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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 31, 2022 at 12:55 p.m.
Thread: Reality
The issue with DeBrusk is that there’s not a defined market for him. A rebuilding team with current cap space and veterans to sell probably isn’t going to want to extend him a QO approaching $5 mil so he has less value to them. A contender looking to trade one change of scenery guy for another is gonna be just as tight to the cap as the Bs so it would have to either be dollar for dollar or need a 3rd team to get picks in exchange for taking $ on.

I think that he gets moved, but I couldn’t guess where and if you told me he ends up playing for the Bs the rest of the year then walking as a UFA it wouldn’t shock me. Not likely but if Sweeney looks around and doesn’t find a deal that makes the team better this year then he may just hold on to him. It opens up a whole different can of worms but what are the other options?
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 28, 2022 at 10:11 a.m.
Thread: Can they even trade for big name players
The thing that I try to keep in mind is that the Bruins have been contending for a solid 12 years and doing it without top picks. Other teams (Colorado, TB, PIT, Toronto) have built around top 5 picks. Those guys will always get opportunities and usually a season or two where the team is rebuilding and they get a chance to make mistakes without real consequences in the standings. The Bs have been in a Stanley Cup window for the last 5 or 6 years and have no margin for error. Cassidy (who I think is an above average coach as a whole) is in win now mode. He can’t always afford to bring young players along at a pace that’s better for the player. Unfortunately, it usually ends up hurting the player’s development.
Bringing young players along AND contending at the same time is almost impossible. That’s why everytime a young team gets eliminated early in the playoffs everyone says the the team is still “a year or two away” and older teams that succeed are usually in “win now mode.”

My two cents
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 12, 2022 at 2:50 p.m.
Thread: Question for Boston Fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CMcAvoy73</b></div><div>This year, no. The goalies stay.
In the offseason: swayman? Still no. Ullmark, I certainly would assume he would be on the market. He would have to waive his no trade protection, which he has in a complete capacity for years one and two of his four year deal. That said, if he think he’ll be third string, which he should think, then i assume he’ll waive.

I think a lot of people will expect a first, I think a second would be fine.</div></div>



Would you rather have picks or prospects? I’m wondering if say a player that already has some AHL time under his belt and grades out as a middle 6 or 2nd pair D might help more in the next two years before they can really reset the roster moving forward
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 6, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.
Thread: Ullmark out
Can anyone remember a time when a player signed a multi year deal and got moved before he even finished the 1st season?

Tough to see Ullmark get moved for two reasons:

1) It’s basically Sweeney admitting that the he either A) was wrong about Rask being able to return to hockey or B) the Ullmark deal was a bad idea (if he knew Rask was coming back why not just bring in a guy on a one year deal as a place filler

2) It’s hard to sell future free agents on signing if you’ve just traded a guy 4 months into a 4 year deal. It’s why nobody ever gets delt in year 1 (short of a complete organizational collapse). Players always say how they like the stability of having term on their deals.

Anyways, between COVID and the 40 games in like 85 days the Bs have coming up they’re probably going to need all 3
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 7, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.
Thread: Future
Again, the $ is secondary. If Bergeron comes back for the same $ the Bs have plenty to sign 73 and add elsewhere. I would love it if he did come back as he is my favorite Boston athlete of all time. I also wouldn’t be surprised at all if this was his last year. With all of the injuries and concussions that he’s had at some point it just becomes too much.

But swap Bergeron for Barkov and it still means that they either keep spending $3-4 mil for guys to play 15 minutes a night on their 3rd line or throw the kids into the fire and see what happens. They tried that at LD last year and it didn’t work.

I’m totally rambling here, but this post was a question about what to expect from the next group of forwards and when we can expect it. I was really hoping to get a look at Studnika at 3C this year and some sneak peeks at Lauko and Hall. With the free agent signings they’ve done, there’s less of a chance of that happening. And maybe that’s for the best. Maybe Haula, Folino, Lazar, etc all play well and depth becomes the team’s strong suit. I hope so. There’s a reason Sweeney has an office in the Garden and I’m posting this from my deck.