How would you rate Don Sweeney's work after Day 1 of free agency?

[Fenway]

What a difference 5 days can make

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[Jorah Marshmont]

After? For Trader Don, it ain't 9-5, it's 5-9.

 

[BNHL]

Not sure we are any better.

 

[13Hockey]

Adding a guy that scored 30 goals in 80 games last year for 3.8 mill

And getting rid of smith for Hayes is a wash up front
We are definitely a better team

 

[Shaun]

5 years is too long for beleskey even if his caphit is low and it depends on how much hayes signs for.

 

[7bostonhockey*]

C that's generous.

Mostly for gaining cap space

Where is the help on d?

Where is the difference maker on offence. We'll have to rely on a breakout from one or more of the younger ones.

Still not seeing the light at the end

 

[iiBruins17*]

Sign Beleskey to a really reasonable deal, get rid of Savards contract, and actually get something for Smith? A-/A

Now if we just get a top 4 dman or two

 

[Ice Nine]

Not sure we are any better.

Yeah, still lots of holes, up front and on D.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

His mistakes (trading Dougie and his draft picks) are of the franchise-destroying type, so I stick with F

 

[Gee Wally]

The more beers I have the better he looks.

 

[iiBruins17*]

His mistakes (trading Dougie and his draft picks) are of the franchise-destroying type, so I stick with F

Losing Jay Bouwmeaster 2.0 is hardly franchise destroying lol

 

[Man Rocket]

Not sure we are any better.

theres no pleasing some people

 

[HockeyMomx2]

I have a bit more optimism. Still on 'wait it out' bench.

 

[GloveSave1]

B. Thrilled overall. A few rookie mistakes. But I love the new mantra, and the work has been great.

To get Beleskey today...and get Smith off the team...I'm on Cloud Nine...

 

[Strange Universe]

B. Thrilled overall. A few rookie mistakes. But I love the new mantra, and the work has been great.

To get Beleskey today...and get Smith off the team...I'm on Cloud Nine...

You mean Claude nine....

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

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Hamilton trade: F
Lucic trade: B+
Draft: A
Smith trade: A
Belesky contract: B

Still need defense.

Overall grade is a C so far.

 

[Beesfan]

His mistakes (trading Dougie and his draft picks) are of the franchise-destroying type, so I stick with F

This. Some of his moves have been impressive, but his major moves have still been terrible. He needed to sign Hamilton. Do you see St. Louis letting go of Tarasenko? Same caliber player. He also bungled the draft. If you want to take players ranked in the 25-30 and 40-50 range you need to TRADE DOWN! He committed a huge draft fallacy, which is falling in love with certain players. No one knows how these kids will pan out. Donny would have assumed the Schenn brothers would be superstars, but look at how they panned out.

 

[TCL40]

He gets an A from me for getting the team in cap Hell climbing out.

Trading the Savard contract was huge.
I love the haul for Looch.

If he can get a D and a back up for reasonable cost he will have done very well IMO.

He started the morning with little cap space to work with and now he's got some breathing room.

 

[Latrappe]

A. Not pinning Sweeney for the Hamilton trade. If anyone believe that Sweeney would have receive assets when the GM only had to offer sheet Hamilton and pay the picks to acquire him well.... Our GM transform the Lucic trade into an exceptional return. Really like the cost of the Beleskey signing and the way he shipped Smith and Savard's contract to Florida. We still need a backup keeper and help at D but that's for another day.

 

[reffree]

I'm not a fan.

Beleksey at 3,8 is better than 5, but he is still a 3rd liner we hope could turn into something more playing more minutes (more difficult minutes). If it stands he is a 3rd line player, it's Kelly all over again with a higher salary and longer term.

Hayes as a big advantage over Smith in size. Smith is probably better at everything else.

Overall we are a little bit bigger, not faster, a little bit more grinder, less talented.

Would have prefer status quo or to give a 1 year deal 4M to Semin and put him on Krejci's wing, watch them put 70pts and keep the season to decide if I trust him enough to give him more on his next contract or not.

We're now rumors to Franson, but I would choose Eheroff 10 time out of 10 before him.

 

[Johnnyduke]

How in the hell could sweeney stomach watching a passive chiarelli all these years? Complete opposite approaches.

 

[Latrappe]

One more thing about Sweeney: he can close a deal...

 

[Ice Nine]

How in the hell could sweeney stomach watching a passive chiarelli all these years? Complete opposite approaches.

Really though.

We've been trained to believe that "hockey trades are hard".

Sweeney is decisive, if he is anything.

 

[Iceman12]

Now that it's known Hamilton didn't want to come back here, he gets an A from me. The haul for Lucic was great, getting rid of Smith was orgasmic, I like Belesky and Rinaldo. Thumbs up from me!

 

[mislysBB]

People acting like the Belesky contract is so bad; he only has a NMC for two years. After that, we can unload him if need be. It's really not that bad.