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Team: 2021-22 Boston Bruins
Initial Creation Date: Jul. 27, 2021
Published: Jul. 27, 2021
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This is honestly what I believe will happen.
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2$5,000,000
1$2,500,000
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2022
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2023
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24$81,500,000$79,404,841$1,956,507$57,500$2,095,159

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C
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LW
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C
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$3,100,000$3,100,000
RW
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RW, LW
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C, RW
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$769,167$769,167 (Performance Bonus$57,500$58K)
RW, C
RFA - 1
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LW, RW
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RW, C
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RW
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LW, RW
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RD
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G
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$3,687,500$3,687,500
LD
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RD
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G
UFA - 1
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LD
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RD
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LD/RD
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LD
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ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
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Jul. 27, 2021 at 11:25 p.m.
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Martin jones is flat out horrible, and goligoski shouldn’t get half of that.

Re-sign rask, get a vet goalie that isn’t an absolute disaster on the cheap, and hope they can find a legit d man for the left side.
Jul. 27, 2021 at 11:25 p.m.
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if you're spending that much for goligoski just sign suter instead. goligoski does not improve the left side at all. They're all offensive minded dmen.
Jul. 27, 2021 at 11:31 p.m.
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Martin jones is flat out horrible, and goligoski shouldn’t get half of that.

Re-sign rask, get a vet goalie that isn’t an absolute disaster on the cheap, and hope they can find a legit d man for the left side.



I agree, but given what has been happening the last few days, it doesn’t seem like they will do much. They will most likely overpay for Goligoski because the market will be competitive for Dmen. They will want to go cheap on goalie and because they had Martin Jones briefly they may circle back to him, although they could sign Holtby too. I don’t see them getting a stud LD. They will get the scraps of FA and will say that they feel confident with what they have in house and that last year gave the young guys experience and they will be better prepared for this coming season and the usual song and dance. They said they needed to shake things up and get bigger, tougher, and skilled; yet they’ve resigned their own guys; Hall is good, Reilly is ok, but DeBrusk will be given another chance and they will go with the same old same old. Don’t be shocked if nothing significant happens.
Jul. 27, 2021 at 11:34 p.m.
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if you're spending that much for goligoski just sign suter instead. goligoski does not improve the left side at all. They're all offensive minded dmen.



Boston is out on Suter, no way they give him 4x$4-4.5 million. Also they will have to overpay for Goligoski because it will be a competitive market, even if it’s not for that much they still won’t do much to improve this team. Same old song and dance.
Jul. 27, 2021 at 11:39 p.m.
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Boston is out on Suter, no way they give him 4x$4-4.5 million. Also they will have to overpay for Goligoski because it will be a competitive market, even if it’s not for that much they still won’t do much to improve this team. Same old song and dance.


No team is gonna sign Suter for that so he's gonna have to change the term he wants. I predict he signs for anywhere from 4-5 for 2-3yrs. Also, if BOS needs to overpay for goligoski then just let some other team overpay, the value isn't there at all it's better to use that money elsewhere. BOS needs pk killers on their left side, not more pp specialists.
Jul. 27, 2021 at 11:44 p.m.
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I agree, but given what has been happening the last few days, it doesn’t seem like they will do much. They will most likely overpay for Goligoski because the market will be competitive for Dmen. They will want to go cheap on goalie and because they had Martin Jones briefly they may circle back to him, although they could sign Holtby too. I don’t see them getting a stud LD. They will get the scraps of FA and will say that they feel confident with what they have in house and that last year gave the young guys experience and they will be better prepared for this coming season and the usual song and dance. They said they needed to shake things up and get bigger, tougher, and skilled; yet they’ve resigned their own guys; Hall is good, Reilly is ok, but DeBrusk will be given another chance and they will go with the same old same old. Don’t be shocked if nothing significant happens.


There’s a big difference between getting a stud LD and settling for $5M goligoski and one of the worst goalies in the league.
Jul. 27, 2021 at 11:45 p.m.
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Boston is out on Suter, no way they give him 4x$4-4.5 million. Also they will have to overpay for Goligoski because it will be a competitive market, even if it’s not for that much they still won’t do much to improve this team. Same old song and dance.

