Confirmed with Link: Bruins acquire Henri Jokiharju from Sabres for 4 th round pick

[Blowfish]

 

[BigGoalBrad]

Joki is a huge upgrade over Carlo.

 

[Over the volcano]

Any reason he'd sign here rather than go to market?

 

[goldenblack]

Any reason he'd sign here rather than go to market?

Ends up loving his d pairing, the lockerroom, the city, and the dollar amount?

But math says they can't afford him most likely

 

[chizzler]

One game.

 

[Dr Hook]

But math says they can't afford him most likely

What are you tihnking he asks for? He's at $3.1m and spent the season with Buffalo and hasn't had a great year. Is he likely to want a whole lot more than that? But it's one game, anyway. Yesterday was a good start but I'd like to see how he goes the rest of the way and so would the Bruins I imagine. If he works out and wants somewhere in the $3.5 range, that's not a problem.

 

[Ladyfan]

Welcome to Boston Henri!

 

[KillerMillerTime]

He looks like a better defensive and positional right shot version of Oesterle. Guess we'll see how much better but clearly is.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

He's got 390 NHL games under his belt and he'll be 26 next season.

Could be a very solid 3rd pair guy.

And don't forget the great name.

 

[kdog82]

Sneaky good pickup! Jokiharju was solid in the 4 Nations and a big upgrade over Oesterle/Wotherspoon etc.

Sweeney should re-sign him.

 

[Over the volcano]

Ends up loving his d pairing, the lockerroom, the city, and the dollar amount?

But math says they can't afford him most likely

No playoff team wanted to give up more than a 4th for him. Wonder what the market is

 

[NDiesel]

Thread gives me flashbacks of the Peeke one. I'm surprised some people were upset by a 4th for him, think it's worth the risk, being razor thin on RD, to see if he can carve out a role here.

 

[Blowfish]

Thread gives me flashbacks of the Peeke one. I'm surprised some people were upset by a 4th for him, think it's worth the risk, being razor thin on RD, to see if he can carve out a role

The Sabres must have made it known he was available trade deadline. Crazy he wasn’t picked up by another team. I was impressed.

 

[BigGoalBrad]

We gonna sign this guy before July 1?

He's only 25 and has played close to 400 NHL games. Looked better than Brandon.

 

[Over the volcano]

What are you tihnking he asks for? He's at $3.1m and spent the season with Buffalo and hasn't had a great year. Is he likely to want a whole lot more than that? But it's one game, anyway. Yesterday was a good start but I'd like to see how he goes the rest of the way and so would the Bruins I imagine. If he works out and wants somewhere in the $3.5 range, that's not a problem.

If it's open bidding to the whole league

Thread gives me flashbacks of the Peeke one. I'm surprised some people were upset by a 4th for him, think it's worth the risk, being razor thin on RD, to see if he can carve out a role here.

Peeke was signed for a few years, I'm just not sure the value in trading for a few weeks of a guy in a season that's going nowhere.

If he plays well he upped his value across the league for UFA summer. If he plays poorly you wouldn't want him back anyway.

 

[CDJ]

Might have found Zadorov’s partner going forward on the middle pairing

 

[PB37]

We'll see how it pans out. I think he's a pretty vanilla dman but maybe he finds good chemistry here with the D pairings and develops into a dependable guy for the bottom two pairings. I didn't mind his first game here but I want to see more.

 

[duffy]

Joki is a huge upgrade over Carlo.

Agree, and I noticed we spent a lot less time trapped in our zone for days on end.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

Any reason he'd sign here rather than go to market?

The Bruins will have 4 months of exclusive rights to get him signed.

 

[Boston Bandit]

Any reason he'd sign here rather than go to market?

He sounded happy in his interview when he got the news he was going to Boston

I think (and hope) he signs here

He looked great yesterday even though he was thrown right into the fire along with the other new players