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

[Blowfish]

Actually its @Blowfish fault.

It normally is...

What did I do now?

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

It normally is...

What did I do now?

Perpetuated the cycle of clickbait news reporting.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

The guys around Grizz are nothing special. Should trade him for a fourth…

 

[Blowfish]

Perpetuated the cycle of clickbait news reporting.

Oh is that all? I thought this was a rumour thread? New rules? Confused!

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

Oh is that all? I thought this was a rumour thread? New rules? Confused!

You're allowed to post whatever you want if it pertains to trade/free agent talk as far as I know.

But if you share questionable reports people are going to question it.

As Omar said, its all in the game right?

 

[Blowfish]

The guys around Grizz are nothing special. Should trade him for a fourth…

This makes total good sense...I only see 2 leafs.

You're allowed to post whatever you want if it pertains to trade/free agent talk as far as I know.

But if you share questionable reports people are going to question it.

As Omar said, its all in the game right?

Cool, I'm simply posting something that folk can read not read question whatever...

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Oh is that all? I thought this was a rumour thread? New rules? Confused!

You want to post Jimmy Murphy you need to accept the consequences

 

[Blowfish]

You want to post Jimmy Murphy you need to accept the consequences

Yikes, it was Jimmy? Bah, who cares. Makes for good entertainment.

 

[rfournier103]

I don’t seriously dial in on hockey news until October, but this showed up in my news feed. This story also lists Calgary's Elias Lindholm and Winnipeg's Mark Scheifele as possible trade targets for the Bruins.

Could Elias Pettersson Become a Boston Bruins Trade Target? — The Hockey News

Soon after Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson said he's putting contract talks on hold, trade speculation surfaced about a potential fit with the Boston Bruins.

apple.news

This may be old news to some of us, but I found it pretty interesting all the same.

 

[GordonHowe]

Bruins' Lucic Should Provide Boost to Bottom-Six This Season - The Hockey Writers Boston Bruins Latest News, Analysis & More

With Lucic's experience and hopefully a boost from his return to Boston, he may just be better than people are anticipating in 2023-24.

thehockeywriters.com

 

[EverettMike]

IRREGARDLESS of any rumors---fake, real, or otherwise---the issue the B's face in any attempted trade for a good/great young player is that basically every other team can trump their offer pretty easily. They have one of the lowest ranked prospect pools and no picks.

Their organizational asset cupboard is not overflowing.

 

[GordonHowe]

IMO Matthews Marner Tavares Nylander are hurting the leafs with their poor post season play and cap hit.

The leafs need to find a away to bring in character dudes with skill. Especially on D. I still say they needed to trade one of Matthews or Marner "long ago" to improve the overall team. Marner makes the most sense, however, I'm not sold on Matthews. Something about him that doesn't look right, especially when it matters most.

Immediately after the Tavares signing, I knew the leafs were in trouble. It led to a bunch of bad contracts.

Well, that's TO for you. They have the $$$ and the stupidity to sign Talent Minus Heart.

Mathews comes to mind.

Whatever one thinks of Dubas, he had a plan. Just as Jeff Gorton and John Davidson did in NY.

Dolan throws a fit, blows that up, and the Rags are pretty much back in shiny new toy territory. As they have been for much of their existence. It never works out, because they don't bring in character with talent. They bring in talent and think, erroneously, that's enough.

It isn't.

Both of those clubs are loaded, and it wouldn't surprise if they win it all soon. Even so, I don't respect the model.

 

[TorontLoL 67]

IRREGARDLESS of any rumors---fake, real, or otherwise---the issue the B's face in any attempted trade for a good/great young player is that basically every other team can trump their offer pretty easily. They have one of the lowest ranked prospect pools and no picks.

Their organizational asset cupboard is not overflowing.

I only see one way out of that. Years of actually drafting instead of trading away picks. Years. This team will still be competitive but we're all in for a rough ride.

 

[Kegs]

As much as I’d love to have him, it was Calgary who rescued Lindholm’s career when he and Hanifin were dealt for Hamilton. From that moment forward he became the player he is today. My guess he resigns for 5 or 6 years in Calgary and calls it a career. The coaching staff rolling over may be the reason he and Backlund stay. I don’t buy the argument Calgary is a terrible city. It’s no different than Denver (for example) and taxes are better than any other province. He gets to play with Huberdeau and that could be a lot worse elsewhere. I say it’s BS he was never even close to our radar.

Calgary is a nice city. It’s not Edmonton or the peg. The people are nice, the weather is decent and it’s clean.

 

[PlayMakers]

I only see one way out of that. Years of actually drafting instead of trading away picks. Years. This team will still be competitive but we're all in for a rough ride.

I think their way out is free agency. Sweeney (and Chiarelli) both like(d) to use free agency to build their rosters. Sweeney will try to trade for one of the pending UFA's and hope they use their NTC protection to help facilitate the deal (like Hall did), or he'll wait until next July to sign one.

Stamkos
Scheifele
Reinhart
Stephenson
Lindholm
Backlund
Duchene
Domi
Toews
Hartman
Roslovic

 

[Kegs]

I don’t seriously dial in on hockey news until October, but this showed up in my news feed. This story also lists Calgary's Elias Lindholm and Winnipeg's Mark Scheifele as possible trade targets for the Bruins.

