I am for trading Carlo if the other team values him properly/highly. If Carlo can return Duchene as the main piece of a deal, I'd be all over it. They'd have to add some small pieces but they have many.
I could get behind that just because it would mean Spooner is gone, which means it won't happen.
I'd LOVE to trade Krejci but:
He's probably coming up with that based on Haggerty subbing in for T&R this morning. He said he's heard the team floated the idea of waiving the NMC clause by Krejci and he wasn't interested. He went on to speculate that MAYBE he could be talked into waiving to go to Carolina since he makes his offseason home in Charleston. He obviously doesn't own a fucking globe because it's a 5 hour drive between Raleigh and Charleston, so if you gotta get on a plane anyway to get there in 1 day, he might as well stay in Boston.
Technically it's $7.25, and he has negative, not moderate value. But after this offseason I think it's closer to free agent market value than I did last year. I think he would have gotten 4 years $5-6 million if he was a free agent this year. Of course, that team would have been laughed at for giving him a contract like that.
They should just put the number he wants on a piece of paper, throw it in the corner and tell him he just has to go get it.
The link basically says it doesn't make sense for the Bruins, and it appears they are linked in large part because they have what Colorado wants (defense prospects).
From what I understand the parameters have been discussed, but they are apart a bit on money. It's my understanding Pasta's camp is waiting for Draisatl to sign as he is a more comparable player to Pasta than McDavid. I think we've estimated here that he will get $6.5m per year once all is said and done.
I think that's a loss for the Bruins straight up. If they'd be swapping the next 4 1st rounders with Buffalo, that changes things...
Was this an off the cuff statement or is there actually a belief that this is a possibility because he's a local kid?
As your say, Eichel as a top 5 center is more valuable unless Pastrnak really reaches Kane's level. That is an exceptionally high level of play to expect. It's actually almost unreasonable to project it on almost anyone. For example, next season Vegas would put an over/under of 65 points for both Eichel and Pastrnak, in my opinion.
He was unhappy when Buffalo was "stuck" with him at the draft lottery. There have been some rumors that he's still unhappy with the city and team being really bad and people associate players with their hometown teams. Kind of like how Yandle was always talked about to the Bruins.
Well I think the extension he signs this year will be interesting. Does he stand firm at 4 years, or does he go with the now standard 8 year deal
I basically see pretty much everything associated with the Bs and Avs making a trade to be the Avs asking for Carlo, the Bruins saying no and offering Zboril, and the Avs saying no. Then some various alteration of that, but still the same players.
Don't get my hopes us like this. While I like the defensive depth we have, your point about going in on the next 2 years makes a lot of sense. Duchene would definitely provide a buzz not seen in a while around the Bruins. Don't get me wrong, I like where they are headed, but adding another legitimate scorer, especially if they could do it only giving up futures, i.e. not Carlo, would be exciting.
Keep in mind Khudobin is signed for one more year, so it's likely neither starts with the big club.
Sure, but they have already shown they were willing to walk away from Khudobin when honestly it was much harder (because of looming expansion rules). I do think he goes into camp as the backup, but if he doesn't step up and one of the kids does, I think they'll be willing to waive him again
