Why wouldn't Buffalo simply match that Dahlin OS? You have $20m in capspace...

Anaheim spends 9m on UFA(s) and keep their picks.

Yikes

Why would we let Reinhart walk is he not an RFA?

Yeah, this would simply destroy the Bruins and be the absolute doomsday scenario.

The Bruins would have a bunch of really talented centers and no D, or the Maple Leafs (sans Rielly)

With a legit NHL head coach, I think that line-up performs as well or better than they have since Eichel arrived (not blaming Eichel for that). They still would also have Peterka, Johnson and Luukkonen as prospects and have 10 1st and 2nd round picks over 3 years. Not Doomsday in my view, so long as they eventually start operating like a legit NHL team.

I don't want to see this sort of thing happen. Sabres fans, though, equate losing Eichel to be like losing a McDavid or a Crosby when it would be more like losing a Tavares or Seguin.

Boston declines. Only way they are trading Mac is if they can’t sign him.

This is the problem, we do not have a legit NHL coach, and Eichel plays with this look, as if he had already decided to leave. These owners simply cannot take and hire a legit NHL coach with experience, they hire either rookies or football functionaries, the same goes for GMs.

Bruins very swiftly decline lmao. If Eichel wants out, you might not be able to get Quality over Quantity, especially not from the bruins.

This will likely be an unpopular opinion, but i think the bruins would be foolish to do that.

what is the title of this AGM?

they do? bergeron is 36, krejci is a UFA...imagine thinking you wouldn't do this for jack eichel

LMAO that you wouldn't trade mcavoy for a top 5 center in his prime, locked up for 5 years

i did go with quantity over quality.

considering McAvoy and Debrusk will be in contract years, youd actually save money acquiring Eichel without giving up the farm. IMO it would be a no brainer.

I just think the most valuable commodity in the NHL is a true number one, all situation d man. When you have one that’s 22, you don’t let go.

Right. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Boston is not a landing spot for Eichel. They are not trading Mac or Pasta so there is little chance to get him as there is no top end prospects in the org to trade for him. They are in win now mode and are not trading key pieces that they have no replacement for. Not to mention his cap hit is problematic for them in a couple of years. You want to do Studnicka or Beecher, Debrusk, and a couple of 1sts and another piece? Not likely. Boston is ok a center. Lose Mac and the RD is Carlo and nothing else.

That you did not. McAvoy is a major peice, Debrusk is a Major piece... you went with Quality over quantity...

Quantity over Quality would be:
Jack Studnicka, 2021 first, 2022 first, Urho Vaakanienen, David Krejci, and Zack Senyshyn for Eichel. (And bruins would likely reject As well as the Sabres because it screws their future over)

McAvoy has reached new levels this year. Being free from Chara has freed him up to actually skate.

McAvoy will win multiple Norris trophies long before Eichel sniffs a Hart.

You are vastly underrating McAvoy and overrating eichel.

McDavid, Draisaitl, McKinnon, Point, Bergeron, Crosby, matthews, Malkin are all better. Maybe not value wise due to age, but... he still isn't top 5 and there are a handful of guys, Petersson, Barkov, Schiefele, Giroux that you could make arguments about.

I am not saying he isn't good. He is. He is elite. I would take him any day of the week. I wouldn't not give up Hedman for him. I wouldn't give up McAvoy for him. True #1 men are hard to come by. McAvoy has turned into that.

You are also adding what they hope is a top 6 center in Beecher - who is having a good year at michigan, a to p6 winger and a #1 pick.

It would like offering Bergeron for Dahlin, a 1st, Oloffsson and Quinn. It's why guys like that don't get traded often.

If Bergeron were 12 years younger that is probably what it would take to get him

Debrusk is not a MAJOR piece. He is a complimentary piece. Beecher is an unknown and the 1st is late. A very good young defensemen, a center prospect, a pick and a middle 6 winger is reasonable for a 25 year old top 5 center under contract for 5 years

As I pointed out, with debrusk and McAvoy being in contract years, the trade will save you money, while coinciding with the end of krejcis deal. It's a no brainer

I disagree. I think having elite play down the middle does that much more so. But oh well

It is a no brainer. They are mot moving Mac.

Since the lockout, here are the number one d men that have won a cup:
Hedman
Petro
Carlson
Letting (3)
Keith (3)
Doughty (2)
Chara
Lidstrom
Pronger
You got an argument with Carolina, but sheesh.