I think he's cooked. Had a good year but was riding the fourth lines in the playoffs
Rather keep the our players
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Rather keep the our players
I think last year, I’m getting older so it’s easier to forget so quickly, we had Poitras, JVR, Heinen, Geekie, and Freddy play top six roles at any given time. Maybe even Brazeau.
Four of those guys are still here to slot up into the open spot, and maybe Lysell or Merkulov surprise at camp. If one of the kids win a spot, then our bottom six gets better too. If not, the top six is arguably better than last year anyway.
The defense is better on paper, and the goaltending roughly the same, maybe slightly worse, but we’ll see.
I think the toughness factor is way higher too.
Four of those guys are still here to slot up into the open spot, and maybe Lysell or Merkulov surprise at camp. If one of the kids win a spot, then our bottom six gets better too. If not, the top six is arguably better than last year anyway.
The defense is better on paper, and the goaltending roughly the same, maybe slightly worse, but we’ll see.
I think the toughness factor is way higher too.
Team friendly deal maybe. Bonus heavy were a need with Bergeron and Krejci, not something that should be viewed as a plan moving forward. You have to pay the piper at some point .
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“It speaks to the commitment from ownership, first and foremost, in terms of remaining as competitive as you can, and putting us in a position, hopefully, if we stay healthy that we stack up,” said Sweeney. “We've been very competitive, we haven't had the success we expect to have in the playoffs, and these types of players, I think, should help us in that regard.
He played well and confidence was growing, I think this D should be left alone and Wortherspoon is nice insurance.
CellyHard
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This is exactly it with maybe Merkulov as a chance to push. Preseason will be really fun to watch this year with Poitras, Lysell and Merkulov licking their chops and even some of these "vets" they brought in (Tufte, Viel, Koepke). Bussi vs. Korpi will be interesting.
They have some room to work with too. With that roster you have and with Korpisalo making the team, they'll have 9.3 to sign Swayman. Almost 10 million if Bussi makes it.
Slim pickings but could have some space for another forward
bruinmann77
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I think if Lysell didn’t get hurt he would have seen nhl time
UncleRico
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I disagree he was one of the worst perpetrators of not being able to get the puck out of the zone.
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If he has a good camp, I'm guessing Merkulov - Frederic - Geekie.
100%. He's already alluded to it. Chara started the trend and you are seeing it trickle down.
He had a poor training camp and needs to come in healthy and ready to fight for a spot this year.
I did not want Kane before Edmonton got him and I certainly don't want him now, as I suspect he is falling apart physically.
I have some hope that one of the Providence guys can make the jump and be the guy the Bs need. I have no idea who it will be but fingers crossed.
All in all, I am pleased with what Don Sweeney did yesterday.
Its a fair point, but we definitely are gonna need to add somebody to add a goalscoring threat. I don't think Lysell is ready to fill that role, and I DEFINITELY don't think he's got the size and durability to last a full season in the NHL even if he was. We saw what happened to Poitras this past season, and I can easily see that happening to Lysell as well.
I think Tarasenko on a 2-3yr deal (If he'll agree to that) makes a lot of sense as an insurance policy.
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Son of Donegal
Stay-at-home defenseman with zero upside.
Having Lindholm as the a bumper on the PP is extremely important. He has an extremely quick release and accurate shot.
Interesting question...has Zadorov ever played the PP net front in his career?
Interesting question...has Zadorov ever played the PP net front in his career?
Lysell and Poitras just have to play smarter in order to last in the NHL, use Mitch Marner as an example, small guy who has excelled in regular season hockey.
Bruinfanatic
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Poitras seems to leave himself vulnerable to big hits ,he scares me maybe less dangling more moving the puck quicker,unless Marchand can teach him how to do it better avoiding as many hits,he’s pretty good at it ,well not as much now as he was ,age and hip surgeries have taken away some of his craftiness unfortunately.
BruinsFanMike82
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This would of easily generated 5-7 more shots on net per game vs Florida last playoffs
L1 probably nets marginally more production
then we probably have a steeper dropoff than in the past
i love what we did on D, but we are rolling the dice on the offence here and I don't expect great results as-is
then we probably have a steeper dropoff than in the past
i love what we did on D, but we are rolling the dice on the offence here and I don't expect great results as-is
Sheppy
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I'm really, really liking our defense this year. It has to be among the tops in the NHL.
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This is the opportunity he's been looking for. I hope he takes the next step and runs away with it.
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