Don’t think Anaheim trade goes through because we have plenty of LHD

Flames decline IMO

Boston is not looking to bring in an aging center to replace an aging center.

Boston declines

Ducks decline

okay, then what are they willing to do say their elite 1C hangs up the skates?

Not replace him with a middle 6 guy in his declining years.

Flames dont do that, if Boston wants to be the 3rd team in an Eichel to Calgary trade and gets Monahan that can be negotiated

People will continue to make threads and get shot down if you don't tell them the alternative. You have a habit for shooting down ideas but not giving a solution or alternative. AKA 13000 pointless responses.

They have to go after Jack.
They also have to do it this year, as the older they get the harder it is.
Coyle is not a 2C and frankly, they are just pissing in the wind if they think that's going to get them to a cup.
It's a gamble but the 2 choices are, start a rebuild, or go after jack and hope he can bounce back and play well.
It's worth the gamble. as a healthy Jack gives them one of the best 1-2 Center combos in the league.

I just don’t think there’s much of a chance Bergeron retires

Fair, and reasonable. However there should be a plan in place if he does. What is it?

Many bruins fans said Krejci would be back, but here we are today.

I think the plan if Bergeron retires is to be bad…I don’t see a way out of that.

It's not even a matter of retiring. Bergeron has lost a lot of steps.
BOS fans will cry about someone saying that, but he's 36 years old, he's lost steps and that's a fact.
He's really good on one side of the ice though, mainly because he is good on the dot. If he can win the puck, they keep it in the zone, they place a cycle game and with the help he has, they produce. That's been true for a few years. As long as he's used that way he can still manage to be useful.
But there are realities that they need a real 1C again, a guy who can run up and down the ice with more than 4th line talent.
DK was washed, that was evident last year, and with Bergeron being limited it really showed.
BOS has to use their talent in the best way they can. They have been good about doing that, and it's a system that does work. But at the end of the day, if you want to beat BOS currently, Just run Bergeron north and south and then realize they don't have anything else at center.
Bergeron can win faceoffs for probably another 2-3 years. There isn't much to that skill in the ways of wear and tear. It's not like skating where your speed keeps dropping.
But at some point, if there is no help behind him, it's just a wasted effort. They need a real center who can bring a high end 2 way game. Because Bergeron just isn't gong to skate up and down the ice with the McDavids of the world. He doesn't have the legs for it.