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goldenblack said:
You want to use Montreal? Cupless since '93? Dude that franchise was HOPELESS till a few very good draft hits. Like a decade of useless. And even still, I don't think a Caufield/Suzuki shrimp team is going to get it done.

San Jose binks multiple high lottos. That's not that complicated. But they were bad for a long stretch there. Hitting the generational player doesn't hurt either...And still they draft 2nd this year....

Chicago 4 years you say? Since their cup:

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People on this site really want to revisit history their way. Does ANYONE want to do that above? Not me...

People need to be careful wishing for rebuilds that turn into 10 horrible years...
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I'm not talking about the past 33 years of MTL. I'm talking about their recent rebuild, and i think most people would argue it's going fairly well since they were just in the ECF and loaded with young players.

And Chicago officially tore it down starting in 2022 when they traded Debrincat, Strome, etc. and Kane in 2023. If the Bruins tore it down today, you wouldnt say their rebuild started in 2011 because that was when they won their last cup.

So not sure what either of those have to do with the point at hand
 
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22Brad Park said:
This post has alot to support it .That said, the Bruins would have been better off with a high draft pick this season over getting in and walked on in round 1.They gave is a decent showing though during a long cold winter.
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If you search on my post history, which I know is tedious, you'll find I was team rebuild.

No Jeannot, No Kuraly, Probably no Arvi. We'd sold about all we could sell really, perhaps Zacha and Geekie were left. Maybe Mitts. So realistically after we picked 7th, I was up for another year like that. People said we couldn't do that to the fans, you had to try to win. That was a very dominant opinion on this board.

Then they had a 100 pt season on the coach's first year. And a I think a playoff run where the team was destroyed with injuries. So it's pretty reasonable to expect that they may have more in them. More Hagens, more Minten. And soon we have more high level prospects due to. We have a TON of picks when the right opportunity does come (and the roster spots open in a year).

I personally think they'll do just fine here with the retool. Tuch style players ARE available via free agency, clearly. So I'm willing to give Sweeney time to move through the retool now. We're like 50% of the way give or take. I'm going to trust Sturm to move this group to an even better version of themselves.
 
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For fun:

Morgan Geekie
Matt Poitras
Bruins 23rd overall
Fla 2028 1st

For

Jason Robertson (trade and sign, 8 x 13)

Stars don’t replace Robos production, but they get a good goal scorer back that’s cost controlled.

Bruins upgrade Geekie. Get a 40 goal scorer who can drive a line
 
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JCRO said:
For fun:

Morgan Geekie
Matt Poitras
Bruins 23rd overall
Fla 2028 1st

For

Jason Robertson (trade and sign, 8 x 13)

Stars don’t replace Robos production, but they get a good goal scorer back that’s cost controlled.

Bruins upgrade Geekie. Get a 40 goal scorer who can drive a line
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Are we better doing that compared to keeping geekie and moving that package without him for the best player we could get. So 2 firsts + poitras for x.
 
JCRO said:
For fun:

Morgan Geekie
Matt Poitras
Bruins 23rd overall
Fla 2028 1st

For

Jason Robertson (trade and sign, 8 x 13)

Stars don’t replace Robos production, but they get a good goal scorer back that’s cost controlled.

Bruins upgrade Geekie. Get a 40 goal scorer who can drive a line
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I'd move Geekie, but I feel with that package without Geekie in it could still net you a solid forward.
 
goldenblack said:
If you search on my post history, which I know is tedious, you'll find I was team rebuild.

No Jeannot, No Kuraly, Probably no Arvi. We'd sold about all we could sell really, perhaps Zacha and Geekie were left. Maybe Mitts. So realistically after we picked 7th, I was up for another year like that. People said we couldn't do that to the fans, you had to try to win. That was a very dominant opinion on this board.

Then they had a 100 pt season on the coach's first year. And a I think a playoff run where the team was destroyed with injuries. So it's pretty reasonable to expect that they may have more in them. More Hagens, more Minten. And soon we have more high level prospects due to. We have a TON of picks when the right opportunity does come (and the roster spots open in a year).

I personally think they'll do just fine here with the retool. Tuch style players ARE available via free agency, clearly. So I'm willing to give Sweeney time to move through the retool now. We're like 50% of the way give or take. I'm going to trust Sturm to move this group to an even better version of themselves.
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This is fair and I don't even disagree with you for the record, I'm just saying that while Buffalo is a cautionary tale, there are examples of it going well too
 
goldenblack said:
You want to use Montreal? Cupless since '93? Dude that franchise was HOPELESS till a few very good draft hits. Like a decade of useless. And even still, I don't think a Caufield/Suzuki shrimp team is going to get it done.

San Jose binks multiple high lottos. That's not that complicated. But they were bad for a long stretch there. Hitting the generational player doesn't hurt either...And still they draft 2nd this year....

Chicago 4 years you say? Since their cup:

View attachment 1258815


People on this site really want to revisit history their way. Does ANYONE want to do that above? Not me...

People need to be careful wishing for rebuilds that turn into 10 horrible years...
Click to expand...
the hawks were still definitively going for it until like 2021-22. They traded two firsts + another recent first round pick for Seth Jones in the summer of 2021. Rebuild didn't really start until the next summer when they traded Debrincat and then Kane at the deadline later that year.

If anything i think that team is a cautionary tale on why you should start your rebuild sooner, not why you should never rebuild
 
goldenblack said:
So Elias Lindholm is good for 40-48 pts for 7.75M

Tuch is good for 60-65 for 10.5M (2.75M more).

I think next year we will easily see the 45 pt C's get 7M. I think we're going to end up right at the value line in no time on that one.
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In a nut shell; yes.

But once you stop playing DPastrnak with Elias Lindholm (Which shouldn't happen at all next season); Lindholm's production will drop dramatically. Most likely in the low 30's point range.
 
Bet MGM has Boston as 3rd best odds to land Werenski
 

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Food for thought: Expansion protections

Talks of Houston/Austin are heating up. Could have a new team as soon as 2028 season.

7/3/1

Pasta (Mandatory)
Elias (Mandatory)
Zacha ( mandatory, assuming NMC if resigned)
Hagens (assumed, no more ELC)
Minten ( assumed)
Geekie (assumed)
Unknown player



McAvoy (assumed)
Zadorov (assumed)
Unknown player

Sway

* Zellers, Simpson, etc not eligible for draft by ELC if on roster. My understanding is Dean would be eligible if expansion is 2029 and he burns a year at the end of this year, but would not be in 2028. Someone is welcome to correct me here if wrong.


That Elias contract and potential Zacha contract could leave little room for flexibility. Gotta imagine many agents are going to look for NMC clauses in 2028-20230 for contracts starting July 1-forward. I don’t see Zacha signing without getting those protections. If you add any sort of big name RHD or wing and the names above stay put, we are at forward limit
 
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