Joined: Dec. 2017
Posts: 465
Likes: 149
So - totally apart from the trade, I don't think Boston is giving that up for ANYONE who's 27 with just over a year to UFA. I really don't think that the Bruins are going to (or should) trade a lot of futures at this point. Looking at their team, they've too many good young players to bottom out, and if they can keep from giving crazy contracts or trading for over-valued players, they'll be able to transition from Bergeron/Marchand/Kreijci/Chara pretty smoothly.
Their D is still a strength this year with Chara and Krug gone, Pasternak is a star, DeBrusk is a good winger, Studnicka has looked really good at times - and never bad, just not consistent yet.
Then it's the solid bunch of Coyle, Smith, Kase, and the cast from Providence. They've a bunch of young players who've all shown flashes. You have to hope that a couple of them keep developing.... some players are amazing NHL players at 19 (Pasternak, say), but most take more time. The noise around Boston is just crazy, where it seems like they want to give up on any 24 year old who hasn't scored 30 goals in the NHL yet.....