Confirmed Trade: [MIN/TBL] Zach Bogosian for 2025 7th round pick

[ThatGuy22]

Atleast he has a place to stay...

Bogo is one of those handful of NHLers that despite having zero ties to Minnesota, for some reason lives in Minnesota in the offseason.

I've always found that interesting.

 

[thestonedkoala]

We need a better bromance since Zuccs and Kap were getting stale. Now we have Maroon ad Bogo

 

[BagHead]

This reminds me of Brad Hunt for Ian Cole a few years ago. I hope it works even half as well.

 

[MK9]

But why lmao

Because...Guerin.

 

[GOilers88]

He's a #7 defenceman at this point. But for a seventh round pick, what can you expect?

A #7 defenseman?

 

[The Tourist]

Guerin loves his tough guys who are below average at hockey.

 

[YP44]

I remember being told he was going to be better than Doughty

 

[TwzKing]

i remember when there was a loud minority saying he would be better than Doughty. Good times.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

This is fine by me, we literally just need a guy to play 10 minutes a night and not cause complete chaos from rookie decisions.

Does it matter if they're a rookie or not if the end result is 10 minutes of chaos from bad decisions?

 

[hurdemz]

As quickly as Bogosian has fallen off a cliff, this is an upgrade at the 6 spot and basically at no cost. I don't mind this for Minnesota

 

[ThatGuy22]

Can't wait to see the extension...

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I honestly did not realize he was still around on an NHL roster

 

[Sota Popinski]

Does this force tampa to play perbix?

Force? He's played in 11 games already

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Does it matter if they're a rookie or not if the end result is 10 minutes of chaos from bad decisions?

There is a difference between poor decisions and poor execution, as long as his failures are of the predictable nature, aka puck fumbles and not running into his own teammates, our team defense and goalie is quite capable of picking up the slack. This is the minimum threshold that was not being met.

 

[EXTRAS]

Force? He's played in 11 games already

Not well.

 

[YP44]

i remember when there was a loud minority saying he would be better than Doughty. Good times.

haha back to back

 

[57special]

Does Bogo still get injured getting out of bed in the morning?

 

[Rschmitz]

He was a very good bottom 6 guy here, physical and almost always makes the smart play.

 

[CaptBrannigan]

Not well.

One of he or Fleury will now have to be in, assuming no other callups or moves.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

These boards are always good for a laugh when you see people criticize any pure depth move. Bogosian is depth D and traded for a pick that's basically worthless also. The season is long and it's always good to have some cheap vets to pull in when injuries hit.

 

[SEALBound]

Guerin must be bored. To make so many moves just to get Bogosian is silly.

He could have just waived Merrill and traded for Bogosian. Geez. Or kept Merrill

I'm waiting for the presser where he says: We'd been talking about this for a long time and we took a couple weeks to really think this through.

 

[Bruce Granville]

Can't wait to see the extension...

No need to be smart about it…
Everyone knows it will be 4x4.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

i remember when there was a loud minority saying he would be better than Doughty. Good times.

2008 was a very interesting draft for defensemen.

Stars: Doughty #2, Pietrangelo #4, Karlsson #15, Carlson #27
Solid to Middling: Bogo #3, Schenn #5, Myers #12, Gardiner #17, Sbisa #19, Del Zotto #20
Duds: Teubert #13, Cuma #23

Bogo is a depth d-man at this point, obviously. A 7th seems reasonable. Will probably get flipped to a contender if the Wild are out of the playoffs. That type of trade happens every deadline.

I don't get all the mockery.

 

[jackjohnson]

Overpayment

I heard that 7th round pick could potentially become a Gretzky like player. So definite overpayment

 

[AndreRoy]

He was pretty solid for us up until last season when he fell off a cliff (though some of that could have been due to his being paired with Ian Cole for most of the season - he did better when they were separated later on.) This move strikes me as the Bolts trying to do right by a respected veteran and give him an opportunity to stay in the NHL with another team rather than send him down when Vasy comes back. I’ll miss him on the Lightning and hope he does well with the Wild.