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Jul. 27, 2021 at 11:47 p.m.
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No team is gonna sign Suter for that so he's gonna have to change the term he wants. I predict he signs for anywhere from 4-5 for 2-3yrs. Also, if BOS needs to overpay for goligoski then just let some other team overpay, the value isn't there at all it's better to use that money elsewhere. BOS needs pk killers on their left side, not more pp specialists.


Suter will end up with the Islanders most likely. The Bruins are notorious for overpaying when desperate. I agree the money could be used else where, but given this teams track record I’m not confident; most cap space in a long time with a decent chunk of the vital players intact and they will just add “depth” pieces to say they did something so they don’t go into the season with over $8 million in cap space. I do not believe they will get a shutdown, quality LD. They will get a 3rd pairing Dman, maybe a bottom 6 forward, a backup goalie for cheap money and will be average, and they will wing it. Same old song and dance.
Jul. 27, 2021 at 11:53 p.m.
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It was reported earlier that Suter met with the Islanders, no word about him meeting with Boston and now that Boston resigned Reilly, I don’t believe they will go after Suter.
Jul. 27, 2021 at 11:56 p.m.
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There’s a big difference between getting a stud LD and settling for $5M goligoski and one of the worst goalies in the league.



There is but Boston has always put themselves into situations where they have to overpay for mediocrity out of desperation. They are unwilling to give up prospects and or high picks to get stud players. They will try to be cheap with it. They started with over $20 million in cap space and resigned Hall and Reilly and will be resigning Krejci. I’m just being realistic given what I’ve seen from them over the years.
Jul. 28, 2021 at 12:10 a.m.
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It was reported earlier that Suter met with the Islanders, no word about him meeting with Boston and now that Boston resigned Reilly, I don’t believe they will go after Suter.


Okay, so you’re just a pessimistic Debbie downer saying the bruins are out when there’s no evidence to suggest it.
Jul. 28, 2021 at 12:17 a.m.
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Okay, so you’re just a pessimistic Debbie downer saying the bruins are out when there’s no evidence to suggest it.


With them resigning Reilly for $3 million I don’t think they will go for an older D, they didn’t even want to extend Chara because they wanted to get younger on the backend, so I don’t see them throwing money at a 36 year old who wants term and $4-5 million. Other teams are more desperate so they will pay an older experienced D that money, but Boston won’t. I’m not being a Debbie downer, I’ve seen what this team has done in years past and they have a simple formula; get steals in the draft by going off the board, resign own players to team friendly contracts, make a few moves to get to at least round 2 of the playoffs, promise that they will change, pray Bergeron keeps playing at an elite level, patch work holes with those from within, and repeat.
Jul. 28, 2021 at 12:42 a.m.
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Okay, so you’re just a pessimistic Debbie downer saying the bruins are out when there’s no evidence to suggest it.


Source was on the Athletic.
Jul. 28, 2021 at 8:21 a.m.
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Source was on the Athletic.


No it wasn’t
Jul. 28, 2021 at 10:49 a.m.
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No it wasn’t


Google Ryan Suter and you’ll see it.

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Jul. 28, 2021 at 10:50 a.m.
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Google Ryan Suter and you’ll see it.

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Things may have changed, but at the time of all this, there was no such report.
Jul. 28, 2021 at 11:03 a.m.
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Things may have changed, but at the time of all this, there was no such report.


It was a day ago, plus they signed Reilly last night after it was published so I’m just going with probability that they are out on him; he will most likely go to the Islanders or Dallas.
Jul. 28, 2021 at 11:06 a.m.
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It was a day ago, plus they signed Reilly last night after it was published so I’m just going with probability that they are out on him; he will most likely go to the Islanders or Dallas.


I agree that’s likely, but i don’t think there’s a sniff of evidence that the bruins are out on him entirely.

Other than Sweeney being a horrible GM
Jul. 28, 2021 at 11:14 a.m.
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I agree that’s likely, but i don’t think there’s a sniff of evidence that the bruins are out on him entirely.

