Edited Apr. 17, 2020 at 3:34 p.m.
Quoting: hockeygm
Bruins say yes. He solidifies their rhd with 3 great players. Murphy provides a big body defensive d man which they are desiring. He has a cheap contract for the player he is. Look at the scandella contract compared to this with age as a factor. This is a great trade for the bruins to solidify their d corps at a low cost.
I'll start from the bottom:
1) I don't care what Scandella got. I'm not the GM of STL.
* Taylor Hall can get $9/10M from some poor sap but not me, so again I don't care.
2) As I said, US$3.85Mil is TOO much for the 3rd pair when Krug, Grzelcyk and Chara need re-signing (and so do DeBrusk/Bjork); in a Cap World that's likely flat or falling - we don't know yet.
* kudos to you tho for dumping salary and attempting to take back an entry level prospect with lightning speed to likely be Strome's wingman!
3) Not sure if you've seen Lauzon play? Small sample size so far for him yes - but he is no "shrinking violet" and as an entry-level guy he has basically hijacked the #6 slot.
B's D core currently:
Chara-McAvoy
Krug-Carlo
Grz-Lauzon
#7's (Clifton, Miller, Moore, Vaak, Zboril, Kampfer...).
4) Expansion coming so could lose him if he's on such a sweet deal - that makes this trade to short-sighted for Boston.
5) Team need is more akin to a RW 2nd liner (think Palmieri).
* Murph could be talked about but only if Krug and Chara leave...so call back in a couple of months!