GDT: NHL/BRUINS - FREE AGENT FRENZY - JULY 1st

[Aeroforce]

I'm left wondering why he decided to sign the offer at all. I would have thought he commanded more, even as a RFA. Is signing a bonus-heavy, front-loaded contract at perhaps below-market-rate a bet on the lockout disrupting seasons during its duration?

It's not only lockout proof, I think athletes today have expert financial advisors, who have them thinking in actual dollars, not just the ego boost of having a high salary.

You know the old saying, "It's time IN the market, not TIMING the market?"

A 22 year old kid with $21 million is essentially set, and if invested wisely, that money can multiply exponentially, while he's still relatively young.

 

[Fenian24]

NHL players like getting guarenteed money up front that is not held in escrow or tied up with the NHL. This way they immediately get their cash and can start investing it to make more. So taking less overall but more upfront may actually work out if he invests right.

It's also lock out protected. He gets paid for the potential lockout year either way.

 

[Coach Parker]

Neither of those players was a legit top wing to play with Krejci. And they were deadline acquisitions.

You figure it out. No excuses. Maybe you can't afford it because you're wasting all of your cap space on the bottom of the roster.

This. Five years of the same language and finally a Cup lost because it wasn't addressed to keep the prospect pool deep is now a broken narrative.

Still plenty of time to make a splash but I can tell you with certainty that many GM's, agents and players are getting ready for what you just saw the guys doing on TSN: golfing.

 

[22Brad Park]

Bruins G M needs to lock up McAvoy Get that deal done please cause he is most important Bruin moving forward.

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

how many legit top wings were moved at the deadline this year?

The only real wasted cap space right now is Backes, but that's obviously a big one. Even without him they probably can't afford that Panarin deal even if he was willing to sign here.

Highly disagree with your wasted cap space assessment.

And waiting until the deadline and then complaining about the "prices" at the deadline is exactly the problem.

You mean to suggest that teams haven't been able to add big time payers at big time salaries in the last half a decade? How many examples do you require?

 

[BAD BOY]

Ok I will do a Kevin Paul Dupont . Offer sheet Marner and worry about the consequences in September. I got the strategy.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Bruins G M needs to lock up McAvoy Get that deal done please cause he is most important Bruin moving forward.

He will. McAvoy can't be offersheeted so it's no rush.

 

[Coach Parker]

Teams move these contracts ALL THE TIME.

Even in the last year a lot of contracts were moved; Boston has one to move and apparently a ton of prospects and NHL ready players to make it happen.

Step up.

Bergevin in one year has made some bold moves to better his team and used the offer-sheet to accelerate the rebuild.

 

[BAD BOY]

Bruins G M needs to lock up McAvoy Get that deal done please cause he is most important Bruin moving forward.

Agreed .

 

[Estlin]

Why??? The Bruins went to Game 7 of the Finals. Did Montreal even make the playoffs?

I've been critical of Sweeney before but I think he's due a large helping of benefit of the doubt now. And we know he doesn't jump every time a competitor makes a move. He's not going to feel any need to respond to this nor should he. The Bruins are still a far better team than Montreal.

I think Sweeney's only job here is to try to get rid of Backes (unlikely) and/or find another creative way to add a real winger for Krejci. But if he doesn't get either done this summer, oh well. No need to panic.

Montreal is building a good team and has a strong prospect pool. Adding Aho would be a major boost—a young, #1 C, at that. Boston has to compete with its division rivals.

I agree, though, that Sweeney's #1 job is to move Backes.

 

[BAD BOY]

Even in the last year a lot of contracts were moved; Boston has one to move and apparently a ton of prospects and NHL ready players to make it happen.

Step up.

Bergevin in one year has made some bold moves to better his team and used the offer-sheet to accelerate the rebuild.

Well he traded Subban for Webber I don’t know if that was a great deal.

 

[Coach Parker]

Produce your own talent instead trying weasel away others.I hate the offer sheet bull****

Those days are long over. Have been since Kessel and Hamilton.

 

[Alicat]

 

[Smitty93]

Have to assume that they made the deal so that the signing bonus is paid out almost immediately, so that it's too expensive for Carolina. How long after a player is signed can they be traded? Carolina could get more by trading Aho, but they probably have to pay out most of the year 1 money before they could trade him. Carolina is cash poor, but you can't afford to lose Aho for just a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

 

[Estlin]

Moar fourth liners!

 

[sarge88]

Um, Wagner?

Yeah forgot about him.

Makes me worry that one of those four will be forced into a 3rd line role.

 

[Coach Parker]

This is a joke right? Another 4th line forward? This cannot be true.

 

[Alicat]

Moar fourth liners!

AHL depth

 

[Memokerobi]

Produce your own talent instead trying weasel away others.I hate the offer sheet bull****

Yeah? Then Car should have paid for their own talent instead of being in a situation like this. I’d love it if the Bs got Aho like this

 

[Alicat]

This is a joke right? Another 4th line forward? This cannot be true.

More like AHL depth

 

[Saxon Eric]

Moar fourth liners!

Can't have enough depth....

 

[Coach Parker]

Moar fourth liners!

It cannot be true. Another cap hit for that fourth line?

What about all these elite young prospects that are ready?

 

[Coach Parker]

AHL depth

Two way? Please say yes.

 

[UncleRico]

then why did you include him in this discussion in the first place? He can play in the middle 6 or in Providence. Maybe the Bruins have a 4th line logjam, but Kuhlman isn't part of it. That was part of the point of my original reply...including Kuhlman in your list only serves to bolster your argument that we have too many 4th liners making too much money. Maybe you're right, but Kuhlman is just padding those numbers & doesn't belong in this discussion. Anyway this is not worth discussing any more.

Lol fine take out kuhlman and you have 13% of your salary dedicated to 4th liners not 14%, but now we just signed another 4th liner in Gaunce from Vancouver. So right back up to 14%

 

[RussellmaniaKW]

ok now I'll concede that the Bruins are wasting too much money on bottom 6 players besides just Backes
@Mr. Make-Believe