Boston Bruins 2026 Offseason Roster & Salary Cap VII

[mtlbruinstrooper]

Unless the Bruins are the team trading the established players.. but that would mean rebuild.

Yep, exactly.

 

[TobanWest]

Did you read my post or you having scotch and eggs can anyone help this guy?

I thought I can hyper fixate on things and can understand feeling left out when other teams are making big trades. They will not be trading Geekie or pasta. They don't have or want to trade the assets they have. This is going to be a few years of a slow burn. There are options out there but aren't as sexy.
Zellwegger, Ferraro, Trouba, Ristolainen, Schneider , McTavish, Bourque, Johnson, etc.

Sweeney will make a couple moves and most likely players that aren't even mentioned here.
Relax

 

[RI.B FAN]

Since stubborn management wont sell because they want a round of playoffs get Rasmus andersson in here to help back there . Try to get ep 40 to a reasonable deal and hope he lights up with pasta.

Im in on this

 

[Sheppy]

If you can get Elias Pettersson retained, I'd entertain that. I don't want him at his full contract, though.

 

[Ladyfan]

With how eager everyone is to sell all our players, maybe one round of playoffs is all we deserve

It is not everyone....Thankfully.

 

[Over the volcano]

Unless the Bruins are the team trading the established players.. but that would mean rebuild.

Might still be some "deals" to be had for established guys - like Hertl and Peterka who could be on the outs due to cap and competition on their clubs.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Harsh criticism.

I think your points would be more powerful without the name calling.

My filter went away about 10 years ago. Being 65 , no time to sugarcoat things.

I will try to be better but I doubt it.

 

[Over the volcano]

Donny should have been on that 4th overall pick from Davidson like flies on a pail of shit last night. How did he miss that one?

He didn't have Byram?

 

[mar2kbos]

I honestly can't keep up. It's like a choose your own ending novel.

Well if you choose everything then you can alway claim you were right haha

 

[Oates2Neely]

Aside from Felgeresque shit stirring, why would anybody suggest trading someone who has a Full No-Movement Clause? He cannot be traded, placed on waivers, or sent to the minors without his consent, so proposing any deal involving Pasta without considering his desire to be traded is nothing but trolling (and not very good trolling at that).

25-40% of the posts in here are outlandish Pastrnak proposals generated from one or two posters who’ve totally derailed the thread.

Whether it’s a good idea or not, realistically speaking there’s zero chance Pastrnak is traded this year. I’ve proposed someone create a “Pastrnak Trade Proposals” thread so we can ignore it. As Feleger would say, “keep those fracacta takes to yourself”!

 

[bme44]

I agree but a top 5 goalie in the league will get a decent return to a team like Edmonton etc.

Is he a top 5 ? 26 season yes. 25 season no

 

[ON3M4N]

Buying "low" on players in "hope" they'll become top 6 forwards is risky too. I'd rather them get someone established now than roll the dice and spin tires for 2-3 years plugging and playing guys where they don't belong.

Depends on who you're "buying low" on. In the example of names @The don godfather gave:

Kent Johnson - 23yr old / #5OA pick / put up 57pts in 68gp last season
Conor Geekie - 22yr old / #11OA pick / great AHL numbers but TBL hasn't found a spot for him
Shane Wright - 22yr old / #4OA pick / was mismanaged after being drafted. had 44pts in 79gp last season

These are all young guys who were high draft picks because of their talent. They're all still far from finished products but they have strong upside.

 

[TobanWest]

Is he a top 5 ? 26 season yes. 25 season no

More or less. He we get a decent return. Regardless he isn't going anywhere and the least of this teams concern

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

With how eager everyone is to sell all our players, maybe one round of playoffs is all we deserve

Need to make changes to get past a first round, this group isn't it.

People easily forget how good Swayman was this past season. He was good for winning 10 games on his own.

This team is not good enough to win a round.

Harsh but its reality without some major adds

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Depends on who you're "buying low" on. In the example of names @The don godfather gave:

Kent Johnson - 23yr old / #5OA pick / put up 57pts in 68gp last season
Conor Geekie - 22yr old / #11OA pick / great AHL numbers but TBL hasn't found a spot for him
Shane Wright - 22yr old / #4OA pick / was mismanaged after being drafted. had 44pts in 79gp last season

These are all young guys who were high draft picks because of their talent. They're all still far from finished products but they have strong upside.

