Boston Offseason Realistic

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Created by: chapplez

Team: 2020-21 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 19, 2020

Published: Sep. 19, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

A bit more realistic of an offseason - with the signing of Debrusk and Grzelcyk, Pietrangelo or another really big name UFA is off the table. This team won the President's Trophy just last year, depth scoring/defense is all they need to add.

Some might question the Merrill and Smith signings -> Merrill is a solid defensive defenseman whose team controls the puck (53% corsi last year) when he is on the ice. Solid for 3rd pairing, but can handle 2nd pairing minutes too (avg 18 mins on ice last season with VEG).
As for Smith, he gives you about 20 goals a season as a 2nd/3rd liner, absolutely spectacular Corsi and Fenwick numbers, and is consistently on the ice for more goals than against. Although he only posted 31 points last year, Nashville's offense struggled. I think this could be a sneaky signing for Boston that could really help their forward core.

Goaltending is solid for another year, so no real need to pursue anyone there. If Rask wants out, then Boston could go to the FA market.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
DeBrusk, Jake	3	$3,750,000
Zboril, Jakub	2	$950,000
Senyshyn, Zach	1	$925,000
Kuhlman, Karson	1	$950,000
Grzelcyk, Matt	4	$4,350,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Chara, Zdeno	1	$1,000,000
Merrill, Jon	3	$2,700,000
Smith, Craig	2	$3,000,000

Trades

BOS

2020 7th round pick (DET)

DET

Moore, John
2021 5th round pick (BOS)

Additional Details:

Complete cap dump, Detroit gets a free 5th for taking on the contract, Moore is still effective when healthy

BOS

2020 4th round pick (VGK)

Additional Details:

Ritchie has not been a fit in Boston - get the 4th and move on.

TOR

Ritchie, Nick

Additional Details:

Toronto wants to get tougher - they do this by adding Ritchie for less than 1.5 mil. Especially after they are losing Clifford.

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	$77,675,056	$964,222	$1,357,500	$3,824,944

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 $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW UFA - 3
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Coyle, Charlie $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 6	Studnicka, Jack $769,167$769,167 ($107,500$108K) RW, C RFA - 2
Wagner, Chris $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW, C UFA - 3	Kuraly, Sean $1,275,000$1,275,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Kase, Ondrej $2,600,000$2,600,000 RW UFA - 1
Lindholm, Pär $850,000$850,000 LW, C UFA - 1		Kuhlman, Karson $950,000$950,000 RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Grzelcyk, Matt $4,350,000$4,350,000 LD UFA - 4	McAvoy, Charlie $4,900,000$4,900,000 RD UFA - 2	Rask, Tuukka $7,000,000$7,000,000 G UFA - 1
Merrill, Jon $2,700,000$2,700,000 LD UFA - 1	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
Chara, Zdeno $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Clifton, Connor $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 3
	Lauzon, Jérémy $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Sep. 19, 2020 at 12:51 p.m.

BadTradePolice

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i think with the flat cap and reports of internal operating budgets, teams may not take on cap dumps like Moore for as cheap as a 5th

Sep. 19, 2020 at 12:51 p.m.

MelonVK

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Craig Smith is good, but not really better than Kase. I'd rather take that money and sign a better LD, and/or extend DeBrusk a bit longer while slightly upping the term as well.

Sep. 19, 2020 at 12:53 p.m.

chapplez

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Quoting: yeeeeeeeeeetttt

i think with the flat cap and reports of internal operating budgets, teams may not take on cap dumps like Moore for as cheap as a 5th

Worst case scenario and they can't move him, Boston still has 2.6 ish in cap space with this scenario. If they push Lauzon down to AHL, they could keep Moore if necessary and try to rebuild his value.

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Sep. 19, 2020 at 12:58 p.m.

aedoran

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With his cap hit a 5th would be enough if he had 1 season left on his contract but he has 3 seasons left and he is almost 30 so I think fair compensation is probably a 3rd and it should be the same year as the pick Boston gets from Detroit.

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Sep. 19, 2020 at 12:59 p.m.

DiehardRedWingsFan58

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Wow so we take a cap dump off your hands for a future player that more then likely will never play for Detroit. And we do this why?

Sep. 19, 2020 at 1:01 p.m.

chapplez

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Quoting: MelonVK

Craig Smith is good, but not really better than Kase. I'd rather take that money and sign a better LD, and/or extend DeBrusk a bit longer while slightly upping the term as well.

I thought about extending Debrusk longer, but it seems both sides are more interested in a bridge deal. I took a look at Tanev, Vatanen, and Brodie for example, but they all project to ask for more than 5.5. I think this setup helps balance the roster a little more, but your points are fair.

Sep. 19, 2020 at 1:05 p.m.

chapplez

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Quoting: DiehardRedWingsFan58

Wow so we take a cap dump off your hands for a future player that more then likely will never play for Detroit. And we do this why?

Moore was healthy in August - he could have played in the 2020 playoffs but the coaches did not want to throw him in like that off an injury. More than likely he plays in 2020-21, the question is just what team. As stated by others, a 3rd is probably better compensation, but the trade was just to get the point across. I could see Winnipeg additionally being interested given the state of their D-core.

Sep. 19, 2020 at 1:14 p.m.

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Quoting: yeeeeeeeeeetttt

i think with the flat cap and reports of internal operating budgets, teams may not take on cap dumps like Moore for as cheap as a 5th

I get that if it’s just a straight up non NHL player with a big contract. Moore is probably 500K overpaid. Solid player.

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Sep. 19, 2020 at 1:26 p.m.

Gofnut999

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How is Merrill at 3 years 2.7 any different than Moore at 3 for 2.75. They are basically the same player.

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Sep. 19, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.

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I think the issue is then next year when you have to sign Carlo and Kase for money that's sitting on an aging Smith. Sure, Krejci's contract is off the books, but you either need him or equivalent production back regardless.

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Sep. 19, 2020 at 1:42 p.m.

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What an overpay for Merrill and he isn't a regular top4. Not enough $ for Smith and hard to tell what kind of contract he'll get but he could probably get at least 4-5 years in the $4Ms. Good deals for the RFAs/Chara. Kase on the 4th line?????

Sep. 19, 2020 at 7:35 p.m.

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No on Merrill. Like Smith but I want a bogger impact LW.

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