Boston Bruins 2024-2025 Roster & Salary Cap Discussion V

[Hookslide]

DeBrusk if I’m GM doesn’t start term or dollars with a 7

I would do 6/40 NMC

Lindholm 7/56
DeBrusk 6/40
Heiniekins 3/8.25

Donny - burn some cash, babe…..I want a parade next summer

Spend wisely, those contracts should be burned.

 

[DKH]

Spend wisely, those contracts should be burned.

How so?

Not trading Geekie so as you can sign Heinen, that's a no go.

They will have both

Zacha - Lindholm- Pastrnak

Marchand - Coyle - DeBrusk

HEINEN- Freddie- GEEKIE

 

[Mione134]

Imo Kane is still the most likely highly sought after free agent that I see coming here.

Evander Kane?

Absolutely not.

After everything that went down with Lucic (even though he wasn't charged). You would look at Kane?

Nope. That guy can rot.

 

[DKH]

Evander Kane?

Absolutely not.

After everything that went down with Lucic (even though he wasn't charged). You would look at Kane?

Nope. That guy can rot.

Patty

 

[Absurdity]

They will have both

Zacha - Lindholm- Pastrnak

Marchand - Coyle - DeBrusk

HEINEN- Freddie- GEEKIE

That's a great top 9 and a playoff team. The questions I have, Sweeney wants to get faster, is this Bruins lineup faster? Can a long-term deal be beneficial for DeBrusk so he can focus on playing consistent hockey? Is Lindholm the missing piece?

 

[Fenian24]

Evander Kane?

Absolutely not.

After everything that went down with Lucic (even though he wasn't charged). You would look at Kane?

Nope. That guy can rot.

Patrick, he just beats up cab drivers and was acquitted of rape.

 

[LouJersey]

Evander Kane?

Absolutely not.

After everything that went down with Lucic (even though he wasn't charged). You would look at Kane?

Nope. That guy can rot.

Patrick Kane is maybe worse, but people like him

 

[DKH]

That's a great top 9 and a playoff team. The questions I have, Sweeney wants to get faster, is this Bruins lineup faster? Can a long-term deal be beneficial for DeBrusk so he can focus on playing consistent hockey? Is Lindholm the missing piece?

I’m very excited to see what happens

DeBrusk could go any way and I’m thinking Lindholm has to be coming here

There will be a wild card guy

 

[DKH]

The top 2 lines has to be talent and as much as toughness & speed as possible

The bottom 6 is your personality

Bruins were big and with Lucic were put well together

Geekie DeBrusk Freddy Beecher Brazeau all did well against Canes at times

DeBrusk is fast so I would think they gotta get him or Chandler Stephenson- they are two of fastest players available

 

[Number8]

Patrick Kane is maybe worse, but people like him

Good lord I don't. I have always thought of him as an entitled little weasel. Good hockey player no doubt, but an extremely unlikeable person for me.

 

[Mione134]

Patrick Kane is maybe worse, but people like him

I thought you meant Evander, not Patrick.

I get it

Patty

I thought he meant Evander lol

 

[Ratty]

If they let DeBrusk slip away and sign Maroon what does that say about their stated goal of recruiting speed onto the roster?

 

[Fenian24]

I thought you meant Evander, not Patrick.

I get it


I thought he meant Evander lol

Neither should be in running for man of the year

 

[Fenian24]

I get Maroon is slow, first he was coming off back surgery, second one slow forward who brings toughness, intangibles and grit, who will be the 12th/13th forward is not the problem. Would I prefer Olivier, Duhaime, Carrick or Luke Kunin, yes. But Maroon's lack of speed will not be the reason this team doesn't get faster. They need a Maroon as much as they need a Boquist

 

[GordonHowe]

I wouldn't touch Krug. Him and Gryz have the same issue, they don't have the explosive skating and ability to evade forecheckers that they had in their mid-20s. They were always smaller D, but now they are smaller D who are much easier to hit.

I'll always like Tory, but that ship sailed a long time ago.

You don't hand Lohrei the quarterback position, but he's clearly the heir apparent.

Perhaps Lindholm might take the reigns while they ease Mason into the role.

My hope is that they will not continue, even during a "gestation period," to lean on McAvoy.

Charlie is called upon to do many things. Too many things.

