I like Turcotte but he has been a disappointment so far. I don’t like the move. Re-signing Zacha for C2 would be smarter. LA does not need Carlo either.

Some notes. Poitras is playing wing in jrs. Harrison does not project to be a center in the NHL. More like a sniper wing. Jelvik is not a center, and while he may end up being a steal for where he was drafted, he is not going to be anything more than a complimentary piece if he makes the NHL.

Lysell will be RW3 and Debrusk RW1.

Forget Motte. Waste of precious cap space to give a 4th liner 2m. Lauko can handle that spot.

Excellent points. I still like the premise of expending a valuable piece like Carlo for a promising center prospect, especially because it seems Boston can draft and develop defenseman exceptionally better than they can forwards. To be honest I completely forgot about Zacha and yes he would be a great re-sign.

I would rather resign Zacha and wait on any kind of big trade to get a center. If Bergy comes back you have another year to look for a center.

LA doesn’t need anymore right D. Maybe they can be conned into taking Grzelcyk

It's hilarious that you would go shopping for a center prospect in SoCal offering a RHD, but you went to LA, who have enough RHD to supply half the leagues needs, instead of Anaheim who have centers coming out of their ears and are desperate for a RHD.

Anaheim is difficult because the only center prospects worth acquiring would cost more than Boston would be willing to part with. McTavish is certainly untouchable and I doubt they’d ship out a top 4 defenseman for anything less.

I don't know that there is any team in the league that is going to give up a potential star center on a ELC for Carlo in this cap environment. He is good, but he carries a lot of concussions for his age, and a team that needs a Carlo to push them over the top likely doesn't have that kind of center prospect floating around in their system.

What Anaheim does have is a middle 6 forward in Lundestrom who has gotten pushed down the lineup due to McTavish and Zegras being in front of him, and we have Gaucher who projects to be a top 6 center.

What it sounds like you are looking for though is a young top line center to replace Bergeron when he falls off, and I don't think you can buy that with Carlo.

Teams with excess center depth that I can think of off the top of my head are Anaheim, Dallas, New Jersey, Habs technically but a lot of their guys are old, Buffalo has Mittlestadt, probably a couple I am missing.

Your best bets may be trying to get Johnston / Borque from Dallas, or Mittelstadt from Buffalo. Maybe you can pry Pinto out of Ottowa, but its going to cost more than Carlo, I know their fans are saying they are desperate for a top 4 RHD.