Weekes: Teams interested in Trent Frederic

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You wanted the Bruins to instantly trade Orlov, Hathaway and Bertuzzi after trading for them at the deadline? What?

You wanted them to trade Debrusk when they were like top 3 in the entire league? What?

All fan bases have people with tear it down fetishes. The reality is that, like many markets, Boston ain’t gonna tear it down until they have to. They have retooled on the fly successfully before. But I don’t have to tell a Wings fan that sometimes that luck/ability runs dry and the rebuild is forced on you. Bruins haven’t reached that point yet, but they do need to push some buttons soon here.

 

[Fatass]

You wanted the Bruins to instantly trade Orlov, Hathaway and Bertuzzi after trading for them at the deadline? What?

You wanted them to trade Debrusk when they were like top 3 in the entire league? What?

The issue now though is the Bruins are very much in the group at the bottom of their division. They are getting older. The way they can (maybe?) insert some high end youth is by trading their coming UFAs for younger players and picks. What they did last summer is lose UFAs and sign older guys to big dollars. Clearly they are trying to stretch out their playoff window. Not too sure their method is the best way to accomplish that though.

 

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The issue now though is the Bruins are very much in the group at the bottom of their division. They are getting older. The way they can (maybe?) insert some high end youth is by trading their coming UFAs for younger players and picks. What they did last summer is lose UFAs and sign older guys to big dollars. Clearly they are trying to stretch out their playoff window. Not too sure their method is the best way to accomplish that though.

IIRC you are a Leafs fan. Bruins have half as many guys over 30 on the roster than the Leafs. They are a brutally slow team. Amongst the slowest in the league. But that isn’t an age problem.

 

[Fatass]

IIRC you are a Leafs fan. Bruins have half as many guys over 30 on the roster than the Leafs. They are a brutally slow team. Amongst the slowest in the league. But that isn’t an age problem.

Tbh I hate the Leafs and celebrated their playoff losses to the Bruins. (Not a Bruins’ fan; just happy to see the Leafs lose)
The Bruins are at that stage now where they aren’t good enough to allow UFAs, who have value, to walk away for nothing and then expect to sign UFAs (to big contracts: Zadorov and Lindholm for example) to replace them. That philosophy, imo, only makes a team older and not better.
If they can move their coming UFAs for younger players they can extend the Pasta, McAvoy window.
Imo the Bruins should go after Zegras.