Proposal: All Bruins Proposals/Rumors Again - MOD Warning post 911

[Eddie Munson]

While I agree Krejci is important to our team , I think many here are truly overvaluing what his presence means. Putting him back into this lineup is not solving the biggest issue with this team - the D.

Having said that ,IMO what happens when Krejci is not in the lineup , is that Julien goes into conservative 1-0 game mode again. Without 4 strong centers ( Krejci/Bergy/Spooner/Kemp-Kelly-Talbot) Julien loads the lineup with defensively responsible two way grinders and the glimpse of open offense we saw earlier in the year goes away.

Some here will contend its because w/o Krejci the B's don't have the offensive talent to play that style. I say that's plain hogwash, there's enough offensive talent here and in Providence( cough - Koko/Morrow - cough)to play a more uptemo offensive game , its just that Julien doesn't trust our other centers and falls back into old habits.

The problem isn't up tempo vs. defensive shell. It's that Krejci is a possession monster. He and Bergeron alone can control the play and not many teams in the league have two players on their roster that can do that. When one of them is out the players the Bruins have to replace them are not possession players. I love Spooner but he currently doesn't consistently control the play enough to be considered a viable Krejci replacement. Koko has been a huge disappointment when called up, he seems lost whenever he gets to the pro game, he's far to on/off when it comes to engaging.

I agree the Bruins have some issues on D that need to be ironed out and I think Sweeney does that this offseason. That said without Krejci the Bruins don't own the puck nearly as much as they do with him in the lineup and that suspect D is even more suspect when forced to actually defend.

 

[tburns21]

I just don't want Sweeney to get Married to the idea of that top 6 for the next 6 years. I think we can find some improvements. i think eriksson would get us a great return between now and the deadline and hey if he wants to come back July 1 then so be it, he and Yandle can take the same plan to Boston to sign their contracts. we take a 2016 1st and RW prospect from someone and run to the draft with another 3 picks in rnd 1 to use to trade up or trade for for Shatty and still leaves us 2 picks.

 

[Greek_physique]

I just don't want Sweeney to get Married to the idea of that top 6 for the next 6 years. I think we can find some improvements. i think eriksson would get us a great return between now and the deadline and hey if he wants to come back July 1 then so be it, he and Yandle can take the same plan to Boston to sign their contracts. we take a 2016 1st and RW prospect from someone and run to the draft with another 3 picks in rnd 1 to use to trade up or trade for for Shatty and still leaves us 2 picks.

Nothing really suggests that he'll get married to our top 6.

The way the team is being assembled, the only guys I see being locked in is "DK, Bergeron and hopefully Marchand". Then you have Spooner, Pasta, Belesky and hopefully someone like Hayes stepping up; but I'm not worried about our forward group as we're really strong down the middle.

While fixing the "D" is a priority; we need to be patient...IMO something will happen this year or at the draft, with Alexandrov potentially being here for 2017; will be a stronger 6 man unit.

 

[CombatOnContact]

Nothing really suggests that he'll get married to our top 6.

The way the team is being assembled, the only guys I see being locked in is "DK, Bergeron and hopefully Marchand". Then you have Spooner, Pasta, Belesky and hopefully someone like Hayes stepping up; but I'm not worried about our forward group as we're really strong down the middle.

While fixing the "D" is a priority; we need to be patient...IMO something will happen this year or at the draft, with Alexandrov potentially being here for 2017; will be a stronger 6 man unit.

Yuri Alexandrov? I thought he was long gone...

 

[Bruinfan5470]

Yuri Alexandrov? I thought he was long gone...

Yuri Alexandrov
Ice hockey player
Yury Alexandrovich Alexandrov is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Avangard Omsk in the Kontinental Hockey League. Wikipedia
Born: June 24, 1988 (age 27), Cherepovets, Russia
Height: 6′ 1″
Weight: 187 lbs
Salary: 755,000 USD (2012)
Current team: SKA Saint Petersburg (#2 / Defenseman)

 

[CDJ]

Alexandrov hasn't been Bruins property in years, I'd imagine he probably meant Chudinov maybe?

 

[BruinDust]

Nothing really suggests that he'll get married to our top 6.

The way the team is being assembled, the only guys I see being locked in is "DK, Bergeron and hopefully Marchand". Then you have Spooner, Pasta, Belesky and hopefully someone like Hayes stepping up; but I'm not worried about our forward group as we're really strong down the middle.

While fixing the "D" is a priority; we need to be patient...IMO something will happen this year or at the draft, with Alexandrov potentially being here for 2017; will be a stronger 6 man unit.

Do you mean Chudinov?

