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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 5, 2017 at 4:15 p.m.
Thread: Bruins-Ducks Big Trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bruins_Fan1990</b></div><div><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NateElder12</b></div><div>No Chance they take that deal for Fowler. Pastrnak for Fowler/pick or JFK/picks for Fowler is more realistic.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Larkinisking</b></div><div>Yeah J T Miller+Spooner was proposed on the Hockey Futures board for Fowler and the answer was no, It would take Pastrnak rather easily to get Fowler out of Anaheim.</div></div>

Pastrnak for an impending UFA? Realistic? I just threw up in my mouth.

That being said, the trade above is not enough for Fowler.</div></div>

Well yeah with Pastrnak involved it would need to be a sign and trade deal for Cam Fowler, Kevan Miller and Spooner would be a joke for a D man of Fowlers caliber.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 8, 2017 at 1:45 p.m.
Thread: Bruins Next Season
Why does everyone think Landeskog is so good? He's literally a 50 point player.. Last year Spooner scored 49 points and Landeskog scored 53. This year Spooner has 34 points in 60ish games while Landeskog has 28 in 55 games.... all while playing 5 more minutes per game. They produce about the same yet Landeskog has so much more value somehow. If we give up a similar producing player plus a first and top prospect for Landeskog then Sweeny will have truly lost his way and all credibility. Everyone should just drop Landeskog to Boston unless it's for a great deal our way. We're not giving up Spooner in any deal IMO because he's a great player who will get even greater with Cassidy as his coach, He's the perfect 3rd line center and a guy who could easily score 50 points next year all the while earning probably below 4m dollars on his next deal depending on how he closes out the year. I'd put him at like 2.5m to 3m next year and he's going to be worth 5m scoring big points and playing on pp #1. He's even killing penalties under Cassidy sometimes. Spooner is completely underrated and Landeskog is completely overrated. Put them on the same team playing the same minutes and I give Spooner the edge offensively. Sure Landeskog has a lot of intangibles, but they make him the Captain of one of the worst teams in the league. I could care less about overpaying for the next Shane Doan, it simply shouldn't happen and Sweeny has said he's trying to keep all his prospects and picks trying to make the next core of the team.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 11, 2017 at 7:38 p.m.
Thread: A reasonable Landeskog trade for Boston, read description.
Let's clear up this little feud. The biggest issue that we hear about the Bruins is that they have a weak defense core. Going forward, they have a couple of good D prospects in McAvoy and Zboril. So why should they feel inclined to give up one of those guys, a first round pick, a first round pick from 2 years ago, and another young defenseman for a decent/slightly above average forward? And don't tell me that he's a good defensive forward, His possession numbers are decent, and it's not like the Bruins lack a two-forward, they have some of the best in the league with Bergeron and Krejci. So unless Landeskog is going to be on his own line, there's definitely no need to pay that much of a price for him.

But even if he is, there's still no need for him. Would he help them? Absolutely. Would he help them more than what they're trading away? Absolutely not. Maybe you live under a rock and didn't hear, but Charlie McAvoy just had one of the best World Junior performances by an American defenseman ever. He projects to be the Bruins' number one guy on the right side for the next 10 years. Not getting him in a trade. But maybe, they can pull a deal of with Zboril. How does Zboril project to help the Bruins' in the future, and is his presence on defense going to be more than what Landeskog is going to bring to them? To me, no.

The way I see it, the Bruins' championship window is not open right now. However, they appear to be in position to rebuild on the fly, which is extremely difficult to do. The key pieces that they are going to need to be competitive in the future are there. If they can sell a few assets and get another scoring forward, maybe another left shot dman, they'll be set. A lot relies on Tuukka Rask, but there's no way that Landeskog is going to help this cause.

So all in all, a trade for Landeskog wouldn't do a lot for them to win now and in the future.