Edited Feb. 25, 2019 at 12:51 p.m.
Quoting: Breakaway
#1 Chara doesn't need to come back, if he does Moore is out because we don't need a 2.75M 7th defenseman +2.75M
#2 Backes is out, Either trade him with a 1st for a late pick or put him on LTIR +6M
#3 Heinen doesn't need to be back at that price, literally what has he done this year to earn that much.... he's more worth 1.5M +1M Comparable is Josh Anderson
#4 Bridge deals for Carlo and McAvoy... you litterally picked the worst possible deals probably because you just wanted to act like a fool. 8 years is the worst term for Carlo. He's had ups and downs in his career you don't lock a 2nd pair defenseman in for 8 years because his value isn't likely going to rise over 6M in the future. Sign him to a 2year deal a la Trouba +1.5M. Sign McAvoy to a non-idiotic deal..... why would you sign him for 5 years giving him UFA as early as possible? Make him play for a year or 2 at around 4.5M.... +2M Because he's stated he wants a deal comparable to Ekblad.... he doesn't deserve it yet so make him earn it over 2 years....
That's already 13.75M which is more than enough to sign Stone but I can go much deeper into this if you don't understand it yet. The Bruins have a multitude of options to facilitate a Stone signing, you're just clearly not smart enough to understand it which is why you 2 are impressed by a mock that everyone already knew. Literally anyone that made even 1 Bruins Mock either 2018 or 2019 knows its going to be hard to sign a big Time UFA because of Backes and Chara. The only point you made in your mock was that you didn't understand the obvious and felt obligated to point it out to everyone but we're all like "Have you seen our Mocks?.... why do you think Backes being traded is in the majority of mocks especially if it's a 2019 mock and they're signing a UFA?.... you think they did it by accident? Or is it more likely that everyone already knows the Bruins have to move Backes to do something big lol.....
I did not make the post so quit acting like i did. Nor am i saying it can’t be done. Of course it can. It is just not simple. And hard choices and sacrifices may have to be made.
The numbers i gave you for next year are accurate. And it does not include Backes. Sorry you don’t understand that. ?♂️
Seriously this is idiotic and you not are listening because none of the points you just listed have anything to do with my post.
1. Chara don’t care if he comes back or not. Does not matter. Still a roster spot that needs to be filled.
2. Backes was magically gone in my scenario. But you don’t seem to listen. And you can;t put him on LTIR just because you want to.
3. So Heinen who put up 47 as a rookie is worth as much as a guy who has never supassed 30.
4. You can’t just give RFAs what you want to fit your narrative.
Now the numbers i did give you did not include Backes...at all. Waived the magic wand and made him disappear. However. He still has an NTC. He can only be traded to 8 teams of his choosing. What are the odds they want him? And if they do they are not likely to take him without retention, The teams that would are teams he will not want to go to and woukd likely block. You can’t place him on LTIR just because you want to. For what concussions? Then why did we clear him to play and let him all year. He would file a grievance if we tried to LTiR him. If he retires there is likely a recapture penalty for his front loaded contract. The odds of you getting Backes 100% off the books is slim which eats into the cap space even more than the scenario i gave you where he was magically erased.
Glad you live in a fantasy world. I deal with reality.
Absolute best case scenario to make it all fit.
Heinen and JFK are part of deal for Stone and don’t need to be re-signed. Their spots on roster next year are taken by Senyshyn/Kuhlman and Frederic who are still on ELCs.
Backes contract magically disappears. Chara retires.
You have 24m for Stone, CMac, Carlo, Cehlarik and 4 other roster spots to fill.
As i was saying. The first 3 will likely cost between 18-21.
Lets go 19
Chelarik, Frederic, Kuhlman, Urho V will be 3.5 aprox
So you have 1.5 for final spot
So can it be done. Absolutely. Is it a given. No
There is no guarantee that you can dump 100% of Backes. May even be stuck with him another year. Chara may not want to retire. Stone may not want to re-sign here. CMac and Carlo might take bridge deals and make it easier. Or they decide they want long term deals for as much as possible.
Everything has to fall into place just right to make it happen. What are the odds of that. You can’t just snap your fingers and make all that happen just because it’s what you want. Does not work that way.