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Created by: Acegamer

Team: 2020-21 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 19, 2020

Published: Jun. 19, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Based on the NBC article. Would this do it? Interested in hearing from Buffalo fans as well.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bjork, Anders	2	$1,250,000
DeBrusk, Jake	6	$4,000,000
Grzelcyk, Matt	6	$3,250,000
Kuhlman, Karson	1	$875,000
Senyshyn, Zach	1	$875,000
Sherman, Wiley	1	$875,000
Vladar, Daniel	2	$875,000
Zboril, Jakub	2	$875,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Chara, Zdeno		1	$1,000,000
Krug, Torey		7	$7,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Beecher, John		2	$875,000

Trades

BOS

Eichel, Jack

BUF

Beecher, John
Grzelcyk, Matt
Krejci, David ($1,250,000 retained)
Zboril, Jakub
2021 1st round pick (BOS)

Additional Details:

Krejci only got one year left. So not a big risk for Buffalo. And Krejci is a really good player. He would be a good center for them until their younger players are ready.

BOS

2020 5th round pick (ARI)

ARI

Moore, John

Additional Details:

Solid serviceable defenseman for whatever team needs some depth.

Retained Salary Transactions

David Backes: $1,500,000 (25%)
David Krejci: $1,250,000 (17.24%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$80,773,981	$964,222	$1,675,000	$726,019

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Marchand, Brad $6,125,000$6,125,000 LW NMC UFA - 5	Bergeron, Patrice $6,875,000$6,875,000 C M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Pastrnak, David $6,666,667$6,666,667 RW UFA - 3
Ritchie, Nick $1,498,925$1,498,925 LW UFA - 1	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 6	Kase, Ondrej $2,600,000$2,600,000 RW UFA - 1
DeBrusk, Jake $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Coyle, Charlie $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 6	Bjork, Anders $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
Kuraly, Sean $1,275,000$1,275,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Lindholm, Pär $850,000$850,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Wagner, Chris $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW, C UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chara, Zdeno $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA - 1	McAvoy, Charlie $4,900,000$4,900,000 RD UFA - 2	Rask, Tuukka $7,000,000$7,000,000 G UFA - 1
Krug, Torey $7,000,000$7,000,000 LD UFA - 7	Carlo, Brandon $2,850,000$2,850,000 RD UFA - 1	Halák, Jaroslav $2,250,000$2,250,000 ($1,250,000$1M) G UFA - 1
Vaakanainen, Urho $894,167$894,167 ($425,000$425K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Lauzon, Jérémy $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Kuhlman, Karson $875,000$875,000 RW UFA - 2
Blidh, Anton $700,000$700,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Clifton, Connor $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 3

Jun. 20, 2020 at 4:06 a.m.

#51

RoyalBlueSabres

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This isnt close an its nauseating that people think it is

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Jun. 20, 2020 at 7:02 a.m.

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Quoting: Silkysmooth42

LASTLY: IFFFF people argue, just say you would switch out Beecher for Studnicka and that should 100% do it

Damn. Beat me to it. Krejci just doesn't have much value to Buffalo if they get rid of Eichel but...they'd flip him at the deadline for a haul so I could see this working to a point. Maybe another piece though as I could see this getting outbid and Buffalo has no need to satisfy Eichel in any trade. Still, as the rare Sabres/Bruins fan, I think this deal on both ends.

Jun. 20, 2020 at 9:34 a.m.

#53

MMBzFan

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Small technicality Beecher will sign but after the college season if their is one. Still can trade his rights. Bottom pairing might be a bit shaky. Vaakanainen did not have the greatest of seasons in Providence.

PS. Oh damn just noticed Haggs wrote the article.

Jun. 20, 2020 at 9:36 a.m.

#54

DiehardRedWingsFan58

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Fat chance in hell Buffalo makes that trade one year of an aging David Krejci The rest is meh at best. Total garbage for an elite 1C like Eichel.

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Jun. 20, 2020 at 9:39 a.m.

#55

DiehardRedWingsFan58

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Quoting: HockeyFan989

Well... at least 25 teams offer better returns for Eichel

Yeah easily, This is pure trash one of the worst Jack Eichel proposals i've seen pretty meh.

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Jun. 20, 2020 at 9:52 a.m.

#56

Silkysmooth42

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Quoting: Taxtime

Exactly. Its about how you think about it.

Sabres can trade to a rebuilding team and get a big piece out of it, or they can trade to a contnder who isnt gonna give up a huge piece.
This trade is the perfect middle. Getting a bunch of solid young pieces, and a really good piece in krejci that they can flip (to a team that we would waive for)

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Jun. 21, 2020 at 11:08 a.m.

#57

Heyhowareya37

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I think there are probably better offers, but i dont think its far off. I think anytime you trade a superstar you're not really gonna get fair value. If the situation actually gets into trade talks BUF will be trading from a position of weakness. Personally i dont think itll get to that point, but who knows. On the Bruins side, i can see BUF asking for Debrusk/Carlo rather than Krejci (although the "flipping" strategy could work), that may be a tough pill for Management and fans to swallow, but Krejci probably doesnt waive there, and for a rebuilding a team an older player with 1 year left doesnt make much sense. All in all, another team may be willing to fork over a top prospect/higher picks that the bruins dont have, think the value is fairly close, but its just a really difficult trade to forecast!

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