With Marchand as I always say IMO it's up to him, but those conversations should at least be occurring. Otherwise yeah Carlo and Frederic should be getting shopped heavily. Coyle too.
My keepers are Pasta, Sway and Hampus Lindholm. Probably McAvoy too but if they did want to really shake up the inner core he's the one to go IMO. That's IF.
I would happily see Elias Lindholm moved, but so soon after signing a long-term deal it seems extremely unlikely. Zadorov I'm not too fussed about. Overpaid but ok. Again, probably not going anywhere at this point.
Would prefer to keep Zacha, Geekie, Kastelic and Lohrei. Zacha annoys me in some ways but he is an overall solid and versatile player who works pretty well with Pasta and is on a decent deal. Lohrei remains a project but I still really like the upside and I back him in.
The rest I'm not too bothered about either way. Poitras is a good, smart kid with talent but the question marks on him at the top level are still there, IMO. If someone has a good offer involving him I'm listening. Need to see more of Lysell before making a call there. Bruins' management themselves don't seem convinced though which is not a great sign.
They need a 1C, a top 6 winger (probably a 2RW), a solid, dependable 2RD who is not Carlo, some speed and some grit/mental toughness. That's asking for a lot in the space of one deadline and an offseason. Do they have the pieces and cap space to make it happen? Probably unlikely, but if you're serious about a quick re-tool and trying to bounce straight back next year, you need to tick at least most of those boxes to have a good chance of executing it effectively. It's going to be a real challenge, if they try it at all.
