Quoting: swinny
Clear? Was that the pursuit of Pietrangelo and Ekamn-Larson?
🤔🤔🤔🤔 Seems to me the Bruins switched gears because they lost on both fronts. It's working out for them for sure, so far anyway.
The bigger point I think is that this is the Bruins last kick at the can - I would be surprised if Kreji is back. It's an aging forward corps. I say go for broke as this year is pretty wide open.
Maybe the Bruins prerogative to pass, I would think there are other teams that see value in moving a 2nd for that kind of defensive depth for the playoffs.
Yes, it was clear and you are not looking at things as they happened.
They never really went for Pietrangelo or OEL or they would have had them. Especially OEL. Again - they had money to resign Krug and Chara, or sign a guy like AP. They chose to go younger. IF they decide LD is an issue, will trade for a guy who is younger and preferably under team control. (Chchrun, Hanafin).
They could have traded for OEL, but the contract/term doesn't work for them. In fact, they are one of two teams that could HE would have waived for.
Also - not sure why you think it's their last kick at the can. I have been hearing that since 2013. The core aged out and has been replaced with
McAvoy, Carlo, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Coyle, Debrusk & kase. Plus you add Bergeron and Marchand into that mix along with Rask and they are fine.
also - on the defensive end - Zboril, Lauzon & Vaakanainen could all become large parts of the core.
Studnicka, Frederic and Beecher are the next wave of centers coming through, they hope, like many other teams they have someone in the pipeline that can develop.
What you see is the Bruins running out of chances, and I see the Bruins were able to re-tool without taking a step back. They have 20m coming off the books (Rask, Krejci, Backes, + ) in an offseason that will see lots of movement because of Seattle. Rask and Krejci have both expressed their desire to stay in Boston, so I could see them both coming back on 1-2 year short money deals (5m/per)