Boston Bruins 24-25 Roster/Cap thread XVI

[JCRO]

Is Hampus being shutdown when he seemed to be so close a sign that management is heading down one path or has recovery gone wrong for Hampus?

Obviously hoping it’s the former

 

[sarge88]

How have we gone from "Lindholm is back skating in a regular jersey and will probably be ready to go after the break" to "He's likely done for the rest of the year" in the matter of a week? Seems to me that there was never any hope of him coming back in the first place and we just got strung along lol

Maybe that….or it could be that they’re being realistic about their chances to make the playoffs or do anything if they do.

I wonder what his prognosis would be if they were the 1 seed right now?

 

[BlackFrancis]

I wonder what his prognosis would be if they were the 1 seed right now?

Same, same - only Vegas style.

 

[BruinsFanMike82]

Sweeney said that Hampus is going back in for a procedure next week to remove some of the hardware in his knee because it's creating irritation.

 

[PlayMakers]

Why hold a press conference if you're not going to say anything.

 

[Oates2Neely]

So with Hampus out Sweeney could LTIR him and add a good player at the trade deadline assuming one is available. A young player with term on his contract.

 

[quietbruinfan]

Bad news about Hampus ......darn Knee must be hairline fracturing or swelling or God knows what....I agree with McBrom and others put both d on Ltir and do what you can to rebuild.

 

[BruinsJoe]

Hard retool need to be done on 2 years path...

Need capspace to sign top 6 players cause they have only Pasta and Zacha as a top 6 guy.

Need picks to retool the futur so trade every ufa and rfa including Marchy who will get the best return 100%. Signe Marchy for 1mil if he want to be back...

Trade guys who have terms to get capspace, so Coyle and Carlo need to go, we all know we will not win with them, it willbe 9mil in cap space and get some picks for them

Play young guns til the end and get in top 10 mix for a good prospect maybe Desnoyers...

RETOOL DOOOOON! But we know he want to see what this team could look next year..
Smell stand path imo!

 

[22Brad Park]

Bad news about Hampus ......darn Knee must be hairline fracturing or swelling or God knows what....I agree with McBrom and others put both d on Ltir and do what you can to rebuild.

I was GM,I would try as hard as I could to move Hampus when he gets back and shows he can play again.That knee will only get worse as time goes by and the miles get added to it.,,,,,,,,,,,...Just looked ,,,He has a nmc next season forget it ..lol Sweeney gives everyone control.

 

[Absurdity]

 

[quietbruinfan]

I was GM,I would try as hard as I could to move Hampus when he gets back and shows he can play again.That knee will only get worse as time goes by and the miles get added to it.He has a nmc next season forget it ..lol Sweeney gives everyone control.

Unfortunately, that is probably the right thing to do. Hampus' game depends on his agility......this bodes very badly for it and him.

 

[JCRO]

Both top D on LTIR and now you’re really ready to facilitate and take on contracts for other teams that are in the hunt and trying to add while shedding contracts

 

[22Brad Park]

Unfortunately, that is probably the right thing to do. Hampus' game depends on his agility......this bodes very badly for it and him.

Well he has a full no trade next season and limited no trade rest the way after that.Least they will have time to evaluate him

 

[BlackFrancis]

Reminder: the last contract Sweeney "took on" was Korpisalo's.

Buyer beware.

 

[sarge88]

Both top D on LTIR and now you’re really ready to facilitate and take on contracts for other teams that are in the hunt and trying to add while shedding contracts

Any idea what the deadline cap space becomes if those two go on LTIR?

 

[JCRO]

Any idea what the deadline cap space becomes if those two go on LTIR?

I was wondering the same thing and just went looking. Didn’t see anything yet. I’m sure Dom or the folks who run the bruins cap space twitter will have some figures as we get closer to the TDL.

 

[shelbysdad]

I don’t think there’s a coach in the world who can improve his puck skills at this stage if his career.

He’s absolutely useless, nay, detrimental to the team with the puck on his stick.

Does "he" have a name?
Call me late to the party...

 

[Forester65]

So with Hampus out Sweeney could LTIR him and add a good player at the trade deadline assuming one is available. A young player with term on his contract.

A young player named Clark Kent and we’ll be cooking with gas.

 

[shelbysdad]

With Hampus shut down, it would be really interesting to see if they could potentially 'weaponize' their cap space for the remainder of the year.

Put Hampus and McAvoy on LTIR and then taking expiring bad contracts on for draft pick compensation. Who that would be I'm not sure. Definitely an avenue I would explore though.

This is a golden ticket to tank for one year then come back next year with hopefully a great prospect.

If that is possible, good idea
A dump from a good team that this would give them more cap
It's our turn to do something like this

 

[goldenblack]

Well Sweenius and Neely, we are here. Hampus probably done. Who knows on Charlie.

If you want to accelerate this re-<insert word you want to use> (tool, build etc), weaponize that cap space. Go give contenders cap flexibility, and get us some ammo!

This Bruins fan will be MASSIVELY disappointed if they don't. How about you?

 

[sarge88]

Does "he" have a name?
Call me late to the party...

Sorry. Carlo.

 

[pucksindeep92]

Pretty clear Sweeney is playing an attendance game. Trying to keep ticket sales as high as possible for the rest of the year by not sounding alarmist despite the writing on the wall. He uses vague language to disguise plans that harm someone from buying seats for the next 24 games in the next 2 weeks.

I see them moving on from some obvious players but bringing people back in return (three team deals with bad expiring contracts maybe) simply to staff the roster through the end of the season.

This is Sweeney for “We want Brad here but just like moved on from our captain in Chara, we will trade Brad if I don’t hear different numbers from the last discussion.”
Doesn’t mean they cant’t/ won’t re-convene in the summer or even plan to do that so buyers are on the hook.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Pretty clear Sweeney is playing an attendance game. Trying to keep ticket sales as high as possible for the rest of the year by not sounding alarmist despite the writing on the wall. He uses vague language to disguise plans that harm someone from buying seats for the next 24 games in the next 2 weeks.

I see them moving on from some obvious players but bringing people back in return (three team deals with bad expiring contracts maybe) simply to staff the roster through the end of the season.

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This is Sweeney for “We want Brad here but just like moved on from our captain in Chara, we will trade Brad if I don’t hear different numbers from the last discussion.”
Doesn’t mean they cant’t/ won’t re-convene in the summer or even plan to do that so buyers are on the hook.

The tickets are already sold with season tickets. The public sales will be fine regardless for the rest of this season. He needs to concerned about next season with renewals all ready out

 

[Bruin4]

Reminder: the last contract Sweeney "took on" was Korpisalo's.

Buyer beware.

Expiring is key. If he takes on any. Or retain on his own expiring contracts.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Sign a team friendly deal Brad in the next two weeks or pick a team you want to play with in the playoffs and we will see what we can do.