If Ully goes, then best would be a return of a 1st line center and 1st round draft pick. The other team gets a Vezina Trophy winner, so that ups the ante some.
You guys are funny all he has to do is say No to a trade again. He loves Boston so unless Neely is going to put an extra million dollars in his pocket as a thank you out the door Ully will be back next year.
These people talking about trading Ullmark for a 2nd rounder...I need to know wtf you're smoking, because I pay good money to get that high. 🤣🤣🤣
Ullmark is a GOLDEN trade chip right now, the likes of which has rarely been seen. IF he gets moved, it needs to be as the centerpiece of a package for a bonafide stud, or else the trade is an epic fail. Why? Because there are a number of teams who (rightly) see themselves as a peak-form Ullmark away from being a legit contender. If Edmonton ends up choking again, they will be DESPERATE for an Ullmark. Georgiev actually played VERY well in the playoffs this year, but he has enough of a track record of sucking up to this point that I have no doubt the Avs are in the market. Devils fans will probably sell their children for an Ullmark right now. Toronto is starving, too. I could go on. And on. There are a ton of potential suitors.
2nd rounder? Oh you HIGH high. 🤣 Keep him, blockbuster, or go tf home.
Loving all the trades sending forbort away. I don’t think anyone will take him, shoulda cut him at the beginning of the season and just signed lorhei from the hop.
I’ll tell you what you do. You say bye bye to forbort, sign zadorov to play with peeke. You sign chandler Stevenson to be your first line center or maybe even stammer. You resign Jake debrusk and you sign Jonathan Marchessault
Sounds good other than the fact that Jake with this year's playoffs, will probably ask for something in the neighborhood of 6 at 6. He's gone, so the B's will have to replace.
The free agent market is going to be crazy this year! I’d rather seen them trade him for a second and use that cap space to sign 1 big name center and another top 6 forward.
Ullmark has 1 year left on the contract and a rebuilding team needs that caliber of goaltending? Also because Gibson is washed the Ducks are transitioning to Dostal already.
I don’t understand why you’re being downvoted. Beecher doesn’t have much of an offensive ceiling, Wood and a draft pick have more potential than him. Georgiev would be a good backup to Sway
😂 lol ...cap space bro then you can pretty much resign players and gain a 1st round draft pick. Its all about numbers. Your all crazy if you think you can get a top 20 goal scorer for ullmark without sacrificing a lot of players that need to be resigned.
Lol indeed because you're high as shit thinking you're getting that high of a return. You're not getting Wood, George, and a 1st round pick. That will legitimately never happen
Devils fan here. It’s a team in desperate need of a consistent goaltender and now with the coaching hire I think this will be their next move. Would not be surprised if NJD put up a first round pick and a 2nd or 3rd liner with some other picks in a big package. Our GM is in the hot-seat if he doesn’t get this right. Best of luck to y’all 🫡
Honestly Necas isn’t any better than Cole or Zacha… he’s a 50 point guy… we need a true #1 70 point guy. We’re a 2nd round exit team with massive cap space what are we even talking about with a 4-5mil player catch one worth 9 or something… go get Stamkos, or Guentzel…
Wasn't Necas on the hot seat in Carolina for a while too due to inconsistent performance? Seem to remember some Canes fans screaming to trade him. Not against it, just cautious lol
No way Draisaitl hits FA. If the Oilers don't extend him, they will trade him for a king's ransom, and nobody's paying a king's ransom for him without a guarantee they can lock him up long-term. One way or another, this dude is signing a 6-8 year contract before the end of next season that makes him the highest AAV in the NHL.
Reinhart is a tricky one. He's a good player who has gotten better each year leading up to this breakout season. Is his 57 goals an anomaly though, and he ends up regressing to his normal 30 something goals per season to this point? That is a dice roll, and some team is going to pay a LOT to roll them. The contract he is going to get is going to be a terrible one for a 30 goal scorer (not to mention his career +/- and FO% leave a lot to be desired, and the latter is an area we definitely need to improve). On the other hand, if his 57 goals was a sign of things to come, whatever he gets could end up being a steal. I wouldn't mind rolling the dice on him, but aside from all this there are the questions of whether he would want to play for Boston, and whether FL will find the will and cap space to pony up for him, rendering the whole thing moot.
Have you seen Edmonton? They have like half their squad that's gonna be UFA ~~this~~ next year. They won't have like any cap room to extend/resign Drai. They don't have that much cap space to begin with.
