Boston Bruins 2023-2024 Roster & Salary Cap Discussion III

[Bruinfanatic]

Foligno was a UFA anyway, so I am sure that did not play into it.

I was thinking he still had a year left

 

[dafoomie]

In what world does Forbort play mistake free hockey? Have you watched him make outlet passes?

Positionally. He does not have puck skills other than a decent shot.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Positionally. He does not have puck skills other than a decent shot.

Last game he blocked a shot which was great. Problem was it was from the Montreal player he passed the puck directly to.

 

[Lord Ahriman]

If that’s the case why burn assets on him? Next season you’d have to assume Lohrei is ready for 2nd pairing here. So pay Zadorov 5m to be your 3rd pairing dman? I agree with you, it makes no sense to re-sign this guy.

I’d prefer they use the assets on a right shot dman to play over Shattenkirk.

Lindholm • McAvoy
Lohrei • Carlo
Forbort • *new physical guy*
(Grzelcyk • Shattenkirk)
(Wotherspoon • Mitchell)

That’s a solid 10 dmen option going into the playoffs. Solid PK, elite goaltending duo, young energy bottom 6 (Steen Lauko etc) If the PP can get going they can make a good playoff run

I don't think they are going Lindholm - McAvoy as our first d pair. When they traded for Lindholm they tried it and it wasn't good at all.

That being said I really doubt they will spend too much at the deadline this time.

 

[Patdud]

I don't think they are going Lindholm - McAvoy as our first d pair. When they traded for Lindholm they tried it and it wasn't good at all.

That being said I really doubt they will spend too much at the deadline this time.

I recall that pair being dynamite

 

[Hookslide]

Wonder if his contract is palatable

2years left at 2.45 mil, less than Gryz....

 

[Kegs]

You act like this would continue if he were to come to Boston. It might, it might not. There better be more to his game than he hits hard. I'm not trading for a guy who just hits.

He will continue to hit and get shots through.

Zadorov plays incredibly sheltered minutes - even more sheltered than Forbort which is crazy. Carlo gets the toughest minutes. Putting Zadorov in that situation is a bad idea, especially when you consider he can’t move the puck up the ice.

18 mins a night is incredibly sheltered ?

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

He will continue to hit and get shots through.

18 mins a night is incredibly sheltered ?

Sheltered isn’t benched. It’s quality of competition and where his zone starts are.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Also, Zadorov gets 44% of his shots through on goal in his career. Forbort is 43%.

 

[Sheppy]

Again, 14 goals last year. Not bad a for a guy who can’t do anything.

 

[wintersej]

I would love, next offseason when they have to re-build the bottom pair, to get an asshole D like Brenden Dillon who, at 33, won't require a large investment.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Again, 14 goals last year. Not bad a for a guy who can’t do anything.

Yeah he shot 11% last year. He is a career 6% shooter and is shooting under 6% this year. The two years before that he shot 3.8% and 1.9%. One of those numbers is the outlier.

 

[Sheppy]

Yeah he shot 11% last year. He is a career 6% shooter and is shooting under 6% this year. The two years before that he shot 3.8% and 1.9%. One of those numbers is the outlier.

Ok

 

[UncleRico]

Zadorov plays incredibly sheltered minutes - even more sheltered than Forbort which is crazy. Carlo gets the toughest minutes. Putting Zadorov in that situation is a bad idea, especially when you consider he can’t move the puck up the ice.

This is the first time I’ve ever seen a player who leads a team in PK minutes and gets 80% defensive zone starts get called out for having “sheltered minutes”

This is quite the insane stretch. Do you know what sheltered means?

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

Zadorov had a Clarkson-type goal scoring anomaly.

Until it’s reproduced that’s just an outlier to me that I’m not putting too much stock in. If he was a younger guy who developed his game and took a step that's one thing.

He’s pacing this year to hit his regular career average.

Looking over his game logs last year I think he put up 5 goals in a 10 day stretch in April IIRC. One game was a hat trick against SJ.

In the extremely rare event that I’m wrong I’ll own it but if the Bruins get zadorov I expect a couple big hits and a lot of whiffs

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Looking around on capfriendly and it shows that McAvoy's no-trade clause doesn't kick in until next season. I figured he had one by now.

 

[Gee Wally]

Looking around on capfriendly and it shows that McAvoy's no-trade clause doesn't kick in until next season. I figured he had one by now.

he wasn’t eligible, service, until next year.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

he wasn’t eligible, service, until next year.

Gotcha, thank you.

 

[GordonHowe]

https://thehockeynews.com/news/possible-destinations-for-nikita-zadorov-following-his-trade-request

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

This is the first time I’ve ever seen a player who leads a team in PK minutes and gets 80% defensive zone starts get called out for having “sheltered minutes”

This is quite the insane stretch. Do you know what sheltered means?

He was in the fourth (4th) percentile for quality of competition last year among all defensemen. Do you know what sheltered means?

This is the first time I’ve ever seen a player who leads a team in PK minutes and gets 80% defensive zone starts get called out for having “sheltered minutes”

This is quite the insane stretch. Do you know what sheltered means?

Also where the hell do you get 80% DZ starts?

Those are 5v5 numbers above by the way.

 

[NeelyDan]

He was in the fourth (4th) percentile for quality of competition last year among all defensemen. Do you know what sheltered means?

Doesn’t seem like it would mean leading your team in pk minutes

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Doesn’t seem like it would mean leading your team in pk minutes

He isn’t? He has 19.6 minutes short handed in 13 games.

Hanifin has 32 mins short handed. Rasmus almost 2 mins per game in 10 games. Tanev leads the team with 45 SH mins from the right side.

 

[NeelyDan]

He isn’t? He has 19.6 minutes short handed in 13 games.

Then uncle Rico has some ‘splainin to do

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Then uncle Rico has some ‘splainin to do

See above. He’s PK2 left side. And he gets nowhere near 80% DZ starts.

 

[NeelyDan]

See above. He’s PK2 left side. And he gets nowhere near 80% DZ starts.

I saw. Curious to see his response.