Boston Bruins 2023 Off-Season CAP, Trade Rumors and Free Agent Talk XII
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PlayMakers
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EverettMike
FIRE DON SWEENEY INTO THE SUN
Starting to think that, once again, I'm not getting an invite.
MarchysNoseKnows
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You’re no rookie Mike. Time to believe in yourself. You got this.
EverettMike
FIRE DON SWEENEY INTO THE SUN
:they'll just delete my response to you:
MarchysNoseKnows
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JOKER 192
Blow it up
I already see it in some of the posts on here. If he doesn't come out of the gates to impress and in some cases even if he does , he's gonna get torn apart.
Blowfish
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He's going to have some competition...
Fred looks pretty darn good at times but most of the time meh. Hope for him and the bruins he shows well this year. Bruins certainly didn't feel the player warranted the contract he was seeking.
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If this fanbase can turn on Cam Neely (albeit not while he was a player), no one is really safe.
Lucic under performs or becomes more hindrance than help with a role larger than he's still skilled to do, I can see that being an issue.
Lucic as a 4th liner at this stage? Great, it works.
Lucic masquerading as a 2nd liner well past his prime? That could be a problem.
Not saying that situation will happen, but stranger things have happened.
And looking at this teams depth... If Zacha is at C, that 2LW is up for grabs.
Clear cache/cookies to access,
www.bostonglobe.com
Could the retirements of Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci be Georgii Merkulov’s big chance with the Bruins? - The Boston Globe
Merkulov is now about 5 feet 11 inches, 180 pounds, and his game clearly has an accent on offense, which is what attracted the Bruins to him initially.
www.bostonglobe.com
Jay O’Brien is another nice college fa. Former 19th overall pick hasn’t really developed into the Center the flyers thought when drafting him. Played some wing at the end of the season at BU.
Blowfish
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No clue, he also played for Providence college before transferring to BU.
WhalerTurnedBruin55
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Organization position of need: check
NE college product: check
MA resident: check
My guess is that the Bruins are in on it.
If I had to guess, historically: Bruins, Rangers, or Penguins are his final destination. If he prefers Boston to the others, we'll see
Shocked if the Bruins cannot sign him. Center role available in Boston immediately.
Maybe they don't want to sign him
MarchysNoseKnows
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Which center role is available for Jay O’Brien immediately?
4th line potentially. Better opportunity than most NHL teams likely offer even if he were to not earn it and demote to Providence.
Kegs
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This fan base does not play. They expect players to perform.
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At this point, the only deal for a 1c that I could see happening would have to be for a pending ufa so salary could be retained.
I think Frederic would be going the other way… I feel like there’s a deal there around Scheifele and Stanley for Frederic, Forbort and something good. That’s $5m out and $7m in so $2m retained for 1 year.
Forbort doesn’t have any value now but I would think he could be flipped at the deadline to someone needing PK help.
Maybe that deal has to happen closer to the deadline when WPG is at risk of losing him for nothing. Scheifele has a 10 team NTC and there can’t be 10 teams looking for a 30 year old #1c. If I wee him I’d pick my team and block everyone else.
I think Frederic would be going the other way… I feel like there’s a deal there around Scheifele and Stanley for Frederic, Forbort and something good. That’s $5m out and $7m in so $2m retained for 1 year.
Forbort doesn’t have any value now but I would think he could be flipped at the deadline to someone needing PK help.
Maybe that deal has to happen closer to the deadline when WPG is at risk of losing him for nothing. Scheifele has a 10 team NTC and there can’t be 10 teams looking for a 30 year old #1c. If I wee him I’d pick my team and block everyone else.
If Montgomery plays Lucic up on the top 2 lines consistently it will be a horrible flashback to another players' coach of years past who had the great idea of playing PJ Stock with Thornton at times. It will spell the end of Monty in Boston.
I loved Lucic as a player in his prime and he can still add to the team in the right role, but anything above the 10-12 mins a night and it will likely be a disaster and prove that the FO needed a binkie in the Centennial season with the playoff crash and burn and gutted roster up front.
Would love nothing more than to be wrong and somehow Lucic reverts to the 2011 Lucic of yesteryear, but it doesn't really work that way.
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Interesting article, but I don’t think the assertion that Chara “was not invited back” is accurate. As I recall, they offered him a contract with a reduced minutes role and he wasn’t interested.Clear cache/cookies to access,
Could the retirements of Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci be Georgii Merkulov’s big chance with the Bruins? - The Boston Globe
Merkulov is now about 5 feet 11 inches, 180 pounds, and his game clearly has an accent on offense, which is what attracted the Bruins to him initially.
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