Nothing Flashy and NO STUPID KREJCI TRADE

Team: 2017-18 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 2, 2017

Published: Jul. 6, 2017

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Barring a trade, I think this is what we see opening night. In a perfect world I'd package Spooner & Vatrano (maybe get Bells in there) to upgrade the #2LW and make room for a guy like JFK, but a year in the AHL will be good for JFK if that isn't possible.

I'm torn on where Pasta goes. I know they really want to make him work on the Bergy line, but I hate putting all your eggs in one basket. Not to mention when Pasta is scoring Marchy is not and vice versa. If you don't believe me, look at the game logs from last year.

Spooner isn't a guy I really want to bring back, but we may need to and hope he performs well enough that someone bites. Its not that he's a bad centerman, he's just not the type of Centerman this system is built on. Give Spooner some PP time (where he does the most damage) and let Backes's defense cover up Spooners lack of defense.

The PP units are very similar to last year. The 1st unit is exactly the same with the 2nd unit getting the addition of McAvoy and Bjork.

It's not a flashy roster, but its better than what we had last year. As the season goes on guys will either get hurt or traded. The obvious choices for call-ups....Heinen, Cehlarik, O'Gara, Agostino, JFK, Zane, Subban & Czarnik.

We'll leave ourselves with roughly $3 million in cap space to make additional moves as the season goes on. I think Sweeney will be looking heavily to upgrade the left side both on offense and defense. At this juncture we just need to stay the course and let guys develop. We have the assets to build a strong team for years to come. The window isn't shrinking like many think and in another year or two we could be cup contenders again with depth.