Alexandrov was traded to the Islanders back in 2012.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=623236

 

[Greek_physique]

wow...I must've drank out of the wrong coffee cup this morning

Totally meant Maxim Chudinov

 

[Strange Universe]

wow...I must've drank out of the wrong coffee cup this morning

Totally meant Maxim Chudinov

Those Russian/German steins need to be sterilized from time to time.....They can give you some real good hallucinations.....

It happens to all of us from time to time.
I knew you meant Chuds all along.

 

[BB88]

Are posters still completely against Barrie?, he's taking his game to a new level and has now 29 points in 40 games(53 career high), plays anywhere from 22mins to 29.
24y right hand shot, can be too expensive for Colorado.

 

[Greek_physique]

Are posters still completely against Barrie?, he's taking his game to a new level and has now 29 points in 40 games(53 career high), plays anywhere from 22mins to 29.
24y right hand shot, can be too expensive for Colorado.

why would colorado trade him?

I know I previously heard rumours about him being the piece going back to TB to reunite McKinnon and Drouin with Roy, but it makes no sense.

 

[BB88]

why would colorado trade him?

I know I previously heard rumours about him being the piece going back to TB to reunite McKinnon and Drouin with Roy, but it makes no sense.

Cap is the only reason he may be on the trade block.

He'd be too expensive for Tampa but we'd have the money.

 

[Absurdity]

http://www.mynhltraderumors.com/2016/01/13/35438/

On TSN’s “Players of Interest” …

TSNs Insider Trading: Leading up to the trade deadline, TSN created a list of ‘players of interest’ on the trade front: Loui Eriksson (BOS), Kevin Shattenkirk (STL), Radim Vrbata (VAN), Tyler Ennis (BUF), Roman Polak (TOR), Jonathan Drouin (TB) and Justin Schultz (EDM).Bob McKenzie: On Jonathan Drouin … Not a strong sense that anything is imminent. GM Steve Yzerman may be slow playing the market to get the offer he wants, or he has a team that he’s settled on.
Pierre LeBrun: Teams that are interested in Drouin include: St. Louis, Anaheim, Montreal, Minnesota and Ottawa. The Senators may not be a front-runner, but there have been talks, and the Lightning may like Cody Ceci. Don’t think the Senators would move Ceci.

Pierre LeBrun: At this time, the Vancouver Canucks haven’t decided what to do with pending UFA Radim Vrbata. They’ll decide to do over the next month. He’ll get interest on the trade market as he’s a scoring winger. The Canucks are trying to rebuild on the fly though and don’t want to bottom out.

Darren Dreger: The Oilers are not shopping Justin Schultz, and don’t necessarily want to push him out, but they’d consider moving him if the right fit is there.

Darren Dreger: A lot of teams are paying attention to Maple Leafs defenseman Roman Polak.

Bob McKenzie: Jared Cowen could be on the list. Cowen hasn’t asked for a trade, but he might welcome a change of scenery. The Senators could be open to it, but they also think he could be a value to them.

Here is the link to the TSN video. Unfortunately, I am unable to see it and am not sure what exactly is said about Eriksson since it's only available in Canada: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/insider-trading-who-is-creating-buzz-on-the-trade-front~786729

 

[Oates2Neely]

Minnesota reportedly looking for scoring help. Possible they deal a blueliner?

Brodin, Dumba, Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon, Marco Scandella, Mike Reilly, Louie Belpedio

Brodin Dumba Spurgeon are intriguing names.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

Cap is the only reason he may be on the trade block.

He'd be too expensive for Tampa but we'd have the money.

How much are you willing to give up to upgrade from Krug to Barrie, because you wouldn't keep both

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Minnesota reportedly looking for scoring help. Possible they deal a blueliner?

Brodin, Dumba, Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon, Marco Scandella, Mike Reilly, Louie Belpedio

Brodin Dumba Spurgeon are intriguing names.

Brodin is going for Drouin

 

[Greek_physique]

How much are you willing to give up to upgrade from Krug to Barrie, because you wouldn't keep both

That's an easy answer for me...I wouldn't want Barrie over Krug.

Colorado has always been searching for dmen.....with E.Johnson out again; I dont see them moving him.

 

[Greek_physique]

Brodin is going for Drouin

Everyone has been saying the other dman, Dumba.

I haven't watched him play much.......does he have much potential? (Brodin)

 

[BB88]

How much are you willing to give up to upgrade from Krug to Barrie, because you wouldn't keep both

And why exactly?

Barrie plays #1/2D minutes in Central division and is doing pretty well, and shoot right unlike Krug.

Does the same go for Vatanen?

Friedman mentioned in his 30 thoughts that Brodin was offered for Johanssen.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Everyone has been saying the other dman, Dumba.

