I trade him cause probably his value right now is high and i dont thing he's more than a 3rd liner
Clearly Carlo is a top 4 guy in any team...but yes he struggle this year like the entire team
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Sheppy
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Here's one for ya.
To Minnesota
Brandon Carlo
4th round pick
To Boston
Jake Middleton
To Minnesota
Brandon Carlo
4th round pick
To Boston
Jake Middleton
what do you consider short money, and no way 2 years, and no way on bonuses, like Krejci and Bergeron, flat deal or nothing but again, move on.
Sheppy
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Ready to play was a big issue for the forwards and Swayman. A bunch of new players learning the ropes on / off ice, and most importantly injuries to key D core. That and more lead to ‘hard to judge’ this team. Hold steady for 5 games when Hampus is back in / up to par again. This team is built for the playoffs. I still believe. Trade Fred and Braz. A healthy D core will help all forwards become more productive.
Coach Parker
Stanley Cup Champion
This is it for me. Someone who can play with Pastrnak. Poitras tries to beat out Lindholm for the 2nd line duties when he is ready.
Coach Parker
Stanley Cup Champion
I've been screaming for people to assess him after the playoffs and not 4 months into a 7 year deal.
Bruin4
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That's a head scratch-er for sure. Id trade Carlo, but his value is quite a bit higher than that, and I like Middleton,
When he's good, he's one of the better 2nd pair RHD in the league. So do we know if Middleton play RHD? It's not as easy as you think if they haven't done it before.
22Brad Park
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Other than one year with Gaudreau and Thachuk, he is just a 40point player, so we should only judge him on one playoff that everyone is excited about, not for 8 mil and 30 years old on top of it .............awful signing!
ON3M4N
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Sounds great, but how many guys actually fit this and would be available?
What do we consider "young"
What defines a "top 6 center"
That's interesting. Along with the obvious talent issue I see lack of grit as a big problem. On both sides. I see Marchy as the only top 9 F with serious jam and I don't think you can can rely on the 4th line to provide it. I mean I wish 11 was truly intense and hard to play against but he just isn't. Defensively it's an extremely ungritty group. I just don't see it, and bringing TZ in can only exacerbate the issue. We need some hard cases in our group, some aggression and nasty. And I don't mean fighters
22Brad Park
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Moving Lohrei is just the opposite of what this organization needs.The Flyers are a team that is trying to get younger and it's taking them time, I surely admit .That said they made the type trade I want the Bruins to make.They traded Claude Giroux,Connor Bunnaman ,German Rubtsov & a 5th rd pick in 2024 for Owen Tippet, 1st rd pick in 2024 & 3rd pick in 2023.Now it does not need to include the extra stuff but the player that the Flyers acquired checks alot of boxes.This would be type players I want Bruins to aquire .I am just giving example here by the way.
Kegs
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As far as I can tell Toronto, Boston, Tampa, Vegas and Florida are the grittiest teams to play against. I could be wrong. Just the eye test. These are the teams that are most likely to finish their checks. Almost every bruin finishes his checks. Even zacha finishes his checks.
Bruin4
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If the Bruins could deal Marchand an acquire a player similar to tippet, Sweeney would be herald as the savior moving forward. I hope that happens, but first he has to be committed to dealing him, which im not to sure he is.
22Brad Park
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I have no idea how the Bruins are handling the situation..Would Marchand get a say or are they thinking playoffs still
.That said though, if they move Marchand then this is the type deal I am hoping for.
No time like present for Joe Sacco to crack whip on Bruins team lacking identity - The Boston Globe
Sacco's Bruins sit 10th in the 16-team Eastern Conference field, with only eight playoff bids available. A big three-game week starts Tuesday when the Wild visit TD Garden.
