My take on the start of the season

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Created by: Bruinsforlife

Team: 2020-21 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 24, 2020

Published: Nov. 24, 2020

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They won’t do any moove unless its a really great deal for them, they will give Ritchie time as a top6 winger hoping he can bring scoring, and if not he will probably put on waivers or trade for a 5th or a other bad season player with still potential

On thé defense, like I said no moove will be made, they will to bring young d together, I think they will most likely paired grz with Mcavoy but I feel they could try to put lauzon with Mcavoy so that grz can generate more offense with Carlo on his right side, or maybe they will even put Moore with Mcavoy put that’s my l’ast bet

On the right side I can see Boston try senyshyn first then studnicka

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$65,725,647	$964,222	$2,000,000	$15,774,353

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ritchie, Nick $1,498,925$1,498,925 LW UFA - 1	Bergeron, Patrice $6,875,000$6,875,000 C M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Smith, Craig $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW UFA - 3
DeBrusk, Jake $3,675,000$3,675,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Krejci, David $7,250,000$7,250,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Kase, Ondrej $2,600,000$2,600,000 RW UFA - 1
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	Senyshyn, Zach $700,000$700,000 RW UFA - 1
Lindholm, Pär $850,000$850,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Kuraly, Sean $1,275,000$1,275,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Wagner, Chris $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW, C UFA - 3
Blidh, Anton $700,000$700,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Lauzon, Jérémy $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	McAvoy, Charlie $4,900,000$4,900,000 RD UFA - 2	Rask, Tuukka $7,000,000$7,000,000 G UFA - 1
Grzelcyk, Matt $3,687,500$3,687,500 LD 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
Moore, John $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD UFA - 3	Clifton, Connor $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 3
	Miller, Kevan $1,250,000$1,250,000 ($750,000$750K) RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Marchand, Brad $6,125,000$6,125,000 LW NMC UFA - 5
		Pastrnak, David $6,666,667$6,666,667 RW UFA - 3

Nov. 24, 2020 at 8:25 a.m.

Heyhowareya37

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I can see a

Bjork - Bergeron - Smith/Studnicka/Senshyn
Debrusk - Krejci - Kase
Ritchie - Coyle - Studnicka/Sensyhyn/Smith
any combination of Lindholm, Frederic, Wagner, Kuraly on the 4th.

Id love to see a Frederic - Coyle - Studnicka third line but itll kinda all be determined during camp. I just cant see Ritchie being able to play with enough pace or have the IQ to play with 37 and to play against Top 6 players. I also think the Gryz - Mac pair seems too obvious not to use, i also think one of Zboril/Vaak will get the opportunity over Moore in training camp, but i guess Moore could still win out.

Nov. 24, 2020 at 8:29 a.m.

Bruinsforlife

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Quoting: Heyhowareya37

Yeah I agree with you I don’t see Ritchie being able to get that time with bergy, but I still wish ahaha that he lost over 15 pounds made intense skating lessons, he is big and can score but play way too slow, like you said I agree with grz mac but I feel they will try everything to see what pairing bring the best from each d

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Nov. 24, 2020 at 8:32 a.m.

Heyhowareya37

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Quoting: Bruinsforlife

Dont disagree, personally im not as high as others are on Lauzon, so that figured into my opinion. Tell me about it man, it sounds crazy but who knows? certain guys can come into camp and take a step back, or take a step forward. But based off past viewings i cant see Ritchie being an impact offensively.

Nov. 24, 2020 at 8:37 a.m.

Bruins1054_gmb

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I think Chara is coming back once the NHL decides what the schedule and divisions will look like. Right now it's pretty obvious the Bruins still need him, even if he is incredibly slow. I don't think they can afford to have their two best puck-movers playing on the same line, so I think if Chara comes back it's him and Chuckie while Grzelcyk and Carlo play together.

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Nov. 24, 2020 at 8:55 a.m.

Bruinsforlife

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Quoting: Heyhowareya37

Yeah based on past performance with the bruins Ritchie ain’t worth ****, but before getting traded he was getting decent offensive production as a real top9 player he was putting around .5 ppg wich is okay for a top9 player, for lauzon I’m bias because I saw him played junior and he was incredible he was the elite junior defenseman but especially for d man, creating real offense in the NHL require a really offensive talent wich he don’t have and bruins develop him as a defensive dman

Nov. 24, 2020 at 9:16 a.m.

Bcarlo25

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Ritchie shouldn’t be in the NHL.

Marchand is due back in the middle of January, I don’t think the season starts before then so i think smart money is on him not missing time.

Nov. 24, 2020 at 9:17 a.m.

Bruinsforlife

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Quoting: Bcarlo25

Ritchie shouldn’t be in the NHL.

Marchand is due back in the middle of January, I don’t think the season starts before then so i think smart money is on him not missing time.

I mean Ritchie is not that bad, but with the bruins he was terrible, and I agree about marchy will likely be here to start the season, but I think the bruins will give him the most time possible to recover, to reduce risk of injuries and to let others players compete and have NHL exposure

Nov. 24, 2020 at 9:22 a.m.

Bcarlo25

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Quoting: Bruinsforlife

It’s not like its a pulled groin, it was surgery. When he’s ready he’s ready.

Ritchie was horrible in Anaheim too. He’s just not an NHL caliber hockey player.

Nov. 24, 2020 at 9:47 a.m.

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I think it's likely that Zboril sticks at the start of the season as well. Was coming on strong last year and need to see if he can stick before potentially losing him on waivers. I think a bottom feeding team like Detroit/Ottawa would pick him up in a heartbeat

Nov. 24, 2020 at 12:05 p.m.

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Heyhowareya37

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Quoting: Bruinsforlife

Sure... i just think he lacks a smoothness particularly on the breakout, and offensive end. He does jump in plays though, and is very active. I think he can be a productive workhorse d-man most likely as a solid 5. The only two that jump out on the back end as offensive talents to me are Cooper Zech (who i think has a ways to go) and Jack Ahcan (obviously needs AHL seasoning). But, maybe with McAvoy Lauzon could have a little more freedom. I guess we'll see, the top 6 will be an intriguing story line going into camp to say the least.

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