They tried fixing the PP, off season they brought in a 8 mil dollar third line center, that was going to help the PP.
Boston Bruins 24-25 Roster/Cap thread IX
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Remaining cap hit: 4,671,875
Bruins cap space: 763,980
Need to move: 3,907,885
Oesterle/McLaughlin to Prov: 557,031 each
Need to find an additional 2,793,833.
As of 5pm yesterday.
They could make the money work, but do they have the assets to aquire Kreider?
That's the million dollar question.
The true reality of this team is that the roster best sets up as this.
Zacha-X-Pastrnak
X-Lindholm-X
Marchand-Coyle-X
Beecher-Kastelic-Koepke
X
Those are some really big holes with pretty much no cap space and very few valuable tradable assists to fill them.
Right now we are filling them with Frederic, Geekie, Brazeau and Johnson who have been average or below.
We refuse to use any prospects with offensive upside Poitras, Lysell, Merkulov. At the same time these guys probably aren’t going to succeed in the spots right now anyway.
This all adds up to a .500 team. Don Sweeney has been in control of this team for over 10 years so he is responsible for where this team stands. He has big job to pull a Houdini to get the train back on track and save his job. Get to work!
Zacha-X-Pastrnak
X-Lindholm-X
Marchand-Coyle-X
Beecher-Kastelic-Koepke
X
Those are some really big holes with pretty much no cap space and very few valuable tradable assists to fill them.
Right now we are filling them with Frederic, Geekie, Brazeau and Johnson who have been average or below.
We refuse to use any prospects with offensive upside Poitras, Lysell, Merkulov. At the same time these guys probably aren’t going to succeed in the spots right now anyway.
This all adds up to a .500 team. Don Sweeney has been in control of this team for over 10 years so he is responsible for where this team stands. He has big job to pull a Houdini to get the train back on track and save his job. Get to work!
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This looks like an AHL lineup from the 1970's.
Four goons at left wing. Excellent!
Dr Quincy
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AHL doesn't share time on ice stats but from last night's game we can see shots on goal.
Divver's 1st line listed- 10 shots on goal
Divver's 2nd line listed- 5 shots on goal
Divver's 3rd line listed- 3 shots on goal
Divver's 4th line listed- 4 shots on goal
Ok again, , what evidence do you have the Lysell got 1st line minutes last night?
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wintersej
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I mean they roll the lines at 5 on 5 pretty evenly and Poitras and Lysell are on the PP. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
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What does earning a call-up look like to you? I would suggest that if the big club wasn't so hurting for any kind of offense, it would be easier to keep Lysell down and set some sort of production bar before he gets called. As it stands, they need to try to get help from somewhere, and blowing up the current roster isn't feasible or an option. Even making a trade work to get one guy that can help is not the simplest of things: Boston has a bunch of junk right now and the ones other teams might want in a trade are players they can ill-afford to let go of right now. So why not Lysell? If it doesn't work, you lose nothing you weren't going to lose anyway.
wintersej
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I hear that. You want a player to force it. I do think there is a point where the poor play of the parent club might force it. Rather than Lysell taking a job, the players at the NHL level give it away. Wouldn’t say Brazeau or Lorhei forced it either, but the team gave them chances and they ran with them enough to stick around.
His stat line seems to be generally back on track since the 10th after an uninspired start (which maybe I am more forgiving than most of a 21 year old having a pout after being sent down). As long as he doesn’t tailspin, you gotta give him an extended look at some point. I’m just not sure he is learning anymore at the AHL level right now. Maybe the reality check of playing against the best competition is what he needs. Or maybe that’s just looking at the situation with too much desperation and hope. But only one way to find out.
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He is tied for 8th on PRO(with Patrick Brown) in pts/g. For an offense only player, I'd want him to be closer to 1.0 ppg. He's at .5 ppg.
What you lose by promoting a guy who is tied for 205th in the AHL in pts? You lose part of the culture that the team likes to say they have. Look, if the team drops out of the playoff race, absolutely at that point go ahead. But I thought there were people here who didn't want to trade for prospects on other teams that wanted to be gifted spots... and now we are gifting spots? Makes little sense.
Also, there was a great article a couple years ago, I think in the Athletic about teams calling up players from the AHL, giving them games, then sending them back down, then calling them up etc. And the study "showed" that kind of thing hurts development, that guys that dominate a level before called up to the next do better. It's not 100% true all the time, but I think in general it's the better way to handle prospects.
wintersej
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Of course, with Lysell being hurt again now, it’s all moot.
Maybe moving Coyle to wing and bringing up Poitras has some merit?
Maybe moving Coyle to wing and bringing up Poitras has some merit?
GIfting? If the guys sucks he goes back. They just did it with Merk. Anyway, I am not one of the ones you are talking about in terms of gifting spots for other team's prospects. I'm in favor of any kind of offensive help right now. As for the culture- how's that working out for them? The culture *should* be whatever wins hockey games, not some mystical bullshit that they aren't living up to anyway. They are out of the playoffs right now. Lysell may not be any sort of answer, but they need some help scoring and don't have a lot of realistic options.
wintersej
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It’s too bad Buffalo is your direct competition. Carlo and Frederic for one on their young forwards and Joker or Clifton could help out both teams and works on the cap.
Carlo ,Coyle and a second pick. Rangers can send back one of their fourth rounders.
Bruins bring up Sweezey to take Carlo's spot
Healthy wrap are you laughing because we need to give up more? Okay then how about make it a first for taken our trash?
Healthy Wrap
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You’ve got some of the most entertaining takes on this board
If we're being honest with ourselves they gift spots every year, generally to vets, who get outplayed in camp/preseason and are given an insane amount of leash.
I'm not saying Lysell has earned it, but you have a guy like Merk for example who I'd argue earned a spot with his play in the AHL, who is then given 3 games in the bottom 6 while they force feed a guy like Geekie top 6 minutes. What message does that send exactly to the guys in the AHL? What does that provide to the culture of the team?
Incorrect with #27 out they now have the money
Problem is new York is not sending him here or anywhere without getting a top 6 back
Hows that?
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Lindholm is not on LTIR.
And LTIR is not free money.