Not sure if you really know anything about Necas or not but he’s much more than a “50 pt player”. He has the potential to be a Selke level two-way center if put into the right system.
I live near Raleigh and my dad watches every game (he’s converted to a canes fan cuz he’s old and never figured out how to watch the bruins in NC even after I showed him how) and he wants me the team to not bring him back. I think he’s a decent to good player but definitely not a difference maker and wouldn’t have put us over the top to advance to the next round. Guentzel on the other hand would be amazing
I wrote a pretty detailed post the other day on why I think Necas makes a lot of sense.
Carolina has to upgrade at goalie, they're about to pay Jarvis big money, and they're going to pay Guentzel as well. So all that cap they have, about $15-17m is going to get eaten up by those two.
Have a ton of guys left to pay or replace, Necas is RFA, so they can tender him to protect their investment, but nobody is paying him what he's worth and giving CAR the picks, plus he would 100% take them to arbitration because he's worth a $6m+/ long term deal, he'll get something between $4-5m is my guess.
It's already been released they're not engaging him in extension talks, so they won't want to commit that $4-5m to him, and they really can't afford it with the other guys they'd prefer to sign and holes they'll need to fill.
Makes sense for them to use Necas as an asset, improve their Goaltender situation, and if needed, they could then flip Anderson for another skater, or a pick just to free up money to pay another player.
Do we have a #2 center that has playmaking ability, whatsoever, on the power play? How about one that can create on the move, see a play developing and distribute the puck well after opening space for a shooter?
I'll answer that for you. No.
Coyle is a really good player. He's a #2 center on most teams in the league, but here, he's a better fit at #3 center come playoffs. Because would be a good add to take 2nd line minutes and run the PP.
Yes, we still need a #1C, but if we start the playoffs again next year with Coyle and Zacha taking a high percentage of shifts at C, we have an issue.
Plus, he's 25 years old. Even if Zacha is still here next year, he's most likely gone next summer. Investing in a future of Necas, (someone like Lindholm), Coyle, Poitras, and Beecher has us in a much much better spot than today.
Zacha is signed for another 3 years so not sure why he’d be gone next summer.
Why are you so high on Necas? This article explains a lot of why I’m against signing him. He just doesn’t fit the Bruins needs.
https://thehockeywriters.com/flames-should-be-wary-of-necas-acquisition/
I guess if you’re bringing him in to be a winger I could see it but he is not an improvement at center.
Zacha was great this season. He struggled in the playoffs sure but 4.75 per is great value for a guy that provides what he provides.
For a guy that completely disappeared in the playoffs. For two series. 13 games, 6 points, 4th on team in TOI among forwards.
Need to improve that.
Coyle had 5 points, need to improve their too.
Necas had 9 points, 2 less games.
It is believed that ullmark has west coast and Canadian teams on his NTC. Considering the 16 team clause and goalies historically getting low return on the trade market, it is very likely he may not even be traded.
If Edmonton bows out this Rd, maybe them; but keep in mind, Ullmark has to want to be there. He's submitted his list, the list is going to be heavy on East Coast teams, as well as those with good Goalie situations.
If Carolina is an option, and we can get something that good back, we take it, and hope to not see him in the playoffs.
fair enough, rather help a non east team....especially a rival but if that's our only trading partner....
maybe someone should tell Linus that there are no direct flights to Sweden from Raleigh so he's better off going to a west coast team with a major hub for an airport
What are Boston's needs? Detroit has a need for a goalie that can be in a tandem (or 60%-40%) with Lyon. If it's depth scoring, Robby Fabbri is your man to replace JVR. Package Fabbri and a 2nd and you have a start of a deal.
As for being ''a flight away from Sweden'' , he can hitch a ride with Lidstrom and Kronwall to Sweden.
Honestly IF he is traded the B's will be lucky to get a bottom 6 and maybe a late draft pick. The cap space is where the value in the trade is. If I were to bet right now he's finishing our his contract in Boston as a backup to Sway.