I haven't watched him play much.......does he have much potential? (Brodin)

Sure. Plays over 20 minutes, but doesn't post flashy stats.

 

[Oates2Neely]

Brodin is going for Drouin

Oh ok, was it Fletcher or Yzerman who broke this news to you privately?

Bruins could put an offensive package together I'd think. Maybe Spooner is included.

 

[Shaun]

moving eriksson for another 1st and prospect would certainly help the retool if they can't sign him.

 

[Gordoff]

Yandle should be left for someone else.

NYR fans are all over Drouin, what they should have done was keep Duclair and now try to get Drouin.

Rangers got owned in that trade big time. At this point it's hindsight regarding them.

How many want to save NYR from another bad move, remember Gómez?

Yandle is no building block.

Yeah, let someone else overpay for him. Whether at the TD at a high cost in warm bodies/and $$$ or
off season at a higher cost in $$$$$ If he were a defensive monster, sure, fine. But he's a light weight with less "mean" and attitude than Krug. I spend the money on Krug but with Yandle I think that eventually if Donny keeps knocking someone will open the door.

They are in the same level of D's, how many better offensive players are there than Yandle, 5-10?
Adding someone like that would be a huge boost.

And our assets don't give us better players and the blueline is screaming for help, Kevan logging top3 minutes regularly scares the hell out of me.

He isn't the saviour but a part in process of fixing the blueline, I'm hoping Carlo makes the roster next year and brings his shutdown skills with puck moving.

Chara-Colin
Yandle- McQuaid/Carlo
Krug-Carlo/McQuaid
pairings could be something.

I believe too that Rob O'Gara is expected this spring from Yale, that's a lot of pressure for a kid but he's 22 so a lot of question marks but the price tag should be easy to swallow.

(Correction) looks like he's due to join the B's in 2016/'17

They should look at building a cup contender.

That's not done by trading for/signing 30-year-old soft players.

SOFT players. There, corrected it for you.

I don't give a rat's ass if the fans like it. Maybe it'll make tickets actually affordable again.

It's necessary - it's not rocket science to tell that Chara's lost a step. If the market gets word he's available, they'll swarm like flies to ****. The Bruins could definitely still get a 1st+ for Chara. Bubble playoff teams that are in desperate need to make it knows that Chara has the leadership and the nasty factor still.
I'm less gung-ho to let DK go, but if the right offer comes on to the Don's lap, he has to consider it at this stage of the game.

Either way, don't count on the tickets being affordable, maybe ever.

While I agree Krejci is important to our team , I think many here are truly overvaluing what his presence means. Putting him back into this lineup is not solving the biggest issue with this team - the D.

Having said that ,IMO what happens when Krejci is not in the lineup , is that Julien goes into conservative 1-0 game mode again. Without 4 strong centers ( Krejci/Bergy/Spooner/Kemp-Kelly-Talbot) Julien loads the lineup with defensively responsible two way grinders and the glimpse of open offense we saw earlier in the year goes away.

Some here will contend its because w/o Krejci the B's don't have the offensive talent to play that style. I say that's plain hogwash, there's enough offensive talent here and in Providence( cough - Koko/Morrow - cough)to play a more uptemo offensive game , its just that Julien doesn't trust our other centers and falls back into old habits.

That is his safety blanket no doubt, but with the forward lines being down Krejci he doesn't have too much choice. Claude would rather lose 2-1 than 6-4. Or maybe get a tie here and there and back into a playoff spot.

http://www.mynhltraderumors.com/2016/01/13/35438/

Here is the link to the TSN video. Unfortunately, I am unable to see it and am not sure what exactly is said about Eriksson since it's only available in Canada: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/insider-trading-who-is-creating-buzz-on-the-trade-front~786729

Can anyone (in Canada) record it and put it up or is that illegal?
Or, can someone do a loose transcript and tell us what they say about Eriksson???

 

[Killer B]

Not that I'm advocating trading Chara but people who say it will never happen due to his no trade clause... Plenty of people with no trade clauses are traded. I think the key would be - traded where...

If DS asked Chara to waive his clause to go to Dallas, and a chance to win another cup, you really think he would turn that down?

 

[Oates2Neely]

Not that I'm advocating trading Chara but people who say it will never happen due to his no trade clause... Plenty of people with no trade clauses are traded. I think the key would be - traded where...

If DS asked Chara to waive his clause to go to Dallas, and a chance to win another cup, you really think he would turn that down?

With twins on the way, I'd say yes he'd most likely turn it down. Maybe in the offseason he'd be open to it. I don't think Dallas though. Maybe Ottawa if they were a contender. Or Detroit.