Might be for the best imo. Play Vaaks ig.

(He won't).

DeBrusk will get a bridge deal. And the three other deals work.

B's have moved several picks in these past years to get a top6/top9 rental winger. I feel like Kase will be a good fit but the Bruins will want to keep those picks
-to acquire a winger if they still need some secondary scoring
-just use them for their selections

Savard is a top4 RD and for one year, I will pass. We can just play Lauzon/Clifton. No point in acquiring him to play behind McAvoy-Carlo.

Vaakanainen is not ready yet to have a regular role.

oof

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shame, I thought he was ready.

No problem with that. Just need to stay healthy and get top minutes in the A. He is probably the first one to be recalled if there's an injury so

During the pandemic Krug and his Wife Melanie are staying at her Parents home there in East Lansing, Michigan. Cough not Boston. Pretty much tells you everything you need to know he's heading home to Detroit plus they just bought a summer home in Adrian, Michigan next to his brothers for their summer home. Yeah pretty sure Krugs days in Boston are coming to an end. Especially if Detroit drafts Alexis Lafreniere.

This seems like a weird thing to say. Have you been watching him from game to game in Providence? If you’re a providence season ticket holder, I’ll completely retract. If not, this is a weird statement. Maybe you think he’s not ready? Maybe you’ve read his hockeydb page and pretend to know what he does on the ice, so you think he isn’t ready? maybe you’ve read someone else write that they don’t think he’s ready?

A flat out, definitive statement seems like a bit much at this stage, given the players pedigree and what he’s looked like at the NHL level so far.

I've seen him a bit. Don't have the chance to watch him a lot so I trust people who watch P-Bruins' games. And not a random person, they know what they talk about. Vaakanainen wasn't as consistent this year. Had good games and had bad ones as well. Is he bad? No, but there's always place for improvement. Other thing is it's hard for players to just be " okay " and stay in the NHL with the best team in the league. You look at the guys the Bruins have on D. 73-47-25-33-48 are regulars. 27-75-44 were in and out and now, Lauzon seems ready and stay up in the NHL. Cassidy is also strict and is willing to bench a young player in-game or for 1/2 game(s) if they aren't good enough or he thinks that he can get more from them.

Vaakanainen looked good in the five games he played this year. But do the Bruins depth, he got sent down once everyone was healthy. He could have stayed but at this moment (3rd pro season), it's better for him to play top mins in the AHL and when he comes up, he's 100% ready.

I stand by what i said. Very very weird to make a comment as definitive as yours without any direct knowledge.