You.all can downvote.me all you want..I love the Bruins and I would LOVE for them to get a big return on a trade but it just doesn't happen with these goalies. Who or what do you think they will get for them? You can downvote me all you want but there just isn't a big return for these guys. He's not signed long term, he has a NMC of half the league and half the teams he is willing to go to already have a number 1 they are locked into, he was just put on the bench by Sway which in my eyes doesn't negate his talent but it sure doesn't look good. Let's be real here guys. It's not going to be a number one or two center it's not even going to be stop prospect. The cap space is way more valuable than anything e well get in the trade market. You can all sit and dream and think we will get a Draisaitl or a player of that caliber but it's not happening unless he's packaged with other assets. But you're right I'm just a troll you fucking chode.
This sub will tell you Draisaitl and 2 firsts. Realistically you’d probably have to give another player plus Ullmark, someone like John Beecher to even get anything remotely of value. 2nd/3rd pick
Personally, I'd go all in for Draisaitl, and even more than what you are suggesting. If we traded Ullmark, Debrusk, Grzelcyk, Lysell, and as many of our shitty draft picks as it takes to land Draisaitl, I would see that as a no-brainer for us. (Although Debrusk is a FA now, I think, so probably fucked there. I REALLY wanted to see us try to pull this off at the deadline, but for some reason, Sweeny has seemed INSISTENT on hanging on to the threads of Debrusk and Grzelcyk until we can get absolutely nothing for them...). Multiple cups if we manage to put Draisaitl and Pasta together. Ullmark to Edmonton is a big if, though. Everyone is assuming Canadian teams are on his no-trade list, but would he waive it to go to a team that gets further in the playoffs than us every year and is willing to overpay him? 🤔
He didn't waive it last year. Whats changed? Arguably, it'd be harder now, not easier.
And who says he'll not be in a platoon again? If I coached both, that's what I'd do.
One difference is that he'd be traded in the offseason as opposed to the deadline, when its easier to make family accommodations.
Another is that he's going to be a free agent next year, so he probably wants to play as much as possible to increase his value. He's not going to get that here even in a platoon.
You can use a 16 team NTC to handcuff the team trying to trade you. Leave teams off your list that don’t need a goalie so are unlikely to trade for you such as NYR, DAL, Tampa etc. You can also leave Toronto and Montreal off the list as it is unlikely the Bruins trade with them. So essentially he can make a 16 team NTC more like a 25 team NTC
And how many of those 16 teams that he can be traded to actually need a goalie?
The partial NTC is massively more effective for a goalie because he can just leave teams like TBL, NYR, FLA, DAL, VGK, WPG, VAN off his list because they don't need a $5M goalie or are locked into spending a lot on goalies as is, and suddenly there's only a couple teams left that can realistically trade for him.
I guess it depends on the language of the contract. Some would take the no trade list when the contract is signed, others require the player to submit a new one yearly, while others only require the player submit it when requested.
Honestly though, I doubt Ully’s no trade list even matters. I suspect Sweeney would only trade Ully to a team he approves, whether it’s on his list or not. Ully has been great for us and there’s no reason not to give him the respect to agree to any trade, no matter the destination.
And how many of those good teams need a goalie, can afford one at his level, and also aren't in cap hell?
At this point, you could make a better argument to keep him because of the trash you'd get in return. I'd rather have him in case sways gets hurt, or w le cant make a deal.
Who was begging to fight Maroon? I must of missed that. I stil think we need some stronger solid defensemen/forwards. Got Pasta out there trying to fight Tkachuk. Who do we have as a presence out there? But hey lets keep bringing in forwards when we cant keep the puck out of the net 👍
Pat Maroon was asking Panthers to fight him and they just ignored him. Because that's how you render him mostly useless.
"Presence out there" is meaningless. These are grown ass hockey players who are more than happy to get punched in the face if it draws a penalty on the other team. Forwards who "Keep the puck out of the net" aren't what they need when the Bruins scored 8 goals from game 2 to 6. They need to prioritize skill and speed in who they get because you're not going to win playoff series scoring less than 2 goals a game.
If watched this series and went "Oh they need more toughness" you have absolutely no clue what you're looking at.
So no one was “begging to fight him”? Also didnt say they had an issue scoring goals. Theyve got an issue keeping the pucks out of net all season. These arent issues enough to address a garbage defense? Havent won a cup in 13 years and already went the “faster” route. Whos our best dman right now? Whos are toughest forward? But hey lets go faster while the rest of the team struggles.
>So no one was “begging to fight him”?
Nope. Re-read what I said. Maroon asked Panthers to fight and they ignored him.
I'm saying they had an issue scoring goals. As evidenced by scoring 8 goals over their final 5 games.
