Boston Bruins 24-25 Roster/Cap thread XX

[GordonHowe]

Full Body Massage: The greatest film of all time.

I kid… Don’t Look Now is a masterpiece. And I love Bad Timing and Walkabout as well. Still never watched The Man Who Fell to Earth though.

"Don't Look Now' is interesting.

Haven't seen the others.

 

[Helsinki city boy]

Could somebody teach Lohrei how to deal in the defence? This guy is a disaster in the own end. Sure he can move the puck and be a above average PP QB, but not skilled enough to do what d-man should do. Minus freaking 30.....Team sucks, but still not like Blackhawks sucks.

Also waive those so called prospects. Beecher, Lysell, Khusnutdinov, Merkulov etc. You got lottery tickets, with no win this time.

This team starts to remind worst of Claude Julien era, where the whole team was just full of third or fourth liners.

 

[Gee Wally]

Roster talk folks.
Thanks

 

[sarge88]

Could somebody teach Lohrei how to deal in the defence? This guy is a disaster in the own end. Sure he can move the puck and be a above average PP QB, but not skilled enough to do what d-man should do. Minus freaking 30.....Team sucks, but still not like Blackhawks sucks.

Also waive those so called prospects. Beecher, Lysell, Khusnutdinov, Merkulov etc. You got lottery tickets, with no win this time.

This team starts to remind worst of Claude Julien era, where the whole team was just full of third or fourth liners.

Don't lump Khusnutdinov in with Beecher and Merkulov -- much, much better player.

Lysell, I'm not banking on him being a top 9 guy for the next decade, but I'd like to see him play more than 2 games at the NHL level before fully writing him off.

 

[bruins4thecup65]

There is no way we contend in 2026 so why not play the kids the whole season, acquire more draft picks and keep our salary cap at a minimum for the year. We won’t win the cup by putting a bandaid on it next year anyways.

I would also trade Swayman. He’s a puzzy.

McKenna would solve everything for the next decade +

 

[bruins4thecup65]

Tank again for McKenna who is riding a 38 game pt streak .That kid is a franchise changer.

Then we can sign McDavid as an UFA his cousin

 

[24giovanni]

Does anyone know how much cap space we have for next year?

 

[bruins4thecup65]

Does anyone know how much cap space we have for next year?

Who cares, there’s no need to spend

 

[Gordoff]

Who cares, there’s no need to spend

Okay Mr. Jacobs.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

Okay Mr. Jacobs.

Jacobs is fine with spending, he knows he needs to put the team in the playoff hunt next year if they want to sell out and sell beer.

I think the only people who don't want to spend money are the burn it to the ground and tank folks

 

[Sheppy]

Does anyone know how much cap space we have for next year?

I think around $28M

 

[Hookslide]

Jacobs is fine with spending, he knows he needs to put the team in the playoff hunt next year if they want to sell out and sell beer.

I think the only people who don't want to spend money are the burn it to the ground and tank folks

I just hate that kind of talk.

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

Any interest in Ekblad for the 2nd pair next year? He's slow and somewhat injury prone but is still smart (sometimes) and positionally sound with a good outlet pass. Could be a good partner for Lohrei or Lindholm.

 

[BruinDust]

Any interest in Ekblad for the 2nd pair next year? He's slow and somewhat injury prone but is still smart (sometimes) and positionally sound with a good outlet pass. Could be a good partner for Lohrei or Lindholm.

Are you giving him a 7-year deal at about 8 million per year? I would wager that is somewhere in the range of what it would take.

 

[Sheppy]

Any interest in Ekblad for the 2nd pair next year? He's slow and somewhat injury prone but is still smart (sometimes) and positionally sound with a good outlet pass. Could be a good partner for Lohrei or Lindholm.

Nah. Then you'll have a few injury prone guys back there making big money. Not a risk I'd take.

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

Are you giving him a 7-year deal at about 8 million per year? I would wager that is somewhere in the range of what it would take.

Yeah that's my main worry. Sounds like a great option for 3-4 years but not so great at 7.

 

[BruinDust]

Yeah that's my main worry. Sounds like a great option for 3-4 years but not so great at 7.

I can't go 7 years Ekblad broke in right after his draft as an 18-year old he's got a lot of miles on him for a guy just turned 29. His last full season was 2018-19.

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

I can't go 7 years Ekblad broke in right after his draft as an 18-year old he's got a lot of miles on him for a guy just turned 29. His last full season was 2018-19.

Definitely agree and at that point I'm sure Florida will offer at least 4 years and a number of desperate teams will offer at least 6.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Could somebody teach Lohrei how to deal in the defence? This guy is a disaster in the own end. Sure he can move the puck and be a above average PP QB, but not skilled enough to do what d-man should do. Minus freaking 30.....Team sucks, but still not like Blackhawks sucks.

Also waive those so called prospects. Beecher, Lysell, Khusnutdinov, Merkulov etc. You got lottery tickets, with no win this time.

This team starts to remind worst of Claude Julien era, where the whole team was just full of third or fourth liners.

Dump a bunch of players with no compensation at the end of the season! I can’t for the life of me understand why Sweeeeenius hasn’t thought of this. Probably wants to be seen as the smartest guy in the room smh.

 

[yazmybaby]

Any interest in Ekblad for the 2nd pair next year? He's slow and somewhat injury prone but is still smart (sometimes) and positionally sound with a good outlet pass. Could be a good partner for Lohrei or Lindholm.

Chychrun is the guy I would love to sign.
Pass on Ekblad.

 

[Oates2Neely]

With the Bruins currently slotted at the 8th overall they might have a shot at Roger McQueen if the lottery gods don’t cut them a break. I think there’s a good chance McQueen slips down to that 8-11 range. His injuries the past 2 years may scare a few teams off. Kid is large at 6’5” and tons of skill. Skating needs some work.

 

[BamBamCam]

Then we can sign McDavid as an UFA his cousin

Do you even know hockey........................................bloodlines?

 

[JoeIsAStud]

With the Bruins currently slotted at the 8th overall they might have a shot at Roger McQueen if the lottery gods don’t cut them a break. I think there’s a good chance McQueen slips down to that 8-11 range. His injuries the past 2 years may scare a few teams off. Kid is large at 6’5” and tons of skill. Skating needs some work.

Maybe that would be a very brave pick. He is also one of the oldest players in the draft, only missing last years by a couple of weeks

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

With the Bruins currently slotted at the 8th overall they might have a shot at Roger McQueen if the lottery gods don’t cut them a break. I think there’s a good chance McQueen slips down to that 8-11 range. His injuries the past 2 years may scare a few teams off. Kid is large at 6’5” and tons of skill. Skating needs some work.

I’m sure that pick would be well received here - a risky pick with big upside. Guess it depends on where he is listed on the official draft rankings sheet Sweeney should use (existence of which still unclear).

 

[yazmybaby]

With the Bruins currently slotted at the 8th overall they might have a shot at Roger McQueen if the lottery gods don’t cut them a break. I think there’s a good chance McQueen slips down to that 8-11 range. His injuries the past 2 years may scare a few teams off. Kid is large at 6’5” and tons of skill. Skating needs some work.

You said it " kids skating needs work".....I do not want to take any player in the top 10 that is not an NHL skater and has skill.
Skating is probably the most important criteria when evaluating talent.
We need skilled/fast forwards.