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[LemonSauceD]

Silovs
Desharnais
One of D-Petey/Kudryavtsev/Mynio
Hoglander
2025 1st

For Jiricek and Sillinger or Voronkov.

I think it’s fair but Columbus fans won’t think so. Although there’s probably much better proposals out there. The main catch is Sillinger/Voronkov imo. With Monahan and his 5 years, Fantilli, Voronkov, and recent 4th OA Lindstrom down the middle as soon as next season, one of Voronkov/Sillinger realistically becomes expendable.

 

[Nucker101]

‘Elias Lindholm signed a seven-year, $54.25 million contract in free agency to be the Bruins' No. 1 center. He has one goal in his last 19 games and zero assists in his last eight games. That's a worrying sign for a player whose scoring is on pace to decrease for a third straight campaign.’

Dodged a bullet there. Although I don’t like the price we paid for him as a rental. He could end up being Boston’s Loui Eriksson.

The warning signs were there in Calgary and Vancouver last season. Fans and GM's get way too caught up in small sample sizes in the playoffs.

 

[arttk]

‘Elias Lindholm signed a seven-year, $54.25 million contract in free agency to be the Bruins' No. 1 center. He has one goal in his last 19 games and zero assists in his last eight games. That's a worrying sign for a player whose scoring is on pace to decrease for a third straight campaign.’

Dodged a bullet there. Although I don’t like the price we paid for him as a rental. He could end up being Boston’s Loui Eriksson.

so happy that he got paid (supportive of everyone getting paid) and most importantly f***ing things up for the Bruins.
Win win

Silovs
Desharnais
One of D-Petey/Kudryavtsev/Mynio
Hoglander
2025 1st

For Jiricek and Sillinger or Voronkov.

I think it’s fair but Columbus fans won’t think so. Although there’s probably much better proposals out there. The main catch is Sillinger/Voronkov imo. With Monahan and his 5 years, Fantilli, Voronkov, and recent 4th OA Lindstrom down the middle as soon as next season, one of Voronkov/Sillinger realistically becomes expendable.

feels like you are just throwing Silovs in there just because, take him off and it's probably enough. If other teams beat it, it won't be because of us not including Silovs, it will be because the 1st is probably higher and the prospect is better. Honestly most teams can beat our 1st and offer a better prospect than D-Petey/KK/Mynio.

 

[Vector]

The warning signs were there in Calgary and Vancouver last season. Fans and GM's get way too caught up in small sample sizes in the playoffs.

Exact same sentence could be about Zadorov.

 

[MS]

Exact same sentence could be about Zadorov.

I thought Zadorov was fantastic last night and one of the best players on the ice for either team, for what it's worth. That performance made me miss him terribly.

 

[Vector]

I thought Zadorov was fantastic last night and one of the best players on the ice for either team, for what it's worth. That performance made me miss him terribly.

I thought he did a really good job but we’ve seen that throughout this career. When he’s motivated he’s fantastic but has long lulls in between.

 

[bossram]

‘Elias Lindholm signed a seven-year, $54.25 million contract in free agency to be the Bruins' No. 1 center. He has one goal in his last 19 games and zero assists in his last eight games. That's a worrying sign for a player whose scoring is on pace to decrease for a third straight campaign.’

Dodged a bullet there. Although I don’t like the price we paid for him as a rental. He could end up being Boston’s Loui Eriksson.

I can't fathom how anyone thought re-signing Lindholm would be a good idea. And there were a lot of people that thought that!

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

‘Elias Lindholm signed a seven-year, $54.25 million contract in free agency to be the Bruins' No. 1 center. He has one goal in his last 19 games and zero assists in his last eight games. That's a worrying sign for a player whose scoring is on pace to decrease for a third straight campaign.’

Dodged a bullet there. Although I don’t like the price we paid for him as a rental. He could end up being Boston’s Loui Eriksson.

I didn't mind paying the rental price for Lindholm because

1) Miller-Pettersson-Lindholm-Blueger was amazing centre depth for the playoffs. If Pettersson was even a fraction of his normal self we would of beat Edmonton.

2) We got out of the 2nd year of Kuzmenko.

3) It showed our players we are vomited to winning. That matters in getting them to stay, let alone convincing them to take team-friendly deals. It will matter to Hughea when his contract is up.

The only thing I can say about the Lindholm trade is that by making the trade early is that we couldn't go after Guentzel when he became available.

And yeah, letting Lindholm walk was the right call and we were lucky he wanted to be a 1c and didn't accept our offer. Declining in Calgary the last couple years and is continuing that trend. Also needs playmakers, and isn't a good fit with Pastrnak.

 

[MS]

I thought he did a really good job but we’ve seen that throughout this career. When he’s motivated he’s fantastic but has long lulls in between.

He's not entirely consistent but I feel like his regular season performance last year for us is getting unfairly shat on with the narrative that he had a 'great playoffs, mediocre before that' - I thought he was legitimately good (full value for his $4 million contract) basically right from when we acquired him, if not at the crazy level he hit in the playoffs.

 

[F A N]

I wonder what Jiricek thinks seeing his contemporaries in the AHL this season. While us older school fans don't like entitled hockey players, there are situations where the player feels he hasn't gotten a genuine opportunity and that's all it is.

The warning signs were there in Calgary and Vancouver last season. Fans and GM's get way too caught up in small sample sizes in the playoffs.

