Cost is O'Gara and a 3rd
https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-acquire-nick-holden-in-trade-with-rangers/c-296157066
https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-acquire-nick-holden-in-trade-with-rangers/c-296157066
My co-worker is a die-hard Rangers fan. He says he's a depth guy but pretty good defensively.I’ll have to dig into Holden a bit more, but my first reaction was “eh.”
Have to figure they move a NHL D out now. Will have 9 when Holden arrives.
I'm wondering that too. Holden is a depth guy so does that mean they are trading somebody else in a bigger deal?Very much a meh from me as well. I didn’t think middling depth is what they really needed. They have a ton of bodies, they need a top 4 defenseman. Although after last year I guess you can never have too much depth on D.
Wondering if there’s another shoe to drop here.
Rangers fan here. Holden is terrible. He was on the ice for about 99% of the goals Ottawa scored last playoffs. I'm sorry you guys have to deal with him, but maybe he'll turn it around.
As a proud Holdenite, seconded.Petition to change thread title to "My Nick hurts from Holden."
This is where I land as well. Not a huge contract either. He can be their 3/4 LHD.Don't quite get the "meh" reaction. He's quite a bit better than Postma. If Krug or Grzelcyk or Chara get hurt for any period of time, it's nice to plug in a guy that can at least play his natural side. It's also nice to have a guy that could spell the regular left side blue liners for an occasional game or two, especially as the Bruins have a bit of a grinding schedule coming up for the stretch run. He's UFA, so there's no long term commitment either.
I'll take your word for it because I certainly didn't watch, but was he on the PK unit that series? He was only -1, but, in fairness he was at 0 in the 2 games he actually scored goals. Maybe his ice time was chaotic.Rangers fan here. Holden is terrible. He was on the ice for about 99% of the goals Ottawa scored last playoffs. I'm sorry you guys have to deal with him, but maybe he'll turn it around.
I doubt that. I think this is likely a sign they aren't going to trade for McD, and this is their way of getting depth. Otherwise, why not do them all together?Maybe they picked him up to trade him back in a McD deal? Has a player ever been traded back to a team he was traded from earlier that year?
You got to know when to Holden, know when to fold 'em.Petition to change thread title to "My Nick hurts from Holden."
As a Jeffersonian, I didn't know those existed. What's to be proud of? More Hep C-ridden pizza places (HI ORBIT) per capita than anywhere else in Worcester County?As a proud Holdenite, seconded.
Because they had to trade for him before they could trade him back of course.I doubt that. I think this is likely a sign they aren't going to trade for McD, and this is their way of getting depth. Otherwise, why not do them all together?
The Bruins traded Yan Stastny to the Oilers and then got him back a few months later as part of the Samsonov deal.Maybe they picked him up to trade him back in a McD deal? Has a player ever been traded back to a team he was traded from earlier that year?
I forgot you were from Holden. I'm also a Jeffersonite or Jeffersonian or whatever. Skunk Hollow!As a Jeffersonian, I didn't know those existed. What's to be proud of? More Hep C-ridden pizza places (HI ORBIT) per capita than anywhere else in Worcester County?
Nah, no way. Might still be in the family, though. We stopped getting pizza from there after one of my dad's employees found a roach in one.I forgot you were from Holden. I'm also a Jeffersonite or Jeffersonian or whatever. Skunk Hollow!
I haven't lived there in a long time. Orbit can't be owned by the same person, can it? He was 100 when I was a kid.
From me, it's that his underlying stats look so bad that you have to really hope he's been hurt by the system and playing on the right. If anyone on the left gets hurt we have Miller playing his offside or one of the kids in providence so it's nice to have depth but there is no guarantee that he us any good at all.Don't quite get the "meh" reaction. He's quite a bit better than Postma. If Krug or Grzelcyk or Chara get hurt for any period of time, it's nice to plug in a guy that can at least play his natural side. It's also nice to have a guy that could spell the regular left side blue liners for an occasional game or two, especially as the Bruins have a bit of a grinding schedule coming up for the stretch run. He's UFA, so there's no long term commitment either.
Precedent!The Bruins traded Yan Stastny to the Oilers and then got him back a few months later as part of the Samsonov deal.
Holden Pizza is definitely the best, but frustratingly far from my parents' house.Nah, no way. Might still be in the family, though. We stopped getting pizza from there after one of my dad's employees found a roach in one.
Holden pizza is where it's at (or was anyways). And I say that as someone who worked delivery for Val's.
I agree with the first blob of this. Used appropriately, he could be valuable and prevent skating guys like Tommy Cross for important minutes.I get the sense that Holden suffered from the same thing as K Miller which is to say he wasn't being put in a position to succeed and playing over his head. I think if he gets a chance to play where he should, he should be fine.
However, this was an unnecessary deal. Pretty meh.
You are such a softie. Awwweeeeee.Precedent!
(And with your answer have a membership and a Yan Statsny avatar. Cheers!)