Speculation: All Bruins trade proposals/rumors IX: Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens

[Shaun]

Canucks fan here, but I come in peace. I'm a peaceful Nucks fan.

I wanted to throw this trade idea here to see what you guys think about it.

Don't flame me too hard.

To BOS: Zack Kassian + Kevin Bieksa

To VAN: Milan Lucic + Matt Bartkowski

If you take off the homer hat and put on your NHL hat how does this trade sound to you guys ?

Cheers !

take your own advice

 

[Ari Gold]

take your own advice

You must be a south pole elf.

 

[Absurdity]

FWIW, Kassian has been cleared to play tonight and is a healthy scratch. Do at it.

Because he sucks. He'll be nothing more than a 4th liner on this team.

 

[Mione134]

Because he sucks. He'll be nothing more than a 4th liner on this team.

For a team that needs scoring, the fact that some want him on this team is baffling. He's a meh player.

 

[Ice Nine]

Kassian for my Aunt Tilly.

We're overpaying (my aunt makes a mean apple pie), but I can see Kassian bringing some more physicality to the fourth line...

 

[RussellmaniaKW]

is Kassian a better option at 4th line RW right now than Cunningham? I kind of doubt it tbh.

 

[Ice Nine]

is Kassian a better option at 4th line RW right now than Cunningham? I kind of doubt it tbh.

You're right. My Aunt Tilly is great. Forget Kassian.

 

[roflstomper]

Get rid of Campbell/Gagne/etc garbage
Rask + Spooner for B. Ryan + Hoffman
Krug + Smith + w/e for Hamhuis

Lucic - Krejci - Ryan
Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak
Hoffman - Soderberg - Eriksson
Paille - Kelly - Griffith
Cuningham

Hamuis/Hamilton/Chara/Seidenberg/McQuiad/Bartkowski

Svedberg
Whoever



blah blah bl;ha xbox yeyayay

 

[Braunbaer]

Don't move assets for those "veteran leaders" in a year in which this team isn't going nowhere.
No need to further cripple our future for nothing.

 

[Gargyn]

So Ottawa needs a goalie? Anderson and lehner. No. Teams that need goalies are edmonton, minnesota, phoenix, winnipeg, carolina, maybe Philly. And even some of those say they are content, ie all but edmonton. If you're dealing rask it would be to edmonton for hall. And we would be adding.

 

[TheBigBadB]

Really all depends on where this team is by the deadline. If they are still inconsistent and effort keeps on being wildly unclear, don't try to deal off young guys for a fix to get into the playoffs.

If they are sitting pretty well in the standings and players are starting to round to form, then go for it.

I just don't want to see dumb trades for the sake of saving face..

 

[OrrCam]

Edmonton is where you go if you want your soul ripped from you

Yeah.....Edmonton or Boston

 

[Absurdity]

So Ottawa needs a goalie? Anderson and lehner. No. Teams that need goalies are edmonton, minnesota, phoenix, winnipeg, carolina, maybe Philly. And even some of those say they are content, ie all but edmonton. If you're dealing rask it would be to edmonton for hall. And we would be adding.

Who would you go with at goalie then? Do you look at FA, get one in a trade, or do you believe that it is okay to move Rask because you believe this team won't have a shot at/in the playoffs?

 

[Gargyn]

Go balls out. Rask, 2nd,2nd for hall. Hamilton, kelly for simmonds. Krug for sekera, gleason. 1st, Spooner, warsofsky for yandle. 2nd, khoko for kassian. 4th for neuvirth. Sign niemi in the off season or someone similar.

Hall Krejci simmonds
Marchand Bergeron smith
Lucic soderberg eriksson
Paille Campbell Kassian

Chara yandle
sekera seidenberg
Bartkowski McQuaid

Neuvirth
Svedberg

 

[Gargyn]

Who needs a goalie with a team like that? Haha

 

[EverettMike]

Hamilton for Simmonds is just a horrendous suggestion.

