I apologize I really didn’t think highly of him. To be fair if someone offered a top pai RD stud for Smith and took Vlasic I would consider it.

lol okay - come back when that happens and we'll talk. right now, full retention or its not even a discussion.

uhhhh what? hall had like three years left on his deal and was around 25. what are you talking about?

there is. we can use logic. of course no one is taking on couturier right now.

So dramatic.

He would immediately be ur 1C lol stop acting all high and mighty it’s comical. He’s a Selke winner lol u would be paying for him not the other way around.

I hate the Montreal deal I don’t want to see Anderson near the team and we would want a top forward from Montreal not a defenseman.

Tk should be getting a top 1st and good prospect or good pick (2nd) and top prospect by himself so by that metric we are just taking Anderson who has extreme negative value for dumping 1 year of Johansen who is going to be medically retired anyway

He’s a 2C and a former Selke winner with great defensive metric after being out of hockey for two years. Not one player on the Bruins barring Pasta would be able to comeback like that and be effective. His contract is a risk for sure but not one of the worst in the NHL that’s just a lie.

Also try having a hockey conversation without insulting people, that’s usually what adults do.

Agree with the right now!

his contract is horrible. his play right now is horrible. you're living in the past.

Huh, because he actually really good up until February when he ran out of gas. It typically happens to rookies because they aren’t used to playing all those games coming from college. Has to be even harder coming off of not playing any games in 2 years.

Beecher must suck then cause his numbers were way worse than a guy whose “play is horrible”. Geekie must suck cause he had the same amount of points and I bet is worse defensively. If Coots is horrible then half your team is horrible lol. And that half of players had worse numbers than Coots who is coming off of 2 back surgeries, what’s ur players excuse?

think those injury concerns have gone away? they haven't. Geekie was awesome - and makes close to a quarter of what "coots," (cute), makes. Beecher was solid in his call up, and is on an ELC. Everything in the NHL cap word is a function of the players on-ice contribution weighed against their contract. Geekie and Beecher far outvalue their contract. Much the opposite for ole coots. he's stuck in philly. enjoy.

31yrs old, coming of multiple back surgeries and a nearly $8 million cap hit for another 6 years. Not the right move for Boston even with the cap going up.

a 25 years old TC I would have done that deal, at 27 not sure

You act like the cap won’t be at $100M in 3-4 years and third liners won’t be making $6-7M especially 3Cs lol if Coots is still playing at a 2C level $8M will be right on par with other 2Cs in the league.

Also Geekie 39 points on a top team in the league = Awesome

Coots 38 points coming off of 2 back surgeries and missing the last 2 years on a team that was supposed to be bottom 5 in the league = Horrible

I understand ur level of intelligence now. No point in discussing further lol.

there's more to playing hockey than point production

Ur right Coots is only in the top 12% in defensive metrics after missing 2 years of hockey lol so he’s better than 88% of the league after missing two years defensively, thanks for continuing to prove my point. Ur so insightful to listen to lol!

Habs pass. No question.

has his contract changed? no?

cool. no interest.