Proposal: Bruins Trade Proposals III

[maxl7]

on the good side, sure. but the other way cant be understated.

its not just a coincidence that the team he leaves goes from worst to 2nd and the team he joins does the opposite

I think trying to attribute team failures (especially teams with extremely flawed rosters) to an individual player is the exact kind of voodoo thinking that you can take advantage of in player acquisition.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

To Philly:
Danton Heinen
2nd Round Pick

To Boston:
Wayne Simmonds

To start, I don't see Philadelphia trading Simmonds for this package. I would think it'd cost even more. That said, Bruins potentially lose two higher end pieces for a guy who can walk at the end of the season or will be a major risk to sign going forward.

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

I think this is the type of move you have to make if you plan on winning this year.

I agree. I can't even pretend to know what Philadelphia is looking for, though.

 

[Sheppy]

To start, I don't see Philadelphia trading Simmonds for this package. I would think it'd cost even more. That said, Bruins potentially lose two higher end pieces for a guy who can walk at the end of the season or will be a major risk to sign going forward.

Maybe not. Who knows?

It was proposed by a Philly fan in the Wayne Simmonds thread.

I don't think San Jose expected Sturm, Stuart and Primeau to land Joe f***ing Thornton...

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Maybe not. Who knows?

It was proposed by a Philly fan in the Wayne Simmonds thread.

I don't think San Jose expected Sturm, Stuart and Primeau to land Joe ****ing Thornton...

If Boston didn't already have Beleskey on the books, and Backes heading the same route, I'd be more than fine with Wayne Simmonds, but those two players make me stay far away from a guy like Simmonds. And with that, I think your package is too much quality to give up for a UFA to be.

 

[Sheppy]

If Boston didn't already have Beleskey on the books, and Backes heading the same route, I'd be more than fine with Wayne Simmonds, but those two players make me stay far away from a guy like Simmonds. And with that, I think your package is too much quality to give up for a UFA to be.

Trade them Backes too, include a 1st.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Virtanen was an absolute low risk, high reward type trade. Something they really should have looked into.

How do you know they didn't look into it?

 

[Sheppy]

How do you know they didn't look into it?

Because it involves trading for someone who isn't on the tail end of his career and in his mid 30's.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Trade them Backes too, include a 1st.

Yeah, I don't see that as realistic, either.

 

[Sheppy]

Yeah, I don't see that as realistic, either.

Probably not.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Because it involves trading for someone who isn't on the tail end of his career and in his mid 30's.

So you don't have a clue, and are just making an assumption to pump the narrative. Got it.

 

[DrJustice]

To Philly:
Danton Heinen
2nd Round Pick

To Boston:
Wayne Simmonds

I like this idea a lot.

Big, nasty 30 goal scorer who'd be the first real net front presense the Bruins have had in a while?

Sign me up.

 

[Sheppy]

So you don't have a clue, and are just making an assumption to pump the narrative. Got it.

I'm joking.

Stroll on with the pitchfork.

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Simmonds has 7 goals. I feel his decline has been greatly overstated. A 2nd line of DeBrusk/Krejci/Simmonds screams "Go For It!!!" to me. And I want to go for it.

Again, I do like Heinen. I think he's a smart player. But Philly would rightly want one of our young guys and they ain't getting DeBrusk. I don't even know how to feel about Donato. I can't imagine his value is high since he's currently in the AHL. Heinen feels like the least painful to give up for an immediate impact player... which means he's probably not enough.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Simmonds has 7 goals. I feel his decline has been greatly overstated. A 2nd line of DeBrusk/Krejci/Simmonds screams "Go For It!!!" to me. And I want to go for it.

Again, I do like Heinen. I think he's a smart player. But Philly would rightly want one of our young guys and they ain't getting DeBrusk. I don't even know how to feel about Donato. I can't imagine his value is high since he's currently in the AHL. Heinen feels like the least painful to give up for an immediate impact player... which means he's probably not enough.

I don't think Donato being in the AHL has done anything to his value.

 

[RussellmaniaKW]

To start, I don't see Philadelphia trading Simmonds for this package. I would think it'd cost even more. That said, Bruins potentially lose two higher end pieces for a guy who can walk at the end of the season or will be a major risk to sign going forward.

Would you do it if the deal included Simmonds signing an extension?

I'd strongly consider it. I think he'd be a great fit here and am not convinced that he is slowing down yet.

 

[Sheppy]

Bruins Trade Proposals III, where users submit trade ideas while others shut them down, pile on and add none of their own. Classic.

 

[Sheppy]

Would you do it if the deal included Simmonds signing an extension?

I'd strongly consider it. I think he'd be a great fit here and am not convinced that he is slowing down yet.

100% I'd do it, and twice on Sunday.

 

[DominicT]

To Philly:
Danton Heinen
2nd Round Pick

To Boston:
Wayne Simmonds

The Bruins best chance to acquire Wayne Simmonds was during the 2010-2011 season and then the summer of 2011.

Simmonds was available only because he and Drew Doughty could not be on the same team.

 

[Fenian24]

Maybe not. Who knows?

It was proposed by a Philly fan in the Wayne Simmonds thread.

I don't think San Jose expected Sturm, Stuart and Primeau to land Joe ****ing Thornton...

If you can find it read John Ferguson's book Thunder and Lightning, his reaction when Wilson asked him about the trade speaks volumes about how awful a trade that was.

 

[RussellmaniaKW]

The Bruins best chance to acquire Wayne Simmonds was during the 2010-2011 season and then the summer of 2011.

Simmonds was available only because he and Drew Doughty could not be on the same team.

hindsight is 20/20 of course but I wonder how things might have turned out if they'd traded Seguin in a package to land Simmonds in the Summer of 2011 rather than the package they got for him a couple years later.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Would you do it if the deal included Simmonds signing an extension?

I'd strongly consider it. I think he'd be a great fit here and am not convinced that he is slowing down yet.

Well the cost would go up, and do we really want Simmonds signed long term here at 6-6.5M + on top of Backes being here AND Beleskey still on the books?

 

[maxl7]

Because it involves trading for someone who isn't on the tail end of his career and in his mid 30's.

Wait, aren't you advocating for the acquisition of Wayne Simmonds?

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

I don't think Donato being in the AHL has done anything to his value.

I don't know. I think it would come up in negotiations. It's a demotion no matter how you slice it.

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Hell I don't think I would even want an agreement in place for him to stay. See how he does and go from there. Seems highly improbable we get him anyway.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

I don't know. I think it would come up in negotiations. It's a demotion no matter how you slice it.

Players get demoted. Kyle Connor got demoted his rookie season after a mediocre 20 game start. I doubt that hurt his value when it happened.