Boston Bruins 2023 Off-Season CAP, Trade Rumors and Free Agent Talk III

[McGarnagle]

Zero chance Orlov is back. They can't possibly afford him unless they're planning on having Charlie Coyle as their #1 center

 

[NeelyDan]

I don’t really get the delay in determining your playing future for arguably going on two years as much as I love them both

 

[Mainehockey33]

With Hayes being traded for a pick doesn’t that mean Coyle is movable? Much rather lose Coyle than Hall.

 

[22Brad Park]

With Hayes being traded for a pick doesn’t that mean Coyle is movable? Much rather lose Coyle than Hall.

Not me the Bruins are thin already at centre

 

[CDJ]

This trade was an eerie reminder that this past season was an outlier success for Sweeney. Back to smartest man in the room syndrome. The next move will be telling.

This is the kind of move that every team pressed against the cap does. Has nothing to do with being “the smartest guys in the room”. The Knights gave Pacioretty away when he was a ppg for them and then won the cup the next year. Was that them trying to be the smartest guys in the room or was that them trying to find cap space to maneuver their way into building a SC team?

Hate to break it to y’all but buying out Reilly isn’t nearly enough and do you really want them trading MORE futures for a team to take on Forbort?

 

[Bridges31]

With Hayes being traded for a pick doesn’t that mean Coyle is movable? Much rather lose Coyle than Hall.

Assuming he doesn’t have a NMC or NTC, the Bruins should absolutely be trying to move him.

 

[CDJ]

With Hayes being traded for a pick doesn’t that mean Coyle is movable? Much rather lose Coyle than Hall.

They have like zero centers.

 

[mar2kbos]

Reading some of the comments on here we should remember that until last season (IMO) Sweeney sucked, why do we think one good regular season would change that? Because of his ineptitude in signing guys like Reilly, Forbort, Grizz, Coyle and John Moore to stupid contracts he is now having to let very good players like Bertuzzi and Hall walk for nothing or next to nothing.

Also playing into this mess is his drafting, Jack Studnicka, Urho Vaakanainen, Axel Andersson, Zachary Senyshyn, JFK and others have put them in a position of having a weak prospect pool and no one to take top 6, or lower, forward minutes or any D being ready to replace Grizz, Forbort, Reilly, Clifton.

This rests on Sweengenius and if he goes into next year with Zacha, Coyle, Merkalov and Frederic as his top 4 center the only good that will come of it will be his time in Boston finally ending.

The genius had to rely on Bergeron and Krejci basically being paid like 4th liners to make this happen too. He got damn lucky these guys wanted to do that

 

[13Hockey]

With Hayes being traded for a pick doesn’t that mean Coyle is movable? Much rather lose Coyle than Hall.

Coyle is currently the teams #1 center

I don’t think the Bs are considering moving him

 

[BradMarchandismydad]

Not me the Bruins are thin already at centre

If we have a cheaper 3C it makes it easier to afford a 1C

Coyle isn't a 1 or a 2C IMO--not enough offensive impact, especially as it relates to enabling wingers.

 

[Bridges31]

Zero chance Orlov is back. They can't possibly afford him unless they're planning on having Charlie Coyle as their #1 center

I loved his offense but he was a defensive nightmare through most of his games as a Bruin. Wouldn’t really miss him that much imo.

 

[KrugAvoy]

If they are under the impression they are done and won't be back but will leave a spot open for both, that leads me to believe we aren't going to be in the market for a true center and Coyle and Zacha are our 1-2C

 

[DiggityDog]

Trading a center off of a team that desperately needs centers is certainly a move…

 

[The don godfather]

Blackwood went for a 6th
Hall goes for mitchell regula
Johannsen goes for alex g

At this rate ullmark will be worth a 3rd round pick maybe a 2nd. No value for players. It's all about cap this sucks dung.

 

[Bridges31]

Blackwood went for a 5th
Hall goes for mitchell regula
Johannsen goes for alex g

At this rate ullmark will be worth a 3rd round pick maybe a 2nd. No value for players. It's all about cap this sucks dung.