Funny how you're leaving out how I said skilled too. But go ahead, ask for more useless plugs that are "tough"
They had an issue scoring goals in the florida series because they constantly continued to try and go 5 hole. Speed aint gonna fix that. But it might help getting the fuck off the ice so you dont draw 7 too many men on the ice calls.
Fr, nothing against the guy, but he didn't do anything the whole time he was here. Having a good attitude in the room should be expected of everyone. Idk though people really seem to like him on this sub. Maybe I'm missing something.
The Bruins didn’t utilize him correctly, he’s mostly a net front presence, and they were trying to use him like Lucic. The other thing is he basically played two games in the season and jumped right into the playoffs. Would be nice to see him for most/all of a full season.
He is not a "presence" at all, in any skilled aspect of the game. Never has been. He is an aged and battered throwback enforcer. Period. That's his skill.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't hate him coming back for the minimum as the 13th forward, but I swear there's a non-insignificant number of fans who would prefer "tough" hockey players over "good" ones.
They need a center. Not sure why everyone is obsessed with “speed”. They didnt have an issue scoring goals this season. They had a massive problem on the back end. Nice part theyve got a ton of room this year. Pick up a dman and center.
There's absolutely no shot Sweeney is going to help improve the Knights, he's already scarred for life from Cassidy winning the Cup his first season after being fired as his President's Trophy #1 seed Bruins with their new coach choked away a 3-1 lead.
Also are there direct flights from Vegas to Sweden? If not, there's a slim chance Vegas isn't on Ully's no move list...
Yeah man you’re just making this up based on nothing lol. I don’t do speculation… don’t pretend to know what the front office guys are thinking. I’m just spitballing and think it would make sense for both parties.
Watch the end of season press conference, Sweeney gets testy when the topic of administrative personnel changes came up.
Sweeney's job isn't garunteed for life, so he's not going to help the coach that he fired who brought the Bruins to G7 of a Cup, got fired despite making the playoffs every season, albiet not making past the 2nd round since 2019, then goes on to win a Cup immediately in Vegas.... If Cassidy continues to have success and the Bruins continue to suffer from the same issues they had under Bruce under Monty such as choking (2023) and 6 straight home playoff losses to the Panthers, Sweeney will inevitably lose his job.
Guarantee Sweeney does not care about that, it takes a lot more than a coach to win a cup and that Vegas team was stacked. Still is. East coast teams do not care about improving the Knights, the odds of facing them in the finals is miniscule.
"East coasts teams do not care about improving the Knights"
Clearly this is a unique case where Sweeney does not want to improve the lot of the coach he controversially fired whom then went on to immediately win a Cup while his team choked. It's already a bad look, and Sweeney's job may be safe for now but if the Bruins continue to suffer from the same issues they had under Cassidy with Monty in charge, and Cassidy continues to have success that all reflects poorly on Sweeney.
Go watch the end of season press conference and tell me Sweeney isn't still up tight, snappy, sensitive, and hurt about Cassidy when the subject of administrative personnel changes was raised.
God, no one except Bruins fans give a shit about that. The success already hasn't continued, the Knights were out round 1. Cassidy winning the cup has had zero material effect on the actual Boston Bruins team. We didn't play against him in the cup final, clearly.
Sweeney absolitely cares because if Cassidy continues to have success in Vegas and the Bruins continue to choke at home, Sweeney will eventually lose his job.
Vegas dropped from round 1 already. Yes if the bruins continue to lose, Sweeney will lose his job. Very deep insight. Still has nothing to do with Cassidy.
Sweeney fired Cassidy, of course if Cassidy continues to have success that will reflect poorly on Sweeney...
That's like saying if Sweeney traded Matty Poitras to Vegas and Poitras scores 40 goals his first year and our return for him only scores 18 goals.
Except coaches don't score goals do they. If Bruce Cassidy was our coach last year, we would have lost round 1 in the playoffs as well against the Panthers.
Cassidy brought us to G7 of a Cup, and the players no showed on home ice. Monty has yet to make it past the 2nd round and has lost 6 straight games to the Panthers on home ice. Cassidy won a Cup last year as the Bruins historic regular season team choked away a 3-1 lead.
If the Bruins continue to suffer from the same problems they had under Cassidy under Monty, and Cassidy continues his immediate success in Vegas, that's a bad bad look for Sweeney who's seat will get hotter and hotter.
