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Boston Bruins 24-25 Roster/Cap thread XVI

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22Brad Park said:
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.
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Yes and he is older but the same logic would apply to McAvoy, damaged shoulders at that cap hit. The problem is the league knows about these injures, so who will give them a fair deal.

Just sell and get draft picks
 
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Bruins GM Don Sweeney open for business

“We will look at all opportunities to improve our team now but even more importantly moving forward,” said Bruins GM Sweeney.
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Don’t expect any help to coming to the Bruins’ battered blue line any time soon. And largely because of that, we could well see some veterans being moved by the March 7 deadline

In a wide-ranging session with reporters, Bruins’ GM Don Sweeney said that, due to some complications in his recovery, Hampus Lindholm is unlikely to play again this season while Charlie McAvoy, though recovering from his shoulder injury and resulting infection, has no timetable for his recovery at the moment.

But Sweeney steadfastly stayed away from voicing any displeasure he may have had with the care McAvoy received from the Minnesota Wild medical team while with Team USA, something that was widely inferred from the team release from Bruins’ team physician Dr. Peter Asnis that detailed the infection and “significant” shoulder injury McAvoy suffered in the USA-Finland game….

While Sweeney conceded it is hard to turn off his “competitive nature” as the B’s are still in the playoff hunt – they’re currently in 10th place one point out of a spot, though other teams have game sin hand – he did say that the path is now open to possibly move some UFAs, which include Trent Frederic, Justin Brazeau, Cole Koepke, Riley Tufte, Parker Wotherspoon and Michael Callahan (Group 6). While the UFAs are the most vulnerable to moved, Sweeney didn’t rule anything out. He didn’t rule out acquiring players if it made sense, either. But the team is in future mode.

“We will look at all opportunities to improve our team now but even more importantly moving forward,” said Sweeney.

Also on that UFA list is captain Brad Marchand, but his stature puts him in a different category. Marchand has said he’d like to remain a Bruin for life. Sweeney said he’d like to accommodate him, though the two sides are now down to the nitty-gritty to get an extension done with less than two weeks to go till the trade deadline.

“That’s always been my ultimate goal,” said Sweeney. “We’ve had negotiations with Brad and communications with him throughout the year. We’ll have to have a conversation now that 4 Nations is over, sit down with Brad and his representatives and have a clearer path in the next two weeks as to what his final outcome will be.”
 
JCRO said:
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
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"Healing process has gone well and he'll have no setbacks moving forward, but it's going to take more time for him to heal naturally so we decided it's more constructive for him to not continue to push the way he had been pushing and allow it to heal more naturally."
 
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PlayMakers said:
On the deadline...

"Historically we've been pretty aggressive when our team's been in position, [this time] I think we'll take a much more cautious approach. That being said if there are opportunities to improve our team now and certainly moving forward, we would look at all opportunities to improve our team now and more importantly moving forward. "

Asked if that means he'd be willing to trade away players on the roster he prattled on but basically said yes.

The only time he spoke plainly was on the 4 Nations and how great it was and what a great experience he had.
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He's slippery in the press conferences which is why I don't listen to him. He never says anything definitive when it comes to the team and always leaves himself an out or some kind of plausible deniability.
 
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Dr Hook said:
He's slippery in the press conferences which is why I don't listen to him. He never says anything definitive when it comes to the team and always leaves himself an out or some kind of plausible deniability.
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Yeah, it's gross. I defend his performance but I don't understand his need to be so cagey and guarded. All fans want to hear is the plan. Why make the media sift through all the jargon to get down to... we're going to re-tool? Is it so the players don't figure out you're throwing up the white flag? If the media can figure it out so can the players, and everyone is going to know in less than 2 weeks.

This shit irks me to no end. Maybe that's why he does it.
 
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With Hampus & McAvoy likely done for the year that should really be the final bullet to the head for the 2025 Bruins.

Marchand = 1st + prospect
Frederic = 2nd
Coyle = 2nd + 3rd
Peeke = 2nd, maybe you can sell a team on his increased ice time & extra year for a 1st.
Brazeau = 3rd.

I trade Geekie & Carlo if we get a really good offer but I'm not trading them for nothing especially with their contract statuses. 1st + prospect for each.
 
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Sweeney said no paths for the other UFA other than Marchand who will either be re-upped or traded the next two weeks.

Freddy gone. Brazeau gone / sent down. Seems like the window is into the summer for the RFA but would move them for similar players.

I personally think he would jump at the chance to move Coyle as well

I thought it was a good presser from Don, clearly not buying
 
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PlayMakers said:
Yeah, it's gross. I defend his performance but I don't understand his need to be so cagey and guarded. All fans want to hear is the plan. Why make the media sift through all the jargon to get down to... we're going to re-tool? Is it so the players don't figure out you're throwing up the white flag? If the media can figure it out so can the players, and everyone is going to know in less than 2 weeks.

This shit irks me to no end. Maybe that's why he does it.
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He’s not to get up and say we’ve quit on the season and we’re having a fire sale.

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McBrom7 said:
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.
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If they approach this right, this really could be the first step into developing into a REAL contender again. Unfortunately, I don´t think Sweeney really has the vision to see this.
 
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Doesn’t seem vague to me. Pretty clear there’s a direction they are taking. IMO that’s about as clear you can make it without outright naming guys and their prices.
 
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LouJersey said:
Sweeney said no paths for the other UFA other than Marchand who will either be re-upped or traded the next two weeks.

Freddy gone. Brazeau gone / sent down. Seems like the window is into the summer for the RFA but would move them for similar players.

I personally think he would jump at the chance to move Coyle as well

I thought it was a good presser from Don, clearly not buying
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“We will look at all opportunities to improve our team now but even more importantly moving forward,” said Sweeney.

So there has been no "Looking" at all, up to this point?

What about Geekie?

Native American name should be "Sits on hands"
 
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