The silver lining for the Bruins is that there seems to be some teams willing to take on cap space.

 

[CDJ]

If we have a cheaper 3C it makes it easier to afford a 1C

Coyle isn't a 1 or a 2C IMO--not enough offensive impact, especially as it relates to enabling wingers.

Also if you have 0 centers on the roster anybody you sign is technically a #1 center, that may be how we acquire the 1C this off-season after all! Trade Coyle, move Zacha to wing. Sign Vlad Namestnikov to be 1C

 

[The don godfather]

Ok it's time to circle back to my original plan sign brassard or peter stastny. Pronto on the el cheapo route.

 

[SkullKing]

Mark scheifele me thinks.

Me hopes not

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

Ok it's time to circle back to my original plan sign brassard or peter stastny. Pronto on the el cheapo route.

Oh god, what’s plan E?

 

[ON3M4N]

Blackwood went for a 6th
Hall goes for mitchell regula
Johannsen goes for alex g

At this rate ullmark will be worth a 3rd round pick maybe a 2nd. No value for players. It's all about cap this sucks dung.

Blackwood should have fetched nothing. He's been awful the last 3yrs with a .897 SV% and a -22.1 GSAA. He had a $3.4 million QO which NJD wasn't going to give him. I'm amazed that NJD got some kind of asset for him since he was likely going to be a UFA

 

[Kegs]

With Hayes being traded for a pick doesn’t that mean Coyle is movable? Much rather lose Coyle than Hall.

Who will play centre tho? Bruins have an abundance of wingers. They lack centres.

 

[Therick67]

A top 6 center is going to cost you players and cash. Even if they had enough cap space, who is Donny moving?

 

[GordonHowe]

Did you want Hall on our team? He had similar attitude/leadership concerns.

I'm not sure that was the case. Yes, he had "baggage."

Being selected first overall by the Edmonton Oilers and expected to be an immediate miracle worker by their crazy fans and media might have something to do with that.

He's traded to NJ, where he becomes league MVP.

I can't say why Hall was traded to AZ, except as a "salary dump." The numbers in his final NJ season, and in AZ, were poor.

Then he's traded to a chronically mismanaged, putrid Buffalo Sabres team so lousy with a losing culture it isn't true, loses his confidence, and can't score to save his life.

These are not excuses but they are legitimate reasons why some tagged Hall as a problem.

My sense is that even back in 2010, Hall would have much preferred playing for the Bruins rather than under the crushing microscope of Edmonton.

He signed with Boston for 6 million, when it's at least possible he could have received more elsewhere. He wanted to come to Boston.

And after a creaky start, Hall produced and became a valued member of the team.

He accepted third line, defense first duty without complaint and excelled in that role. His regular season numbers, while unspectacular, were respectable. He trailed only Bertuzzi for most first round playoff points (5-3-8).

Other players with charcter questions, notably Marc Savard and Nathan Horton, have joined the Bruins, fit in, and preformed quite well.

I don't place Taylor in that category and wish him nothing but the best. He was a good soldier for the Bruins, and a valuable player.

Scheifele -- supposedly a member of the Jets "leadership group," on a club known for locker room backbiting and bitching, is another matter,

Mark Scheifele seems to be turning his back on the Jets and is making a bizarre and very selfish statement, according to many

A few hours after the Montreal Canadiens, it was the turn of the Winnipeg Jets to do their year-end review.

www.habsfanatics.com

Report: Patrik Laine Revealed Reason for Leaving Winnipeg – Rude Treatment in Locker Room

Pekka Jalonen of the Finnish publication Iltalehti (Evening News) revealed his belief why Patrik Laine wished to leave the Winnipeg Jets. It was because of issues with fellow stars on the team.

novacapsfans.com

 

[Bruinaura]

I don't believe for one second that the Bruins don't know what Bergeron and Krejci are planning by now. Neither would leave them hanging.

Bruins just don't want to show their hand before the draft and free agency.

 

[KrugAvoy]

Ok it's time to circle back to my original plan sign brassard or peter stastny. Pronto on the el cheapo route.

Being 66 years old now, I think he'd be a cheap addition