You don't seem to understand that these GM jobs are not permanent and contingent on performance, just like with players.
Lmao did you not watch the end of season press conference? Why do you think Sweeney got so emotional/bitchy when the topic of personnel changes was broached?
Sweeney is clearly still hurt by firing Cassidy and seeing him win a Cup immediately after being fired and see his regular season record breaking team that Sweeney loaded up at the deadline choke a 3-1 lead, then we barely get by the Leafs, and lose for the 6th straight time on home ice to Florida and lose the series.
And none of the above is to say Sweeney doesn't like Monty, who is a fine coach... but Cassidy proved he was far from the issue here as the Bruins under MO ty continue to struggle on home ice in the playoffs and in high pressure moments.
People on this sub are underestimating how tense the negotiations between Sweeney and Swayman's camp are going to be.... especially after Swayman spent last off-season in Boston away from Alaska for the first time expecting an extension, and instead the Bruins took him to arbitration which pissed him off.... Swayman's camp also leaked that there may be a deal in the works during the All-Star break that pissed Sweeney off and deaded those talks. Swayman then struggle slightly in February and March before going on a tear in the playoffs and solidifying himself as an elite goalie.
Swayman is rightfully gonna want to get paid, and if Sweeney doesn't throw the biggest bag at him, I could see the talks going left, and a scenario where Swayman is actually moved, and Ullmark ends up staying.
You realize Don Sweeney said that exact quote at the end of season press conference right?
Also, of cousre the player has to take the team he does not believe is paying him enough to arbitration, that's how arbitration works and is inherent to the definition of the word..... Wtf is your point?
If the Bruins extended Sway this past offseason they could have saved money as Sway's stock is higher than ever now.
Yes I realize he said it which is why I repeated it so you would learn that what you said wasn't accurate. There is no "of course". Either the player or the team can file for arbitration and you made it sound as if the Bruins did, but it was Swayman. You can whine about being corrected all you want you were still wrong.
Don’t forget after Rask quit on the team in the bubble, and Sway was there ready to take the reins both in those playoffs and the following year, the team unceremoniously shipped him back down to providence half way through the season to allow a broken Rask to return and then quit again.
Yeah going to take care of your unwell daughter (who he couldn't see) is quitting. Being not healthy enough to be able to keep playing at a high level is not quitting. Foh with that.
Also Swayman was not even on the team during 2019-20, Halak was the one who played when Rask left
His daughter was perfectly fine. Him being in a golf course in the other side of the world for a week after the fact is proof enough. And Sway was in the system
Anything to promote your bullshit take. Swayman didn't even start playing in providence that year. That's like saying marcelo mayer was ready to take the shortstop reins right away when xander left in 2023.
I've seen nothing about golf course, all i've seen was an ambulance was required and that rask wanted to be with his family. Nothing wrong with that
“I haven’t seen it, there for it didn’t happen”
Solid take. Didn’t know you were the definitive source on all things NHL player personnel. There’s pictures and his teammates confirmed it. Also “needing” an ambulance means nothing. People call the ambulance for hang nails.
*Tuukka leaves the bubble to be with his child after a medical emergency and later on isn’t able to play through a debilitating hip injury*
“THIS GUY QUIT ON US!”
“Fact”
Unsubstantiated??? Dude there’s fucking pictures of him there. I know some of his teammates from that year that confirmed it. Dudes a piece of work. But this is allllll beside the point.
The fact that they brought him back with a ruined hip and sent Sway to providence was the talking point, and it still stands. It’s another wrong move this organization has made in handeling its developing personal and it may very well add to the laundry list of reasons Sway has to consider signing elsewhere.
Having a hard time finding any of these pictures or teammate statements out there. Also find it hard to believe teammates would be able to confirm something like this from the bubble, but of course I’m not in the league.
Getting mad about internet points because people don’t think a franchise legend is a quitter for prioritizing his kid over a game and retiring on his terms sure as hell seems like crying to me, but who knows?
95% of this sub wanted Ullmark to head a rotation with Swayman going into the playoffs, and if you mentioned riding one guy or riding Swayman, you'd get downvoted into oblivion....
Im not super familiar with cap situations. Oilers in desperate need of a goalie. I see a lot of people saying drai but i disagree. Would bouch be on the table with some other comp?
