Bruins Offseason Thread

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@PSK can confirm, but I think with Hall at the reported $6 million plus losing Lauzon's $850,000 I think the Bruins are at a touch over $20 million in available cap space.

UFA's: Krejci, Rask, Reilly, Kuraly, Tinordi
RFA's: Ritchie, Kase,

Biggest areas of need are C and LHD. Obviously need to re-sign or replace Krejci. With Lauzon plucked away by Seattle the LHD depth chart is now Grzelyck, Zboril, Vaakanainen, Ahcan. They'll need to do something there.
 

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With TH back, I have debated whether or not to go for Landeskog as well but I think the smart play is to put your resources into a top 4 D.
This is exactly where I'm at. The top two lines, when healthy, arent the problem on this team. The bottom two lines and defense could use some work, however.

I dont think Dougie comes back, but what about Tyson Barrie? Hes an offensive minded defenseman - which we desperately need - and is real solid on the PP. Bringing him in also pushes Carlo down to the third pair where he can flourish, giving us a right side of McAvoy-Barrie-Carlo. And, while hes going to get paid, I'd expect it to be closer to the $6-7m range instead of the $9-10m range of Dougie.

Ryan Suter also was bought out. Hes a left handed shot we need on the blue line and, while not the player he once was, hes can certainly gobble up 2nd line minutes with Carlo or be a perfectly cromulent 1D with McAvoy. I'd have to assume he can be had for short years at $4-5 a year.

Alec Martinez may not be a bad short term filler at 2LD either. Hes always been a solid two way defenseman, but just had a pretty good offensive season. Again, I'd think he could be had at 2nd pair money as well.

I'd also sniff around to see the acquisition cost on Seth Jones. Really sounds like he'll be shipped out this offseason, and since hes a free agent next season, I cant imagine you have to completely break the bank for him. Having a 1-2 punch of McAvoy-Jones at RD would be really exciting.

I was going to mention Adam Larsson, but looks like hes going to the Kraken for 4/16, which is a good deal for a Seattle. If thats what Larsson is getting, I'd assume guys like Suter and Martinez could be had for similar price on less years.
 

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I think finding out about Coyle's injury made me a little more bearish on the 3rd line in the coming season. He was clearly a notch below what we have come to expect from him, and I think that line will make big improvements next season, no matter who is on it with him.

Count me in the vote for Suter, but Jones also sound really interesting.
 

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I think Suter is a better fit than Jones. He's a lefty and would only cost money. Jones is a righty and they'd need to trade substantial assets to get him.

I think a 2-3 year contract with Suter lines up perfectly for the last gasps of the Bergeron window. He still played 22-23 minutes a night last year. He's provides more offensive value than defensive value but he's not an offensive specialist like a Krug. Pair him with Carlo and we're in business.
 

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Man Suter would look real good on that backend. I love Barrie as well, but a good LHD would be really helpful for the top 4.
 

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This is exactly where I'm at. The top two lines, when healthy, arent the problem on this team. The bottom two lines and defense could use some work, however.

I dont think Dougie comes back, but what about Tyson Barrie? Hes an offensive minded defenseman - which we desperately need - and is real solid on the PP. Bringing him in also pushes Carlo down to the third pair where he can flourish, giving us a right side of McAvoy-Barrie-Carlo. And, while hes going to get paid, I'd expect it to be closer to the $6-7m range instead of the $9-10m range of Dougie.

Ryan Suter also was bought out. Hes a left handed shot we need on the blue line and, while not the player he once was, hes can certainly gobble up 2nd line minutes with Carlo or be a perfectly cromulent 1D with McAvoy. I'd have to assume he can be had for short years at $4-5 a year.

Alec Martinez may not be a bad short term filler at 2LD either. Hes always been a solid two way defenseman, but just had a pretty good offensive season. Again, I'd think he could be had at 2nd pair money as well.

I'd also sniff around to see the acquisition cost on Seth Jones. Really sounds like he'll be shipped out this offseason, and since hes a free agent next season, I cant imagine you have to completely break the bank for him. Having a 1-2 punch of McAvoy-Jones at RD would be really exciting.

I was going to mention Adam Larsson, but looks like hes going to the Kraken for 4/16, which is a good deal for a Seattle. If thats what Larsson is getting, I'd assume guys like Suter and Martinez could be had for similar price on less years.
I have been mentioning Barrie since March. Seems like a good fit.
 

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I would love to have him here but I'm absolutely not interested in getting involved with a bidding war over Ryan Suter.
 

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I have been mentioning Barrie since March. Seems like a good fit.
I don't see the Bruins being interested. He would easily be the worst defenseman defensively they've had in at least 10 years. Not saying I agree with the organization necessarily, but they do not have any appetite for that sort of player.

Suter would be really interesting at the right price. I have a feeling it's going to be higher than he's worth though.
 

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Sweeney is meeting with the media as part of the pre-draft process. On Hall: "We've made significant progress." Says they will extend qualifying offers to all of their RFAs(including Ritchie so that report was bogus). He is looking for a veteran goalie to complement Swayman and Vladar with Rask out. They have been in constant communication with Mike Reilly's camp but have not found a finish line. Rask will undergo surgery later this month.
 

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Kinda surprised Kase is getting qualified. Thought they might try to non-QO him and bring him back at a lower number. Curious to see what happens there. Maybe he plays the year on the QO in a show-me type situation.

