Give Lauko a chance

Created by: ngikas

Team: 2020-21 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 14, 2021

Published: Mar. 14, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

I say might as well give it a go. Lets you trade DeBrusk or Kase and worst case you hold onto them to keep the great depth. I like Ritchie better on the 3rd line. Keep him on the PP tho. Just a different idea to try and get some goal scoring.

As for the trade, I haven't seen Murray play all that much this year. Risky play with his injury history but is an upgrade nonetheless. I think Bjork for Murray is close to fair value as a rental, add the pick for the retention. I could be undervaluing Murray but a injury prone dman for a young bottom 6 forward who has upside and a 2nd seems like a solid offer.

Trades

BOS

Murray, Ryan ($2,000,000 retained)

NJD

Bjork, Anders
2021 2nd round pick (BOS)

Retained Salary Transactions

David Backes: $1,500,000 (25%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$80,606,481	$964,222	$2,532,500	$893,519

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Marchand, Brad $6,125,000$6,125,000 LW NMC UFA - 5	Bergeron, Patrice $6,875,000$6,875,000 C M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Pastrnak, David $6,666,667$6,666,667 RW UFA - 3
Lauko, Jakub $764,167$764,167 ($132,500$132K) LW, RW RFA - 3	Krejci, David $7,250,000$7,250,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	DeBrusk, Jake $3,675,000$3,675,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Ritchie, Nick $1,498,925$1,498,925 LW UFA - 1	Coyle, Charlie $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 6	Smith, Craig $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW UFA - 3
Frederic, Trent $925,000$925,000 ($300,000$300K) LW, RW UFA - 1	Kuraly, Sean $1,275,000$1,275,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Wagner, Chris $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW, C UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Grzelcyk, Matt $3,687,500$3,687,500 LD UFA - 4	McAvoy, Charlie $4,900,000$4,900,000 RD UFA - 2	Swayman, Jeremy $925,000$925,000 ($100,000$100K) G RFA - 3
Murray, Ryan $2,600,000$2,600,000 LD UFA - 1	Carlo, Brandon $2,850,000$2,850,000 RD UFA - 1
Zboril, Jakub $725,000$725,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Miller, Kevan $1,250,000$1,250,000 ($750,000$750K) RD UFA - 1	Halák, Jaroslav $2,250,000$2,250,000 ($1,250,000$1M) G UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Lauzon, Jérémy $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Rask, Tuukka $7,000,000$7,000,000 G UFA - 1
Clifton, Connor $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 3	Kase, Ondrej $2,600,000$2,600,000 RW UFA - 1
Moore, John $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD UFA - 3

Taxi Squad
Studnicka, Jack $769,167$769,167 ($0$0$0$0) ($107,500$108K) RW, C RFA - 2
Senyshyn, Zach $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW UFA - 1
Vladar, Daniel $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 3
Tinordi, Jarred $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1
Vaakanainen, Urho $894,167$894,167 ($0$0$0$0) ($425,000$425K) LD/RD RFA - 2
Kampfer, Steven $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA - 1
McKegg, Greg $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) C, LW UFA - 1
Blidh, Anton $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW, RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Mar. 14, 2021 at 7:22 a.m.

NHLfan10506

Joined: May 2019

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Sounds good from NJD side.
It was rumored last season that the Devils GM really liked Bjork, so would probably make sense.
More realistically, it is probably that player and a 3rd or 4th rounder.

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Mar. 14, 2021 at 7:49 a.m.

bhavikp27

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Would like to see him play a complete season in the AHL first. He isn't better than DeBrusk or Kase right now so I don't think it will really change anything.

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Mar. 14, 2021 at 8:02 a.m.

ON3M4N

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Lauko needs a full year on the AHL. He missed significant time laat year do to injury.

As for the trade, not a fan. We offered Bjork + 2nd for Palms last year (I'd do that deal still), but pass on Murray. He's not a need, more of a nice to have.

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Mar. 14, 2021 at 10:49 a.m.

ngikas

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Quoting: bhavikp27

Would like to see him play a complete season in the AHL first. He isn't better than DeBrusk or Kase right now so I don't think it will really change anything.

Quoting: ON3M4N

Understandable but wouldn't you rather the Bruins see if they can fix the secondary scoring issue internally before they start looking outside the organization? I'm not saying ride him thru the rest of the year, more so of a test run to see what he's got.

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Mar. 14, 2021 at 10:50 a.m.

bhavikp27

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Quoting: ngikas

Sure but I don't think the personal is the only issue, that's what I meant by "I don't think it will really change anything".

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