Value of: Coyle, Carlo, Peeke, and/or Frederic

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Many Buffalo fans I have seen want to move out their younger players for more established vets, especially a top four RHD. The main trade is Carlo for Cozens, the peripherals are simply to make the cap work better and fill spots.
That's just terrible value as the center of the trade
 

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Carlo is probably the most expensive. Would be the ask on Peeke, Geekie or Carlo from LA?

LA would have Gavrikov and Moore available or maybe someone like Danault or Fiala if the right deal comes along.

Byfield, Turcotte, Clarke, Laferriere and Kempe aren't being moved.
The Bruins are good, Kings are not what I would consider a trade partner seeing as you have taken any names of interest off the board, and Bruins are not in position to take on their cap problems.
 

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Myers and Lekk for Carlo?

I honestly don't see any move with Carlo not involving a bonified top six forward in a pure hockey trade.

If they were going to go for a near NHL ready prospect, I would prefer a Kulich based Buffalo deal both because I prefer him as a prospect and because being able to walk away from RFA Joker if its not working out is a feature.
 

wintersej

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The Bruins are good, Kings are not what I would consider a trade partner seeing as you have taken any names of interest off the board, and Bruins are not in position to take on their cap problems.

I would see if there was a hockey trade to be made around Carlo and Fiala. Have to get the cap and value right with additions, which might be impossible, but its worth poking at.
 

wintersej

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Would accept him as a dump from Buffalo

Kulich + Jokirhaju + 3rd round pick for Carlo

So what are your lines for the Bruins after this deal at 5 on 5 and on PK1 and PK2 after this deal? And what are your plans for breaking in Poitras and Lysell?

Every time I work it out it just looks like a team that is setting itself up for all the kids to be ready right when Pasta, Marchand, and the Lindholm's are leaving their prime or are out of the league in Marchand's case with a team that is worse in the meantime.

I'm fine with the general principle of doing a severe Carlo downgrade to help the forward group. But does the potential help Kulich could bring the forward group lineup timeline wise?
 

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So what are your lines for the Bruins after this deal at 5 on 5 and on PK1 and PK2 after this deal? And what are your plans for breaking in Poitras and Lysell?

Every time I work it out it just looks like a team that is setting itself up for all the kids to be ready right when Pasta, Marchand, and the Lindholm's are leaving their prime or are out of the league in Marchand's case with a team that is worse in the meantime.

I'm fine with the general principle of doing a severe Carlo downgrade to help the forward group. But does the potential help Kulich could bring the forward group lineup timeline wise?

The Bruins as they are right now are going nowhere. They have to do a mini retool to get relevant again. Its the only way because they won't ever do a rebuilt. They have to get some young players with potential to get this retool done. Kulich has top 6 and center position potential and being with and training with Pasta and Zacha could be huge for him. Carlo has trade value but trading him worsens the team in the short term but this what you have to live on with a retool.

Poitras has the brain and hockey IQ for the NHL already BUT he hasn't the confidence and body to play in it. He still is prone to get hit bad in the AHL. Let him stay down there the year and develop. I am 100 percent sure that this is the right way for his longterm future.

I would have given Lysell a callup already but Sweeney prefered Johnson, Brazeau and Wahlstrom already over him this season. Right now it seems that he has the tools but not the toolbox to have a longterm future in the NHL.

Lines after trading Carlo with everybody healthy.

Kulich - Zacha - Pastrnak
Marchand - Lindholm - Wahlstrom
Frederic - Coyle - Brazeau
Koepke - Beecher - Kastelic
Geekie

Zadorov - McAvoy
Lindholm - Jokiharju
Lohrei - Peeke
 Wotherspoon

PK defense pairs

Peeke - McAvoy
Zadorov - Lindholm
McAvoy/Lindholm - Jokiharju

Jokiharju almost made Team Finland for the 4 Nations Tournament, still young, good cap hit, better offense than Carlo altough worse defensive game. I would take the gamble on him on being better in Boston than in Buffalo.
 

