GDT: NHL Free Agent Frenzy 2020- VII

[BB88]

Somehow adding Schmidt& Hoffman would save this offseason

Get a new partner for McAvoy and real top6 guy for Krejci

 

[RussellmaniaKW]

1 yr for Schneider with Islanders.
3 yrs for Graves back with Avalanche.

is Graves a good comp for Gryz? Different players of course (Graves much, much bigger), but similar production & age.

Something to consider as Gryz heads into arbitration.

 

[Olden McGroin]

 

[Mick Riddleton]

is Graves a good comp for Gryz? Different players of course (Graves much, much bigger), but similar production & age.

Something to consider as Gryz heads into arbitration.

I mentioned him yesterday, He is better then Grizz. He played top dee with Makar. The Athletic must have seen my post, lol. He is 6'5" and 220.

Ryan Graves Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

 

[The don godfather]

Toffoli and schmidt would be perfect for a deep run. All holes plugged.

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

Hoffman or a trade for MaxPac/Palmieri/etc.

Bruins need to add a top scoring F.

Do it Don.

 

[BAD BOY]

OVER THE CAP:

Arizona (Keller, OEL)
St.Louis
Anaheim
Washington

CLOSE TO CAP:

Winnipeg (Laine)
Toronto (Nylander)
Edmonton
Calgary (Gaudreau)
Tampa Bay (Stamkos, Cirelli)
Vegas (Tuch)

Nurse, Hanifin, Dunn, The bruins aren’t going after them forwards they simply don’t have enough. They probably don’t have enough for the players I mentioned

 

[McGarnagle]

I can't wait until we sign Hoffman and he and his girlfriend meet the Rask family.

 

[easton117]

I wouldn't want to discuss any deal with SS until we are 100% sure he is fully recovered from his recent surgery.
Wish him well, he is a dynamic player.

Well, with Boston’s recent downsizing in talent level in their defence division it would seem like a good time to really gear up their production in the forward department heading in to Q1.

Not saying Stamkos is the only option out there, but might be doable.

Obviously Boston would want to ascertain the validity of any of his health reports. But it might be a great time to stick a quarter in Tampa and see what way they plan to go heading in to sales season.

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

Moving Bjork, Ritchie, and Moore would free up $5.8M in cap space. Probably enough to sign another winger. That would leave around $11M to sign DeBrusk, Grzelckyk, and Chara.

Moving those 3 wouldn’t free up 5.8M.

If you replace two of those with 800k cap hit players, that leaves you with 4.2M for the 3rd.

 

[Mick Riddleton]

I put this vid up yesterday as this is the guy they should target, 6'5" 220 Left Dee and plays top spot with Makar and he is 25. Too late now, we keep waiting till everyone is gone and we will sign an injured guy that has not played in awhile - ooops we did that as our 1st move.

 

[Dr Hook]

It's not a terrible strategy and those guys have been marinating in the AHL for awhile. But it does carry quite a bit of risk. And I find it hard to imagine Don would feel comfortable with 2 rookies on the left side in the playoffs.

Remember that Don was prepared to do just that in th 2017 playoffs with Carlo and Charlie, but Carlo got hurt.

 

[LouJersey]

I can't wait until we sign Hoffman and he and his girlfriend meet the Rask family.

Was that even ever proven??

 

[chrisab123]

@BruinDust thread got locked haha!

I do wonder too if there was a decision at some point to go with Zboril and Lauzon on the left along with Gryz and Moore and see how it goes. I know a lot of people will hate that idea if it happens, but it is a legit decision that a GM could make and if it doesn't go well, there is always the trade market. I myself don't hate it, really. I'd prefer they brought someone in, but if not, this could be okay. Time to see if the draft and development model has been any good.

If this is the plan I'm okay with it. The Bruins then need to do the responsible thing and trade Krejci while moving Coyle up to the 2nd line. You can't let him walk without getting anything back and by promoting Zboril and Lauzon you're pretty much signaling to the current core that contending isn't the #1 priority.

 

[TCB]

I was just on NHL radio talking Bruins and brought up the 1LD/2LD issue. ha

That was u

You weren't the guy who was trying to convince them that Achan can fill Krugs shoes and that Vaakanainen is a left shot defenseman when they were really talking about Vatanen. Lol

 

[chrisab123]

Was that even ever proven??

The Horton stuff? I think there have been some heavy indications here that it happened from "insiders". I haven't heard anything about Rask banging other teammates' wives though.

 

[McGarnagle]

Was that even ever proven??

Last I checked, it went to court for defamation but they didn't release any of the supposed text messages as proof. So one of Karlsson's wife or Hoffman's fiancee is absolutely psychotic. Question is which one it really is? The general consensus seems to have always believed Karlsson though.

 

[Estlin]

OVER THE CAP:

Arizona (Keller, OEL)
St.Louis
Anaheim
Washington

CLOSE TO CAP:

Winnipeg (Laine)
Toronto (Nylander)
Edmonton
Calgary (Gaudreau)
Tampa Bay (Stamkos, Cirelli)
Vegas (Tuch)

Rakell on the Ducks would be a good target.

 

[BAD BOY]

The Horton stuff? I think there have been some heavy indications here that it happened from "insiders". I haven't heard anything about Rask banging other teammates' wives though.

That’s the reason Seguin was traded. That and he didn’t back-check enough for a Julian. He wasn’t mature but who is at 18.

 

[ranold26]

That was u

You weren't the guy who was trying to convince them that Achan can fill Krugs shoes and that Vaakanainen is a left shot defenseman when they were really talking about Vatanen. Lol

That was the guy after me.
I was the guy that liked the Craig Smith signing, but said the LD side is a major concern. The host mentioned Vatanen. The hosts then talked to another Bruins fan[strong accent] who mentioned Ahcan.

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

Why? Varlamov and Sorokin not enough?

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

1 yr for Schneider with Islanders.
3 yrs for Graves back with Avalanche.

What a sweetheart deal for Graves.

 

[Dr Hook]

Why? Varlamov and Sorokin not enough?

Well, that makes Sweeney signing Kevan Miller a bit less of a weird outlier. All of these guys make head scratching moves at some point

 

[JerseyBruin]

I guess my problem is, no matter what, he had all year to negotiate with Krug and from the sounds of it he didn't. Surely he must of knew long before Free Agency Krug was not signing with the Bruins. That being said he decided to sit and wait to see if Krug would circle back and what we see now is a GM as far as I can tell with no plan to replace him.

But be honest , if Sweeney resigned Krug for what Stl signed him for ,would you have been happy. I think a lot fans would have hated that. This might be a step back but opens a door to move forward.

 

[Mick Riddleton]

Well, that makes Sweeney signing Kevan Miller a bit less of a weird outlier. All of these guys make head scratching moves at some point

Except Sweeney did that as his 1st move and took 1.25 off the cap to go shopping.