wintersej
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Both those guys come from teams that are winning and have the cap space.
I dunno. It feels like a puppies and rainbows hope.
Boston Bruins 2023-24 Roster and Salary Cap Discussion VI
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Both those guys come from teams that are winning and have the cap space.
I dunno. It feels like a puppies and rainbows hope.
Pettersson is 100% a pipe dream at this point. The only chance we had was for the Nucks to be terrible again and have him force his way out, but they're good now and seem to finally have competent management to help them get even better.
Reinhart is a possibility, there's a chance he's pricing himself out of Florida with how well he's playing. But even then, he'll likely be like 9+mil at minimum if he does hit UFA and that's a big investment.
neelynugs
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reinhart plays wing. he's played center on occasion in the NHL. good player, very smart and can score goals. but if i'm going after a winger, i'm going after nylander - he's dynamic and creates his own offense. i think it's moot either way, don't think b's will get either of them.
I agree Nylander is better, but I think Reinhart might be a better fit next to Poitras. He's a great goalscorer that's has had some elite 2-way analytics these past few years, could be the perfect trigger man for a young, playmaking center. With the added benefit that he's actually played center in the NHL for extended stretches and you can try him there if you want.
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Pettersson isn’t going to be an ufa. He is going to be an rfa and most likely will extend. Lindholm is the one that will hit free agency.
Not strictly the place to put this, but check Colageo's analysis of how, and why, the NHL distributes its "discipline" as it does,
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Colageo: Boston Bruins winger Trent Frederic Leaves an Aftertaste
If Boston Bruins President Cam Neely receives a phone call from George Parros or Bill Daly on Monday, it will be a gentle reminder of the way things are done in the National Hockey League circa 2023. NESN web writer Gayle Troiani had noted during Saturday night’s 2-1 overtime loss to the New...
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I liked Ian Mitchell in preseason, but I don't see much at this point. Boqvist I have no use for. Glad they're both headed back to PRO.
I agree.
Of course, if Danton continues to play well, he will be making more than he is now.
From where I sit, he seems to get along well with all of the players.
Chemistry is important.
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I tell you what, if Neely does indeed get a call on Frederick’s post game comments which were fine and actually complimentary of Trouba on answering the bell, Neely should say…. “If you did your job, this wouldn’t have happened. A two handed stick swing to the head used to be handled by the League, at least in the days of Dino Cicarelli.” And then he should say “nice talk” and politely end the call.Not strictly the place to put this, but check Colageo's analysis of how, and why, the NHL distributes its "discipline" as it does,
Colageo: Boston Bruins winger Trent Frederic Leaves an Aftertaste
If Boston Bruins President Cam Neely receives a phone call from George Parros or Bill Daly on Monday, it will be a gentle reminder of the way things are done in the National Hockey League circa 2023. NESN web writer Gayle Troiani had noted during Saturday night’s 2-1 overtime loss to the New...
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I love how whenever there's an incident like the Pasta hit that prompts a thread on the main board, all the posters there start claiming that Boston is the dirtiest team in the league like it's 2009 again and how we're cheapshot artists, etc. when all of us here who watch day in and day out are flabbergasted at how soft this team has been since about 2017 and how we need more physicality.
We've broken their spirits mentally and physically.
I agree.
What I was really getting at:
"Since Gary Bettman became commissioner in 1993, the NHL has taken a hard line with its players and teams on the issue of retribution, as in we are the justice department, you skate your lane.
"What has evolved in the 19 NHL seasons since lightweight, synthetic sticks and stricter enforcement standards for clutch-and-grab hockey have focused management teams on skill is the marginalization of the enforcer.
"The goon is going … going so far that hockey activists are calling for the NHL to make it official and end its era of allowed fighting.
"I’ll give them this much: The idea that having a thug in your lineup is a deterrent to dirty play has always been a myth. That admitted, the toughness and intimidation that wins in the playoffs permeates the upper levels of a team’s lineup, it doesn’t only nibble around its edges, as in 5:00 ATOI in the playoffs.
"The NHL’s preoccupation with optics has only intensified in the social-media era. Contrary to widespread outrage at the league’s recent ban on special, cause-related pregame sweaters, the NHL is very concerned with widening its fanbase beyond stereotypes.
"Why? Because the non-traditional sector of the market has become more important than the comfort zone of the traditional sector (i.e. it’s good for business). If this were not the case, former Boston Bruins coach Don Cherry and former Boston Bruins defenseman Mike Milbury would still have their national-television broadcasting jobs.
"Simultaneously, the emergence of CTE as a widely known deterioration of the brain due to repeated physical blows has influenced how the league deals with fighting, which is technically still allowed in professional hockey, punishable by a five-minute major penalty. But which fights are allowed is where this rubber meets the road.
"The days of two opponents, angered by what has transpired in the flow of the game, fighting as a result is no longer allowed. You see these fights broken up all the time before they really get started.
"The staged fight of the 1990s has been marginalized because it spotlights a problem. But it has subtly been replaced by a new kind of staged fight, the one-on-one battle that, the NHL hopes, will put an end to a feud.
"A defenseman lands a big bodycheck and is leveraged into a fight that, hockey-wise, benefits the opponent.
"Why is this allowed? Because the NHL does not want its players angry and its game angry. The league is afraid of another 1984 Montreal-Quebec or 1987 Montreal-Philadelphia. The league wants its scores settled in small, manageable bites, within Marquis of Queensbury Rules, abruptly and safely.
"Thus, league-appointed pundits are always first to lecture players and teams with public pronouncements that this little bout settles the matter and we’d better not hear another word. Matt Cooke could only wish he played now that this new code is crystal.
"This is where Frederic’s postgame interview could cause concern in NHL offices. His open-ended outlook goes against newly established principles of game and sport management. If Neely gets a call this week, it’ll be to instruct him that the fire goes out on Frederic-Trouba and it goes out now."
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I f*cking hate Gary Bettman. (Sure, I hated Clarence Campbell and John Ziegler, too, but not nearly as much.) He represents everything I detest about professional sports.
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i already like wotherspoon better than mitchell. he's fine as an extra D and has some pushback.
the next hit mitchell throws will be his first, and i didn't see anything else that screamed NHL
defenseman (i suppose neither did anyone else since he already cleared waivers once).
Thanks did not know Pettersson is an RFA to be, if Reinhart were to make it to UFA though, would definitely take him over Lindholm, ideally get both.
Probably right, but you never know, It was pointed out that Pettersson though is an RFA to be.
Neelynugs is a top tier poster
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Meanwhile the fastest growing sport in the world is MMA. These people are f***ing fools.
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Great about Davis Pastrnak. Hopefully David won’t as well. What a hack Murphy is.
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@Saxon Eric i believe said that regula has been improving lately in providence.
he definitely fills a need - bigger bodied guy and right shot. have to think he's
in the conversation for a look at some point.
thanks...you guys are great, too.
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