Proposal: Ryan Spooner to Dallas or St.Louis?

[mikelvl]

I think the more likely deal you are going to see by the deadline is Jordan 'Haggs Hate Me' Caron and/or a 7th round pick for this years version of Wade Redden to fill that ever important No. 8 d-man slot.

 

[mikelvl]

What's that again?

Now that's a guy whose taken a few pucks to the face!

 

[Madturk]

Speed is overrated

Sincerely,

Yvan Cournoyer

 

[Shoebottom]

Wouldn't move Spooner right now since you wouldn't get as good a return as you would if you wait a bit. Unless he isn't as good as most posters project him to be, then by all means cut ties with him. Let him play wing next season and let his skill shine through, and then trade him for whatever you need.

 

[DoubleAAAA]

Ty Rattie, yep I'd do that.

People get too attached to "the best prospect in the system", if you move him for another guy who instantly becomes "the best prospect in the system" but is a better fit given the organizations depth chart/style, it's a win/win.

Love Spooner, think he'll be a very good NHL player. Also think Rattie will be as well and as a right shot natural right winger, who scored an absolute crapload of goals in a junior league where it's not all that easy to do so, I think he's got a better shot to be a better fit for the club sooner than Spoons.

 

[Jdavidev]

I think any move involving Spooner happens in the offseason. I'm not opposed to moving him, but I'm not on the "we have depth, so let's move him" train. If it can help, then all for it, but not because we have depth. A long term injury to Krejci or Bergeron, and the Bruins would be in need of a center really quickly.

That said, the Bruins are stocked full of left-handed prospects. Fraser, Camara, Koko, Florek, Lindblad, Spooner, with only Knight, Griffith & Cunningham RH shots. And the NHL roster already pretty full of LH shots not going anywhere, Lucic, Marchand, Paille, Soderberg, Eriksson, Smith.

A lot will depend on how the season finishes, but I would assume, if he remains healthy and picks up his game, that Eriksson figures to slot into the 1st line RW next season. Cap reasons, I can't see Iggy coming back and can't see them keeping Eriksson on 3rd line for two seasons, and unless he regresses, can't see Smith moving from the Bergeron line.

Perhaps Eriksson is in play in the offseason as well. I figure one of Kelly/Campbell is either traded or bought out, and the Bruins will be looking to fill Iginla's spot with 1 NHL RW.

Personally, I think Spooner can play the LW with Soderberg on that third line next year, can trade off faceoff/center responsibilities throughout the season to get them both time there. And gives them more scoring options up the middle in case of injuries.

But really, all prospects are in play in the offseason, along with Campbell, Kelly, Eriksson, McQuaid, Boychuk, Bartkowski. A few of those prospects might be gone adding another Defenseman before the deadline, but will be interesting to talk about in offseason after winning the Stanley Cup!

 

[Dellstrom]

In the previous thread, I agreed with trading Spooner for an equally talented and developed wing prospect. Rattie is pretty close.

But honestly, if we're trading Spooner, I'd prefer for it to be in a package for a star player now. Really, we have a future after Chara, but I'd put it all on the line for these next couple of years. We'll still be a contender in all likelihood after Chara is gone, but we probably won't have as good of a chance. Just my opinion.

 

[TRask]

I really don't want to trade Spooner either but I sort of like the idea of a package deal. Keeping with the Dallas idea I'd do Spooner and Caron for Ritchie, Chiasson and Gaunce. Two NHL ready players for three not so ready (yes I know Chiasson is playing up but they have no one else). Cole and Whitney are getting long in the tooth so Caron would really help out there as a replacement for either. With our depth at C, I think we could afford to let Spooner go. In Dallas he would probably center the 2nd line this year with Eakin moving to the LW. I see Caron being their 3rd line RW with Garbutt dropping to the 4th.

Ummm Spooner and Caron wouldnt get us Chiasson by himself...Let alone Dallas adding in two more good prospects in Ritchie and Gaunce....

 

[DOGSTARMAN]

Ummm Spooner and Caron wouldnt get us Chiasson by himself...Let alone Dallas adding in two more good prospects in Ritchie and Gaunce....

Unfortunately Caron won't be very helpful to get much of anything anymore. I see him shipping out for a 4th round pick or something like that. Possibly to remove the contract before the end of this season.

 

[TRask]

Unfortunately Caron won't be very helpful to get much of anything anymore. I see him shipping out for a 4th round pick or something like that. Possibly to remove the contract before the end of this season.

