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Boston Bruins 24-25 Roster/Cap thread XVIII ( if trades occur use specific trade thread)

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yazmybaby said:
If we trade Geekie for a pick plus a prospect, think of what this means to Pasta and Zacha, who the heck is going to play on their line?
We have to keep some players on this team for next season, have only eight forwards on the roster ( signed or RFA).
And those eight are comprised of mostly 3rd and 4th liners.
I would rather keep Geekie and trade Coyle. We have Zacha /EL and Potsy as Centers and can hopefully draft one of the top 5 centers this year.
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If an offer comes like geekie for a 1st and a high 2nd this year draft I'll drive morgan to the airport. 😃
 
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Absurdity said:
I see Geekie as a bit better prime Craig Smith. His current shooting percentage is at 17.5% which isn't sustainable. He's doing a good job getting open for Pastrnak's passes, but his shot isn't that accurate. Teams are leaving him open 5on5 and on the PP because they would rather take the chance double teaming Pastrnak to shut him down and the offensive rush 5on5 as well as take the chance on Geekie's shot accuracy on the PP.

With that said, I like Geekie. I see him as a flex top 9 forward that can play all three positions, but it all depends what he's asking for on his next deal.


Marchand or a player the Bruins trade for.
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He's way better than Smith who even in his prime wasn't much of a player IMO. Strictly a volume shooter. Never wanted him here, cringed when they signed him.

Is his shooting % sustainable? No. Fact is, in the past 40 games, he's scored 19 goals and 10 assists, and he only recently has found himself on the 1st PP unit.

He's a complimentary player, I don't expect 40 goals and 20 assists over a full season. But 25-30 goals is still a very useful player. You say his shot isn't accurate but he's the 2nd best shooter on this team by a country mile. It's a shooters league now, one reason why the Bruins this year suck, nowhere near enough shooting talent.

Only way I deal him is an severe overpayment by another team, or outlandish contract demands.
 
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goldenblack said:
I think Marchy being weekt to week more or less seals him staying put. They can't take a lowball return on him.
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While I ultimately think he stays. This isn’t necessarily true.

Any team acquiring him would be doing so for the playoffs which is still a month+ away. I don’t think him being injured would dampen the return.
 
BruinDust said:
At some point you need to move on from long-standing players. In their defense, Krejci came at such a low cap number it would of been hard to say no.

I'll just take last off-season. They should of been able to predict Coyle's production coming back down to earth. Maybe not to this degree, but he just turned 33 in a league getting younger every day. They went out and signed basically his younger (albeit not much younger) replacement in Elias Lindholm, making Coyle redundant.

Meanwhile, what they really needed to focus on was finding a #2 scoring forward to slot behind Pastrnak in the pecking order, pushing Marchand down to #3, because at 36 going on 37, safe bet he would start to regress and he has. If they wanted Lindholm, move out Coyle, create some cap space to address the more pressing issues. If you really wanted Zadorov, did you need Brandon Carlo AND Andrew Peeke?

Simply put, they got their priorities of what this team needed messed up. Then factor in an abject failure to find capable players for the bottom half of the roster. Jones, Koepke, Tufte, Beecher, etc. etc. just big and useless. I like Kastelic as the #12 forward, but that's about it.

Reality is their player acquisitions since the 2023 trade deadline have been awful. Orlov never came as advertised. Bertuzzi is useful on about 5% of the ice down next to the net, liability everywhere else. Hathaway was awful here. Last year it was Maroon, the leagues slowest player, and Peeke who might of worked in Julien's system but not this hybrid mess Sacco has them playing. The wheels fell off JVR and Shattenkirk in the 2nd half to where they weren't everyday players in the playoffs. Brazeau signed out of the AHL.

Even going back further. Beleskey, Backes, Nick Foligno. Is it pro scouting that's the problem? Who the heck is recommending these players?
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The problem with the 23 deadline, was they gave up assets, and could not retain any of their acquisition's, that hurt this team going forward. I agree Hathaway was not a plus for this team, Orlov might have been a good keeper here, but who knows.
 
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BruinDust said:
He's way better than Smith who even in his prime wasn't much of a player IMO. Strictly a volume shooter. Never wanted him here, cringed when they signed him.

Is his shooting % sustainable? No. Fact is, in the past 40 games, he's scored 19 goals and 10 assists, and he only recently has found himself on the 1st PP unit.

He's a complimentary player, I don't expect 40 goals and 20 assists over a full season. But 25-30 goals is still a very useful player. You say his shot isn't accurate but he's the 2nd best shooter on this team by a country mile. It's a shooters league now, one reason why the Bruins this year suck, nowhere near enough shooting talent.