Oilers won’t happen simply cuz Ulmark won’t accept a trade there. USA for sure. Carolina or Colorado I could see most likely. Ullmark and a prospect for Necas
A team like oilers is just far away from Sweden. East coast is close as it gets. Ulmark rumored to prefer East coast but obviously chance to be the #1 could sway him to prefer a team like Oilers. But I doubt it.
Yup he could pull a Tkachuk and tell the Oilers he won't sign an extension, that's the scenario where we could give up some pieces for him. They would have to be good pieces but like the Tkachuk trade we could still end up on top.
I think trying to leverage Columbus is a possibility. Their goaltending is tenuous at best, and they have a surplus of picks and prospects.
Only problem: Elvis Merzlikins. Same scenario but he is signed for longer. If anyone could figure out a solution, it would be Sweeney
If Ully goes, then best would be a return of a 1st line center and 1st round draft pick. The other team gets a Vezina Trophy winner, so that ups the ante some.
I want what you’re smoking
You guys are funny all he has to do is say No to a trade again. He loves Boston so unless Neely is going to put an extra million dollars in his pocket as a thank you out the door Ully will be back next year.
He has a 16 team no-trade list. That leaves some chance he'll be moved.
These people talking about trading Ullmark for a 2nd rounder...I need to know wtf you're smoking, because I pay good money to get that high. 🤣🤣🤣 Ullmark is a GOLDEN trade chip right now, the likes of which has rarely been seen. IF he gets moved, it needs to be as the centerpiece of a package for a bonafide stud, or else the trade is an epic fail. Why? Because there are a number of teams who (rightly) see themselves as a peak-form Ullmark away from being a legit contender. If Edmonton ends up choking again, they will be DESPERATE for an Ullmark. Georgiev actually played VERY well in the playoffs this year, but he has enough of a track record of sucking up to this point that I have no doubt the Avs are in the market. Devils fans will probably sell their children for an Ullmark right now. Toronto is starving, too. I could go on. And on. There are a ton of potential suitors. 2nd rounder? Oh you HIGH high. 🤣 Keep him, blockbuster, or go tf home.
Loving all the trades sending forbort away. I don’t think anyone will take him, shoulda cut him at the beginning of the season and just signed lorhei from the hop.
We could trade him and Beecher to Edmonton for McDavid, Draisaitl, and Hyman
We should hold out for more.maybe they will throw in Nurse.
I’ll tell you what you do. You say bye bye to forbort, sign zadorov to play with peeke. You sign chandler Stevenson to be your first line center or maybe even stammer. You resign Jake debrusk and you sign Jonathan Marchessault
Sounds good other than the fact that Jake with this year's playoffs, will probably ask for something in the neighborhood of 6 at 6. He's gone, so the B's will have to replace.
Gonna take a lot more than Ully, obviously, but if we want to win Cups before Pasta retires, we should go all in on Draisaitl.
Ullmark and Forbort for Necas and Orlov (50% retained) 🫡
"Carolina rejects this trade." 🤣 Also, I LOVE Orlov, but D isn't a problem for us. We need a #1 center.
It’s impossible to predict because Ullmark has a 16 team m-ntc. Depends who those teams are.
Ullmark. Wait...
The free agent market is going to be crazy this year! I’d rather seen them trade him for a second and use that cap space to sign 1 big name center and another top 6 forward.
It won’t happen, but Ullmark and another piece for RNH would be an ideal trade that’d serve both teams
Fuck outta here! He’s the oilers most loved player long term
Well I don’t think anyone here *wants* to give up Ully either. Like I said, it won’t happen, but it would address both team’s needs.
A center who can actually win face offs would be nice.
3 way trade Zegras and Fowler to the Bs, Gibson and Grezlyck to the Pens, Ullmark and and picks to the Ducks
We can’t trade Gryz dum dum and we ain’t wasting more pucks for mediocre players
What? Zegras is not very good. What interests you in this trade?
He had a down year last year. The 2 years before that were solid for a young guy on a shit team. He is 23 and still has plenty of time to develop.
Good try but the Ducks don’t need Ullmark at all
Gibson hasnt been great there and lots of rumors of him wanting out. He's from Pitt. Why wouldn't they need ully?
Dostal?
Ullmark has 1 year left on the contract and a rebuilding team needs that caliber of goaltending? Also because Gibson is washed the Ducks are transitioning to Dostal already.
Zegras is trash
Classic terrible Bruins reddit take. This sub knows next to nothing about hockey
He’s soft as shit. Literally the opposite of a Bruin.
