Seravalli: Bruins may need to move on from Frederic due to cap reasons.

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Old Frank was un daily faceoff and said that due to Bruins tight cap situation and his arbitration case the Bruins probably can't qualify Trent Fredric, making him a UFA.

Assuming he hits the market where do you see him going

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[dixie]

Just the beginning in Boston for that kick in the can attitude of Boston s management team!

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

He will have alot of teams to choose from.. won't be an expensive player but could have a bidding war

I'm sure he would love to stay in Boston but this situation is perfect for him from a financial point of view

 

[Your Boy Troy]

I'd guess that St. Louis would be interested as he's from that area and plays with the grit that Doug Armstrong likes having on that roster.

 

[wintersej]

I don’t think Bruins fans will cry over it. He lacked pace to get in the lineup in the postseason and his regular season goal totals were very much Taylor Hall driven. Put it this way, my latest cap friendly before this news came out I had him not signed.

 

[Over the volcano]

Old Frank was un daily faceoff and said that due to Bruins tight cap situation and his arbitration case the Bruins probably can't qualify Trent Fredric, making him a UFA.

Assuming he hits the market where do you see him going

What's his qualifying offer, 1.1mil?

Doesn't make much sense

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

They can still sign him, if they want to, and he accepts the term.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

What's his qualifying offer, 1.1mil?

Doesn't make much sense

It's because if they qualify him he can go to arbitration and 2#+ million

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Won’t or probably won’t?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I don’t think Bruins fans will cry over it. He lacked pace to get in the lineup in the postseason and his regular season goal totals were very much Taylor Hall driven. Put it this way, my latest cap friendly before this news came out I had him not signed.

Normally you would be right.

But there if they lose Fredric then there is the chance they lose Bergeron, Krejci and Fredric in 1 off season and that would gut them.

It's why I expect them to target Dubois and Schifele, they almost have to.

 

[Stealth JD]

Yeah - Blues could fit him in.

 

[Over the volcano]

It's because if they qualify him he can go to arbitration and 2#+ million

OP said they can't qualify him.

2+ would still be a deal.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Normally you would be right.

But there if they lose Fredric then there is the chance they lose Bergeron, Krejci and Fredric in 1 off season and that would gut them.

It's why I expect them to target Dubois and Schifele, they almost have to.

Frederic has flashes of a possession winger similar in style to a Coyle but more often than not is an invisible passenger. Arguably he is the reason for Hall's fewer than anticipated point total. The Hall-Coyle duo needed a winger who contributed more offensively.

He largely spent his time coasting with little physicality and soft attempts to agitate ineffectively. Frederic has a place in the bottom six but he requires additional development to find an identity.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Rangers please

 

[Over the volcano]

Frederic has flashes of a possession winger similar in style to a Coyle but more often than not is an invisible passenger. Arguably he is the reason for Hall's fewer than anticipated point total. The Hall-Coyle duo needed a winger who contributed more offensively.

Frederic 17g
Hall 16g
Coyle 16g

 

[Vitto79]

Ummmmm waste of an asset so he would get traded first

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Verhaeghe 2.0?

 

[tomd]

Odds are that the arbitration meeting never happens and that the two sides settle before the assigned date.

 

[BronxBruin]

I'll believe it when I see it. Why wouldn't the Bruins just trade him beforehand if they didn't think they could afford him? I guarantee several teams would be interested in acquiring him so it seems kinda silly that the Bruins would choose to lose him for nothing.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Odds are that the arbitration meeting never happens and that the two sides settle before the assigned date.

Why would he sign and not go UFA?

 

[Empoleon8771]

Ummmmm waste of an asset so he would get traded first

I'll believe it when I see it. Why wouldn't the Bruins just trade him beforehand if they didn't think they could afford him? I guarantee several teams would be interested in acquiring him so it seems kinda silly that the Bruins would choose to lose him for nothing.

Why would any team trade anything of note if the Bruins won't be able to qualify him?

They can just sign him as a UFA.

 

[tomd]

Why would he sign and not go UFA?

He isn't guaranteed to win the arbitration award. They'll likely settle for a number in between.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I'll believe it when I see it. Why wouldn't the Bruins just trade him beforehand if they didn't think they could afford him? I guarantee several teams would be interested in acquiring him so it seems kinda silly that the Bruins would choose to lose him for nothing.

They could do that too, eiter way they wouldn't be qualifying him.

 

[TooMuchMan]

I kinda get it from a money perspective... but if they want to build out a competitive roster going forward, this is a bad sign. Frederic was absolutely one of the best Bruins forwards at even-strength and only the B's crazy depth and occasional inconsistency caused him to spend time upstairs.

Whoever gets him (if indeed the B's don't retain him) will be adding a physical, surprisingly skillful forward who is an easy top-9er at the LW and probably at the center. He's a capable defensive forward as well. He got hardly any man-advantage time in Boston but I think he would be a good netfront guy (or below-the-line) on a second unit. I would not be shocked if he turns into a 25-20-45 defensively-responsible middle-sixer with whoever grabs him for '23-'24.

 

[BronxBruin]

Why would any team trade anything of note if the Bruins won't be able to qualify him?

They can just sign him as a UFA.

The same reason CBJ just traded for Severson. The same reason any team trades for a pending UFA. Because they covet the player and don't want to risk losing him to another team.