Player Discussion Nick Foligno
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I am looking forward to seeing how he does.
Just hope that back issue is fully resolved and isn't a problem this season.
Just hope that back issue is fully resolved and isn't a problem this season.
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He has been one of my favorite non-Bruins player in the last decade. I don't have high expectations for him in terms of offensive production, but I am still happy to see him with the Bruins.
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Ryan Donato?
Are you joking? It's Petr Tenkrat's number forever !Ryan Donato?
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Not seeing this guy as the answer like some of you are. He's been pretty marginal the last few years and what he still brings to the table (his grit and physicality) is not worth what they're paying him. I hope this deal works out, but I have a lot of reservations about what he's going to look like at this point in his career.
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After giving it some decent thought, I'd much rather have Foligno at 2 years @ $3.8m than Dvorak at $4.45m at the cost of a 1st and 2nd rounder. Neither guy has broken 40 points in awhile and they're both coming from teams struggling to score. This is a great draft and any first rounder is a big asset.
I believe his qualifying offer of 2.1 million didn’t go through. He remains unsigned.
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What if I told you the Bruins would have only bungled the picks? Would that make a difference?
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What if I told you the Bruins would have only bungled the picks? Would that make a difference?
That's drafting. They certainly didn't bundle Pasta and McAvoy. Your chances of getting a 1st line centre are long but it's such a tough role to fill and it's a good draft.
Whether he's the answer or not depends on what the question (expectations) is.....
I think he brings leadership and grit to our bottom 6, and I wish we had him in the playoffs this past season against the Islanders (but not at the price Toronto paid, LOL).....
He'll come in handy against Tampa as well....
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I'm not convinced that they even compete realistically against Tampa just by improving the bottom of the roster, TBH. They lost to Tampa last time because the Lightening completely shut down the perfection line and they had no secondary scoring. Adding Hall but losing Krejci puts them right back in the same category, bottom 6 potential improvements aside, IMO.
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Go through the complete list of their high picks during Sweeney's tenure, then come back and tell me whether your confident they'll make a selection that will end up being an actual contributor in this league. I know I have very little faith in their scouting/decision making process.
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So then you shouldn't have an issue if they moved their first rounder to address the giant offensive hole at 2C....
Not so sure I agree. Columbus gave Tampa fits, both times they played them in the playoffs, and they did it with physicality and depth on the bottom half.
Not saying he's the magic bullet, but a lot of people are too busy losing their shit about Krejci retiring and they are underestimating the improvements we've made in the bottom half of our forward group. I think Foligno will be an important piece for us come playoff time.
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He's been director of hockey operations since 2007 and assistant GM since 2009.
- Seguin
- Hamilton
- Gryz
- Pasta
- Donato
- Heinen
- Bjork
- Carlo
- Lauzon
- McAvoy
- Lindgren
- Frederic
- Studnicka
It's too bad you have little faith but since Sweeney arrived you can count the teams that have had more success than the Bruins on one hand.
Hopefully he can give us some Zach Parise numbers when he was 33 YO?
20 goals and 45 points would be nice!!
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The fourth line got absolutely torched against Tampa. Joakin Nordstrom was -6!
The wild card with Dvorak is how much will he score playing on the Habs now?
The Yotes have struggled scoring since CD arrived on the team.
His stats with the Yotes may translate to 25 goals and 60 points with the Habs or a team like the B's.
Those are nice 2 line center numbers.
At a 4 year x 4.45M AAV, its a nice contract.
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