Boston Bruins 24-25 Roster/Cap thread - Linus traded to Sens

[Over the volcano]

All this trade does is save us about a million dollars. Bad stuff from Sweeney bad.

And recoups a 1st round pick

 

[Thomas 11]

Thank you Linus for 3 great year’s. Your goal against the nucks is a favourite memory. You seemed like a great guy and a great teammate. Best of luck to you on your new team.

 

[UncleRico]

Not to blame Ullmark just saying it all comes down to him not willing to sign an extension that’s why the return drop dramatically..

It’s now even a drop in return for me. It’s just a return that I would have canceled the entire trade over and just kept Ullmark. I want nothing to do with korpisalos contract.

 

[MattFromFranklin]

I just don't get the urgency. Dougie Hamilton revisited

Sweeney should've been fired on the spot for how he handled the Hamilton trade. Friedman said that Sweeney rushed the trade and that there were other GM's, who would've made offers, that were angry when the trade went down because they had no idea that Hamilton was available. James Mirtle of the Athletic said that Sweeney turned down "much higher firsts" than 15th overall. Friedman also wrote that things were close with Colorado, so they were likely one of those teams offering a higher first. So if Mirtle and Friedman are to be believed, Sweeney essentially turned down Mikko Rantanen. I'd love to know who the other teams were that offered higher firsts. My guess is that Columbus was another team (8th overall), as they needed D and were interested in Hamilton. Philadelphia may have been another team.

 

[Therick67]

They have two really good prospects in Providence that they could pay peanuts. They have other needs, like top 6 talent.

 

[OV]

75% for the Bruins for a goalie they don't need. Horrible trade. # Fire Sweeney Now.

Never know if they're gonna keep him....think Martin Jones.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Which pick will we be giving the Flyers to take him?

Torts likes him and he was good for him in the past. With us retaining would be nice to get a third

 

[Tommy Tubs]

And

Y'know what? I'm going to look at this with a glass half full approach.

There's a non-zero chance that Goalie Bob gets Korpi back to a .920

And if he does, it changes ntiohign about this trade.

Players have values. They would have paid you to take 75% of that contract off their hands. Probably would have given most, if not all, of what we acquired in this deal.

Nothing changes that. His value is his value.

If I trade you $20 for $1 and I buy a winning lottery ticket with it, it doesn't mean I was a genius to make that trade.

 

[DiggityDog]

It’s going to be pretty lit watching that 1st round pick contribute 5 years from now.

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

Hmmm- Bruins can retain 25% on Korpi as you can’t go past 50% total on retention. They can flip and retain 25% and 50% retained Korpi would be attractive to a number of teams that need goaltending. Hope that is the thinking and another deal is in the works.

I don't think this is true. I think the Bruins can retain half of what his current cap hit is in Boston.

 

[Fenian24]

It’s going to be pretty lit watching that 1st round pick contribute 5 years from now.

In what league?

 

[Dr Hook]

Even if this comes to fruition, was it worth moving Ullmark for a 25th overall, + pedestrian prospect, and eating 1m cap for next 4 years? Was that the best deal? At that point I’d say move Ullmark for a 2nd or 3rd and you don’t have to take on Korpisalo. Am I crazy? As we’ve seen in the past, a million here & there can handcuff a franchise. This seems silly. Nobody wants Korpisalo even at 2m

I’m have no idea- we’d have to see what it is, if anything, before judging .

 

[CDJ]

Are we still pretending like the bruins are bad at drafting?

 

[Dr Hook]

I don't think this is true. I think the Bruins can retain half of what his current cap hit is in Boston.

I thought for sure a player’s total cap retention can’t be more than 50% across whatever. Guess we need to look it up

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

I don't think this is true. I think the Bruins can retain half of what his current cap hit is in Boston.

Correct

I thought for sure a player’s total cap retention can’t be more than 50% across whatever. Guess we need to look it up

Double retention can get you to 25%. Happened a bunch.

 

[BruinDust]

We are not going to agree on team building, even though they added a player I like in Kastellic I feel this is a horrible trade.

I want toughness that can skate, apparently Kastellic isn't so slow. We will see how Sweeney builds his 4th line, I have a feeling that he will find a way to disappoint people who want a tough 4th line vs people who want a more skilled, faster 4th line, he will find a way to have a slow, passive 4th line.

Why is the 4th line a priority at all?

Should just be revolving door. I want more speed on that line, but I really don't care about more skill. I just want the bad skaters off the team. If you can't skate, you can't play. That should be the mantra.

We need to get past this concept of an everyday set-in-stone 4th line or some sort of identity line. That time has passed.

 

[neelynugs]

Korpisalo will probably be decent to good on Boston. Issue is Boston treated him like an asset and not a dump by Ottawa.

this has generally been the issue. the players he got - korpisalo and let's say peeke - should be fine to good in their roles.
but both were negative assets (peeke less so than korpi), and sweeney treated them as actual assets. we'll see what
happens over the next week, but this is a pretty terrible start (buttttttt like you, looking forward to having the 25th pick...
at least watching the draft will be more entertaining).

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Why is the 4th line a priority at all?

Should just be revolving door. I want more speed on that line, but I really don't care about more skill. I just want the bad skaters off the team. If you can't skate, you can't play. That should be the mantra.

We need to get past this concept of an everyday set-in-stone 4th line or some sort of identity line. That time has passed.

Why is it a priority when you have Beecher, Boqvist, Brazeau, Kuntar, Lauko…???

 

[Therick67]

It’s going to be pretty lit watching that 1st round pick contribute 5 years from now.

Donny had to have something to do this weekend..

 

[The don godfather]

Watch korpi with respectable numbers and you all comeback on the Donny train again. Not sure i want you guys back on the bandwagon with all the hate. Let's go korpi prove them all wrong! Excited about being in the 1st round too. Hope we find a pasta.

 

[NeelyDan]

And I mean, the guy was fantastic chemistry wise in that room

God this was stupid

 

[PlayMakers]

The deal is definitely disappointing. I'm not trying to downplay that fact, but...

We don't know how limited Ullmark's NTC made this deal. He could have blocked all the teams that wanted him. Remember what we paid for Taylor Hall because of his NTC. I know Ullmark was only 16 or 17 teams, but if you put the 5 teams that need goalies on that list then Ullmark has control. My guess is they had a deal in place for a signed Ullmark, (which was the one we heard about and were excited about) and they had a deal in place for an unsigned Ullmark which is what we got.

 

[NeelyDan]

Watch korpi with respectable numbers and comeback on the Donny train again. Not sure i want you guys back on the bandwagon with all the hate. Let's go korpi prove them all wrong! Excited about being in the 1st round too. Hope we find a pasta.

Those Doritos you like so much have better hockey takes

 

[LouJersey]

And recoups a 1st round pick

True, atleast we can now pretend the Tyler Bertuzzi era was just a fever dream.

 

[SPV]

I thought for sure a player’s total cap retention can’t be more than 50% across whatever. Guess we need to look it up

I’m pretty sure it’s more. Lots of double retention trades have been made