My sense is that given the $9.5 m. contract and leadership role, he believes he should be the point man. But he is not Raymond Bourque and the offense will never run through McAvoy. That's not who he is, and that's okay. He's plenty good elsewhere.

I don't know who they bring in to lighten his load, but allowing Charlie to focus on what he does best should be part of the equation of bringing in a defensively responsible center. It might also figure in whomever they acquire on the blue line.

Relative to the latter, I wouldn't mind Chicken Man, but I'm not enthused. He has an extensive injury history and no jam. I still want Brenden Dillon. True, he's 33, but he would bring everything I want on the back end as the Bruins transition to their next era.

Two cents.

 

[UncleRico]

last Bruins draft party was 2017

Something is up folks

Ullmark for the roughly the keumper package of a 1st/3rd/mid prospect would be nice!

 

[Mione134]

Neither should be in running for man of the year

You got that right!

 

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[JRull86]

If they let DeBrusk slip away and sign Maroon what does that say about their stated goal of recruiting speed onto the roster?

These two have nothing to do with each other.

Maroon would be a basically league vet minimum 12/13 forward.

Debrusk is a guy you can make a case for either way to let walk or re-sign.

 

[gvkmedia]

I am on board with the following…

Zacha - Lindholm - Pasta
Marchand - Coyle - P Kane
Heinen - Frederic - Geekie
Beecher - Poitras - Brazeau

Bottom 9 mix a bit in the air…
Get tougher in Heinen’s spot and move him to 13th forward.

Ullmark out for 10th pick (+)
DeBrusk, Forbort, Gryz all move on.

Bring in a LS Defenceman and give Bucci a shot at # 2 netminder.

All ready to go.

 

[BruinDust]

My hope is that they will not continue, even during a "gestation period," to lean on McAvoy.

Charlie is called upon to do many things. Too many things.

My sense is that given the $9.5 m. contract and leadership role, he believes he should be the point man. But he is not Raymond Bourque and the offense will never run through McAvoy. That's not who he is, and that's okay. He's plenty good elsewhere.

I don't know who they bring in to lighten his load, but allowing Charlie to focus on what he does best should be part of the equation of bringing in a defensively responsible center. It might also figure in whomever they acquire on the blue line.

They need to get him of PP 1 and have him out there with another D on the latter part of the PP with unit 2.

I'd use him like Vegas use Pietrangelo. Still their No.1 guy plays shutdown minutes and kills penalties, but Theodore runs PP 1. I think by this time next year Lohrei will be that guy.

 

[CellyHard]

Taking a page out of Oneman here but what if there was a free agent who was

Younger than Debrusk
Has as a better ppg in the playoffs than him (with a fairly large sample size given his age)
Equally if not faster
Averages about 35 points per year

What would you pay him?

 

[DKH]

Ullmark for the roughly the keumper package of a 1st/3rd/mid prospect would be nice!

I’ll take 24 but yes sign me up

Taking a page out of Oneman here but what if there was a free agent who was

Younger than Debrusk
Has as a better ppg in the playoffs than him (with a fairly large sample size given his age)
Equally if not faster
Averages about 35 points per year

What would you pay him?

Who is it ?

I am on board with the following…

Zacha - Lindholm - Pasta
Marchand - Coyle - P Kane
Heinen - Frederic - Geekie
Beecher - Poitras - Brazeau

Bottom 9 mix a bit in the air…
Get tougher in Heinen’s spot and move him to 13th forward.

Ullmark out for 10th pick (+)
DeBrusk, Forbort, Gryz all move on.

Bring in a LS Defenceman and give Bucci a shot at # 2 netminder.

All ready to go.

I would like Kane - I know he’s been bouncing around and not sure what he’s really got but he did ok points was in Detroit

We had Brian Propp & Jerome Iginla we can have this guy

 

[BruinDust]

Taking a page out of Oneman here but what if there was a free agent who was

Younger than Debrusk
Has as a better ppg in the playoffs than him (with a fairly large sample size given his age)
Equally if not faster
Averages about 35 points per year

What would you pay him?

Beauvillier?

 

[shelbysdad]

Taking a page out of Oneman here but what if there was a free agent who was

Younger than Debrusk
Has as a better ppg in the playoffs than him (with a fairly large sample size given his age)
Equally if not faster
Averages about 35 points per year

What would you pay him?

Nothing until I know his name and reputation,injury history, coachability , is it a position of need, etc