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So no surprise with Brock. He's nearly impossible to move right now. Myers will have more value after that bonus is paid. Likely lots of value at TDL. So... Hughes-??? ???-Hronek ???-Myers Fill in the gaps.

I heard it was something along the lines of him having too much hair ... I dunno... that's what they're saying anyways.

Ok, so safe to say: Hughes-??? ???-Hronek ???-Myers

Oh boy... so Sept 30th or Oct 1st? How about a day or two before opening night of the 2023-24 season? That sounds like a good time.

I think we all have a chance. I'm sure some of us are shorter than Garland but weigh as much as Chara

Not gonna lie, had no idea the AHL playoffs was still going on lol

Yeah, same. I'd take 6'0" 210lbs over 6'3" 195lbs.

It's not really a surprise. It's simply the fact that when you're the bigger team, you can withstand the punishment of the playoffs for a longer period of time. The playoffs are war, and you need the physical size to battle.

Hell yeah! Let's kick it!

Auston Matthews.

I'm confident in Ian Clark. If anybody can get the most out of Swayman, it'd be him. Swayman is also the age where he can grow with the other young core we have. Demko is older. The Canucks would have a few years to build up that D core with the age range of Hughes, Durzi, and Hronek.

Again, we shall see. If Boston wants too much, teams just move on. It'll just be a game of chicken for who blinks first. If Boston takes too long or gets greedy, there are LOTS of other options. Debrusk is also to become a UFA, so the team acquiring him might get 1 year of value, then have to pay him way more moving forward. Every year lots of teams need goalies. Every year goalies never return that much unless they have a strong track record over several years. We as fans are clearly not the only ones that saw Swayman play on one of the best regular season teams of all time. There's risk here that Swayman is only a product of an incredible team in front of him. The same team that is truly in cap hell. Hence value reduced.

Swayman is not at the same level as Demko. Not sure where I'm saying they are. What i do see out of this is increased depth across the roster though. I'd gladly take Durzi over Roy. He's still relatively young. Can teach defence, but not offence.

We'll find out. UFA is coming up quick. Not only that, but there are LOTS of wingers available across the league. We've seen how difficult it is to unload a winger, especially when there's no leverage to do so. Goalies also typically don't get traded for much, so I don't see Swayman generating a ton of value either. Again, no leverage at all for Boston here.

I'm not attacking anybody though. I am simply disagreeing and I even provide examples of why. What you are insisting is that I just take peoples feedback as gospel and that whatever I proposed is wrong. I firmly believe the market is tapped out. There's next to no cap space available unless significant sweeteners are provided. Boston has no 1st or 2nd round picks to provide as sweeteners, so if they want teams to eat millions in cap space, it's gonna cost them a LOT.

Yikes, did I hurt the feelings of one of your boyfriends or something? Lol. This is a forum where we are all entitled to our opinions. Nowhere does it say I have to accept other people's opinions as fact.

Completely your opinion only. I'd put down good money that Boston can't move any of their high priced forwards other than Debrusk. They could possibly move a few of their defencemen, but it really doesn't help them that much. FYI, valuable players are dumped all the time because of cap issues. See Bjorkstrand and Pacioretty as 2 recent examples. Guess we'll wait and see who's right here.

I think the only one you listed that may be available is Peeke. Wouldn't call him a top tier RHD though. CLB themselves consider him a 3rd pair talent.

Can't find good targets that are realistic eh?

Ok old wise one. Give me some names of these top RHD you speak of.

Who's the target though?

I'm hearing a lot of people say we should find true top tier defencemen, but who exactly do you guys have in mind? I was looking through the list of defencemen around the league, and most, if not all of the good ones are locked into their teams. It's what makes building a solid D core so difficult. Teams don't readily give up top 4 defencemen.

Looks like we're done here lol.

Doesn't matter what it looks like in terms of the quality of players they are. The NHL lives in a cap world. We see top tier players moved all the time because of cap crunch situations (ie. Max Pacioretty). The Bruins NEED to find cap space. They have less than $5M in cap space at the moment and only have 7 forwards signed and 1 goalie. Swayman is gonna garner around $4M AAV. So now they have $1M to sign 6 or more forwards. They NEED to dump cap. Are they gonna roll with $9M between their 2 goaltenders? Ullmark at $5M and Swayman at $4M? Highly unlikely when they can't even fill out their roster. One of them is gonna go. Swayman is likely the one, and everybody knows it. Leverage lost. Swayman will be pennies on the dollar. Literally ALL of the forwards that have bigger cap hits on the Bruins carry NMCs or NTCs. The ONLY forward without one is Debrusk. He's also the ONLY major contract up front that is on the final year of his deal. It's pretty obvious what they're gonna need to do with him. Then we look around the league and see how nearly every team is cap crunched. Canucks had to buyout OEL and take that major dead cap hit to find space. It gives you an idea of what teams are working with. Then we know UFA season is just around the corner. Most teams will shop there before looking at trades. Why would teams pay an arm and a leg for picking up Bruins cap dump players while giving up picks and prospects to do so? The Bruins can't even do a hockey trade here. They NEED to dump cap. Swayman and Debrusk are the obvious candidates.

Yeah, that's why I priced him a tad over $4M AAV. I highly doubt any team would be able to lock in his services for $3.x AAV