Edited Jan. 19, 2018 at 9:19 p.m.
Quoting: BreKel
I'd like to work off this post and see how the cap hit could potentially be down the road. I didn't get a notification that you posted on this. Then it got bumped down due to a user spam posting every team's lineup.
Anyone else who sees this want to chime in?
@ON3M4N @Gofnut999 seeing you two are the ones who usually comment on Bruins posts and have a clue?
I agree with ON3M4N on this. This season and the offseason is pretty smooth sailing. Of tbe UFAs Chara will be the priorty but will likely looking at a paycut. Nash and Schaller will be given offers to stay but wth our depth they likely won’t be much of an increase which means they will likely sign elsewhere. Dobby is all but gone. I doubt he get’s a chance to start but he could get the chance to spilt time somewhere, islanders or coyotes maybe. Weak year for goalies on the FA market will push his value up as well. With no major holes to fill B’s won’t be active on name brand FA’s so the cap isn’t a worry. There isn’t much in the way of contracts to dump yet either. Beleskey and McQuaid would be about it. RFAs won’t have much leverage. Agree they will let Vatrano walk. It’s the following year that is when it gets dicey with CMac, Carlo, Heinen, jfk, cehlarik, acciari all coming due. There will be ways to deal with it if need be. Krejci will have to list half the league that he can be traded to and with, JFK. Frederic, Donato, Studnicka in the system there would be options if it came to that. All depends on where the cap ceiling lands really. It is certainly doable.
My question would be - Do we want to? Spooner playing pretty damn well right now. Is the difference between Spooner and Hoffman a 1st and Zboril? A month ago it was a simple hell yes. Now......maybe? Pretty similar type players, smaller, fast, get lost on D at times. Spooner actually has a higher PPG this year, not by much and fueled by an unsustainable hot streak. Can we swing it...yes. Should we? I don’t know. I think it’s a little pricey.
Would they better off using a similar package for OEL and bringing Bjork/Cehlarik back to fill in for Spooner? Can Nash continue to thrive as 3rd line center or should they be looking to upgrade that slot.
Luckily we are in great position both now and in the future. I hope they hold steadfast with the idea of not trading away the youth. I don’t mind one going to increase the now. A LHD like Zboril would make sense. With Lauzon, Lindgren, Urho V. behind him they can take the hit there.