Other than Sweeney being a horrible GM


Sweeney is staying very quiet, he kept saying they want a big LD. So far I’ve seen them all go in trades and not to Boston. Chicago just traded 6’6 LD Nikita Zadorov with a cap hit of $3.2 to Calgary for a 3rd….. And Sweeney didn’t want to match it. Today will be underwhelming. Word is they are in on Coleman, but he’s looking for 5-6x $5-5.5 million and Boston already has the Charlie Coyle contract for that 3rd line that they are already regretting.
Jul. 28, 2021 at 11:15 a.m.
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Sweeney is staying very quiet, he kept saying they want a big LD. So far I’ve seen them all go in trades and not to Boston. Chicago just traded 6’6 LD Nikita Zadorov with a cap hit of $3.2 to Calgary for a 3rd….. And Sweeney didn’t want to match it. Today will be underwhelming. Word is they are in on Coleman, but he’s looking for 5-6x $5-5.5 million and Boston already has the Charlie Coyle contract for that 3rd line that they are already regretting.


Signing third liners for 5-6 years at way way way way too much money is Sweeney’s favorite thing to do.
Jul. 28, 2021 at 11:20 a.m.
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Signing third liners for 5-6 years at way way way way too much money is Sweeney’s favorite thing to do.


Oh I know it is, but if they had over $20 million in cap space with the window just about closed on the core they would have been lining up FAs and making trades to win now…. It feels more like they are just standing pat; patch the holes and hope for the best… not sacrifice the future because he can’t give up DeBrusk. DeBrusk is the only valuable player he got in his botched 2015 draft, which set the organization back years in terms of youth and high end replacements for the core. They may not be in a cap crunch, but they are certainly not ready to rebuild or go the extra length to be a true cup contender.
Jul. 28, 2021 at 12:11 p.m.
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Martin jones is flat out horrible, and goligoski shouldn’t get half of that.

Re-sign rask, get a vet goalie that isn’t an absolute disaster on the cheap, and hope they can find a legit d man for the left side.


Goligoski got $5 mil for 1 year with Wild… told you it would be an overpayment type of FA.
Jul. 28, 2021 at 12:14 p.m.
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Goligoski got $5 mil for 1 year with Wild… told you it would be an overpayment type of FA.


That’s a far cry from 2 years. Might sound weird to say that a 1 and 2 year deal is so different, but it kind of is for a player of his age. He could fall off the cliff at any second.

Happy boston didn’t spend that much on him.
Jul. 28, 2021 at 12:17 p.m.
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That’s a far cry from 2 years. Might sound weird to say that a 1 and 2 year deal is so different, but it kind of is for a player of his age. He could fall off the cliff at any second.

Happy boston didn’t spend that much on him.


Oh I know there is, I’m just saying about dollar amount that he would fetch that because Savard already agreed to terms with Montreal yesterday for $3.5 so it’s competitive.
Jul. 28, 2021 at 5:44 p.m.
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Suter will end up with the Islanders most likely. The Bruins are notorious for overpaying when desperate. I agree the money could be used else where, but given this teams track record I’m not confident; most cap space in a long time with a decent chunk of the vital players intact and they will just add “depth” pieces to say they did something so they don’t go into the season with over $8 million in cap space. I do not believe they will get a shutdown, quality LD. They will get a 3rd pairing Dman, maybe a bottom 6 forward, a backup goalie for cheap money and will be average, and they will wing it. Same old song and dance.


tbf there weren't a lot of options for quality shutdown LD in this FA, pretty much just suter. Also Sweeney doesn't need to make a big splash in FA, there aren't really any forwards that will improve the lineup and the only ones that will have all been badly overpaid. BOS bottom6 desperately needed a shakeup after how poorly the depth scoring was, and Nosek/Haula def makes the lineup better. Forbort was paid 500k too much but at the end of the day BOS defensive depth last year was horrendous, and most of the available FA dmen were overpaid so I don't entirely blame him. Looks like the plan is to see what they got in training camp and if any of the young guys made progress. Lots of internal competition on the left side now you love to see it. And if need be they just acquire a bonifide topLD like ekholm or lindholm at the deadline
 
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