Boston Bruins 2023 Off-Season CAP, Trade Rumors and Free Agent Talk IX

[DKH]

Cool

Wicked cool, yah fool

Obviously you talk to him, but I hope it's just a summer break for Lou and he's back for the start of the season

He is taking a break he’s resilient

We all need a break

 

[Hookslide]

Coyle has had an easy go of it, here. Cushy gig.

You might not like his contract like many others , but that is a bullshit statement.............he still brings a lot to the table......

 

[Shoebottom88]

Also worth adding to the conversation that Bergeron had the exact same 5v5 Points per 60 min as Lindholm this past season, and had considerably more then Scheifele. If Bergy isn't a 1C then neither are those guys,


I was talking about 2021-22 when Krejci was gone and Coyle started the year at 2C, only to get replaced by Haula like halfway through the year.

Oh ok. You said last year. I don’t think he got outplayed, otherwise Coyle would’ve got traded.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Wicked cool, yah fool


He is taking a break he’s resilient

We all need a break

Too many poster take this stuff personal, this is my alterative world. My real world is the place I take seriously, this place it for entertaining purposes and to vent off.

I hope the posters that left return, its a better place when they do.

 

[Fenian24]

I mean we tried Coyle as 2C last year and he got outplayed by Erik Haula. Coyle is 31, to me he sorta is what he is at this point. Great 3C that can fill in the top 6 in a pinch, but not quite an everyday 2C. But who knows, maybe if you put him between Marchand and Debrusk those two will elevate his game enough that it'll be a legit 2nd line regardless.

Replaced and outplayed. It just shows how remarkably average Coyle is, he could be replaced by a number of centers in the NHL for less and there would be little to no drop off and for the same dollars, probably some improvement. Marchand and DeBrusk would have to drag him to being a decent second line center and it would all be based on them

 

[neelynugs]

Lou might be the only one close to me in knowledge in sports. His departure following Glorydaze is a gut punch.

His loss will be felt

i heard lucic train is coming back, so there's that

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Now tell me what the rest of the third line centers are making per year. Coyle's contract was and still is poo poo


Jack and Brick remind us every time he touches the puck lol

VGK - Karlsson, $5.9M
CAR - Kotkienemi, $4.8M
CGY - Kadri, $7M or if you prefer Backlund, $5.35M
COL - either Johansen at $4M (50% retained) or Colton (at a high RFA number)
LAK - Danault, $5.5M
MTL - Dvorak, $4.45M
NYR - Chytil, $4.437M
PIT - corpse of Jeff Carter, $3.125M
STL - Schenn, $6.5M
WAS - Dylan Strome, $5M

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Lou might be the only one close to me in knowledge in sports. His departure following Glorydaze is a gut punch.

His loss will be felt

Wait....wut?

What the heck happened?

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Frederic was also a borderline elite 5v5 defender last season, which is a big reason why Hall and Coyle were so much better with him then they were without him.

Don't think that is true.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Don't think that is true.

If you have a better way of analyzing defensive play I’m all ears but this 92 percentile is against everyone else. Ignore the dollars at the top unless you take the time to understand Dom’s model and how that works.

 

[NDiesel]

Wicked cool, yah fool


He is taking a break he’s resilient

We all need a break

Thats good to hear, summer is probably the best time to log off of here and enjoy some fresh air and beers

 

[Mainehockey33]

VGK - Karlsson, $5.9M

CAR - Kotkienemi, $4.8M
CGY - Kadri, $7M or if you prefer Backlund, $5.35M
COL - either Johansen at $4M (50% retained) or Colton (at a high RFA number)
LAK - Danault, $5.5M
MTL - Dvorak, $4.45M
NYR - Chytil, $4.437M
PIT - corpse of Jeff Carter, $3.125M
STL - Schenn, $6.5M
WAS - Dylan Strome, $5M

Everyone I looked up on this list that played in the playoffs last season outperformed Coyle by a good margin. Chytil with the least amount of points still had double Coyle’s production. Karlsson had 11 goals.

Schenn had 65 points last season, 2C production. I think his contract is fair for that production.

Kadri’s contract is terrible and shouldn’t be used as a barometer for a third line center. Kadri is an overpaid 2C that cashed in on a career year.

 

[Dr Quincy]

Obviously you talk to him, but I hope it's just a summer break for Lou and he's back for the start of the season

He's still talking hockey in other places that he feels allows for different opinions.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

We'll agree to disagree but he's not a true 1C anymore and the Bruins would be foolish to use him as such.

Coming off another Selke season, 2nd in the league in faceoff %, second in +/- for centers, playing as a first line center on the team that had the best record ever.

Was that not a true 1C season?

 

[BostonBob]

Too many poster take this stuff personal...

Not personal.......not personal ?????? DAMMIT - it's very personal.

 

[quietbruinfan]

He's still talking hockey in other places that he feels allows for different opinions.

I miss our arguments about Miles Wood. (Do not tell him that.) jk

 

[bruins19]

I agree that ESPN is poop.

So true. The same article also says Bergeron is gone. First, that’s not certain. Second, if it is, replacing a number one center is obviously more important than a backup goalie signing.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

 

[Bridges31]

f*** him.

Sounds like his NHL career is done

 

[Mainehockey33]

What a psychopath.

 

[Mione134]

Lock that psychopath up. Wtf

 

[Gee Wally]

1- get back n topic

2- if folks cant get along - use the damn ignore feature.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

If you have a better way of analyzing defensive play I’m all ears but this 92 percentile is against everyone else. Ignore the dollars at the top unless you take the time to understand Dom’s model and how that works.
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Just know what I see.

Like to watch hockey, not studying someone's "model" to tell me what's really happening.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Just know what I see.

Like to watch hockey, not studying someone's "model" to tell me what's really happening.

Ok. But how can you assess players on all the other teams you don’t watch nightly?

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Ok. But how can you assess players on all the other teams you don’t watch nightly?

I can't.

Only by hearsay from people that do watch them nightly.

As for Frederic, I have rarely ever heard Brickly or Jaffe or Pederson comment on his defensive game or even a specific instance where they say, wow great defensive play by Freddy! He doesn't really tally many takeaways or blocked shot either.

Just my opinion.