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Team: 2022-23 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 21, 2022

Published: Jun. 22, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Key starting points for the reasoning on this outline:
- Might look as if the whole plan is depending on Gaudreau, but there are other options (Forsberg, Copp... etc.) - the main thing is that the Bruins must sign a UFA (and clear cap) to raise both overall value and raise competitiveness to lure Bergy and Krejci back.
- The Bruins have too many good players, and several signed long term, to likely go full rebuild.
- I really don´t see the B´s trading Pastrnak - they simply must be burnt from having messed up by shiping away too many star players over the last decades (Thornton, Sequin... etc.) and with a looming exit for Bergy and Marchy, they need to keep a face for the franchise.
- Bergy has too much hockey in himself and fighting spirit to quit (hell he´d probably play when he gets a bypass at 78). =)
- With the signing of a top free agent and the option to play with Hall and Lysell (speedy scorers), Krejci will return for another shot at the Cup.
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Trades:
- Nosek is now surplus as they must play their youths more - yet he´s a productive player for a low pick (just picked Buffalo as it gives them depth and cap options).
- Smith to Ottawa infuses leadership to a youngish team on the rise, while the B´s need the pick and creates a roster spot for a youngster to bloom.
- Reilly to Montreal is more of a suggestion (to any team in need of depth on D, for a third or two forth round picks).
- DeBrusk for Puljujarvi seems like a deal that should have been made a long time ago - early on they seemed like equal value, then it leaned in Puljus favor, but how in DeBrusk´s favor - so the swap of picks is kinda arbitrary really.
- Gryz/Lauko for Olofsson is a trade I built off a recent trade rumour (Olofsson). Bruins might have to add, but Gryz is a valuable and gritty defender and Lauko has more talent than his production has shown - anyway, just assumed Buffalo needs a D over another LW / C / RW, looking at what they´ve got in their pipeline.

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