I would swing at any of those three guys

 

[NeelyDan]

Interesting. I feel like how could anyone say yes?

Depends on your faith in the 1st overall, I suppose. McKenna seems generational and Pasta is going to start scaling down in the next few years.

 

[Sheppy]

Depends on who you're "buying low" on. In the example of names @The don godfather gave:

Kent Johnson - 23yr old / #5OA pick / put up 57pts in 68gp last season
Conor Geekie - 22yr old / #11OA pick / great AHL numbers but TBL hasn't found a spot for him
Shane Wright - 22yr old / #4OA pick / was mismanaged after being drafted. had 44pts in 79gp last season

These are all young guys who were high draft picks because of their talent. They're all still far from finished products but they have strong upside.

I'd swing at Kent Johnson. Geekie has a career high 14 points, and Wright had 27 last year. At least with KJ, we've seen 50+ points from him.

That said, who comes out of the lineup? Ultimately you're likely going to have a team of David Pastrnak and then a bunch of middling forwards.

 

[TobanWest]

I'd at least like to see Sweeney trade Middlestadt, Korpi, Eysemont, Lohrei, Joki and let Peeke walk.
Would keep me entertained. At least it would feel like they have a plan... Aggressive or not.

 

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Since only @Coach Parker got a chance to respond before the last thread closed, I am reposting this thought exercise here:

Pasta to Toronto for the first overall pick - who says no and why?

I would do it. (I would have for Brady T, too)
It would help in the long term. We obviously would be losing his offense, not to mention all his leadership (snicker) but we could reload for the future.
Maybe someone else could take over the reins and wear a weird looking suit and hat to the game so we could keep that proven inspirational thing going.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Depends on your faith in the 1st overall, I suppose. McKenna seems generational and Pasta is going to start scaling down in the next few years.

Is McKenna thought to be generational ?

 

[BruinDust]

I would swing at any of those three guys

None of them are coming cheap. Simon Nemic could be tossed onto that list and he went for two 1sts and a 2nd yesterday.

 

[Beyonder]

Donny should have been on that 4th overall pick from Davidson like flies on a pail of shit last night. How did he miss that one?

What would he have traded him?

Think what you will of Byram - most acknowledge he is good but vary on how good - he is 25, he is a #4 overall pick himself, he has now played every game for 2 straight years (overcoming his early injury history), and his point totals keep climbing.

Now, I think Chicago overpaid here, the totality of the deal, nevermind just the #4 OA. And Byram will need a new contract, by all accounts a big one. So the potential for disaster here is big if he doesn't even stick around.

But the real question is, what could the Bruins have offered that would have topped the Buffalo package? Keeping in mind Byram's age, pedigree, and performance over the past few years. And also that Chicago wanted someone to help now, not picks or prospects, and probably primarily wanted a D, not just a good player at any position.

 

[TobanWest]

My stab at who they will bring in is Trochek and Schneider from the Rags. Sending Lohrei and Middlestadt back.

 

[NeelyDan]

Is McKenna thought to be generational ?

I dunno - maybe not, I am just going by what I loosely understand. He seems Bedard-ish, not so much McDavid-ish, so maybe not

But he's got 1C potential, and Pasta is almost at declining asset level

 

[BMC]

With the stick tech constantly advancing his shot will only get better, not worse.

Murray averaged 34 goals in the dead puck era through age 29-34. If Geekie is Murray 2.0 that would be fantastic for the Bruins.

Yeah I don't get worrying that Geekie becomes Glen Murray 2.0- I hope he does. He has one job for the Bruins and that is to score goals and get pucks on net and he does that well- just like Muzz. They have a team of other guys to do other things.

Have you forgotten that horrific goal scoring slump he had last season??? The problem wasn't his stick it was between his ears. While he wasn't scoring he was dead weight on any line Sturm put him on.

I'm probably overthinking this (that is my thing lol) but is Geekie a late bloomer or did he just enjoy a 1 1/2 season long hot spell????