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

[CDJ]

Has he really made them better?

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That bottom 6 isn't anything special and Jarnkrok isn't really a top 6 forward.

They have 5 top 6 guys (maybe even 5 top 3 guys) with suspect D and goaltending. Same as always. Won’t go anywhere in the playoffs.


Will put up some sick numbies in the reg season tho

 

[BlackFrancis]

If they didn’t go all-in last year people would have thrown a bitch fit. They should have and did. They just choked. Sucks but thems the breaks

You do not understand. Without those picks, I can't bitch about the 17 year old I heard about 30 minutes ago that they absolutely should have picked instead of the 17 year old they REACHED for.

In the end, it's all about me.

 

[elMatador]

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unreal. is that DET pick top 10 protected

Yes.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Here’s the kicker.

This past week is just the first of several dominoes to fall.

The coffers are still bare and they have no first round pick next draft either.

It’ll get worse before it gets better, folks.

I am legitimately shocked people have not dealt with this reality yet.
Denial is a long, long river apparently.

 

[The don godfather]

Still plenty of decent free agents left if Donny wants to do something.

 

[TCB]

Has he really made them better?

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That bottom 6 isn't anything special and Jarnkrok isn't really a top 6 forward.

Debatable I guess but their two top lines are stellar and as good as any out there and Jankrok won't be there long if at all. Matthew Knies will be and he is a top 6 forward.

 

[Absurdity]

Picks for 28 games of Bertuzzi and 30 games of Orlov:

1st 2023
1st 2024
2nd 2025
3rd 2024
4th 2025
5th 2023

Prettty steep for 2 rentals. Donny boy is a pure gift.

To bolster an already best regular season team, absolutely, why wouldn't you? Sweeney went all in for a Stanley Cup, but the players and coaches laid a big goose egg. The Bruins would have liked to re-sign both Bertuzzi and Orlov. Bertuzzi wanted too much term, and Orlov wanted too much money. The Bruins made the moves to win a cup. It's worth debating if it's worth the price or not, but if you put the team in the best possible position to win, I don't think you can knock the moves, that's hindsight 20/20.

If we look at the the deals Sweeney made in the past, if he moves a 1st, he usually does his best retain the player he traded for. Lindholm deal being the most recent, Sweeney wanted to extend Lindholm. It was an outlier season, and Sweeney went for it.

 

[The don godfather]

Leafs D and goaltending is swiss cheese with fungus I'm not worried. I was actually worried if they signed Ryan o'Reilly hes a killer for us. It hurts yes but I dont think it moves their needle . Remember always from the net out and Donny is a master of that.

 

[Oates2Neely]

Still plenty of decent free agents left if Donny wants to do something.

?? No money. Unless he’s moving out more salary, these are your 2023-24 Boston Bruins. Whatever little cap left is going towards Swayman, Frederic, Bergeron*… may not even have enough for that.

 

[Grimey]

They have 5 top 6 guys (maybe even 5 top 3 guys) with suspect D and goaltending. Same as always. Won’t go anywhere in the playoffs.


Will put up some sick numbies in the reg season tho

Spending $4M on John Klingberg probably doesn't help with the suspect D

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Sweeney's good decisions were very good. It's just his bad decisions were very bad, and there were more of those.

Sweeney took over a team that didn't make the playoffs the previous season.

Since then, the team has been to the 7th game of the Finals and had the best regular season in the history of the league.

How has he managed that with more very bad decisions than very good?

 

[The don godfather]

?? No money. Unless he’s moving out more salary, these are your 2023-24 Boston Bruins. Whatever little cap left is going towards Swayman, Frederic, Bergeron*… may not even have enough for that.

Lots of ways to improve roster move salary trade. It's if Donny wants to right or wrong he values forbert and grez then most of us. If you look at what they provide they are important. Forbert especially amazing at blocking shots . Let's see it's only July 2nd.

 

[RoccoF14]

Picks for 28 games of Bertuzzi and 30 games of Orlov:

1st 2023
1st 2024
2nd 2025
3rd 2024
4th 2025
5th 2023

Prettty steep for 2 rentals. Donny boy is a pure gift.

And yet NOT ONE single person on this board had a problem with it when the trades were made....In fact, people were doing cartwheels.

 

[Mainehockey33]

?? No money. Unless he’s moving out more salary, these are your 2023-24 Boston Bruins. Whatever little cap left is going towards Swayman, Frederic, Bergeron*… may not even have enough for that.

I still think they need to move Grizz since he’s up after next year and hopefully isn’t in the longterm plans. Wishful thinking but I’d like to see Forbort and Coyle moved, free up space for this year and the next two. Ullmark might be worth holding onto until next summer when the cap goes up.

 

[CDJ]

Spending $4M on John Klingberg probably doesn't help with the suspect D

Sure doesn’t! Sick PP numbies tho!

 

[KillerMillerTime]

Sure, but those are all deals that they handcuffed themselves with before this off season.

And they’ve already packaged assets to make a power play last deadline.

So what’s the answer, trade away even more picks to unload the bloating at the middle of the roster?

At some point the check comes due, and you’ve got to take your medicine.

Check has come due in a massive way. Like someone said, TTB will be filling the net for Toronto while Detroit holds the pick...lol.

 

[nasero]

Well, now that Bert, Hathaway and Orlov are out of the way. Let's see what the B's can do. If anything it'll be fun to watch.

 

[TCB]

And yet NOT ONE single person on this board had a problem with it when the trades were made....In fact, people were doing cartwheels.

 

[KrejciMVP]

Sweeney took over a team that didn't make the playoffs the previous season.

Since then, the team has been to the 7th game of the Finals and had the best regular season in the history of the league.

How has he managed that with more very bad decisions than very good?

Sweeeny has also lost in the 1st round 2 years in a row and hasnt won anything

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

When your budget consists of the dollar menu, even that whopper sandwich for $4.99 is out of your price range.

 

[The don godfather]

Sweeeny has also lost in the 1st round 2 years in a row and hasnt won anything

1 game away in 2019 and you would have had a don sweeney poster in your room.

 

[RoccoF14]

Sweeeny has also lost in the 1st round 2 years in a row and hasnt won anything

Yeah....This past season was definitely on him.

Jesus.

 

[SPLBRUIN]

The Leafs never learn, they continue to ignore a very average D and goaltending.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Sweeeny has also lost in the 1st round 2 years in a row and hasnt won anything

Right, if you don't have an answer just state a fact that's irrelevant to my post.

 

[The don godfather]

I still think they need to move Grizz since he’s up after next year and hopefully isn’t in the longterm plans. Wishful thinking but I’d like to see Forbort and Coyle moved, free up space for this year and the next two. Ullmark might be worth holding onto until next summer when the cap goes up.

Coyle will destroy any 3rd center they have at the moment. Who do they have jarnkrok?