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

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DominicT said:
I actually wrote about it last week that his filing for arbitration was to get a one way deal.

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The deadline for NHL players to file for salary arbitration arrived Wednesday at 5:00 PM and three Bruins had filed: Jeremy Swayman, Trent Frederic and Ian Mitchell. Because the players filed, the …
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He's a tweener, but means a lot for him to get a 1-way, and shouldn't be an issue to send him down if he doesn't make it, he'll still get paid well.

775k on a cap strapped team also may mean more apt to keep him on the roster.
 
This is where I think the dust settles:

Marchy-Bergy-Debrusk
Zacha-Krejci-Pasta
JVR-Coyle-Geekie
Lucic-Frederic-Lauko
Brown

Gryz-McAvoy
Lindholm-Carlo
Lohrei-Shattenkirk
Mitchell/Zboril

Ullmark
Swayman

Forbort gets moved to Anaheim with a B level prospect
Swayman re-signs 2.5 million
Frederic gets 2.25 million
Bergy and Krejci both back for 1.5 million
 
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PatriceBergeron said:
Seeing the lineup on paper just emphasizes how ridiculous the decision was to trade Taylor Hall over any of like 7 other guys on the roster.

JVR on the 2nd line lol. Frederic and Lauko both being on the 3rd. They better hope both Bergeron and Krejci come back.
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so let's see you make the cap work with keeping Hall

and not trading Grz or Forbort, since I bet that they have been trying
 
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Dizzay said:
This is where I think the dust settles:

Marchy-Bergy-Debrusk
Zacha-Krejci-Pasta
JVR-Coyle-Geekie
Lucic-Frederic-Lauko
Brown

Gryz-McAvoy
Lindholm-Carlo
Lohrei-Shattenkirk
Mitchell/Zboril

Ullmark
Swayman

Forbort gets moved to Anaheim with a B level prospect
Swayman re-signs 2.5 million
Frederic gets 2.25 million
Bergy and Krejci both back for 1.5 million
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That 4th line is a murder squad
 
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samsdad said:
so let's see you make the cap work with keeping Hall

and not trading Grz or Forbort, since I bet that they have been trying
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Beyond that they probably would have had to attach more futures to move some of the other guys. They’re not in a position to be doing that

It’s bananas to me that people think they didn’t try to move lesser talent to clear the money they needed to clear. They just weren’t going to pay through the nose in picks or prospects to get another team to take on mistakes from the past. I’m sure if all we needed to do was attach a 5th to Forbort he would be long gone. Would likely require a premium pick though!

I do think they could move Grizz at any moment without attaching stuff to him, I think other teams value him. They wouldn’t get a lot due to his contract but I bet they could get a 6th from like Pittsburgh or something
 
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Dizzay said:
This is where I think the dust settles:

Marchy-Bergy-Debrusk
Zacha-Krejci-Pasta
JVR-Coyle-Geekie
Lucic-Frederic-Lauko
Brown

Gryz-McAvoy
Lindholm-Carlo
Lohrei-Shattenkirk
Mitchell/Zboril

Ullmark
Swayman

Forbort gets moved to Anaheim with a B level prospect
Swayman re-signs 2.5 million
Frederic gets 2.25 million
Bergy and Krejci both back for 1.5 million
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Minus Krejci. Highly unlikely he returns
 
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Oates2Neely said:
Minus Krejci. Highly unlikely he returns
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I think come December/January Krejci is playing hockey; he has said that if he returns it won't be before December(?) I believe. In my mind that means he's playing, it is just a matter of where he plays, I'd say 50/50 in a Bruins uniform.

I wish Bergeron would take the same approach on a late return, obviously Bruins or bust for him.
 
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NHL's 7 unsigned RFAs: Latest rumours, reports

The last players in the 2023 class of restricted free agents offer trade bait, bridge candidates and future superstars who need to be locked up. Luke Fox looks at the latest buzz around the top RFAs.
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Despite Swayman and the Vezina-winning Linus Ullmark forming the NHL’s most successful tandem this past season, the Boston Bruins’ tight cap picture has fuelled rumours that both goalies can keep this union rolling.