Could Elias Pettersson Become a Boston Bruins Trade Target? — The Hockey News

Soon after Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson said he's putting contract talks on hold, trade speculation surfaced about a potential fit with the Boston Bruins.

apple.news

This may be old news to some of us, but I found it pretty interesting all the same.

I think their way out is free agency. Sweeney (and Chiarelli) both like(d) to use free agency to build their rosters. Sweeney will try to trade for one of the pending UFA's and hope they use their NTC protection to help facilitate the deal (like Hall did), or he'll wait until next July to sign one.

Stamkos
Scheifele
Reinhart
Stephenson
Lindholm
Backlund
Duchene
Domi
Toews
Hartman
Roslovic

Geez I hope so. That’s a nice list. Toews might sign late in the season I feel like.

 

[TorontLoL 67]

I think their way out is free agency. Sweeney (and Chiarelli) both like(d) to use free agency to build their rosters. Sweeney will try to trade for one of the pending UFA's and hope they use their NTC protection to help facilitate the deal (like Hall did), or he'll wait until next July to sign one.

Stamkos
Scheifele
Reinhart
Stephenson
Lindholm
Backlund
Duchene
Domi
Toews
Hartman
Roslovic

I hope you're right but in the long term, FA signings feel like a bandaid on a bullet wound. 32nd prospect pool in the league is depressing. Let's see what Sweeney and Gold can do when it's finally time to shit or get off the pot.

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

I think their way out is free agency. Sweeney (and Chiarelli) both like(d) to use free agency to build their rosters. Sweeney will try to trade for one of the pending UFA's and hope they use their NTC protection to help facilitate the deal (like Hall did), or he'll wait until next July to sign one.

Stamkos
Scheifele
Reinhart
Stephenson
Lindholm
Backlund
Duchene
Domi
Toews
Hartman
Roslovic

That's certainly a list of NHL players.

 

[rfournier103]

Geez I hope so. That’s a nice list. Toews might sign late in the season I feel like.

I think any of the players in the article I cited earlier - Pettersson, Lindholm, or Scheifele - could put the Bruins right back into contention. I like Jonathan Toews as much as the next guy, but I think he’s just a little too old.

 

[PlayMakers]

I hope you're right but in the long term, FA signings feel like a bandaid on a bullet wound. 32nd prospect pool in the league is depressing. Let's see what Sweeney and Gold can do when it's finally time to shit or get off the pot.

FA signings brought this team back from the dead. (Chara, Savard) Hopefully this time around it buys us time to draft a long-term solution.

That said, this team has been rated the 32nd prospect pool 5 years running. How have we done the last 5 years? A Cup final, best record in history... Have we not had prospects come out of our cesspool in the last 5 years that contributed to that success? According to NHL.com, here's a list of the rookies that played for us in the last 5 years; Heinen, DeBrusk, McAvoy, Grzelcyk, Kuraly, Frederic, Swayman, Clifton, Lauzon...

Hopefully, the current pool has a few gems in it as well; Lohrei, Lysell, Poitras, maybe there will be some useful role players in there in guys like Beecher, Duran, Brunet, Edward...

 

[hrdpuk]

Bruin's may be lacking in some positions . But not D or goalies. That could go a long way

 

[JOKER 192]

This is the whole point. For the first time in a long time the Bruins are able to put some young kids in a position to succeed.

Debrusk is a perfect example of that. Before playing with Bergeron and Marchand people wanted to get a 3rd round pick for him.

Give Freddy a shot and put him with a zacha Pasta for 20 games and see what you get.

Kids need to grow and elevate their game.

M

As much as I don't see this working the fact is that you never know until you try.
Somewhere, somehow the Bruins need to find a diamond in the rough, no better season to unearth those diamonds than this year.

The Bruins should be trying all kinds of shit this year. They're not a legit contender so experiment away.

 

[Gordoff]

Just a thought I had driving home. I wouldn't be surprised to see us sign Toews just before the deadline. Seems like the kind of player they like.

Leadership, old, way past their prime, damaged goods and is a center.

I mean, what's not to like?

I believe that he said that he's taking time away from the NHL this season and then possibly coming back next season (2024-25).

 

[JOKER 192]

I think their way out is free agency. Sweeney (and Chiarelli) both like(d) to use free agency to build their rosters. Sweeney will try to trade for one of the pending UFA's and hope they use their NTC protection to help facilitate the deal (like Hall did), or he'll wait until next July to sign one.

Stamkos
Scheifele
Reinhart
Stephenson
Lindholm
Backlund
Duchene
Domi
Toews
Hartman
Roslovic

Domi was definitely a missed opportunity . Don't see the Bruins attracting any other of those without to much going the other way.

Domi would have been then perfect 2C on this team under then present circumstances without breaking the bank.

Also, can we stop with Toews ? He's an broken player, needs a season off. What does that mean? He's broken ,let some other team fix him, nothing to see here

 

[Dr Quincy]

This makes total good sense...I only see 2 leafs.


Cool, I'm simply posting something that folk can read not read question whatever...

Corey replied to a quesiton about a player left off.. that it's just a list of some random players he thought typified a certain type. It's not a list or ranking in any way.