Yea exactally. Caron is worth zero at this point. So the quoted posters deal pretty much becomes Spooner for Chiasson, Ritchie, Gaunce. Pretty brutal for the stars. Lets just keep it simple, Spooner for Rattie

 

[Pint O Guinness]

OP here, So when all's said and done with the 2 proposal I offered up. No one tends to like the, Spooner for Ritchie, fair enough made sense to me since the two teams have been very active with eachother since the past deadline.

As for Spooner for Rattie, I see mixed emotions towards it, we don't often see prospect deals especially ones like this, but with rumors of trying to acquire Erhoff, etc, I don't want to see spooner dealt in that kind of, manner. Spooner, opens some room on our depth chart at C but the acquisition of Rattie would leave less worries on Winger depth and a right handed shot at that!

 

[Flannelman]

Is Rattie even rumored to be available?

 

[BobbyAwe]

The biggest mistake since Jumbo Joe

 

[ODAAT]

For what it's worth, Haggs on Twitter says price for D men is high and B's aren't willing to part with Spooner, Bartkowski or their first pick to obtain.

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[hubey]

For what it's worth, Haggs on Twitter says price for D men is high and B's aren't willing to part with Spooner, Bartkowski or their first pick to obtain.

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Thanks ODAAT. I hope Haggs is correct on this. Spooner has so much upside I would hate to see him go, and Bart has been playing amazing since Seids got injured. I wouldn't be too upset if we traded our first pick, but don't want to see Spooner or Bart traded.

 

[Montecristo]

I don't think the bruins will trade their best offensive prospect for a prospect. I do think trading spooner could help bring back a top 4 d though. Ill go back to Trevor Daly from Dallas. Hes rumored to be on the block and with the cap going up next year, he could be affordable going forward. Left shot veteran top4 defensemen on a team that is trying to go young. I trade spooner and bart for him. Throw in a pick if need be setting up a playoff depth chart of..

Chara-hamilton/boychuk
daly-hamilton/boychuk
krug-mcquaid/miller

Gives the bs the option to have a vet on each pairing. Personally I'd keep hamilton with chara in this scenario since I don't think boychuk and chara have enough speed. Meanwhile with dalys elite skating ability he would fit perfectly with johnny as boychuk one true weakness is getting burned by the Phil Kessels of the world.

Just my 2 cents

 

[Ladyfan]

For what it's worth, Haggs on Twitter says price for D men is high and B's aren't willing to part with Spooner, Bartkowski or their first pick to obtain.

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You don't need a link...Your word is good here

 

[Mainehockey33]

For what it's worth, Haggs on Twitter says price for D men is high and B's aren't willing to part with Spooner, Bartkowski or their first pick to obtain.

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Good, I'd rather keep Spooner and Bart, both have the potential to be core players for the Bruins in the future.

 

[Alan Ryan]

I don't think it's a matter of whether Soderberg is better than Spooner, or vice versa. I will need to see some more of CS at center but initial results are pretty encouraging. Soderberg is different than Spooner, that's the key. Bigger, stronger, older. In the near term, he may be a nice #3 center. And he's affordable. And he's possibly just better as a center than as a wing and that can't be discounted. I think the point here is that Soderberg may make it more feasible to deal Spooner - it is worth noting that Spooner has not beat out any of the 5 centers in front of him in Boston. I don't know that anybody should assume he will be handed the #3 center position come October.

I like Spooner's skill level at center and I can see him as a replacement for Krejci in the future. But that could be too far off. I haven't seen signs that Spooner would be a candidate to switch to the wing.

Soderberg has shown far more in Boston this year than Spooner. With his size, skill and ability to drive to the net, I'll be very surprised if Spooner can unseat him as the third line center next year.

It seems that Spooner is headed for more time in Providence and as an injury replacement for Boston. I don't want to see him traded but he is in a position where the Bruins have depth and he could be used if they wanted to acquire another asset.

 

[member 96824]

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But Hagg's isn't, now I'm scared Spooner's bags are already packed

 

[Shaun]

For what it's worth, Haggs on Twitter says price for D men is high and B's aren't willing to part with Spooner, Bartkowski or their first pick to obtain.

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I hope that exact package is traded for a stud D-man just to spite that fat ****.

 

[Gordoff]

I hope that exact package is traded for a stud D-man just to spite that fat ****.

 

[Ladyfan]

But Hagg's isn't, now I'm scared Spooner's bags are already packed

I would be sad if they traded Spooner or Bart.

Bart has been eating up many min. on d and looking pretty good.

Ryan is fun to watch and is so fast. I want to see him back up with the B's.

I guess I trust Peter C. ...I hope he keeps these two young players.

 

[MillerTime 86]

Spooner shouldn't be going anywhere besides the 3rd line and the power play.

 

[ODAAT]

You don't need a link...Your word is good here

Thx

By the way, Canada just won it`s 99th Gold Medal