Team: 2020-21 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 2, 2020

Published: Sep. 2, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Forwards:
Start with Hall. In a year that contracts could be down, Hall has stated he prefers stability and winning which means Boston could be the perfect place. Before he was drafted Hall made it no secret he wished Boston would draft him and idolizes Bobby Orr. If he's serious about winning and would take slightly less to play in Boston it would be an ideal fit. DeBrusk signs a short RFA deal, which Boston tends to do, and slides over to Krejci's right side along with Hall. Kase bumps down next to Coyle where he should get plenty of scoring opportunities. Studnicka needs to be in the bottom six in some manner all year. Ritchie is dumped.

Defenseman:
Chara retires. Krug who has constantly stated family is no. 1 priority goes home to Detroit on 7yr/$58m deal. Grzelcyk resigns on a short RFA deal for slightly less than Carlo signed last year ($2.85m cap hit). To replace the lefties Krug and Chara, Gustafsson and Dillion are brought in. If Chara runs it back one more year, sign just Gustafsson. Both players have better 5v5 rates than Krug the past two seasons and are not as sheltered as he is which should hopefully help the Bruins even strength play:

GF/60: Krug 2.61, Gustafsson 3.03, Dillon 2.74

Gustafsson slots in next to Carlo as he takes a majority of his face-offs in the offensive zone (58 percent), similar to Krug (68.2 percent) but not as high. Grzelcyk takes Krug's place as PP1 QB and Chara's spot next to McAvoy, which is a dominant pairing. Moore and a pick is traded for salary relief.

Goalies:
If Tuukka decides to return he should be this teams goalie. He has one year left on his deal which gives you one more reason to go all in one more time with this core. Halak moves back to his backup role which has been extremely successful.

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