Confirmed Trade: [TOR/BOS] Brandon Carlo (15% retained) for Fraser Minten, cond. 2026 1st round pick (top 5 protected), 2025 4th round pick
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Boston wins big here. They get a blue chip that likely turns out to be a #2 C and a 1st rounder for a bottom pairing D man.
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I'm happy with the trade as a Bruins fan but every single thing I can find on Minten shows his best case scenario to be a good defensive 3C...
Are you the guy that shows up to Leafs games in the opponent's jersey? You are, aren't you?
He's shown limited offense so far, but I think his ceiling is a 2C. He is just most likely to pan out as a 3C. 34 is a troll, not a Leaf fan.
Minten won't be a #2 C in the NHL, he will top out as a solid #3 C at best
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I see Poitras as much more likely to become our #2C.
We will continue to not have a #1C for a long time because we tried to fill that role with Elias Lindholm, who is absolutely awful.
His negatives on Toronto won't be as noticeable on Boston. I would pair him on the 2nd pair and not 1st against Florida or TB.
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Bruins fans seem awful cocky about getting a 1st round pick. You should probably look at your teams draft history before trashing the leafs for trading their pick. The last time the Bruins drafted anybody useful in the first round was 2014.
So the leafs trade a potential 3C someday, and some magic beans that Boston doesn’t know how to activate for Brandon Carlo signed/retained for 2 more years.
Yikes
So the leafs trade a potential 3C someday, and some magic beans that Boston doesn’t know how to activate for Brandon Carlo signed/retained for 2 more years.
Yikes
He's not a #2 C. He isnt even an everyday NHLer. You are reaching here. Minten hasn't even shown much offensive ability in junior, not the kind that projects as top-6 in the NHL. He's a big kid, with a high IQ. Carlo is not a bottom-pairing Dman either. All you have to do is look at his ice time, he plays 19-20 min a night as a defensive dman. That isn't bottom pairing.
I see no reason to believe Rielly, Carlo and McCabe don't have at least 3 years left in them.
Rielly is only 30, Mccabe is 31 and Carlo is 28 it's reasonable to believe that they have 3 years left in them.
Tanev has 2 good left in him for sure
and OEL is on the bottom pair now so if he falls off and much like Tanev I don't expect OEL to fall off for at least 2 years but even if he did he's on the bottom pair now so it doesn't hurt as much.
The Leafs top 5 defense are set for the next 3 years,.
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It's 15% retention lmao, and Carlo is horrible. Let's calm down.
Not sure about cocky, but they are happy with the return, and they should be. They got a good return. Every seller got a good return this deadline. Friggin Luke Schenn got a 2nd and a 4th lol.
wintersej
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I’ll let McAvoy and Frederic’s moms know they aren’t useful.
Its not his turnovers, every D does, its his inability to make any passes beyond basic HS plays and how often he ices the puck. NIW that Saud Toronto's superior forwards all to a degree minimize his beyond obvious weaknesses.
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Trent Frederic is awful, and the bruins fans would absolutely LOVE to get out of Charlie Mcavoys contract.
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At evens, yes. Carlo is going to play heavy minutes, especially on the pk, so Tanev doesn’t have to. Having Carlo means Tanev won’t take so many hard minutes and will be a better player too.
Carlo was a really smart add because his presence makes Tanev more effective.
thusk
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Bring a team who had absolutly nothing at the beggining to make it decent team despite player who don't want to stay of being one of worst attractive team/ city in the entire league for player?
Sure everyone don't have the chance to be gm of a Florida team where you don't need to do anything to convince player to come play there
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Well, TOR needed an upgrade on their bottom pairing. I didn't care much for Timmins and guys like Myers and Benoit aren't anything special at all.
When the Leafs signed OEL, some had a rather low opinion of him, but many Panthers fans seemed to think he was a solid number five at worst. He's probably exceeded expectations.
If Rielly can step his game up in the playoffs, Tanev, McCabe, Rielly, Carlo, Ekman-Larsson and Benoit should be a good top six.
The price for Carlo seems a bit steep, but it was a seller's market this year.
When the Leafs signed OEL, some had a rather low opinion of him, but many Panthers fans seemed to think he was a solid number five at worst. He's probably exceeded expectations.
If Rielly can step his game up in the playoffs, Tanev, McCabe, Rielly, Carlo, Ekman-Larsson and Benoit should be a good top six.
The price for Carlo seems a bit steep, but it was a seller's market this year.
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He is terrible with the puck, icing it way, way to often.
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Yup.
Fun to take a look here and see how often the Bruins ice the puck with Carlo on the ice. No other dman on this terrible Bruins team is even close