“It's crossed my mind, yeah. I mean, I'm not going to lie, that's the business part of it. That's what we live in,” Ullmark said at the NHL Awards in Nashville, per the Boston Globe.

“When you have two goalies that are so close when it comes to stat-wise, there's got to be some changes, probably. And hopefully, like I think, for both of us, that we both want to be together, and we want to stay in Boston because that's where we thrive. And you see the success that we've had, and we've just got to see. You know, there's a personal side to it, and there's a business side to it, and you've got to honour it. That's just how being a professional hockey player is.”

Sweeney is optimistic he can run back his tandem.

“We’re in a terrific spot, if we do decide (to run it back), and that is what our indications are right now, unless something else materialized between now and then,” Sweeney said in Nashville.

“It doesn't mean I won’t. You guys know me well enough. I have to do my job as to what might present, and the goalie market is an interesting one right now.”

Swayman and the Bruins face arbitration July 30
 
Fenian24 said:
Yup, let's resign Heinen and Bjork instead of having some guys with actual grit in the forward group. You must love the powder puft defense.
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Pump the brakes, my guy. Did I say I want the likes of Heinen and Bjork on the 4th line? And when did I even reference the defense?

That proposed 4th line features a "center" with a career 43.9% faceoff win percentage (43.9!) and Lucic at wing. They would get absolutely throttled in their own end and you know it.
 
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What is up with the following RFAs?

McLaughlin
Regula
Walsh R
DiPietro

Any chance the bruins let one or more of these players walk?

TCB said:
“It doesn't mean I won’t. You guys know me well enough. I have to do my job as to what might present, and the goalie market is an interesting one right now.”

Swayman and the Bruins face arbitration July 30
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Trade one of the goalies ... Terrible idea retaining 2 elite goalies especially when the bruins desperately need upgrades to team offence (trade now / all time highest value). Trading Ullmark is the best option ... what are his trade restrictions (if any)?
 
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Healthy Wrap said:
Pump the breaks, my guy. Did I say I want the likes of Heinen and Bjork on the 4th line? And when did I even reference the defense?

That proposed 4th line features a "center" with a career 43.9% faceoff win percentage (43.9!) and Lucic at wing. They would get absolutely throttled in their own end and you know it.
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I don't mind the 4th line...Frederic is a perfect 4th line center, Lauko brings the speed/rat role, and Lucic brings the nasty.

I believe both Frederic and Lauko were good on the PK...
 
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PatriceBergeron said:
Seeing the lineup on paper just emphasizes how ridiculous the decision was to trade Taylor Hall over any of like 7 other guys on the roster.

JVR on the 2nd line lol. Frederic and Lauko both being on the 3rd. They better hope both Bergeron and Krejci come back.
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I agree with you trading Hall was a bad decision and the effects will be realize for sometime..........Hall was on the third line and was more productive than JVR who possibly could be a second line winger............I have enjoyed Bergey and Krecji all these years like many fans out there , but another year that they come back is just kicking the can down the road.......I do have a fear that if they don't comeback they the Bruins will overpay and saddle themselves with a center that could make the cap situation more desperate.............
 
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Has anyone considered that if we progressively go smaller and smaller from Gryz, we may have players impossible to hit?

At 4'7 or so I gotta think someone with a great shot would be very elusive. Maybe we've been thinking about this wrong the whole time?
 
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Hookslide said:
I agree with you trading Hall was a bad decision and the effects will be realize for sometime..........Hall was on the third line and was more productive than JVR who possibly could be a second line winger............I have enjoyed Bergey and Krecji all these years like many fans out there , but another year that they come back is just kicking the can down the road.......I do have a fear that if they don't comeback they the Bruins will overpay and saddle themselves with a center that could make the cap situation more desperate.............
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Kicking the can one more season is fine with me. Plenty of cap space next summer to obtain a top 6 center
 
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