Also, assuming the Hall deal gets completed, I think they move DeBrusk or Ritchie. I don't see room for both./
 

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I was thinking about Kase last night. I don't really expect anything from him, but now that they've given him the QO, a one-year situation to see if he can play more than 2 games does give this team some upside in terms of adding depth to the offense, assuming he slots in with Coyle's line. But my expectations for playing time are literally around 8-10 games if he's back in the fold, so anything above that is gravy to me.
 

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If it happens, I bet it will be OEL. Sweeney seems to be stuck on him from years ago, when it might have actually helped. If they take on his full salary, it will be a disaster for years to come.
 

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Sheesh. Looking at Arizona's lineup. Not a lot I'd be interested in that Arizona may be willing to part with.

Christian Dvorak? Nick Scmaltz? OEL (please...no, unless they retain at LEAST 5 mil a year on his contract), Chychrun would be nice. But I have no idea why Arizona would give him unless Boston is giving up real talent.

I don't know, man.
Connor Garland's rights?
 

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Friedman predicts D Derek Forbort to Boston. Thoughts? Seems just like a bigger Kevan Miller.
As always it depends on the contract. They need to get bigger on defense, and he fills that role. Ironically, he was the player that was drafted with the pick that the Bruins sent with Dennis Wideman (eventually flipped to LA) for Nathan Horton.
 

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Friedman predicts D Derek Forbort to Boston. Thoughts? Seems just like a bigger Kevan Miller.
All D, no O LHD. He's kind of similar to Brandon Carlo in that nothing happens when he's on the ice for the most part. He's definitely not the big transition D they talked about.


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He'd be OK as the 3rd pair guy with Clifton, but they should aim a lot higher for the top 4 guy. I'd also probably prefer Reilly to Forbort I'll take more offense from the bottom of the lineup guys.
 

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He'd be OK as the 3rd pair guy with Clifton, but they should aim a lot higher for the top 4 guy. I'd also probably prefer Reilly to Forbort I'll take more offense from the bottom of the lineup guys.
Can Yandle be that guy paired with Carlo? Or his is game too far gone?
 

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Can Yandle be that guy paired with Carlo? Or his is game too far gone?
He probably can, but he's another one dimensional guy. They keep talking about wanted a 200 foot player there and Yandle doesn't really fit the bill. Yandle strikes me as a 3rd pairing PP specialist these days. I would consider him, kinda like Forbort, as a Reilly alternative.

I think Suter is the perfect guy, but Friedman kind of gave it an "eh, I don't know" when talking about the Bruins/Suter on his podcast yesterday. Guess we'll find out, he can sign whenever and supposedly was going to move quick.

Trade front, Schmidt still makes some sense. The Canucks have $21 million in cap space but need to sign Petterson, Hughes, Garland and Dickinson as RFA's. Schmidt can play both sides, but on the left they've got Hughes and OEL now so I would think Schmidt is expendable. Touch under $6 million for 4 more years.
 

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He probably can, but he's another one dimensional guy. They keep talking about wanted a 200 foot player there and Yandle doesn't really fit the bill. Yandle strikes me as a 3rd pairing PP specialist these days. I would consider him, kinda like Forbort, as a Reilly alternative.

I think Suter is the perfect guy, but Friedman kind of gave it an "eh, I don't know" when talking about the Bruins/Suter on his podcast yesterday. Guess we'll find out, he can sign whenever and supposedly was going to move quick.

Trade front, Schmidt still makes some sense. The Canucks have $21 million in cap space but need to sign Petterson, Hughes, Garland and Dickinson as RFA's. Schmidt can play both sides, but on the left they've got Hughes and OEL now so I would think Schmidt is expendable. Touch under $6 million for 4 more years.
Schmidt it such a good fit. I hope that happens.

Yandle's player card below. He's still really good offensively and puts up points. He was better last year than the last 2 by a long shot but if you look at that QoC he played some of the most sheltered minutes imaginable. He's essentially Krug with poorer defense.

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Schmidt it such a good fit. I hope that happens.

Yandle's player card below. He's still really good offensively and puts up points. He was better last year than the last 2 by a long shot but if you look at that QoC he played some of the most sheltered minutes imaginable. He's essentially Krug with poorer defense.

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Where are you getting these stats?
 

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Looks like the Bruins picked up the signing rights to James Greenway from Toronto for nothing.

View: https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/1419711216465895425?s=20


Defenseman, drafted in the 3rd round in 2016 by Toronto. Kind of a weird trajectory here. Played 2 years at Wisconsin, then went to the USHL for a year, then played 2 years at the University of Maine. Listed at 6'4", pretty marginal numbers. 3 goals and 12 assists in 48 games across his 2 years at Maine.

The Bruins have until 8/15 to sign him or he'd be a UFA. Presumably they'll sign him since they went out of their way to trade for him, but I suppose they also didn't give anything up.

Also, after 30 seconds of research the comp that popped in my head was Wiley Sherman.
 
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Thanks, I'll check it out. Looks awesome.
It's well worth the patreon subscription. He has prospect cards with timeline data, player cards for all players, team cards, a WAR roster builder similar to capfriendly's armchair GM but with his modeled values included. They also just added timelines - so chronology of player production for offense and defense, which I really love. Highly Highly recommend it if you're a nerd like me.

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