to use a defenseman to run the power play, Savard used to run it from the side boards. Just need to get a system that works with what we have and not keep running the same guys out that aren’t working.

 

[CellyHard]

If you go Lindholm-Mac, Lohrei-Carlo as your top 4 next season I honestly kinda think Zadorov could make some sense depending on the price. He's not a top 4 defenseman like some people seem to think, but I do think he's a solid #5 that will win his minutes pretty decisively if he gets third pair matchups. That's how it went for his time in Calgary anyway.

Really depends on the price though.

At this point, I think Zadorov would actually be a great fit...

Ideally he is your #5 but he can take on some tougher minutes while Lohrei slowly develops and moves his way into the top four.