Boston Bruins XI-Rumors, Trade Proposals, Speculation, etc.. (rumors must have recognized source/link)

[DominicT]

Can they not move into the LTIR space they have at that point?

Asked and answered.

There is no benefit to putting anyone on LTIR until you are as close as possible to the cap.

Cap space is used before LTIR

 

[BruinsBtn]

Fluto keeps saying the Bruins are focused on adding defense. I don't think they're going all-in Palmieri

 

[DKH]

Man Sweeney got called whatnot for picking him. People wanted him in 5th or 6th round without knowing that he would have been still on the board. So far Sweeney was right for picking him where he was picked

Sweeney didn’t pick him though

he had a phone call from home when Boston picked and was not in the room

If Louhri makes it he should not get any credit

 

[BB88]

Fluto keeps saying the Bruins are focused on adding defense. I don't think they're going all-in Palmieri

Like what team are they wathing play in Boston?
Unreal if they don’t add offense over defense.

Especially with Nashville on a run(Ekholm)

Palmieri is 30 years old?

Yes?

Haven’t we learned anything from the UFA market from the last 5 years?

Expensive contracts to non franchise guys pretty much end up as anchors.
Ladd, Okposo, Lucic, Seabrook, Skinner, Backes, Beleskey, Neal, Eriksson........

Brown has way more points then Palmeri. And he is very clutch. I hate his contract though. Bruins would be stuck with him until he is into his late 30s with a massive salary hit. For me they have to retain salary.

I would like to add evander Kane. I know it’s not popular opinion but he is playing well and he is the perfect Bruin on the ice. He is fast strong and crazy. He hits, scores goals and fights. He is a great power forward. Signed through next season I believe. And at this point I’d say his off ice shenanigans are over. Guys probably had way more then enough trouble for one life time. He needs to play well because he needs the money

This team needs fresh talent, even with retained why use cap space that is worth gold to a 36-37y old.

When are they starting to look at longterm answers?
Add Brown and I’m afraid in 1.5 years we are in for a deep rebuild

 

[remer]

The Bruins could have addressed the offense this season with a few signings that could have improved the team:


Carter Verhaeghe- 17 goals and 16 assists for 33 points- 2 years at 1 mill
Tyler Toffoli,- 19 goals 9 assists for 28 points - 4 year 4.25 mill
Mike Hoffman- 9 goals 12 assits for 21 points- 1 year 4 mill
Jesper Fast - 5 goals 11 assists for 16 points - 3 years 2 mill

*Craig Smith - 6 goals 10 assists for 16 points- 3 years 3.1 mill

Taylor Hall- 2 goals 17 assists for 19 points- 1 year 8 mill ( yikes)

 

[The Laukomotive]

Mason Lohrei turning heads in USHL

An NHL source with regular viewings of the USHL could not stop raving recently about Mason Lohrei, the Green Bay Gamblers defenseman the Bruins drafted 58th in 2020.
“Best defenseman in the league,” the source said. “An NHL player.”
Through 40 games, the 6-foot-4, 204-pound left-shot defenseman led all USHL blueliners with 53 points (15 goals, 38 assists). Part of this is because Lohrei is 20, three years older than some of his teammates and opponents. But he has used his age and size to his advantage in all situations. Lohrei will be a freshman at Ohio State this fall.
Whether the Bruins would use Lohrei as trade collateral is unknown. He would fit the profile of a high-end prospect.

Athletic today Fluto

Last week there was this segment on NHL Network, Brian Lawton said he had top pair potential and a more desirable prospect than Vakanainen.



That's quite the change from draft day when not only they had no video montage of Lohrei playing in the USHL, they had no idea who he was and Lawton said "I found him in my notes! Didn't impress me" or something like that (couldn't find a video of the moment)

 

[BB88]

Sakic is another overrated GM. Guys been the GM in Colorado since 2013 and they've missed the playoffs in 3 of his first 4 years. Over the last few seasons they've finally become a good team because of drafting so high...

2013 - MacKinnon #1OA
2015 - Rantanen #10OA
2017 - Makar #4OA

^some of the more notable players he's drafted in the Top 10.

