The Boston insider said that Chychrun has been informed he is becoming a Bruin, though he hasn’t confirmed.
That’s great in my eyes, means the Sens aren’t sending away their top pick.
Chych is worth ~ a late first, so as long as it’s not too much more than Chych + 25th it isn’t “too” bad of a price to pay.
Adding Ullmark + likely a bottom 6 plug, a RD through UFA, and still picking 7th/12th is about as good as a summer as they could have, and sending away Chych and 25th is not a very big detriment to the team
I really like a guy or two at 7, but if they can move back to 12 and pick up a few pieces I think I’d be quite happy with those chain of events
I was much, much more worried about finding a goalie than any other piece. I really think solving the D issues is a much easier fix than we think; we don’t need a star, we need a guy capable of playing ~19 minutes a night of dependable defence on the right side.
My opinion on Chychrun is extremely low, so my valuation is definitely influenced by that. Would not want him on a team that was looking to win. I don’t consider trading him a subtraction from the team at all, he is an addiction by subtraction with respect to building a cohesive D core for the Sens.