What about that deal makes Boston a better team by making it

It adds some really good prospects to a completely dry prospect cupboard for when the Bruins blow it up at the end of the season

The only thing on here remotely likely to happen would be that Sandin offer sheet. Boston doesn’t consider that trade since Carlo is someone they would want to build around when they do finally call it quits. Arizona won’t be paying anyone to take on their dumps, so Vancouver will have to pay up instead. And Ottawa won’t make the same mistake they made with Hamonic. You might want to send that second the other way, but you can probably make it a first at this point based on what it took to dump Monahan. As for Severson, he will probably sign close to that contract with an actual contender. Can’t see him really wanting to go to a team who can’t consistently make the playoffs in a rather weak division.

No way Boston is gonna build around Carlo, he's 25! He may stick around into the start of the rebuild, but they trade him before he can walk. The only player Boston has that they can build around is Lysell.

I have no dog in that fight, so I won’t claim to know everything about the Bruins. But wouldn’t they also build around McAvoy?

They have him locked up long term. I guess it depends what teams are offering for him. They're not going to be able to properly tank with McAvoy and Swayman, it'll be interesting to see what they do.

You know that Boston isn't gonna rebuild right? They'll retool but they will not rebuild.

The issue is what "contender" is going to have the cap space for Severson? Boston isn't going to rebuild around a 25 year old 2nd paring Dman who will be at least 30 by the time they will be ready to compete again, Myers has been reported not a cap dump by insiders, Monahan played like a 4th his last year, Myers is still a 1st paring D 1year x 6 Mill is not bad for a team that desperately needs a top 4 RHD, he may not get a 2nd more likely a 3rd but there will be no way the Canucks will have to pay to Dump him i mean look at a Risto got last year.

They are going to have to once they miss the playoffs this year

hahahahaha you're funny. Nucks can't make the playoffs in the weakest division. Remember that 2011 Cup Final too?

Same as previous post. Only piece that gets Van Carlo is Elias.

Rathbone and Dipietro are not really good prospects though. Rathbone is just a spare part, DiPietro couid be ok but Boston has no use for him. Now or the future.

By your own words, what teams will have the cap space to acquire Myers? In this scenario, the Canucks don’t have the cap space to keep him. So would he not be a cap dump in this scenario?

And as for your comparison to Risto, they aren’t good comparables. Risto wanted out of Buffalo, and Fletcher is a garbage GM. It was a disaster waiting to happen, and Buffalo fleeced the Flyers. That won’t happen here. Ottawa made the mistake with Hamonic, they won’t make that same mistake twice. If a team is desperate for a top 4 RHD, Vancouver might not have to pay as much, assuming Vancouver goes this route, that is. And in this situation, the team with the cap space has all the power.

Of course, these are all hypotheticals based on your AGM, but who knows, I could be proven wrong. But until my view gets proven wrong, my point stands.

Really good prospects? Rathbone is an undersized d-man who was drafted 5yrs ago and has managed all of 17 NHL games. DiPietro hasn't exactly lit the AHL on fire with his 4yr career .905 SV% either.

man, I agree that OP's proposal is weak, but I can't imagine any world where Brandon Carlo gets traded one for one for Elias Petterson. Carlo is a good top-4 defense-first Dman. Pettersson is a no-doubt 1C. Boston would be adding, and adding quite a bit, to any trade centered on Carlo for Pettersson

I did not say 1 for 1 tho did I?

I said that’s the only player Nucks have that would get Boston to trade Carlo.

Boston would have to trade MaCovy to be even in the conversation for Pettersson

This seems to make no sense for Boston, I can't see the Bruins tearing it down after bringing guys like Krejci and none of this really gets Boston to spring for the offer. While I don't value Carlo as high as the Bruins fans here, Rathbone would further clog an LD situation where Boston already has too many NHL LD and still have guys like Lohrei in the pipeline, and I doubt DiPietro brings much value especially when there's no chance he gets playing time in Boston without injury help. The only thing I can see Boston liking in the deal is the 1st rounder but it seems Sweeney would have to get more in order to move someone at a reasonable rate with term like Carlo.

I also doubt Ottawa would use their cap and picks on Myers when Severson will likely be available next off-season. I doubt Dorion did not learn from the Hamonic debacle earlier this year.

Nah. B’s not trading Mac for anyone. Also if there was a Mac for Elias trade, Van would be adding significantly to that.

Point was, Van does not have anyone that they would trade that would get Bruins to consider moving Carlo. The only way Boston would consider moving Carlo is if a top 6 center under team control, 25 or under was coming back. Hence, Elias is the only piece Van has that fits that. Van is not moving him so you have no chance at Carlo. Got it?

The only piece of any interest there is the 1st. As Boston is in win now mode trading valuable roster pieces for futures is not a thing to begin with. LD and Goalie are Boston’s deepest positions, a low ceiling LD is of no interest. Neither is the goalie.

Right because teams trade top 15 Centers all the time for 2nd paring D, You'd have to Macovy plus to get Pettersson

Lol. Hate to burst your bubble but Mac is worth more than Elias. If that were to happen, and no way it does, Van would be the ones adding. There are 3 maybe 4 players that Boston would even consider trading Mac for. Elias is not one of them.

A Carlo for Elias trade would not be 1 for 1 it would involve other assets. It is not happening. Van would not do it. The point was Van does not have anyone that Boston would be willing to trade Carlo for other than him. Got it?

Saying DiPietro is a spare part is reasonable. Saying that about Rathbone just tells me you know nothing about him. Sure he is older than most prospects, but he was one of the best AHL rookie prospect last season putting up over a point per game as a d man. He isn't a spare part in the slightest

There are plenty of guys that put up big point totals in the A that never make it at the NHL level. At best he’s a 6/7, bottom of the roster guy. His defense is below average. Won’t be surprised if DiPietro is the more valuable of the 2.

Saying at best he is a 6/7 guy once again tells me you never bothered to research him. At best he becomes a #4. He has already played a couple games with big minutes and looked good. He is basically a worse version of Quinn Hughes

I know who he is. He’s not a top 4 guy. Sorry.

His ceiling is an Erik Gustafson type player. He is just as likely to be a Joseph Duszak type.