 

[Absurdity]

Go balls out. Rask, 2nd,2nd for hall. Hamilton, kelly for simmonds. Krug for sekera, gleason. 1st, Spooner, warsofsky for yandle. 2nd, khoko for kassian. 4th for neuvirth. Sign niemi in the off season or someone similar.

Hall Krejci simmonds
Marchand Bergeron smith
Lucic soderberg eriksson
Paille Campbell Kassian

Chara yandle
sekera seidenberg
Bartkowski McQuaid

Neuvirth
Svedberg

My disagreements on your trades aside, that team isn't cap compliant, and you don't include an extra forward and defenseman.

 

[TheBigBadB]

I would look at trading Lucic and whatever for Hall, but I am not sure if Lucic has a NTC in his contract because I doubt he would waive it to go there...They'll have McDavid soon and Lucic might be right guy to ride aside of him for protection. The Bruins get a player that can shoot and move the puck with speed.

Why?

Simple Cap implications. They paid him 6 million a year for a potential he hasn't lived up to. His contract is up soon and he will not take a paycut. Right now he is riding close to a million a goal this season. Plays physical when he feels like it, so basically inconsistent. I am not sure he is worth that amount anymore. Again though I wait until the deadline before making decisions. It could just click for this team all of a sudden...or they can continue to nose dive. I just don't know or get a good pulse on which team will show up.

 

[RussellmaniaKW]

our gm can't even make one small trade let alone 3 huge ones

 

[LouJersey]

our gm can't even make one small trade let alone 3 huge ones

Exactly needs to crawl before he walks.

 

[Gargyn]

Hamilton for Simmonds is just a horrendous suggestion.

Well including kelly is a negative plus I don't think Hamilton is ever going to be a true number 1 dman. Will be a great number two complimentary to a shutdown dman but he won't ever have that nastiness and edge to him or the physical strength but I do agree that it's slanted in Philly favour. I make offers like that rather than offer paille, Campbell and other junk that nobody wants. This team needs a lot, not just one or two pieces. But lucic is a first liner in some people's opinion too so we all have our own opinions.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Hamilton for Simmonds is just a horrendous suggestion.

So is KoKo + 2nd for Kassian. I wouldn't give up a 2nd alone for Z-Kass.

 

[Hockey64]

With points slipping away like last night cementing the B's status as a non-playoff team I am starting to warm up to the idea of 3 pics in the top 40 for this year's draft (with an outside chance in the lottery).

Maybe it is all enthusiasm of watching World Juniors and seeing teams like the Nucks have these young prospects performing so well (Demko, Virtanen) and having a bright future. Combined with an earlier post by I believe DKH about the depth of other teams such as Buffalo with all those high end players I starting to think more about the draft and which of these world junior players will be sporting the spoked B.

It is nice to see the B's with one of the top scorers in the world juniors but I think we want more players with top pedigrees and 3 pics in the top 40 moves us in that direction. And that is not even including any trades involving our vets.

Of course this thinking is only one 6 game winning streak away from completely changing my mindset to playoff hockey.

 

[Patrice Krejci*]

Canucks fan here, but I come in peace. I'm a peaceful Nucks fan.

I wanted to throw this trade idea here to see what you guys think about it.

Don't flame me too hard.

To BOS: Zack Kassian + Kevin Bieksa

To VAN: Milan Lucic + Matt Bartkowski

If you take off the homer hat and put on your NHL hat how does this trade sound to you guys ?

Cheers !

Show yourself out with that proposal.

 

[Coach Parker]

I would think Kassian for Bartowksi is about as even as it could get. Sadly, the Canucks fans have been sold Kassian as a high end prospect since the Hodgson trade and have him valued much higher than he has ever displayed.

I am bringing in Kassian in hopes of him finding a place on the third line. Nothing more, nothing less. Kelly moves down to center the 4th line.

Lucic - Krejci - Pastrnak
Marchand - Bergeron - Smith
Eriksson - Soderberg - Kassian
Paille - Kelly - Gagne/Griffiths

I don't expect Chiarelli to be able to find help on the 1st line RW. I think he is lost.