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MulletMan17

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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 31, 2017 at 11:24 a.m.
Thread: Boston
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BreKel</b></div><div><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ON3M4N</b></div><div>So were going to re-sign Moore just to trade him...not sure he'd do that. It's going to cost us to get rid of Bels and lastly, Alzner is going to cost more than $3.5 million

On the lines, I have no idea why you have everyone playing their off hand.</div></div>

Isn't familiar with the Bruins. This mock has a whole lot of nothing going on.</div></div>

To tackle questions easiest to hardest:
* Everyone is on their offside because as a player, I find it easier to shoot, cut to the middle on the rush, poke and body check, and in general play from my offside. The only benefits I have ever found on my strong side is passing off the rush and sometimes holding the blue line. In my opinion, the benefits of the offside outweigh those on the strong side.
* If you do not like Moore re-signing and then immediately being traded, we can move Bels into his place, eliminate the Carolina trade, and take a sixth from Dallas instead of a fifth.
* I was using previous cap hits as a basis to how much each player signed for. As such, I did not put much thought into many contracts, and I understand and have changed Alzner's deal.
* Beleskey to me just does not fit in Boston, whether it is the system or the environment, I do not know. I would think that bubble teams would be willing to take a gamble to see if he returns to his former prowess, especially if they are not gambling with much. Really it is about where the other GM sees his team in May or June, and whether Beleskey a. can elevate his gameplay to where it once was, and b. makes that situation better or worse. It is a gamble that I think a bubble team that needs winger depth would take for the right price.
* Personally, I see this team as a much more cap-efficient team, a younger and deeper team, and a team that is starting to evolve with the game. Given all that Sweeney and Chiarelli did to drive this team into the ground, there was not much that I could do in one offseason to try to help. More specifics about what a "whole lot of nothing" entails and what "yikes" means would help me to defend my position. I do not necessarily see this team as a cup contender 2017-18, but I do see it as a more consistent playoff team and a better base than before for another cup contender like the 2011 and 2013 Bruins were.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 31, 2017 at 10:49 a.m.
Thread: October 20017 Bruins according to TSN
In my humble opinion:
I believe you may have overpaid for Jake Muzzin. He is a nice top four defenseman, but he does not fill that top 2 role all that well and Spooner, Subban, Hayes, and Miller just seem like too much for that. I like Brian Boyle as a third checking line type player who can chip in on the second line penalty kill and the 5v3 second line penalty kill. For 2.5 million, you would expect to be able to trust him for that. The Hemsky deal would look better for only one year; by the third or even second year it would be another Matt Beleskey where you pay someone 3.5 million to watch from the press box. I like Hemsky now, just not in three years. I would also suggest calling up Czarnik. With the trades that you have made and the players that you have on the roster, I would go with the following lines:

Pasta Bergy Marchand
Backes Krejci Vatrano
Hemsky Boyle DeBrusk
Acciari Nash Heinen

McAvoy Krug
Carlo Muzzin
Miller Chara

Tuuka
Bobby