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The Bruins are at a point with their team where they can make bold moves to stay an elite contender through 2023 and a better than average team through
2025 with a solid corp of young players by utilizing the trade, draft and free agent markets.
Here are 9 transactions that would accomplish that.
Transaction #1 Trade DeBrusk and Pastrnak to Ottawa for the 3rd overall pick and Brady Tkachuk.
Transaction #2 Trade Matt Gryzlyck, Ondrej Kase and their 2021 2nd Rd pick to NJ for their last 2020 1st round pick.
Transaction #3 Trade David Krejci and a 2021 3rd rd pick to Columbus for a 2021 2nd round pick. Boston will retain $2.3M in salary. So Columbus gets an AAV of $4.95 for one year and a solid #2C behind Dubois.
The question with Krejci is if Columbus is on his list for trades. This takes it
as a given.
Transaction #4 Boston re-signs Chara for $.9M for one year.
Transaction #5 Boston signs Anthony Cirelli to a $8.0 max term contract.
Though this is an overpayment on its own, TB right now is clearly a better team. They have by a good margin the better #1 D man (Hedman) and center core. Signing Cirelli worst case closes the gap with Stamkos back.
Transaction #6 Boston signs STL FA Alex Pietrangelo to a $9.25M max term contract.
Boston lacks a #1 D man that can compete with Hedman. Signing AP
at least closes the gap and will place McAvoy in the 2nd RD pair
where he will see better match ups.
Transaction #7 Boston signs Taylor Hall to a $8.5M max term contract.
Hall replaces some of the offense lost in dealing Pastrnak.
Transaction #8 Boston trades D Brandon Carlo and John Moore 2 Colorado for Alex Newhook.
This transaction IMO hurts the most as Carlo at 23 is an already very good mobile shutdown D man. Boston gets another young center with some skill
in Newhook. Could be used as a deadline acquisition in 2022 for a team looking to deal at the deadline.
Transaction#9 Boston selects either Byfield or Stuetzle in draft.
Obviously selecting Byfield or Stuetzle gives Boston an elite pick they
haven't had since passing on Barzal or Connor or Seguin in 2010.
If its Byfield they get size and skill and now possess a very good group
of young centers in Cirelli and Byfield. Grabbing Tkachuk to go along with Studnicka is a solid look for young wings.
The D becomes top heavy with McAvoy and AP, however its necessary to
have a high end #1 whick McAvoy isn't, but Lauzon and Vaak are
decent complimentary partners for AP and McAvoy. Clifton, Chara and Zboril
will round out the D. Might see Boston utilize an 11F 7D set.
We all know Sweeney isn't making 9 transactions of this magnitude, no GM
ever will.
However I would ask anyone critiquing this not just let out a lol. Instead
give your opinion of some of the trades and signings. What you think what components need to be added or deleted. How much over or under paid
Hall, Cirelli or AP are.
I did some back of the envelope calculations and believe this results
in worst case about a $1.6M bonus penalty in 2021-22. Considering there is
about 6.3M dead cap for 2020-21 with Krejci, Backes and a $1.93M bonus
penalty, $1.9M isn't a dealbreaker for Tkachuk, Studnicka and Byfield/Stuetzle bonuses. If that isn't the case I am sure the expert
capoligists will correct me.
2025 with a solid corp of young players by utilizing the trade, draft and free agent markets.
Here are 9 transactions that would accomplish that.
Transaction #1 Trade DeBrusk and Pastrnak to Ottawa for the 3rd overall pick and Brady Tkachuk.
Transaction #2 Trade Matt Gryzlyck, Ondrej Kase and their 2021 2nd Rd pick to NJ for their last 2020 1st round pick.
Transaction #3 Trade David Krejci and a 2021 3rd rd pick to Columbus for a 2021 2nd round pick. Boston will retain $2.3M in salary. So Columbus gets an AAV of $4.95 for one year and a solid #2C behind Dubois.
The question with Krejci is if Columbus is on his list for trades. This takes it
as a given.
Transaction #4 Boston re-signs Chara for $.9M for one year.
Transaction #5 Boston signs Anthony Cirelli to a $8.0 max term contract.
Though this is an overpayment on its own, TB right now is clearly a better team. They have by a good margin the better #1 D man (Hedman) and center core. Signing Cirelli worst case closes the gap with Stamkos back.
Transaction #6 Boston signs STL FA Alex Pietrangelo to a $9.25M max term contract.
Boston lacks a #1 D man that can compete with Hedman. Signing AP
at least closes the gap and will place McAvoy in the 2nd RD pair
where he will see better match ups.
Transaction #7 Boston signs Taylor Hall to a $8.5M max term contract.
Hall replaces some of the offense lost in dealing Pastrnak.
Transaction #8 Boston trades D Brandon Carlo and John Moore 2 Colorado for Alex Newhook.
This transaction IMO hurts the most as Carlo at 23 is an already very good mobile shutdown D man. Boston gets another young center with some skill
in Newhook. Could be used as a deadline acquisition in 2022 for a team looking to deal at the deadline.
Transaction#9 Boston selects either Byfield or Stuetzle in draft.
Obviously selecting Byfield or Stuetzle gives Boston an elite pick they
haven't had since passing on Barzal or Connor or Seguin in 2010.
If its Byfield they get size and skill and now possess a very good group
of young centers in Cirelli and Byfield. Grabbing Tkachuk to go along with Studnicka is a solid look for young wings.
The D becomes top heavy with McAvoy and AP, however its necessary to
have a high end #1 whick McAvoy isn't, but Lauzon and Vaak are
decent complimentary partners for AP and McAvoy. Clifton, Chara and Zboril
will round out the D. Might see Boston utilize an 11F 7D set.
We all know Sweeney isn't making 9 transactions of this magnitude, no GM
ever will.
However I would ask anyone critiquing this not just let out a lol. Instead
give your opinion of some of the trades and signings. What you think what components need to be added or deleted. How much over or under paid
Hall, Cirelli or AP are.
I did some back of the envelope calculations and believe this results
in worst case about a $1.6M bonus penalty in 2021-22. Considering there is
about 6.3M dead cap for 2020-21 with Krejci, Backes and a $1.93M bonus
penalty, $1.9M isn't a dealbreaker for Tkachuk, Studnicka and Byfield/Stuetzle bonuses. If that isn't the case I am sure the expert
capoligists will correct me.
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