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In the crowded race that is the NHL’s Eastern Conference, the Bruins found themselves on a familiar patch of turf Monday, running a distant 10th in the16-horse field with 28 games to go before the finish line. Next up, the visiting Wild, the NHL’s top road team (20-6-3), Tuesday night at the Garden. Then it’s the Rangers 24 hours later at Madison Square Garden, followed by the Golden Knights here Saturday for what will be the Black and Gold’s final test prior to the protracted 4 Nations Face-Off hiatus.
If this were truly a horse race, now would be the time for jockey Joe Sacco to employ the whip hand. The interim coach, 18-13-3 (.574) since taking over the bench in November, needs to wring every ounce of will from a club that has been challenged to score goals and equally fighting to keep pucks out of its net.
Tough race to win with such a lack of identity.
Which is why the so-so Black and Gold, neither scorers nor defenders be, will carry that eyesore minus-26 goal differential into the matchup against the Wild (plus-3). In their 20 games when Jim Montgomery was still the coach, the Bruins were minus-21. That pattern was set and thus far near impossible to break.
It’s time for the Bruins either to separate, or be left in the wake of the thundering herd.
“We talked about that before the Ranger game,” said Sacco, referring toSaturday’s 6-3 home win over New York. “We need to treat the four games (Saturday included) like playoff hockey — kind of what we’re looking at. The mind-set we need as a group right now.”
Key ingredients of that thinking would include:
▪ A refortified forecheck. Such was the plan going into the season, relying on fast legs and hunting pucks as a means to produce goals rather than from gifted hands (which have proven few, beyond the two that belong to David Pastrnak). The third and fourth lines in particular need to step up the pace of skating and determination.
▪ A revitalized power play. The Bruins scored twice (Charlie McAvoy, Pavel Zacha) on the advantage vs. the Rangers — only the third time this season they have scored more than once with their popgun PP. They have gone 4 for 8 on the advantage across the last three games. Not exactly the rebirth of the late-’70s Flying Frenchmen, or even the early-’80s Mesmerizing Stastnys, but encouraging, almost good.
▪ Timely, focused goaltending. It’s not always the total stops, but when the stops are made. Too often of late, backstops Jeremy Swayman and Joonas Korpisalo have yielded key goals in less than a minute after the Bruins have gone ahead on the scoreboard or pulled into a deadlock.
A dazzling week that includes three statement games out of their No. 1 goalie would be the perfect way for the Bruins to go into the break. Swayman (17-17-4) only once this season has strung together three W’s (Dec. 1, 4, 7). Pressure? Sure. But it’s precisely the type of scenario the ex-Maine Black Bear said he craved. It’s here. Seems the perfect time to grab it, prove it.
Per Sacco, it now looks like high-end defenseman Hampus Lindholm will not be back until after the 4 Nations break, his knee still needing time to recover from a Nov. 12 injury. Fellow blue liner Mike Callahan, who exited early Saturday when an errant puck knocked out three lower teeth, should be able to suit up vs. the Wild. Rugged forward Mark Kastelic, dinged up of late, practiced Monday and should be good to go, too. Kastelic can be a key contributor in the essential forechecking game.
The season has reached the two-thirds mark. It’s getting very late in the race. Tuesday post time: 7:08 p.m. We’ll see if Sacco has that whip hand, and if he understands now is the time to crack it.
Bruin4
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I have no idea how the Bruins are handling the situation..Would Marchand get a say or are they thinking playoffs still
Let me answer that for you then.
No way Sweeney moves Marchand. It would be him waving the white flag on a team he went all in on during the off season with his FA signings. He'll make a small add and convince himself that Lindholm is their big add at the deadline. Sweeney giving up on a season while being this close to playoff revenue is not in his DNA.
22Brad Park
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Well either way is fine by me far as Marchand goes .He is a Bruins legend when it's all said & done.Let me answer that for you then.
No way Sweeney moves Marchand. It would be him waving the white flag on a team he went all in on during the off season with his FA signings. He'll make a small add and convince himself that Lindholm is their big add at the deadline. Sweeney giving up on a season while being this close to playoff revenue is not in his DNA.
22Brad Park
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