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46 minutes ago, MattPie said:

This only works if Buffalo keeps locking up players early. GMs don't seem to want to use offer sheets, but a retaliatory $13M/yr offer for Quinn (or whatever) would be annoying.

I would say let Quinn accept the 13M/yr offer, take the four 1st's and run, we have a pipeline already grooming a good amount to replace him, four 1st's fits Adams plan perfectly as the "longterm success strategy". 😀

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On 6/20/2023 at 7:25 PM, PromoTheRobot said:

FYI! Program Alert! Calder Cup game 7, Hershey @ Coachella Valley, will be on NHLN and AHL TV for FREE!! Game time is Wednesday, June 21, 10pm ET.

Highlights from last night. Game seven went to OT!

 

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From the Athletic's salary cap summer preview. We can only hope, right?

31. Boston Bruins

2023-24 salaries: $78,562,500
RFAs estimate: $6,439,000
LTIR candidates: None
Dead money deals: None
Notable unsigned UFAs: Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, Dmitry Orlov, Tyler Bertuzzi, Garnet Hathaway, Nick Foligno, Tomas Nosek, Connor Clifton
Problem contract: Derek Forbort
Projected cap space: -$1,501,500

Is the number as ugly as you’d expected? Here, we’re anticipating an AAV of more than $4 million for RFA Jeremy Swayman and a new deal for Trent Frederic. Those would put the Bruins over the cap before figuring out what happens with their iconic first-line center and the guy who plays directly behind him.

What Don Sweeney does to deal with this — or simply fill out a half-decent four lines — is anyone’s guess. What seems certain, though, is that paying more than $9 million combined for Swayman and Linus Ullmark isn’t a fit, and neither is carrying $3 million, bottom-pair defensemen.

 

Just to confirm, after resigning Frederic and Swayman to fair deals, the Bruins should be about $1.5 million over the cap without  Bergeron, Krejci, Orlov, Bertuzzi, Hathaway, Foligno,  Nosek and Clifton.

 

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8 minutes ago, dudacek said:

From the Athletic's salary cap summer preview. We can only hope, right?

31. Boston Bruins

2023-24 salaries: $78,562,500
RFAs estimate: $6,439,000
LTIR candidates: None
Dead money deals: None
Notable unsigned UFAs: Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, Dmitry Orlov, Tyler Bertuzzi, Garnet Hathaway, Nick Foligno, Tomas Nosek, Connor Clifton
Problem contract: Derek Forbort
Projected cap space: -$1,501,500

Is the number as ugly as you’d expected? Here, we’re anticipating an AAV of more than $4 million for RFA Jeremy Swayman and a new deal for Trent Frederic. Those would put the Bruins over the cap before figuring out what happens with their iconic first-line center and the guy who plays directly behind him.

What Don Sweeney does to deal with this — or simply fill out a half-decent four lines — is anyone’s guess. What seems certain, though, is that paying more than $9 million combined for Swayman and Linus Ullmark isn’t a fit, and neither is carrying $3 million, bottom-pair defensemen.

 

Just to confirm, after resigning Frederic and Swayman to fair deals, the Bruins should be about $1.5 million over the cap without  Bergeron, Krejci, Orlov, Bertuzzi, Hathaway, Foligno,  Nosek and Clifton.

 

Florida straight out dick punched them in that series. They brought the Rabi and said......snip snip mofo's 🤣 

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18 minutes ago, dudacek said:

From the Athletic's salary cap summer preview. We can only hope, right?

31. Boston Bruins

2023-24 salaries: $78,562,500
RFAs estimate: $6,439,000
LTIR candidates: None
Dead money deals: None
Notable unsigned UFAs: Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, Dmitry Orlov, Tyler Bertuzzi, Garnet Hathaway, Nick Foligno, Tomas Nosek, Connor Clifton
Problem contract: Derek Forbort
Projected cap space: -$1,501,500

Is the number as ugly as you’d expected? Here, we’re anticipating an AAV of more than $4 million for RFA Jeremy Swayman and a new deal for Trent Frederic. Those would put the Bruins over the cap before figuring out what happens with their iconic first-line center and the guy who plays directly behind him.

What Don Sweeney does to deal with this — or simply fill out a half-decent four lines — is anyone’s guess. What seems certain, though, is that paying more than $9 million combined for Swayman and Linus Ullmark isn’t a fit, and neither is carrying $3 million, bottom-pair defensemen.

 

Just to confirm, after resigning Frederic and Swayman to fair deals, the Bruins should be about $1.5 million over the cap without  Bergeron, Krejci, Orlov, Bertuzzi, Hathaway, Foligno,  Nosek and Clifton.

 

I knew they had issues but that’s bad.

They could sign Bergeron and Krejci and then let them have “surgeries” that will keep them out until April. It’s not like that hasn’t been done before.

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That’s alot of turnover in Boston.

Im wondering if a good GM could move alot of that roster out in exchange for decent 3rd line players to keep it expansion team level competitive?  (As in Seattle, season 1)

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I'd be pretty surprised if KA signed someone's RFA to an offer sheet.  Offer sheets are still pretty rare, and he doesn't strike me as the wave-making type. 

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1 hour ago, Weave said:

That’s alot of turnover in Boston.

