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Created by: Dekes

Team: 2022-23 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 13, 2022

Published: Sep. 13, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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dallas trade i see as a decent fit because dallas has a few young guys who might step up this year like bourqe/ stankoven/ johnston/ damiani/ dellandrea and they will most likely start off as wingers since dallas has multiple players who will be safer options at C in hintz/ benn/ seguin/ faksa/ glendening.

i could see dellandrea/ stankoven/ bourqe cracking then line-up which could push gurianov out of the line-up and B's could use another faster winger that has a good shot and is decent at getting clean zone entries.

for the 3rd line i could see any of these variations depending on who excels in pre-season and in the prospect tournament held in buffalo

Option 1: one listed below
Option 2: Merkulov- Zacha- Gurianov
Option 3: Gurianov- Zacha- Lysell
Option 4: Gurianov- Zacha- Mclaughlin

potentially even beecher could fit in on the 3rd line if he does well in pre-season given his speed, defensive capabilities, net front presence and physicality.

anyways let me know your thoughts im hesitant on the philly trade but given they have torts as the coach and couts and ellis should be back for the start of the season i highly doubt they try to tank so i feel a 1 for 1 trade for similiar ranked dman would be something of interest

Free Agent Signings

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Back injuries, kick in again		1	$1,000,000

Trades

BOS

Gurianov, Denis

DAL

Nosek, Tomas
Steen, Oskar
2025 3rd round pick (BOS)

BOS

2023 3rd round pick (LAK)

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LAK

Reilly, Mike

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this is simply what i think reilly's value is, i think he is gonna have a good start to the season especially with the amount of opportunities he is gonna have with grzelcyk and mcavoy out for the start of the year. he might even be able to rise his value to a 2nd but i feel due to bruins cap situation they probably have to sell a little low

BOS

Sanheim, Travis

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B's look for a dman that can bring more offence from the defence

PHI

Grzelcyk, Matt

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helps philly shed some cap, gives them a cheaper better defensively option. they also save on sanheim's extension and don't have to risk loosing hip to UFA

sanheim is stronger offensively but grzelcyk is still a solid puck mover due to his speed and agility

Buried

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

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$80,429,167	$0	$4,650,000	$2,070,833

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Marchand, Brad $6,125,000$6,125,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Bergeron, Patrice $2,500,000$2,500,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C NMC UFA - 1	DeBrusk, Jake $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Hall, Taylor $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Krejci, David $1,000,000$1,000,000 ($2,000,000$2M) C NTC UFA - 1	Pastrnak, David $6,666,667$6,666,667 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Zacha, Pavel $3,500,000$3,500,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Studnicka, Jack $762,500$762,500 RW, C RFA - 2	Gurianov, Denis $2,900,000$2,900,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Frederic, Trent $1,050,000$1,050,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Coyle, Charlie $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Smith, Craig $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Sanheim, Travis $4,675,000$4,675,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	McAvoy, Charlie $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD UFA - 8	Swayman, Jeremy $925,000$925,000 ($150,000$150K) G RFA - 1
Lindholm, Hampus $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD NTC, NMC UFA - 8	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	Zboril, Jakub $1,137,500$1,137,500 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Clifton, Connor $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 1		Back injuries, kick in again $1,000,000$1,000,000
Greer, AJ $762,500$762,500 RW, LW UFA - 2		Foligno, Nick $3,800,000$3,800,000 LW, C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Koppanen, Joona $750,000$750,000 LW, C UFA - 1

Special Teams

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

Power Play 2
Coyle, C.		Krejci, D.		Zacha, P.
	DeBrusk, J.		Sanheim, T.

Penalty Kill 1
	Marchand, B.	Bergeron, P.
	Lindholm, H.	McAvoy, C.

Penalty Kill 2
	DeBrusk, J.	Coyle, C.
	Forbort, D.	Carlo, B.

Sep. 13, 2022 at 5:45 p.m.

BigBallsBriere

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Why exactly does Philly need to shed cap when they don't have expectations this year and arent spending to the cap to begin with?

Sep. 13, 2022 at 5:52 p.m.

Dekes

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Dekesaladekes

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Quoting: ARMCHAIRGMOFTHEYEAR

Why exactly does Philly need to shed cap when they don't have expectations this year and arent spending to the cap to begin with?

They have torts as a coach and they just signed deangelo their team is actually not terrible if they can stay healthy

Their defence is pretty solid and should help out hart a little more

If you don’t think Hayes/ couts for a full season and Ellis and deangelo added to the defence won’t make them better then last year then idk what to tell you.

Farabee/konecny/Atkinson are good top 6 wingers and JVR isn’t as bad as people make him out to be. I wouldn’t be surprised if they looked to shed cap to make another addition that could help them win

But the main point is that torts hates loosing and that’s why Philly signed him they want to win

Sep. 13, 2022 at 7:02 p.m.

bhavikp27

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Whether other teams accept trades or not, the offense slightly improves while the defense gets worse. Coyle and Smith won't like being on the 4th line nor should they and Gurianov isn't needed, just get Steen to become a 3rd liner if you absolutely want someone and he's at $800K.

One area they could improve is having another 60-pts winger. DeBrusk, Zacha or someone else.

Sep. 13, 2022 at 7:31 p.m.

DefenseFirst

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Strengthening the third line by making the top four worse is seldom a good idea.

I don’t see the point to this.

Sep. 13, 2022 at 11:44 p.m.

Dekes

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Dekesaladekes

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Quoting: DefenseFirst

Strengthening the third line by making the top four worse is seldom a good idea.

I don’t see the point to this.

The defence isn’t worse now we actually have offence from the defence outside mcavoy

We were already the number 2 defensive team and I doubt grzz moves that needle much being gone

Sep. 13, 2022 at 11:45 p.m.

Dekes

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Dekesaladekes

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Quoting: bhavikp27

Whether other teams accept trades or not, the offense slightly improves while the defense gets worse. Coyle and Smith won't like being on the 4th line nor should they and Gurianov isn't needed, just get Steen to become a 3rd liner if you absolutely want
someone and he's at $800K.

One area they could improve is having another 60-pts winger. DeBrusk, Zacha or someone else.

Another 60 point player will cost a 1st+ which most B’s fans are optimistic about trading due to our upcoming rebuild

Sep. 14, 2022 at 6:58 a.m.

DefenseFirst

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Quoting: Dekes

The defence isn’t worse now we actually have offence from the defence outside mcavoy

We were already the number 2 defensive team and I doubt grzz moves that needle much being gone

No. The defense is worse. Obviously

Sep. 14, 2022 at 8:46 a.m.

bhavikp27

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Quoting: Dekes

The defence isn’t worse now we actually have offence from the defence outside mcavoy

We were already the number 2 defensive team and I doubt grzz moves that needle much being gone

That was in Cassidy's system, Montgomery plans to use a similar one but we'll see how good they remain. Part of the success was because of Grzelcyk who is one of the best defensemen on the team. In addition, moving Reilly also makes it worse. One injury and they're back to 3 top4 Ds (which was one of the reasons they lost in 2021)

Quoting: Dekes

Another 60 point player will cost a 1st+ which most B’s fans are optimistic about trading due to our upcoming rebuild

I was mostly looking at DeBrusk + pick/prospect to get that player. If they do end up doing a rebuild, they can get a lot of picks back by trading several players. It's not a big issue if done properly. Trading a pick now would give the best chance for this year's team to win.

Sep. 14, 2022 at 11:29 a.m.

SlevinKalevra

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Yes, Stars have young centers coming. Why trade a sniping winger who will absolutely benefit from those centers? Bourque and Guri are gunna make sweet magic together

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