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So the worst contract in the NHL, a 30 yr old dman that can stick in the nhl currenlly in the A. A good prospect struggling in the A and a first two years out for a good 2/3 center on a good contract, a solid defensive top 4 rh d on a solid contract and another solid young top 9 power forward on an expiring contract. I'm gonna go ahead and assume correctly you're an Oil fan. You forgot the 50% retention on Nurse and the other pieces you're sending to the Bruins.
Regardless of what the proposal was you may want to revisit the whole "worst contract in the NHL" narrative. After a bit of a slow start for the whole team Nurse is having an excellent season. While the offense is down slightly from his year that saw him get that deal he is probably playing the best hockey of his career.

He and Kulak have been a dominant pair. Of the 93 pairs in the NHL who have played at least 150 minutes together they have the second best xGF% at 64.77% and are tied for the 5th best actual GF%. Since Nov 1, Nurse is tied for 10th in ES points by a defenseman and is first for +/-. Overall he is way above water vs elite competition with a 72.71% GF%.

No one is going to claim that Nurse is a bargain, and the sample size needs to get larger, but there is a fair bit of evidence that away from Ceci, who really was an anchor to more than just Nurse, he is a lot closer to earning that deal than most give him credit for.
 

wintersej

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The Bruins as they are right now are going nowhere. They have to do a mini retool to get relevant again. Its the only way because they won't ever do a rebuilt. They have to get some young players with potential to get this retool done. Kulich has top 6 and center position potential and being with and training with Pasta and Zacha could be huge for him. Carlo has trade value but trading him worsens the team in the short term but this what you have to live on with a retool.

Poitras has the brain and hockey IQ for the NHL already BUT he hasn't the confidence and body to play in it. He still is prone to get hit bad in the AHL. Let him stay down there the year and develop. I am 100 percent sure that this is the right way for his longterm future.

I would have given Lysell a callup already but Sweeney prefered Johnson, Brazeau and Wahlstrom already over him this season. Right now it seems that he has the tools but not the toolbox to have a longterm future in the NHL.

Lines after trading Carlo with everybody healthy.

Kulich - Zacha - Pastrnak
Marchand - Lindholm - Wahlstrom
Frederic - Coyle - Brazeau
Koepke - Beecher - Kastelic
Geekie

Zadorov - McAvoy
Lindholm - Jokiharju
Lohrei - Peeke
 Wotherspoon

PK defense pairs

Peeke - McAvoy
Zadorov - Lindholm
McAvoy/Lindholm - Jokiharju

Jokiharju almost made Team Finland for the 4 Nations Tournament, still young, good cap hit, better offense than Carlo altough worse defensive game. I would take the gamble on him on being better in Boston than in Buffalo.

I mean if you are gonna put Kulich, who has performed at a level similar to Lysell in the A, on the first line…and Wahlstrom who was just waived and then passed over by half the league on the second line… what is the plan?

I hear you that they need some more youthful forwards… but is Kulich worth punting on the rest of Pasta’s prime over? Pasta is gonna be 29 later this season. How much longer do you think he can be the best player for a true contender? Unless you really think that 20 year old Kulich is going to be a legit first liner very very soon? And if you do, why not Poitras who has performed better than Kulich at both levels? And why not the 21 year old Lysell who has performed just as well as Kulich in the A?

I just think it’s too early to make a move like this. When Marchand has aged out in a couple of years and Pasta is in his 30s, totally. But until then, seems like you are better off trying to fix the couple holes in the forward group with guys that can contribute right now. The holes are real. But the holes that will hit when Marchand is done and Pasta is in his 30s will be much much bigger. And Kulich ain’t gonna solve them.
 

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Can someone tell me the last time a defensive dman such as Carlo ever fetched a high value prospect such as Kulich?
 

wintersej

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Can someone tell me the last time a defensive dman such as Carlo ever fetched a high value prospect such as Kulich?

How often to 6'5" shutdown right shot d-men with term on a very good contract get moved?

The only position harder to find than top 4 RD is top 6 C.

I mean shit, look at what Philly gave up to Buffalo in faint hopes of creating a top 4 big D.
 

Beerz

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How often to 6'5" shutdown right shot d-men with term on a very good contract get moved?

The only position harder to find than top 4 RD is top 6 C.

I mean shit, look at what Philly gave up to Buffalo in faint hopes of creating a top 4 big D.

I wouldn't use Chuck Fletcher trades as examples. Everyone knew from the moment the trade was announced it was a horribly bad trade for Philly.

I'm just looking for examples because I really can't find any.
 

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