Prospect Info: Boston Bruins Sign Brady Lyle To Entry-Level Contract

[Wiggleboom]

It's going to be awkward when he joins the team next year and Bergeron has to change his number. Maybe he'll do a Bourque/Esposito.

 

[WhalerTurnedBruin55]

It's going to be awkward when he joins the team next year and Bergeron has to change his number. Maybe he'll do a Bourque/Esposito.

Lyle, the first player in the NHL to wear a 4 digit jersey number.

Brady Lyle 3737

 

[mar2kbos]

At times this place is referred to as the LF. Lunatic Fringe. It goes back 10+ years. If not more.

Oh I know, been here since the old boards

 

[The Andrew Peeke Fan]

I kept trying to find reasons not to like his game, because my friend loves him, and couldn't really.

 

[Gordoff]

Man, twitter responses are absurd.

"Why did we sign a player with no NHL experience? This doesn’t help us at all. Stupid signing."

Can't stand reading anything from the masses on Twitter or Facebook. Bizarre ludicrous takes.

 

[BruinsBtn]

What happened to this guy? He was great in training camp and then had a dud of a season and was just shipped out for future considerations.

 

[ON3M4N]

What happened to this guy? He was great in training camp and then had a dud of a season and was just shipped out for future considerations.

Kind of surprised by this. The kid just signed his first contract less then a year ago. With lack of RHD in the system why would they trade him for nothing? Maybe they're trying to free up a cap slot for a college signing?

 

[WhalerTurnedBruin55]

What happened to this guy? He was great in training camp and then had a dud of a season and was just shipped out for future considerations.

My thoughts exactly, thought many spoke highly of him.

Couldn't even get a 7th for him? Blues obviously wanted him.

 

[WhalerTurnedBruin55]

Kind of surprised by this. The kid just signed his first contract less then a year ago. With lack of RHD in the system why would they trade him for nothing? Maybe they're trying to free up a cap slot for a college signing?

Hope that's it.

Still surprised not even a late pick.

 

[Ratty]

Makes sense what with the recent RH defense signings.

 

[ON3M4N]

Makes sense what with the recent RH defense signings.

Who?

 

[BruinsBtn]

My thoughts exactly, thought many spoke highly of him.

Couldn't even get a 7th for him? Blues obviously wanted him.

Sounds to me like the Bruins wanted to get rid of him, or he desperately wanted out. There's gotta be a backstory here.

 

[Ratty]

Who?

Grant Gabriele and Jacob Wilson.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Grant Gabriele and Jacob Wilson.

They’re AHL signings though. They don’t factor into the NHL Bruins. Lyle did because he signed an ELC with the team.

Hopefully, like Andrew said, this is a move to free up a spot for a college free agent?

 

[22Brad Park]

Lyle, the first player in the NHL to wear a 4 digit jersey number.

Brady Lyle 3737

haha This is a good one & I needed that laugh ty.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

They’re AHL signings though. They don’t factor into the NHL Bruins. Lyle did because he signed an ELC with the team.

Hopefully, like Andrew said, this is a move to free up a spot for a college free agent?

CapFriendly shows the Bruins as having only 44 of the 50 allowed slots filled though...

 

[Ratty]

CapFriendly shows the Bruins as having only 44 of the 50 allowed slots filled though...

Plus it can be a little crowded on the ProBs back line right side.

 

[DominicT]

Providence made it sound like it was an AHL trade which would mean the Bruins still retain his rights - like loaning him to a different AHL club.

Springfield release says otherwise:

ST LOUIS, MO – The St. Louis Blues announced today that the team has acquired defenseman Brady Lyle from the Boston Bruins in exchange for future considerations. Lyle will report to the Blues' AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds.

Blues Acquire D Brady Lyle from Bruins | Springfield Thunderbirds

www.springfieldthunderbirds.com

 

[WhalerTurnedBruin55]

Providence made it sound like it was an AHL trade which would mean the Bruins still retain his rights - like loaning him to a different AHL club.

Springfield release says otherwise:

ST LOUIS, MO – The St. Louis Blues announced today that the team has acquired defenseman Brady Lyle from the Boston Bruins in exchange for future considerations. Lyle will report to the Blues' AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds.

Blues Acquire D Brady Lyle from Bruins | Springfield Thunderbirds

www.springfieldthunderbirds.com

Would that be considered a loan though if that was the case? Edit: didn't read the second part of the post. Yea, just seems like a trade for fc

Side note, in the history of future considerations, how many times did future considerations eventually end up being anything?

 

[DominicT]

Would that be considered a loan though if that was the case? Edit: didn't read the second part of the post. Yea, just seems like a trade for fc

Side note, in the history of future considerations, how many times did future considerations eventually end up being anything?

Before the salary cap, there were actual future considerations.

 

[WhalerTurnedBruin55]

Before the salary cap, there were actual future considerations.

Is that a new thing (post-cap) that they don't mean anything anymore?

I remember us moving Marco Sturm for future considerations, and don't think that was ever revisited for anything.

 

[Dr Hook]

If he is a Boston Bruin per the entry level contract, how does he get traded after the deadline if it isn’t an AHL only deal?

 

[DominicT]

Is that a new thing (post-cap) that they don't mean anything anymore?

I remember us moving Marco Sturm for future considerations, and don't think that was ever revisited for anything.

It just seems to me that after the cap was instituted, nothing ever cam back in future considerations.

I vividly recall this trade and you can see who the future considerations turned out to be Theoren Fleury trades - NHL Trade Tracker

I just can't recall any after the cap.

 

[BruinsNetwork]

If he is a Boston Bruin per the entry level contract, how does he get traded after the deadline if it isn’t an AHL only deal?

You can be traded after the deadline, you just can’t play for that team afterwards in the NHL. In Lyle’s case, he was traded before the AHL deadline and can play for Springfield.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Disappointing. Seemed to have potential.