Boston Bruins 24-25 Roster/Cap thread XVII

[22Brad Park]

At this deadline and before July 1st, I'm moving:

Beecher
Coyle
Carlo
Geekie
Frederic
Brazeau

And giving Coyle's cap space and money to Marchand for 3 years to retire a Bruin. Tell him he's 3rd line and passing the C on after year one. He'll be Lindholm's LW and have a rookie on the RW as the two of them bring up a RW with a future 2nd line RW role.

Marchand though could net you the most .I think I would trade him myself and I never thought I would say that ever.It is a way to get the C off him to because he is not really what I want at captain.Bring him back in summer to finish it out but not as captain.

 

[Coach Parker]

Marchand though could net you the most .I think I would trade him myself and I never thought I would say that ever.It is a way to get the C off him to because he is not really what I want at captain.Bring him back in summer to finish it out but not as captain.

I could see that, give Pastrnak the C over the summer before the draft then re-sign Brad July 1st for Coyle's money.

 

[bp14]

Draft a centre be my plan if they can fall low enough .I do not want to waste any more money on other teams problems


Rather Pionk then Ekblad if I had to choose but both are 29

Oh yea. I’m excited to watch Sweeney draft another center. He’s been great at that.

 

[22Brad Park]

Oh yea. I’m excited to watch Sweeney draft another center. He’s been great at that.

What has he been good at ? If Bruins can get low enough though not even he could mess that up

 

[Coach Parker]

2025 - 2026 Roster

Zacha - XXX - Pastrnak
XXX - Poitras - XXX
Marchand - Lindholm - XXX
XXX - Kastelic - XXX
XXX

Trade Coyle. Re-sign Marchand.

Zadorov - McAvoy
Lindholm - XXX
Lohrei - Peeke
Oesterle

Trade Carlo.

Swayman
Korpisalo

1. Give Coyle's money to Marchand to finish as a Bruin.
2. Use the $28.5 million in CAP space next year on TWO top six. Fill the rest in with Lysell and young talent in the system.

Here's the list for July 1st:

https://puckpedia.com/players/search?q=2024-25-ufa

Possible options with this roster and 28.5 million in cap space:

1. Trade for Pettersson (11.6)
2. Sign Marner or Rantanen (13)
3. Trade for a retained Seth Jones (6.5) *I added this in because it has nothing to do with top 6 C help so it's likely what Sweeney will do.*
4. Trade for Barzal (9.15)
5. Offer-sheet Wyatt Johnston
6. Offer-sheet Mason McTavish
7. Sign Sam Bennett (7.5)
8. Trade for Trevor Zegras (5.75)
9. Trade for Tomas Hertl (6.75)
10. Can't even find a 10th, the Center depth available via UFA, RFA or trade is that low.

 

[pucksindeep92]

Let's say you get a 1st (Carlo), two 2nds (Geekie and Frederic), a 3rd (Coyle) and two 4ths (Brazeau and Wotherspoon) for the above.

Take that and offer it for Pettersson, Barzal, etc and see what sticks. Then come back with a healthy 1st line C, healthy G, healthy top 4 D and a shiny new prospect in the system (this years' 1st).

I think you could probably expect a little more than two 2nds and a 3rd for all of Geekie, Coyle and Frederic, and that’s before retaining. I’d rather go hard for Byfield than Pettersson (pass on buying Barzal) if there is a chicken dicks chance either is available.

Also, I think the Canycks in a playoff spot would just prefer some of these players over all picks, but are unlikely to trade their star center without someone going back to replace him. His salary, recent issues team/production wise, and cost to acquire though isn’t worth it, rather settle for Zegras at half the price knowing he’d likely hit 75pts in his first year with Pasta.

LA you might have a better shot with on trading for Byfield offering Carlo, Geekie, and Coyle together with big retained money , or something centered around Marchand who would mesh well for them.

 

[22Brad Park]

Possible options with this roster and 28.5 million in cap space:

1. Trade for Pettersson (11.6)
2. Sign Marner or Rantanen (13)
3. Trade for a retained Seth Jones (6.5) *I added this in because it has nothing to do with top 6 C help so it's likely what Sweeney will do.*
4. Trade for Barzal (9.15)
5. Offer-sheet Wyatt Johnston
6. Offer-sheet Mason McTavish
7. Sign Sam Bennett (7.5)
8. Trade for Trevor Zegras (5.75)
9. Trade for Tomas Hertl (6.75)
10. Can't even find a 10th, the Center depth available via UFA, RFA or trade is that low.

The offer sheets are intriguing for good young players.Be cheaper then other options above is a solid bet.The rest don't interest me personally.

 

[Turd Fergus]

2025 - 2026 Roster

Zacha - XXX - Pastrnak
XXX - Poitras - XXX
Marchand - Lindholm - XXX
XXX - Kastelic - XXX
XXX

Trade Coyle. Re-sign Marchand.


Zadorov - McAvoy
Lindholm - XXX
Lohrei - Peeke
Oesterle

Trade Carlo.

Swayman
Korpisalo

1. Give Coyle's money to Marchand to finish as a Bruin.
2. Use the $28.5 million in CAP space next year on TWO top six. Fill the rest in with Lysell and young talent in the system.

Here's the list for July 1st:

https://puckpedia.com/players/search?q=2024-25-ufa

If Poitras is your 2C don’t expect to win many games.

 

[Gordoff]

Donny should resign him if offers are putrid.

You're addicted to mediocrity aren't you.

 

[Gordoff]

He's the one player in the league with a no trade list that doesn't include Winnipeg?

Grew up in Minnesota just miles over the border from Winnepeg. I guess he's accustomed to it. Anyway, go watch the interview that Gordon Howe and others have put up.

 

[Dr Quincy]

Possible options with this roster and 28.5 million in cap space:

1. Trade for Pettersson (11.6)
2. Sign Marner or Rantanen (13)
3. Trade for a retained Seth Jones (6.5) *I added this in because it has nothing to do with top 6 C help so it's likely what Sweeney will do.*
4. Trade for Barzal (9.15)
5. Offer-sheet Wyatt Johnston
6. Offer-sheet Mason McTavish
7. Sign Sam Bennett (7.5)
8. Trade for Trevor Zegras (5.75)
9. Trade for Tomas Hertl (6.75)
10. Can't even find a 10th, the Center depth available via UFA, RFA or trade is that low.

Anaheim has far more cap space than Boston this offseason and has pretty much the same exact record this year (so you can't say he'd sign in Boston "to win"). It's unlikely he'd sign an offer sheet from Boston, and if he did, it's extremely unlikely ANA wouldn't match.