I just think it’s hacky to say the Bruins failed the offseason because we didn’t make any trades for the sake of it and JT didn’t fall into our lap.
The Bruins are coming off a 112 point season with the most rookies in the league and others right behind (Donato, etc.). Their big weakness was lack of size on LD. They signed a decent guy to a good contract. Now they have insurance if one of the kids don’t make it.
This same hack would have probably gave them an A or B if they traded the farm for Panarin.
Might as well start handing out the John Tavares Cup for the team most dominant in July.
Dom puts a lot of time and effort into the statistics behind his work, I would hardly call him a "hack". Again I think the grade is a bit harsh and he probably has a small bias for Toronto and against Boston in the words he writes but his data shows it was a questionable offseason for Boston. His opinions aren't totally unsubstantiated or some wild hot take.
If Moore plays over Grzelcyk it's a net negative imo. Grzelcyk-Miller was a very effective third pair last season.
The issue is that Boston lost Riley and Rick Nash for nothing (I know both guys are not well liked around here but they are still useful depth pieces, health pending) and didn't bring anything in aside from some 4th liners. This does open things up for young guys to step up which I think they will but it doesn't show in the numbers. Meanwhile Toronto swapped Bozak for Tavares which is a MASSIVE upgrade. They just need some improvements from young guys to replace JVR's production (Johnsson, Kapanen, Brown, plus the big 3) which seems much more feasible. Toronto also shed Martin, Komarov, and Polak who were all big negatives.