Yeah, part of my "hope" is them realizing Khudobin is a below replacement level goalieKeep in mind Khudobin is signed for one more year, so it's likely neither starts with the big club.
Yeah, part of my "hope" is them realizing Khudobin is a below replacement level goalieKeep in mind Khudobin is signed for one more year, so it's likely neither starts with the big club.
He was, .930 save percentage in Providence. But he put up .850 for the Bruins last year.I thought McIntyre was real good in the A?
I think he's a great backup at some point, maybe even as soon as next season.
Right you areIn Sunday's Hockey Notes in the Globe, Fluto explicitly mentions that the B's could walk away from the arb award and let Spooner become a UFA.
These are some dark times for Bruins-related hockey journalism...The outcomes can vary. Although unlikely, Spooner and the Bruins could conclude a pre-hearing extension. It could go to a hearing, where the arbitrator usually determines a value between the player’s and team’s asking prices. Even after the hearing, the sides could arrive at a separate agreement, such as the one P.K. Subban and the Canadiens shook hands on in 2014. They could accept the arbitrator’s ruling and proceed. If the Bruins consider the ruling too rich, they could walk away from the award, leaving Spooner unrestricted.
I suppose if he's demanding a Johansen type package that may cause some consternation. I figure he's more likely to get around $7m a year the way these RFA negotiations are going, and the Bruins may be trying to hold the line at $6-6.5m. Regardless, they have to sign him, so as long as they do I won't be bitter. Camp doesn't open until September 14th, so they have some time.Sweeney says Pastrnak talks aren't as far a long and they'd like. It'd be nice to not have this drag out much longer. Other than heading into the last lockout with Seguin, Marchand and Lucic, these deals never seem to go smoothly for the Bruins.
J.P. Barry isn't an idiot, and he knows that Sweeney's boss is a reactionary fool. It makes no sense for him to make a deal now unless the team massively overpays. When we get into September and the PR heat gets turned up on the team and Barry's client starts worrying about missing game checks, someone will blink.Holy fuck Sweeney. You've got one thing to do this offseason. I realize that Pasta's side of things may be causing the holdup, but we don't want to be reDing articles like this right now.
I would as well. Tarasenko got 8-$60, Johansen got 8-$64. I wouldn't have a problem with that. The agent is probably seeing how far the team will go. If he can set the bar higher for future clients he will. There is zero pressure on Barry to make a deal right now, and with the team's history of losing players in this situation, the PR pressure is all on them.FWIW, I'd probably give him the Johansen contract.
If that's what's holding this up then their going to have a hell of a time trying to sign McAvoy in 2020.I still think the hold up here is lock out protection. Jacobs is the last owner that is going to sign off on a signing bonus heavy deal for big dollars with a labor negotiation looming. Marchand and Bergeron both have signing bonus heavy deals that very unsurprisingly drop down to $1mil in 2021 when we can expect another lockout. Many of the deals signed this offseason were very heavily weighted towards bonus payout instead of salary and I would guess JP Barry wants that. 8 years $54 mil but all of it structured as bonus gives Pasta a lot of safety net that I can't see the Bruins ownership signing off on.
Wow!! If Jacobs is already playing hardball around a lockout that is still 4+ years in the future (something he has a history of doing; and screwing the team in the process), then this is guaranteed to get very ugly. Not only for Pasta, but, as noted, for other UFA/RFA's as well. Remember that it took the team several years to recover from the 2004 lockout, and indirectly resulted in Joe Thornton being traded for table scraps.I still think the hold up here is lock out protection. Jacobs is the last owner that is going to sign off on a signing bonus heavy deal for big dollars with a labor negotiation looming. Marchand and Bergeron both have signing bonus heavy deals that very unsurprisingly drop down to $1mil in 2021 when we can expect another lockout. Many of the deals signed this offseason were very heavily weighted towards bonus payout instead of salary and I would guess JP Barry wants that. 8 years $54 mil but all of it structured as bonus gives Pasta a lot of safety net that I can't see the Bruins ownership signing off on.
They're developing young players. If guys like McAvoy, Carlo & Pastrnak take the next step, they will be better. It's a long process and the worst thing that they could do is sign or trade for mid level veterans that may provide a small improvement next year but would block the development of younger, higher upside players. They're in a holding pattern with the Pastrnak contract right now, but that should get resolved after camp starts and both sides are motivated to get it done. It's a young mans' league right now, and I think they're doing the right thing by building it this way and not signing another Belesky type in free agency.I'm a casual Bruins fan, and don't really follow the offseason at all. Have the Bruins made any real attempts to get better since the end of the season?
You're saying a guy that works for the NHL network is taking eklund rumors and running with them?This can be traced to Eklund. Nothing to see here.
Yeah, this is my read of it as well. It's a story planted by the agent to drive up pressure on the Bruins. I'm sure that will go over well with Jacobs, et al, who are just dying to find a way to screw this up as they have many times in the past.Agreed re: Pastrnak's agent being the source of this. In the end, the tea leaves all point to lockout protection / signing bonus % being the sticking point, which I can't blame Barry/Pastrnak on... or Sweeney for that matter.
Bergeron! Bergeron! still gives me chills and I didn't even hear it live because I was at the game. /humblebragHe'll always have his great calls on the B's winning and the Bergeron Leafs OT goal.
On a separate note, him doing PBP on the diarrhea scene in Dumb & Dumber on T&R like 5 years ago almost made me drive off the road.
This made me happy.