Quoting: loserssince67
I really don't see them keeping all of hayes, beleskey, and spooner. Maybe one of them. Also, the krejci lucic horton line worked because it wasn't a game of speed at the time like it is today. That line would have a lot of trouble against most of the teams in the Atlantic with their speed. I also can't see a situation where bjork doesn't make the team, debrusk as well has a good shot.There are 2 holes that the bruins need to fill this offseason: top 6 LW and top 4 LD, at least one of these will likely be filled through trade/free agency. I really don't see sweeney not making any moves, even though he has had some questionable ones in the past.
I think Lucic Krejci and Horton would still dominate now. They were great at cycling down low and possessing the puck. The game doesn't have to be about speed all the time, especially if you have the puck. Ironically that's basically Krejci's greatest skill... slowing down the pace of the game when he has the puck. As for our line, the only "slow" one is Backes. He's lost some of his legs, but Beleskey has fine speed and Krejci is average. I don't think we can hide Backes' lack of speed no matter what we do.
Bjork was good in college, but he put up a blank sheet in his 5 games with team USA playing against NHL caliber players. I don't understand how you could equate going scoreless in 5 games against similar competition to making him be a lock for the NHL. Had he played better and registered a few points I would agree he'd have a good chance, but really all he's done so far is be good in college, which amounts to nearly nothing in the NHL. Jimmy Vesey is the closest guy I can think of to Bjork and he's 4 years older than Bjork and just came up with an under 30 point season after dominating the College level. Should we really rush him to the NHL 3 years earlier than Vesey? and if we do, why would we expect more than 20 something points? (which isn't success)
There is no hole at Top 4 LHD. That's a common misconception by people not analyzing the situation properly. Here's a simple riddle for you to answer to me. If Chara plays 23 minutes a night as our top pair LHD and Krug plays 21 minutes a night as a LHD, How can our other LHD (who's likely to play the leftover 16 minutes) be considered a top 4 player when he's playing only that amount of time or less? It just clearly doesn't make any sense at all, unless you believe Chara will be so bad he'll go down to 18 or less minutes, which I can't imagine happening. Krug will not drop in ice time at all, so theres not even any chance of having another "top 4 LHD" on the team. They eat the minutes, they are the top 4. Our right side is getting stronger too by adding McAvoy and having another year under Carlo's belt, so they could increase. There will be only scraps left over for our 3rd LHD.
As for the top 6 wing hole: It's already filled if Beleskey has a bounce back year. If he scores 37 points again, like he did in 2015-2016 I'll just call it a day at that position. He'd need to be beat out by someone else to not have a role on the team. He's a good influence and tries his hardest.
This Mock was just to give a glimpse to outsiders into our current lineup. We will do something most likely, so things will change, but as it stands now this is basically what our roster is, before we see who's been working out harder and getting better in the offseason. Someone young could emerge, but then a trade is likely, as I don't believe the owner, Mr. Jacobs, would let a player like Beleskey or Hayes collect a big paycheck for not contributing to the team. They'd have to be shipped somewhere else and we don't know yet if they have improved this offseason either.
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