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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 11, 2019 at 11:45 a.m.
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<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bcarlo25</b></div><div>I almost stopped reading at "Carlo is a fringe top four d man," but I didn't. It's just an absurd premise that doesn't really warrant discussion. A third liner leads the Bruins in goals in the playoffs. They've had 21 different goal scorers. At times Johansson has looked like their best forward. Krejci has been fantastic, Debrusk scored 27 goals this year in like 65 games.

It is very clear that you haven't seen enough of Boston to credible judge them.

Enjoy game 7.</div></div>

i have seen plenty of them, a 15 game stretch does not define a player, Carlo has scored 2 goals in the last two seasons over 150 games, over his first 3 years in the NHL (230gp, 8g, 24a), is he a good defensive player sure but cmon if you think he stacks of similarly to other second paring d man around the league your insane, he is absolutely on the bottom rung on the top 4 guys in the NHL. Just go down the list of teams the Bruins have played in the playoffs, outside of Toronto, Carlo isn't sniffing the top 4 of any of the other 3! He is a good young controllable dman but he is a long way from Bobby Orr (where you seem to think he is at). I know that 21 different players have scored goals stat is a trendy easy stat to site but how about the fact that the bruins scored 259 goals this past season 106 of those goals came from three players thats 41% of your total goal output from three guys!!! So yes you have a bunch of guys with a goal or two, if the Bruins plan is every year to hope that things break perfectly for them and all of the good teams get eliminated before they have to play them then sure keep doing what your doing. You are either a massive homer or high if you think this team was getting past the elite teams in the east!
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 10, 2019 at 4:53 p.m.
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<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bcarlo25</b></div><div>I mentioned in a previous post that short of Marner, I don't think the leafs could get it done. However I didn't say I think that is fair, obviously the concept is absurd. To get Carlo from the Bruins, you have to make them an offer that make the Bruins better right away. They are clearly in a cup contending window, so if it doesn't make them better, why do they make the trade. Taking Carlo out of the lineup and putting Kapanen in makes them worse. Hell, Carlo out and Johnsson AND kapanen in makes them worse. I think that's really obvious, Carlo has been such a monster for the Bruins in this playoff run. There is obviously no fit here, which is kind of the point of me saying things like short of Marner, why would the Bruins do it.</div></div>

Carlo is a fringe top 4 NHL d man he is playing well but historically he is fringe top 4 d man, we can agree the Bruins are here because their path has been a proverbial cake walk, I am no leafs fan but I would say talent wise that has been their toughest opponent so far and that includes St. Louis, the top 10 teams in the league over the course of the regular season (5 of which are from the east) and they only had too play 1 of them. That being said anyone who watches hockey can see going forward Boston has a depth scoring issue, they rely on 3 guys for the overwhelming majority of their scoring. As an organization one area where they do have some young depth is on D so yes the idea of trading Carlo for a 2nd line scoring winger would be appealing to Boston, it gives them more offense up front for an area on D where they have plenty of young D men coming.