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I already posted on why Bertuzzi left (MOD EDIT)
Age, injury and contract history/demands.
He isn't coming back.
For the naysayers and supporters the SCOREBOARD will tell the story. Bert was always going to test the market and IS going to test the market. This guy wants as much money as he can earn (who doesn't). From a dollar perspective that won't happen in Boston. If also looking for a chance to win, that also won't happen in Boston. They are just entering a rebuilding stage. Some will say I am nuts, President Trophy and all of that, but this team has cap and age issues. They were built to win THIS season. They may make a go of it next season, but the Bruins didn't put a top 10 protect on that #1 pick for giggles. Bert wants big bucks and a long term contract. Highly unlikely he wants to be part of that slide down the rebuilding path.
NO cap expert but Boston has $4.5M in cap penalties alone next season and finished $27K under the ceiling.
The team's top two centers, Bergeron and David Krejci, are both 37 years old and will be free agents in July. One or both of them could retire, and that would leave the Bruins weak at an important position. There are 11 players on the playoff roster eligible for unrestricted or restricted free agency this summer, including Bergeron and Krejci, as well as Dmitry Orlov, Tyler Bertuzzi and Jeremy Swayman, among others. The salary cap is projected to rise by just $1 million for the 2023-24 season, and the Bruins will use up $4.5 million of next year's salary cap to pay for bonus overages from Bergeron and Krejci's 2022-23 contracts. David Pastrnak's cap hit will rise from $6.67 million to $11.25 million when his extension begins in the fall.
Bringing back the exact same roster is pretty much impossible. Some good players likely will not return, thus hurting the team's depth.
And let's remember the Bruins pretty much went all-in at the trade deadline to acquire Orlov, Bertuzzi and Garnet Hathaway. They don't have a first-round draft pick until 2025. They also didn't have one in 2022, 2020 or 2018. They don't have any second-round picks until 2026. Boston's prospect pool ranks among the worst in the league. Help is not on the horizon.
The Bruins could go from this:
The 43-point difference between the Panthers and Bruins represents the largest upset in Stanley Cup Playoffs history for a best-of-7 series
To:
The biggest drop in points, seaosn over season, in NHL history.
... and you people thought Holland left the Wings cupboard bare!
Age, injury and contract history/demands.
He isn't coming back.
For the naysayers and supporters the SCOREBOARD will tell the story. Bert was always going to test the market and IS going to test the market. This guy wants as much money as he can earn (who doesn't). From a dollar perspective that won't happen in Boston. If also looking for a chance to win, that also won't happen in Boston. They are just entering a rebuilding stage. Some will say I am nuts, President Trophy and all of that, but this team has cap and age issues. They were built to win THIS season. They may make a go of it next season, but the Bruins didn't put a top 10 protect on that #1 pick for giggles. Bert wants big bucks and a long term contract. Highly unlikely he wants to be part of that slide down the rebuilding path.
NO cap expert but Boston has $4.5M in cap penalties alone next season and finished $27K under the ceiling.
The team's top two centers, Bergeron and David Krejci, are both 37 years old and will be free agents in July. One or both of them could retire, and that would leave the Bruins weak at an important position. There are 11 players on the playoff roster eligible for unrestricted or restricted free agency this summer, including Bergeron and Krejci, as well as Dmitry Orlov, Tyler Bertuzzi and Jeremy Swayman, among others. The salary cap is projected to rise by just $1 million for the 2023-24 season, and the Bruins will use up $4.5 million of next year's salary cap to pay for bonus overages from Bergeron and Krejci's 2022-23 contracts. David Pastrnak's cap hit will rise from $6.67 million to $11.25 million when his extension begins in the fall.
Bringing back the exact same roster is pretty much impossible. Some good players likely will not return, thus hurting the team's depth.
And let's remember the Bruins pretty much went all-in at the trade deadline to acquire Orlov, Bertuzzi and Garnet Hathaway. They don't have a first-round draft pick until 2025. They also didn't have one in 2022, 2020 or 2018. They don't have any second-round picks until 2026. Boston's prospect pool ranks among the worst in the league. Help is not on the horizon.
Disastrous end to Bruins' 2022-23 season will haunt the franchise forever
The Bruins began the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a chance to become one of the greatest NHL teams ever. But after a shocking first-round exit, they’ll be remembered as an enormous disappointment instead.
www.nbcsports.com
The Bruins could go from this:
The 43-point difference between the Panthers and Bruins represents the largest upset in Stanley Cup Playoffs history for a best-of-7 series
To:
The biggest drop in points, seaosn over season, in NHL history.
... and you people thought Holland left the Wings cupboard bare!
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