Confirmed with Link: Bruins sign John Moore 5 years 2.75 aav

[BruinsFanSince94]

Who would you rather have today, Moore or Chiller?

What a stupid scenario to propose.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Sweeney's goal is to have first all American D in the NHL?

 

[neelynugs]

Sweeney's goal is to have first all American D in the NHL?

although canes already did that 2 years ago

 

[UncleRico]

I’d rather give carlo chara and let mcavoy have Moore.

Agreed this also probably allows mcavoy to take over PP1 for krug and not have to be saved for such high leverage situations like last year

 

[DKH]

Sweeney's goal is to have first all American D in the NHL?

You think Andy Axelsson becomes an American citizen?

 

[DKH]

although canes already did that 2 years ago

You are in the neighborhood and are plugged in what do you think of Moore

 

[EverettMike]

After a fun day of drinking with friends in the pool I am in a pretty good mood, so this is my most optimistic take: this contract is a f***ing nightmare and I don't think they know what they are doing.

 

[The Murph]

A 5 year deal. I can only think they believe they can develop him into a better player. Entering his prime, he's got the tools, so willing to see what they can do with him.

And I don't know if this means krug is out. I think mcquiad is most likely the one out. Chara is done in a year, that opens up a lot of minutes, important minutes, and losing major experience on the backend. With krug gone too, thats a very inexperienced defense. I'm not seeing it.

 

[BBB24]

He got 2.4 over 3 years according to dreger and khudobin was asking for 2.4 from the bruins. Equals 4.8m

Wagner got 1.25, Nordstrom got 1m and Halak got 2.75. Equals 5m

Halak hasn’t been good for 3 years and Wagner and Nordstrom are 4th liners and bruins still need to sign a 3rd line center replacement for nash

He got 2.75, Dreger made the correction.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

although canes already did that 2 years ago

Nice one.

I stand corrected.

 

[AlpineLager]

After a fun day of drinking with friends in the pool I am in a pretty good mood, so this is my most optimistic take: this contract is a ****ing nightmare and I don't think they know what they are doing.

As a fellow drunk, i share this perspective. Thanks for the laugh Mike.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

You think Andy Axelsson becomes an American citizen?

If Chara breaks a leg scaling the Matterhorn this week, B's will have the all American D.

 

[DKH]

If Chara breaks a leg scaling the Matterhorn this week, B's will have the all American D.

Why would he scale a park ride in Disney ?

 

[Alicat]

 

[Dr Hook]

I want to see him play some games for us before deciding whether it's terrible or not. It's five years, which seems like too long, but the AAV is not that high and he could turn out to be a decent signing for us. Like with Holden, it's always better to have a guy like that than a career AHLer like Tommy Cross being forced into service. If it's a disaster, so be it- it isn't a Beleskey-sized disaster, just a Jimmy Hayes sized one.

 

[neelynugs]

You are in the neighborhood and are plugged in what do you think of Moore

this guy is one of the best 3-on-3 defensemen in the league! heck of a skater.
ok, that's all i got. terrible signing IMO, and now who gets moved out? krug or
grzelcyk? not sure if moore can play the right side, but he's certainly not better than
miller. my issue with moore is he has tunnel vision and his reads are suspect. when
neely said they wanted a left-shot defenseman that can log minutes, i thought they
wanted a guy like klefbom who could defend and transition the puck. this one is a
real head-scratcher - it's almost like they wanted hanifin and then were like "we can't
get him, who else can really skate and retrieve pucks but isn't anywhere as good and
is cheap to acquire?" boo.

 

[JOKER 192]

Sweeney's goal is to have first all American D in the NHL?

Zboril, Lauzon,UV, Andersson, yup looking that way going forward.

 

[Greek_physique]

I'll hold off on my judgment for now as I haven't seen a lot of him.

I am excited about his speed as Gryz brought another dimension to this team last year, hopefully Moore can do the same...in a positive manner

 

[Cronuss]

per Hockey News

SCOUTING REPORT

ASSETS:
Has a big frame and owns exceptional skating ability. Can play an offensive role when it is required, but is otherwise a very steady defender. Shoots the puck with aplomb. His speed is useful all over the ice.
FLAWS:
Doesn't have high-end offensive ability and is not a natural power-play pointman. Does not use his big frame (6-2, 210 pounds) enough and generally lacks physicality and a mean streak. Lacks consistency, too.
CAREER POTENTIAL:
Solid, mobile defenseman.

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Great, exactly what we don't need...

 

[RussellmaniaKW]

After a fun day of drinking with friends in the pool I am in a pretty good mood, so this is my most optimistic take: this contract is a ****ing nightmare and I don't think they know what they are doing.

it's debatable if it was a good move in terms of filling needs, etc. but the contract is not bad at all. Takes him thru 32, so not deep into his 30s and the cap hit is extremely movable. And if it's not working out after a year or two you expose him for Seattle.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

After a fun day of drinking with friends in the pool I am in a pretty good mood, so this is my most optimistic take: this contract is a ****ing nightmare and I don't think they know what they are doing.

And yet, and they know what they're doing. Odd.

 

[EverettMike]

And yet, and they know what they're doing. Odd.

it's debatable if it was a good move in terms of filling needs, etc. but the contract is not bad at all. Takes him thru 32, so not deep into his 30s and the cap hit is extremely movable. And if it's not working out after a year or two you expose him for Seattle.

I'm sure Seattle will be dying to take a bottom pairing defenseman for three years.

Put it on my tombstone, cause I've been saying this since Chiarelli was doing the same shit: don't tie up bottom of the roster players for a long time. Flexibility is extra important in a hard cap league. Why we never learn this I don't understand.

Also, letting Chiller go last year keeps getting worse and worse.

 

[Greek_physique]

Great, exactly what we don't need...

I dont think we need toughness on the backend.

Speed is the name of the game today.

 

[Jaguar God]

Easily movable cap hit in a couple of years if necessary. Not a bad deal at all if they can swing a deal for a legit RW with the bodies they have on D.

 

[Cronuss]

I like it. He can be a solid 3rd pair D with Kevan Miller. Grizzy with Carlo; Krug to be part of package for top 6 RW (Skinner?).

IMO, we need to get bigger and meaner, not smaller and wimpier.