Team: 2022-23 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: May 26, 2022

Published: May 26, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Credit to jacobla for coming up with this trade idea on the Sens side. I'm going to run with it on the B's side.

This trade opens up $3MM without having to give anything up to move Foligno. If DeBrusk's trade request holds, the best the Bruins could hope for in a trade is likely a first-round pick, and that's what Greig is. He immediately becomes the Bruins' best LW prospect by a mile. White has been underwhelming and injury-prone, but his best chance of turning things around could be back home in Boston. And if the B's see him as a bottom-six RW only, they can move Craig Smith (who I like for the record) for another decent pick and an additional $3.1MM in cap space, bringing the total resulting from this deal to over $6MM. That's more than enough to find a DeBrusk replacement in free agency. My top choice in the price range would be Rakell, who has former Ducks teammate and countryman Lindholm in Boston.

Smith is expendable with the White addition, but so is Lauko in part due to the Greig addition. Lauko falls behind Greig and Merkulov in the LW pipeline, with Olsen and Kuntar likely turning pro next year, and his waiver exemption ends in 2023-24. I'm not saying he's a throwaway prospect, but his opportunity will be better elsewhere. The Stars could lose Radulov, who gave them little this year anyway, Namestnikov, and Raffl, but replenish the wings with Smith and Lauko.

Reilly ends up somewhere for something like one or two picks in the 2nd-to-5th range, especially with a shallow LD UFA market. Isles seem to be the most frequently discussed destination.

Bergeron and Krejci come back on 35+ bonus-laden deals, there's enough cap space to round out the roster with an underrated utility forward in Sanford, and then you add some veterans to sneak down to Providence.

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