Im wondering if a good GM could move alot of that roster out in exchange for decent 3rd line players to keep it expansion team level competitive?  (As in Seattle, season 1)

Which players are you talking about? They aren’t getting anything for the UFAs listed above.

Do you mean trading the Carlos and Debrusk and Taylor Halls for cheaper players who can be just as effective?

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4 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said:

Highlights from last night. Game seven went to OT!

 

Came back from 2-0 down in the 2nd. Congrats to the Bears for denying those entitled junior Kraken a cup in their first year. Amerks lost to the champs.

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4 hours ago, dudacek said:

Which players are you talking about? They aren’t getting anything for the UFAs listed above.

Do you mean trading the Carlos and Debrusk and Taylor Halls for cheaper players who can be just as effective?

Yes.  Except just effective, wouldn’t expect equally effective.

You know, what Buffalo should have done instead of…..

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6 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

Calgary has a straight out player revolt on their hands. Seravelli reporting multiple players will not re-sign in Calagary.

Lindholm, Toffoli, Backlund, Hanifin, Tanev.......I mean, holy chit batman.

Is it GM or coach or both?

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2 minutes ago, Eleven said:

Is it GM or coach or both?

I think, although they fired Sutter, many of the players already were eying greener pastures. Then like a set of dominoes, as soon as one said they wanted out the others joined

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20 minutes ago, Eleven said:

Is it GM or coach or both?

Treliving quit because he didn’t want to work with Sutter

Sutter was fired because players weren’t interested in staying if he was there

Players want to leave anyway.

At least they have 55-point man Jonathan Huberdeau on the roster for another 8 years at $10.5 million. 😬

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10 minutes ago, dudacek said:

Treliving quit because he didn’t want to work with Sutter

Sutter was fired because players weren’t interested in staying if he was there

Players want to leave anyway.

At least they have 55-point man Jonathan Huberdeau on the roster for another 8 years at $10.5 million. 😬

Still the best thread lol just read it 

“Florida is in trouble now... like Vegas.”

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13 minutes ago, dudacek said:

Treliving quit because he didn’t want to work with Sutter

Sutter was fired because players weren’t interested in staying if he was there

Players want to leave anyway.

At least they have 55-point man Jonathan Huberdeau on the roster for another 8 years at $10.5 million. 😬

And Kadri is locked up longterm there as well lol

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1 hour ago, Scottysabres said:

Got to be the new arena.....not enough money to inflate the roof again 😆 

Honestly no idea. There's definitely something going on.

 

1 hour ago, thewookie1 said:

I think, although they fired Sutter, many of the players already were eying greener pastures. Then like a set of dominoes, as soon as one said they wanted out the others joined

 

1 hour ago, dudacek said:

Treliving quit because he didn’t want to work with Sutter

Sutter was fired because players weren’t interested in staying if he was there

Players want to leave anyway.

At least they have 55-point man Jonathan Huberdeau on the roster for another 8 years at $10.5 million. 😬

I'll clarify--Conroy or *Huska* (had to look him up) or both?

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Haven't seen the report personally, but according to wifey, the NHL won't have any specialty warmup sweaters this coming season.  If correct, guess they decided the controversies over them aren't worth the extra money they bring in.

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16 hours ago, MattPie said:

This only works if Buffalo keeps locking up players early. GMs don't seem to want to use offer sheets, but a retaliatory $13M/yr offer for Quinn (or whatever) would be annoying.

Quinn was a first rounder though so at least you'd get something back. 

Remember when Edmonton gave us the squeeze on Vanek? I still do. Probably marked the beginning of the eventual end. Wouldn't you enjoy doing that to Boston? I think you would. 

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11 hours ago, dudacek said:

Treliving quit because he didn’t want to work with Sutter

Sutter was fired because players weren’t interested in staying if he was there

Players want to leave anyway.

At least they have 55-point man Jonathan Huberdeau on the roster for another 8 years at $10.5 million. 😬

Calgary sure are a mess...then Toronto actually signs Treliving as their new GM...really is comical 

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8 hours ago, Taro T said:

Haven't seen the report personally, but according to wifey, the NHL won't have any specialty warmup sweaters this coming season.  If correct, guess they decided the controversies over them aren't worth the extra money they bring in.

Cowardly move to appease the vocal minority. So no more Hockey Fights Cancer jerseys. 🙄

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10 hours ago, Taro T said:

Haven't seen the report personally, but according to wifey, the NHL won't have any specialty warmup sweaters this coming season.  If correct, guess they decided the controversies over them aren't worth the extra money they bring in.

 

1 hour ago, pastajoe said:

Cowardly move to appease the vocal minority. So no more Hockey Fights Cancer jerseys. 🙄

That stuff was always a virtue-signaling gimmick anyway.  I don't think the NHL's contributions to cancer research, or veterans' orgs, or to pride groups, or whatever really moved the needle.

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15 hours ago, Eleven said:

Is it GM or coach or both?

I think it is neither.  As currently made up, the team has no young guys coming in who excite the current players while the existing team, like Winnipeg, could be stuck in mediocrity without a rebuild.  If you are on the older side with only 1 or 2 years left, wouldn't you prefer to get moved to greener pastures.

Question: I have read that the Western Canadian teams have directives from on high not to ever do a true rebuild.  Given the loyalty and passion of the fanbases, that seems very short-sighted   is this true?

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