Sakic has had (5) Top 10 picks since he's been the GM of the Avalanche. For as long as he's been there as the GM and he's only drafted 4 guys that have played 100+ games in the NHL (we'll call it 5 because Makar should make it this year). The other two are Butcher (none played with Colorado) and Jost (another Top 10 pick). His 2 big trades were moving O'Reilly and hindsight 20/20 he lost that trade. The other was Duchene, which he won because he got a stupid haul on. Like every other GM, he's had a few good trades, a bunch of meh trades and some bad trades. His signings fall the same few good ones, mostly meh and a few bad ones.

Again like Yzerman, Sakic is grossly overrated as a GM. Hell of player and one of the best (like Yzerman), but overrated as a GM.

They drafted Rantanen 10th overall where Sweeney had the 3 top15 picks and those 3 won’t return Rantanen.

Sakic traded Duchene which lead to Byram and Girard, to key players moving forward on their blueline.

Center position has been a weakness for Colorado, what did Sakic do?
Go out and add Kadri.

Wing depth has been an issue for Colorado, what has Sakic done?
Gone out and added Saad, Donskoi, Burakovsky(on top of drafting franchise winger).

While also having rebuild the entire defense with Makar, Toews, Girard, Byram.

You look at that list and 2 guys were drafted by their pick.
Toews, Kadri, Byram, Donskoi, Girard, Burakovsky are players he has brought in another way.

They also have Newhook, 20y C prospect waiting on the wings.

He hasn’t made many mistakes in the recent years, early on for sure but he has learnt unlike some.

& Now they look to be the next Tampa.

Where as with Sweeney we are still looking for that (even) single top6 F addition and are completely depended at C on 35y old and 34y old.
6 years strong.

 

[Blowfish]

Sweeney didn’t pick him though

he had a phone call from home when Boston picked and was not in the room

If Louhri makes it he should not get any credit

That old saying goes "you win some and you lose many".

 

[Blowfish]

The Bruins could have addressed the offense this season with a few signings that could have improved the team:


Carter Verhaeghe- 17 goals and 16 assists for 33 points- 2 years at 1 mill
Tyler Toffoli,- 19 goals 9 assists for 28 points - 4 year 4.25 mill
Mike Hoffman- 9 goals 12 assits for 21 points- 1 year 4 mill
Jesper Fast - 5 goals 11 assists for 16 points - 3 years 2 mill

*Craig Smith - 6 goals 10 assists for 16 points- 3 years 3.1 mill

Taylor Hall- 2 goals 17 assists for 19 points- 1 year 8 mill ( yikes)

Toffoli hurts on so many levels...

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

The Bruins could have addressed the offense this season with a few signings that could have improved the team:


Carter Verhaeghe- 17 goals and 16 assists for 33 points- 2 years at 1 mill
Tyler Toffoli,- 19 goals 9 assists for 28 points - 4 year 4.25 mill
Mike Hoffman- 9 goals 12 assits for 21 points- 1 year 4 mill
Jesper Fast - 5 goals 11 assists for 16 points - 3 years 2 mill

*Craig Smith - 6 goals 10 assists for 16 points- 3 years 3.1 mill

Taylor Hall- 2 goals 17 assists for 19 points- 1 year 8 mill ( yikes)

Im sure you saw Carter Verhaeghe producing like that. Just stupid to even put him down.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Yes?

Haven’t we learned anything from the UFA market from the last 5 years?

Expensive contracts to non franchise guys pretty much end up as anchors.
Ladd, Okposo, Lucic, Seabrook, Skinner, Backes, Beleskey, Neal, Eriksson........

You don’t even know what Palmieri’s next contract is going to look like.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

You don’t even know what Palmieri’s next contract is going to look like.

Lets hope its not the Bruins finding that out. Want no part of this guy unless its a rental costing nothing more than a fourth round pick

 

[ON3M4N]

Im sure you saw Carter Verhaeghe producing like that. Just stupid to even put him down.

LMAO I remember seeing his name come up in some searching and thinking "who in the hell is this guy?"

I mean how could Sweeney not know that a 24yr old w/ a career 13pt in 52 games was going to be a nearly point per game player this year? It was so obvious that everyone in the hockey world knew that TBL was crazy for not giving him a QO. This guy had so many people lining up to sign him that he landed a massive 2yr / $1 million contract

Toffoli is another one I laugh about. He's scoring at a rate that puts him at 50G over 82gp, but again plays in a division where defense is optional. How did every other GM not see him as a 50G guy

 

[member 96824]

Toffoli hurts on so many levels...

