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Created by: Bruins1054_gmb

Team: 2020-21 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 15, 2020

Published: Sep. 15, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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I know Bruins fans will say "switch Kuraly and Bjork." However, when paired with Coyle on the wing Kuraly was effective. The trades shouldn't surprise anyone, and I know those players might have some interest around the leauge, but I think the Bruins need the extra Cap space in order to improve the team with Brodie and Smith. Brodie should be the Bruins top candidate for LHD (even though he played RHD with Calgary), and Smith has been a consistent 20-goal scorer over his career and an undervalued/underrated player IMO.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
DeBrusk, Jake	3	$3,750,000
Grzelcyk, Matt	3	$3,250,000
Kuhlman, Karson	2	$925,000
Senyshyn, Zach	2	$900,000
Zboril, Jakub	2	$900,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Brodie, TJ	4	$5,000,000
Smith, Craig	3	$4,000,000
Chara, Zdeno	1	$1,250,000

Trades

BOS

Any team; any compensation. Getting under the Cap.

ANA

Ritchie, Nick

BOS

Any team; any compensation. Getting under the Cap.

ANA

Moore, John

Retained Salary Transactions

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

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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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$80,305,889	$964,222	$1,550,000	$1,194,111

Roster

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
DeBrusk, Jake $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Krejci, David $7,250,000$7,250,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Smith, Craig $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW UFA - 3
Kuraly, Sean $1,275,000$1,275,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Coyle, Charlie $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 6	Kase, Ondrej $2,600,000$2,600,000 RW UFA - 1
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Frederic, Trent $925,000$925,000 ($300,000$300K) LW, RW UFA - 1	Wagner, Chris $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW, C UFA - 3
		Kuhlman, Karson $925,000$925,000 RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chara, Zdeno $1,250,000$1,250,000 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
Brodie, TJ $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	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
Grzelcyk, Matt $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD UFA - 4	Clifton, Connor $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 3
Zboril, Jakub $900,000$900,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Lauzon, Jérémy $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Marchand, B.		Bergeron, P.		Coyle, C.
	Pastrnak, D.		Grzelcyk, M.

Power Play 2
DeBrusk, J.		Krejci, D.		Smith, C.
	Kase, O.		McAvoy, C.

Penalty Kill 1
	Bergeron, P.	Marchand, B.
	Chara, Z.	Carlo, B.

Penalty Kill 2
	Kuraly, S.	Wagner, C.
	Brodie, T.	McAvoy, C.

Sep. 15, 2020 at 12:33 p.m.

Gofnut999

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Solid enough for a minimalistic approach.

I hope Chara comes to his senses and decides to retire.

And ya there is a reason why Bruins fans say that. Bjork is not fit for 4th line. He’s not a defensive checking grinder. He is completely miscast in that role.

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Sep. 15, 2020 at 12:37 p.m.

bhavikp27

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Agreed to disagree then and Bjork and Coyle have also been good together... Don't see Grzelcyk taking this deal.

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Sep. 15, 2020 at 1:01 p.m.

Bruins1054_gmb

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Quoting: Gofnut999

Bjork shouldn't have been signed to a 3 yr extension. He's not good enough to play on the 3rd line and if he can't play on the 4th, what good is he?

Sep. 15, 2020 at 1:03 p.m.

Bruins1054_gmb

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Quoting: bhavikp27

Agreed to disagree then and Bjork and Coyle have also been good together... Don't see Grzelcyk taking this deal.

You think he signs a two year deal at that cap hit? It's a significant raise, either way.

Sep. 15, 2020 at 1:50 p.m.

MMBzFan

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Big Kuraly fan but he is just not a 3rd line player. Smith is a good hard nosed player. If Sweeney can’t bring in a player like Hall, Smith is solid.

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Sep. 15, 2020 at 2:08 p.m.

bhavikp27

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Quoting: Bruins1054_gmb

You think he signs a two year deal at that cap hit? It's a significant raise, either way.

" Significant " but he was underpaid in his current deal, especially this year. He could easily get $4M if Cassidy played him more with McAvoy.

Sep. 15, 2020 at 2:10 p.m.

bhavikp27

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Quoting: Bruins1054_gmb

Bjork shouldn't have been signed to a 3 yr extension. He's not good enough to play on the 3rd line and if he can't play on the 4th, what good is he?

How isn't he good enough? Maybe if Coyle and him wouldn't have the Ritchie brothers/Backes/Wagner/Nordstrom and an actual 3rd line two-way winger that can also score, they would succeed.

Sep. 15, 2020 at 2:20 p.m.

Silkysmooth42

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Quoting: Gofnut999

Quoting: bhavikp27

Agreed to disagree then and Bjork and Coyle have also been good together... Don't see Grzelcyk taking this deal.

Quoting: MMBzFan

Big Kuraly fan but he is just not a 3rd line player. Smith is a good hard nosed player. If Sweeney can’t bring in a player like Hall, Smith is solid.

These are key ^

Sep. 15, 2020 at 2:29 p.m.

Bruins1054_gmb

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Quoting: bhavikp27

How isn't he good enough? Maybe if Coyle and him wouldn't have the Ritchie brothers/Backes/Wagner/Nordstrom and an actual 3rd line two-way winger that can also score, they would succeed.

You've already agreed to disagree on Bjork/Kuraly perspectives. I don't know why so many Bruins fans are this big on Grizz. He's a solid defenseman, but is he going to make that much more than Carlo?

Sep. 15, 2020 at 2:45 p.m.

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bhavikp27

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Quoting: Bruins1054_gmb

You've already agreed to disagree on Bjork/Kuraly perspectives. I don't know why so many Bruins fans are this big on Grizz. He's a solid defenseman, but is he going to make that much more than Carlo?

I can't predict future but he should (in his next deal). He is better than Carlo. He can play at literally any place in the top4 (left/right side) and in any situation. Can't find those guys that often.

Sep. 15, 2020 at 3:03 p.m.

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Quoting: bhavikp27

He's a better puck mover than Carlo, but better? I don't think so. Grizz and Carlo should play on the same line next year, depending on what they do in the offseason to address the LHD holes.

Sep. 15, 2020 at 3:44 p.m.

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bhavikp27

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Quoting: Bruins1054_gmb

He's a better puck mover than Carlo, but better? I don't think so. Grizz and Carlo should play on the same line next year, depending on what they do in the offseason to address the LHD holes.

All-around, yes. Carlo is good defensively but has zero offense. Grzelcyk is more rounded. Carlo is already underpaid at $2.85M so

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