Bruce Gone Krejci Back Changes Made

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Created by: koofyslappa

Team: 2022-23 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 22, 2022

Published: Jun. 23, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

With Bruce gone, word on the street is that Krejci might come back.
Krejci and Bergeron take hometown discounts. I don't think that they are looking to get a large AAV.
Nosek is a versatile bottom six forward that could help out any team.
Reilly to the Kings where they could use a LD, he could fit their style of play as well.
Devils trade is fair IMO. Bruins take a risk on Wood as he had hip surgery, while they receive Mercer who had a great rookie season and a second rounder as well. Devils take on Foligno's contract but could use his presence for their younger team. Debrusk can be a solid winger for them with their fast paced team, while Grzelcyk can succeed with them as well with his skating and his breakout abilities.
With some cap open, Bruins sign Ahcan to fill in for McAvoy while he is injured, as well as Giroux as a big name free agent. Not sure if Giroux is looking for some term but 3 years at 6.25m is fair. Wood being signed at 3m is also fair considering his surgery and overall career. Lazar is rewarded with a raise as he carried the fourth line all last year. Frederic will be put into the lineup while Marchand is out but once he is back in, Frederic becomes the odd man out.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Ahcan, Jack		2	$925,000
Wood, Miles		3	$3,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bergeron, Patrice	1	$4,000,000
Lazar, Curtis	3	$1,600,000
Giroux, Claude	3	$6,250,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Krejci, David		1	$3,500,000

Trades

BOS

2022 5th round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

Bruins shed cap and add a pick.

BUF

Nosek, Tomas

Additional Details:

Sabres add a solid bottom six forward.

BOS

2023 3rd round pick (LAK)

Additional Details:

Bruins shed more cap, add a third.

LAK

Reilly, Mike

Additional Details:

Kings add a puck moving LD.

BOS

Mercer, Dawson
Wood, Miles [RFA Rights]
2023 2nd round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

Bruins add a power forward, a young player with potential, and a second rounder.

NJD

Additional Details:

Devils add a veteran presence, a top six winger, and a great puck moving LD.

Buried

Chris Wagner: $225,000 ($1,350,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$82,500,000	$82,123,334	$0	$550,000	$376,666

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Marchand, Brad $6,125,000$6,125,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Bergeron, Patrice $4,000,000$4,000,000 C UFA - 1	Giroux, Claude $6,250,000$6,250,000 RW, C UFA - 3
Hall, Taylor $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Krejci, David $3,500,000$3,500,000	Pastrnak, David $6,666,667$6,666,667 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Haula, Erik $2,375,000$2,375,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Coyle, Charlie $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Mercer, Dawson $894,167$894,167 ($400,000$400K) RW, C RFA - 2
Wood, Miles $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW UFA - 1	Lazar, Curtis $1,600,000$1,600,000 RW, C UFA - 3	Smith, Craig $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Lindholm, Hampus $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD NTC, NMC UFA - 8	McAvoy, Charlie $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD UFA - 8	Swayman, Jeremy $925,000$925,000 ($150,000$150K) G RFA - 1
Zboril, Jakub $1,137,500$1,137,500 LD/RD UFA - 2	Carlo, Brandon $4,100,000$4,100,000 RD UFA - 5	Ullmark, Linus $5,000,000$5,000,000 G NMC UFA - 3
Forbort, Derek $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Clifton, Connor $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Ahcan, Jack $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1
Frederic, Trent $1,050,000$1,050,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Giroux, C.		Bergeron, P.		Marchand, B.
	Pastrnak, D.		McAvoy, C.

Power Play 2
Mercer, D.		Krejci, D.		Hall, T.
	Coyle, C.		Lindholm, H.

Penalty Kill 1
	Bergeron, P.	Marchand, B.
	Forbort, D.	Clifton, C.

Penalty Kill 2
	Coyle, C.	Wood, M.
	McAvoy, C.	Carlo, B.

Jun. 23, 2022 at 9:24 a.m.

wojme

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Sabres don't need bottom six forwards

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Jun. 23, 2022 at 9:24 a.m.

pretzelcoatl

n.1 Topias Vilen fan

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Devils decline

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Jun. 23, 2022 at 9:24 a.m.

Tintin

do not Devil my ass

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“Devils trade is fair IMO”

Got a good chuckle out of that.

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Jun. 23, 2022 at 9:33 a.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

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What in the world is that NJ trade?

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Jun. 23, 2022 at 9:39 a.m.

njdevilguy2019

Joined: Feb. 2019

Posts: 79

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devils dont need a puck moving LD. We need another player exactly like miles wood not to trade him and we dont need a 4th line center.

Jun. 23, 2022 at 9:39 a.m.

Funksoljah

Joined: May 2022

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Quoting: wojme

Sabres don't need bottom six forwards

I'd disagree slightly. I think they could use a bottom 6 center who is good defensively and can win face-offs to replace Eakin. I don't know if Nosek is that guy or not but he does profile in that build. I know many people try to discount face-offs as being unimportant, yet multiple times this past season we saw goals scored within seconds of the Sabres losing a defensive zone face-off. Girgensons has only come close to 50% once and it was last season, the rest of the centers have been downright terrible on them.

Jun. 23, 2022 at 9:46 a.m.

wojme

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Quoting: Funksoljah

The faceoff percentage difference is definitely not enough to bring in another bottom six forward. Also, winning faceoffs is a learned skill so it's not really enough to take away a roster spot from someone else.

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Jun. 23, 2022 at 9:50 a.m.

Tbrew

Joined: Apr. 2022

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NJ isn’t going to move a sophomore former 1st rounder with a high ceiling, Miles Wood, and a 2nd rounder in a loaded draft, for those pieces…

Jun. 23, 2022 at 10:28 a.m.

Funksoljah

Joined: May 2022

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Quoting: wojme

Yes, it's a learned skill. However how many players have gone from 40% or even 45% on face-offs to 50% in their careers? It's not very many outside of players having low percentages in their rookie seasons.. Most improvements are incremental and happen over the course of years. The Sabres had the worst face-off percentage in the league, dead last at 46%. They lost 350 more face-offs than they won, that's 350 losses of possession which will only get worse without Eakin, just removing his numbers drops their percentage to 43.5% with over 450 more lost than won. Guys getting better at face-offs isn't going to make a huge dent in that number unless we are talking massive improvement that has never been seen before.

Also who is a 4th line center taking a roster spot from exactly? You want to play Peterka on the 4th line? Quinn? Krebs? Cozens? Mittelstadt? anyone? Putting top 9 offensive players into defensive roles isn't going to help the team. The only one in the top 9 who can play well in that role is probably Asplund, and he's far more useful with Mittelstadt and Olofsson helping make up for their defensive deficiencies.

Jun. 23, 2022 at 11:30 a.m.

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JackHughesELITE

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Mercer put up as many point as Debrusk’s career high in is 19yo rookie season. Terrible for NJD.

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