He's in their back pocket!

 

[ON3M4N]

They drafted Rantanen 10th overall where Sweeney had the 3 top15 picks and those 3 won’t return Rantanen.

Sakic traded Duchene which lead to Byram and Girard, to key players moving forward on their blueline.

Center position has been a weakness for Colorado, what did Sakic do?
Go out and add Kadri.

Wing depth has been an issue for Colorado, what has Sakic done?
Gone out and added Saad, Donskoi, Burakovsky(on top of drafting franchise winger).

While also having rebuild the entire defense with Makar, Toews, Girard, Byram.

You look at that list and 2 guys were drafted by their pick.
Toews, Kadri, Byram, Donskoi, Girard, Burakovsky are players he has brought in another way.

They also have Newhook, 20y C prospect waiting on the wings.

He hasn’t made many mistakes in the recent years, early on for sure but he has learnt unlike some.

& Now they look to be the next Tampa.

Where as with Sweeney we are still looking for that (even) single top6 F addition and are completely depended at C on 35y old and 34y old.
6 years strong.

Still a vastly overrated GM. You'd think they way people talk about him he took a poverty franchise and turned them into a dynasty....yet they've never made a cup final or even a conference final. You want to know how good he is, wait till some of these studs start coming up for raises and Colorado has to start worrying about the cap. Next year alone they need to re-sign Landeskog, Makar and Saad. Right now CF has them at about $24 million in cap space with 12 guys signed. Landeskog and Makar alone could eat most of that cap space.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Lets hope its not the Bruins finding that out. Want no part of this guy unless its a rental costing nothing more than a fourth round pick

You know for a fact he’ll cost more than that. Why wouldn’t you want a guy who’s scored 26, 24, 27, 25 and 8/34GP (20g pace in 82GP).

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Still a vastly overrated GM. You'd think they way people talk about him he took a poverty franchise and turned them into a dynasty....yet they've never made a cup final or even a conference final. You want to know how good he is, wait till some of these studs start coming up for raises and Colorado has to start worrying about the cap. Next year alone they need to re-sign Landeskog, Makar and Saad. Right now CF has them at about $24 million in cap space with 12 guys signed. Landeskog and Makar alone could eat most of that cap space.

Are there any vastly underrated GMs?

 

[BradMarchandismydad]

Are there any vastly underrated GMs?

My boy Jeff Gorton, best GM in the league

 

[BruinsBtn]

Like what team are they wathing play in Boston?
Unreal if they don’t add offense over defense.

Especially with Nashville on a run(Ekholm)

I think management (or at least Fludo) believes that a big problem with the offense is that they're not getting clean breakout passes and that they don't have defensemen who can get point shots through traffic.

 

[chrisab123]

My boy Jeff Gorton, best GM in the league

Why can't guys like that ever work for the Bruins...

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

My boy Jeff Gorton, best GM in the league

So, best GM has no ties whatsoever to team success?

I guess that's possible. Or is it?

 

[RustyBruins72]

Why can't guys like that ever work for the Bruins...

Well he did but they couldn't keep him from being GM of the Rangers.

 

[ON3M4N]

Are there any vastly underrated GMs?

I can't really think of any GM that is "underrated" but I guess it depends on how you rate a GM.

 

[mikelvl]

My boy Jeff Gorton, best GM in the league

Wait, Marchand is your Dad and Gorton is your kid? How does that even work??

 

[wintersej]

Like what team are they wathing play in Boston?
Unreal if they don’t add offense over defense.

Especially with Nashville on a run(Ekholm)




Yes?

Haven’t we learned anything from the UFA market from the last 5 years?

Expensive contracts to non franchise guys pretty much end up as anchors.
Ladd, Okposo, Lucic, Seabrook, Skinner, Backes, Beleskey, Neal, Eriksson........





This team needs fresh talent, even with retained why use cap space that is worth gold to a 36-37y old.

When are they starting to look at longterm answers?
Add Brown and I’m afraid in 1.5 years we are in for a deep rebuild

Totally disagree on forward vs defense. They have too many defenders that don’t move the puck at an effective level for the playoffs. Too many defenders that add nothing in the offensive zone. It’s not an accident that their expected goals for % is 60 odd percent with McAvoy in the ice and 40 odd percent without him.

And totally agree on your point on ages.