Proposal: Nj - Boston

[Rebels57]

Unless NJ became a contender overnight (they didn't), this deal makes no sense.

 

[John Pedro]

Makes no sense.

We would just be wasting three young assets for the right to waste the last years of Chara's career.

 

[Alberta_OReilly_Fan]

Lol no he isn't, sorry

whether he is or isn't... clearly you aren't a qualified judge.

those who are disagree with you

 

[Alberta_OReilly_Fan]

Great then you will have no problem keeping him

finally a sign of intelligence from the other side of the fence... and you are correct we definitely have no problem keeping him

 

[Bleedred]

And we have to give them a first round pick for him too, if we make the playoffs?

I'd almost think they'd want to unload him as a cap dump if they're gonna get rid of him?

I'm not really sure if Chara is any good or not anymore, I'm assuming that he's not that bad though. At least not just yet.

 

[BruinLVGA]

Chara has two years left in the league, MAX. You think we're winning the cup in the next two years?

I didn't think so.

Do you think you would win the Cup in the next two years with Chara? Or with any other defenseman in the league? I didn't think so.

 

[Smitty426]

finally a sign of intelligence from the other side of the fence... and you are correct we definitely have no problem keeping him

Nice doing business with you.
Have a great season!

 

[VoidCreature]

Do you think you would win the Cup in the next two years with Chara? Or with any other defenseman in the league? I didn't think so.

That's exactly what I just said.

 

[WhalerTurnedBruin55]

Bostons defense already sucks with Chara...

Even as bad as the Bruins defense is, they aren't making their defense worse unless it's near the deadline and they are numerically out of it. I'd like to say obviously out of it, but I think they'd still push for the playoffs.

 

[BostonBob]

NJ passes on this one. If this was the Chara from 2010 then I'd definitely trade for him

That's very noble of you to want to trade for the literal best defenseman in the league (Chara in 2010 )

Maybe we can find a time machine and give them Bobby Orr and Ray Bourque in their primes too.

 

[BruinsBtn]

Great then you will have no problem keeping him

99% of Bruins fans want to see him retire in black and gold.

 

[Smitty426]

99% of Bruins fans want to see him retire in black and gold.

I think its the way it should be

 

[BruinLVGA]

That's exactly what I just said.

Whoopsie daisy. My mistake, misread what you said. Sorry.

 

[Billdo]

No, thank you.

 

[Stephen Gionta]

This OP is disgusting for New Jersey.

 

[Kurt Cobain]

Chara is a shell of his former self. I'd trade Merrill and a 2nd that's it's. If ya don't like it that's cool we'll look somewhere else.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I think the rebuild is over.

Even if that were true this is awful

 

[Captain Timo]

whether he is or isn't... clearly you aren't a qualified judge.

those who are disagree with you

What did this have to do with anything I posted?

Chara isn't a 1D. Plenty of people would agree with me. Just because he was used as one on a pretty piss poor defensively Bruins squad, doesn't make him one.

 

[Hisch13r]

Wow is this a dumb trade. Lets trade for a 39 year old when we're competing for a PLAYOFF SPOT. It makes zero sense to trade for someone that old when we're not even sure if we'll make it

 

[FinnBruin]

Chara's still a 1st pairing D-man, maybe not a #1 anymore but very much still capable of playing at least #2 duties. Just not good enough to carry someone else as well, and since the Bruins don't have a RHD better than a #5, he sometimes looks worse than he is.

Of course, if Chara were to be traded, which isn't gonna happen, it wouldn't make much sense for NJ to be interested. But Boston wouldn't take that deal either, nothing really appealing there except I guess the first round pick, but that's conditional too.

 

[BostonBob]

Chara is a shell of his former self. I'd trade Merrill and a 2nd that's it's. If ya don't like it that's cool we'll look somewhere else.

Better start looking.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Why the hell would the Devils want to mortage the future for an old used up Chara. Stupid proposal.

 

[BurntToast]

No. I firmly believe the Devils will be fine without Larsson. This giant, massive "hole" in the defense. I think people need to put the bottle down. If the Devils can have a top 10 defense with Peter freaking Harrold, then why should I worry about Lovejoy/Santini, Auvitu, Jacobs, Mozik.

 

[Group Chat Legend*]

Better start looking.

Wouldn't even trade Merrill for Chara

And Boston is in bad shape, they ought to ship him off while they still can; just not to NJ

 

[Roof Daddy]

What nobody has mentioned to this point is that a futures based deal for an established player taking place between 2 teams that will be duking it out for the same wild card spot makes less than zero sense for the team giving up the established player.

Even if it is fair value in terms of assets (not sure it is), there is no way the Bruins do this.

I'm not sure it makes NJ a playoff team, but it definitely takes Boston out of playoff contention.