Only way I deal him is an severe overpayment by another team, or outlandish contract demands.
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He has also played really well with Poitras which is a huge plus. You have to wonder though, how would he feel being taken off Pastrnak's line to play with Poitras instead? Would he see it as a demotion? To be a 1st line, the Bruins need someone on that line that also gets the best out of Zacha and can start making Pastrnak's life a little easier. I'm not knocking on Geekie, but I don't think he's that player.
 
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Oates2Neely said:
Didn’t Dom mention something this week about players having to be on the AHL roster by Friday in order to qualify for AHL playoffs?
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Yes, I think it's Friday 5 p.m. But the Bruins play tomorrow, so I guess we get to be treated to more of Mitchell and Brown. Then I expect they get 'sent down' afterwards because Providence needs them, but who the hell knows and I guess with the season being what it is, does it really matter at this point?
 
BruinsFanMike82 said:
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My only hope is that there are teams potentially interested in Tufte and Lettieri because yikes. There isn't a reason to send Merkulov down this early of the week so that he is eligible for AHL playoffs. The Bruins don't play on Friday. At this point they may as well trade him if they aren't going to give him a leash. Brazeau maybe on the move.
 
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Absurdity said:
He has also played really well with Poitras which is a huge plus. You have to wonder though, how would he feel being taken off Pastrnak's line to play with Poitras instead? Would he see it as a demotion? To be a 1st line, the Bruins need someone on that line that also gets the best out of Zacha and can start making Pastrnak's life a little easier. I'm not knocking on Geekie, but I don't think he's that player.
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I mean, you only take him off if he's not producing. Maybe the solution is moving Zacha down. At the end of the day, all these lines should be fairly fluid. I do think the best lines in a cap system are two drivers with a compilmentary guy. The Perfection line was such an anomaly because no one else can afford to run a super-line like that all of the time in a cap system.
 
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Hookslide said:
The problem with the 23 deadline, was they gave up assets, and could not retain any of their acquisition's, that hurt this team going forward. I agree Hathaway was not a plus for this team, Orlov might have been a good keeper here, but who knows.
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I'm glad they didn't retain Bertuzzi. Not a fan.

I thought we were getting 2018 Orlov, a rock on the back-end. That wasn't what they got.
 
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Oates2Neely said:
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No Eklund, I have a feeling everything from him is not true..... :sarcasm:

Absurdity said:
My only hope is that there are teams potentially interested in Tufte and Lettieri because yikes. There isn't a reason to send Merkulov down this early of the week so that he is eligible for AHL playoffs. The Bruins don't play on Friday. At this point they may as well trade him if they aren't going to give him a leash. Brazeau maybe on the move.
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RiverbottomChuck said:
I'd be so bummed if the end up with a 2 way left winger from a top 10 pick.
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Perhaps, what if it is a 2 way center instead? It's just not a great draft. Getting a couple spots higher might give them more of a pick of a few centers, but it is still likely you are looking at someone who needs 2-3 years of development
 
Dr Hook said:
Yes, I think it's Friday 5 p.m. But the Bruins play tomorrow, so I guess we get to be treated to more of Mitchell and Brown. Then I expect they get 'sent down' afterwards because Providence needs them, but who the hell knows and I guess with the season being what it is, does it really matter at this point?
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At this point they’re out of the playoffs. Better for the teams draft position with Brown in the lineup over a Merkulov imo. Maybe some team interested in Mitchell/ Brown? Long shot
 
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Absurdity said:
My only hope is that there are teams potentially interested in Tufte and Lettieri because yikes. There isn't a reason to send Merkulov down this early of the week so that he is eligible for AHL playoffs. The Bruins don't play on Friday. At this point they may as well trade him if they aren't going to give him a leash. Brazeau maybe on the move.
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Crikey. One good forward line there and the rest is pretty much shit.

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Absurdity said:
My only hope is that there are teams potentially interested in Tufte and Lettieri because yikes. There isn't a reason to send Merkulov down this early of the week so that he is eligible for AHL playoffs. The Bruins don't play on Friday. At this point they may as well trade him if they aren't going to give him a leash. Brazeau maybe on the move.
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The Carolina Hurricanes are gonna lay waste to that squad tomorrow.
 
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JoeIsAStud said:
Perhaps, what if it is a 2 way center instead? It's just not a great draft. Getting a couple spots higher might give them more of a pick of a few centers, but it is still likely you are looking at someone who needs 2-3 years of development
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I'd be totally fine with a 2 way center in the slot. In my opinion the B's gotta take the best C available to them until one hits. Center matchups win playoff rounds and I think the lopsided C depth of recent playoff rounds has been a big reason for the fall.
 
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