There were a lot that went on for Lindholm though. For whatever reason, the birth of a child is talked about so little here on hockey forums. Lindholm this year missed a chunk of camp and he had another son born (prematurely?). There's obviously issues with the Bruins team that extends behind Lindholm (Pastrnak is on pace for 28 goals right now). Combine with Lindholm soon being 30 and who knows where his career is headed.

Still, I'm glad that Allvin stuck to his guns and Lindholm didn't end up taking our offer.

 

[Vector]

He's not entirely consistent but I feel like his regular season performance last year for us is getting unfairly shat on with the narrative that he had a 'great playoffs, mediocre before that' - I thought he was legitimately good (full value for his $4 million contract) basically right from when we acquired him, if not at the crazy level he hit in the playoffs.

He was pretty dang good most of the time but there were stretches here where he was the low-man in ice time and was a healthy scratch. I had no problem with him as a 4m guy. I don't like him as much at 5m. The reviews out of Boston have not been that great, though.

 

[Peen]

The playoff run and last little bit of the regular season got him that money

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

The playoff run and last little bit of the regular season got him that money

Yep. He had a high impact playoffs, but his regular season play has been trending down for a bit.

IMO, he's an elite 3C that can still play spot duty in the top six, but his offensive consistency has really gone downhill. Problem is he's being paid like a 1C now.

 

[Jerry the great]

The warning signs were there in Calgary and Vancouver last season. Fans and GM's get way too caught up in small sample sizes in the playoffs.

It was so obvious in real time as well. He was barely an upgrade over Teddy Blueger for the vast majority of his time with us. He cranked it up a bit in the playoffs, adding more of a physical element than we'd seen previously ...which was just enough for a team like Boston - who was/is desperately clinging to relevance - to open up the vault.

 

[vancityluongo]

I wonder if, given the lack of D options on the market period, the team just doesn't go for a stopgap rental on the backend (Eg, Jokiharju), and really invest in a high-end 3C with term. Shane Pinto is a really interesting buy-low candidate to me. Other candidates include JT Compher and Ryan Strome.

i like the idea of Pinto just because of his age and there's still potential upside there (as in, it makes more sense than going after Jiricek), but why Compher?

assuming Miller comes back in relatively short order (and everything changes if he doesn't), 3C is the least of our problems. Petey is figuring it out at center now too - the other way this could have made sense if the lotto line is the long term plan, and you need someone better than Suter at 2C. Blueger has slowed down recently but started the year as probably the best 3C in the league, and now he has Joshua back. maybe two years ago but is Compher today really that much better than peak Blueger?

and that's without even considering Compher's contract - 3 years after this at $5.1M. would way rather spend that cap on a upgrade on the wing.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I thought Zadorov was fantastic last night and one of the best players on the ice for either team, for what it's worth. That performance made me miss him terribly.

When that high offensive zone pass went across to his open side as he was racing from the bench to the puck to one-time it, I thought for sure it was going in, a la Game 1 vs. Edmonton. Zadorov when he's on is a force. I'm super happy we got the win last night, but we definitely had some bounces going our way (for once).

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

So the Nucks made an offer for Jiricek but not good enough.

Seems about right.

 

[Rowlet]

So the Nucks made an offer for Jiricek but not good enough.

Seems about right.

We don't know what any offers are yet, or if CBJ is actually serious about trading him. You'd have to imagine their best case scenario is that he actually develops there and they exit their perpetual rebuild.

 

[Vector]

Recap of Frank Seravalli's interview on Halford & Brough.

Canucks

• Management wants to see the full team together, with everyone healthy, before making any significant roster decisions
• Demko could make his return before the end of the road trip

Trade Market

• Simmering market
• Lots of conversation between GMs than in a typical November

David Jiricek

• Canucks had conversations with the Blue Jackets about acquiring Jiricek but doesn’t believe they ever went anywhere
• Canucks offer was less than the Blue Jackets would accept; not willing to engage on a level that the Blue Jackets wanted
• Does not believe he’s going to be landing in Vancouver
• Teams see him as an eventual 50-60 point PP QB
• Viewed as pretty close to NHL ready
• Things were already pretty difficult for Jiricek to see a path for himself in Columbus before they claimed Fabbro but when that happened it put Jiricek in a really tough spot
• Blue Jackets taking the extra time to make sure they are getting the right package in return
• Would classify it that Jiricek wants a fresh start someone else

Goalie Market

• Gibson and Vladar are available
• Asking price for Vladar is a 2nd round pick
• Suggests Colorado would be a good destination for Vladar

Calgary Flames

• Have players that actually want to be in Calgary
• Mentions Zadorov, Lindholm, and Markstrom all expressing a distaste for the direction of the organization and were traded
• Flames have an “us against the world mentality”
• Last season, even after wins, you wouldn’t want to be around their dressing room
• Goaltending can carry them a long way
• Didn’t think the trades wanted to make significant trades this season
• Going to make a trade, would be of significant value

New York Rangers

• Drury sent a memo to the other 31 teams that they are willing to shake things up; specifically mentioned Jacob Trouba and Chris Kreider
• Team isn’t passing the eye-test
• Things the Rangers being willing to make moves has got other teams lower in the standings thinking about the changes they need to make
• Difficult to find trade partners because teams are looking for different returns
• Don’t see traditional hockey trades anymore