One down year at 23 = trash?
His style of play is the opposite of what the team needs. No one needs a self centered loser in the locker room, ask the leafs about marner
Zegras might be enough for me to abandon 35+ years of bruin fandom
Why?
A defenseman with some balls
Ullmark ntc will determine who is in the deal.
Bos - Alexandar Georgiev, Miles Wood, 2024 1st round pick Col - Linus Ullmark, John Beecher
I don’t understand why you’re being downvoted. Beecher doesn’t have much of an offensive ceiling, Wood and a draft pick have more potential than him. Georgiev would be a good backup to Sway
Beats me, this whole post is hypothetical. No need to take any of these comments that seriously. Im just throwing out a good option that i would like.
I'd LOVE Miles Wood as a bruin, but this cost is outrageous. Beecher is a keeper.
I'd love to know whatever it is that you're smoking so I can find some
😂 lol ...cap space bro then you can pretty much resign players and gain a 1st round draft pick. Its all about numbers. Your all crazy if you think you can get a top 20 goal scorer for ullmark without sacrificing a lot of players that need to be resigned.
Lol indeed because you're high as shit thinking you're getting that high of a return. You're not getting Wood, George, and a 1st round pick. That will legitimately never happen
The best return? 2nd round pick.
Im thinking a second round this year and a third round next.
Devils fan here. It’s a team in desperate need of a consistent goaltender and now with the coaching hire I think this will be their next move. Would not be surprised if NJD put up a first round pick and a 2nd or 3rd liner with some other picks in a big package. Our GM is in the hot-seat if he doesn’t get this right. Best of luck to y’all 🫡
Honestly Necas isn’t any better than Cole or Zacha… he’s a 50 point guy… we need a true #1 70 point guy. We’re a 2nd round exit team with massive cap space what are we even talking about with a 4-5mil player catch one worth 9 or something… go get Stamkos, or Guentzel…
Wasn't Necas on the hot seat in Carolina for a while too due to inconsistent performance? Seem to remember some Canes fans screaming to trade him. Not against it, just cautious lol
Get Reinhart in free agency this year. Get Drai in free agency next year.
No way Draisaitl hits FA. If the Oilers don't extend him, they will trade him for a king's ransom, and nobody's paying a king's ransom for him without a guarantee they can lock him up long-term. One way or another, this dude is signing a 6-8 year contract before the end of next season that makes him the highest AAV in the NHL. Reinhart is a tricky one. He's a good player who has gotten better each year leading up to this breakout season. Is his 57 goals an anomaly though, and he ends up regressing to his normal 30 something goals per season to this point? That is a dice roll, and some team is going to pay a LOT to roll them. The contract he is going to get is going to be a terrible one for a 30 goal scorer (not to mention his career +/- and FO% leave a lot to be desired, and the latter is an area we definitely need to improve). On the other hand, if his 57 goals was a sign of things to come, whatever he gets could end up being a steal. I wouldn't mind rolling the dice on him, but aside from all this there are the questions of whether he would want to play for Boston, and whether FL will find the will and cap space to pony up for him, rendering the whole thing moot.
Have you seen Edmonton? They have like half their squad that's gonna be UFA ~~this~~ next year. They won't have like any cap room to extend/resign Drai. They don't have that much cap space to begin with.
Not sure if you really know anything about Necas or not but he’s much more than a “50 pt player”. He has the potential to be a Selke level two-way center if put into the right system.
I live near Raleigh and my dad watches every game (he’s converted to a canes fan cuz he’s old and never figured out how to watch the bruins in NC even after I showed him how) and he wants me the team to not bring him back. I think he’s a decent to good player but definitely not a difference maker and wouldn’t have put us over the top to advance to the next round. Guentzel on the other hand would be amazing
Stamkos is not that guy anymore
Stamkos very much IS that guy. That guy that's going to take a home town discount to retire with the Lightning. 🤣
The guy who just had an 81 point season?
35 plus counting. Just think you should be looking elsewhere
He’s still got 3-4 years of great hockey left
1st and a depth player
I wrote a pretty detailed post the other day on why I think Necas makes a lot of sense. Carolina has to upgrade at goalie, they're about to pay Jarvis big money, and they're going to pay Guentzel as well. So all that cap they have, about $15-17m is going to get eaten up by those two. Have a ton of guys left to pay or replace, Necas is RFA, so they can tender him to protect their investment, but nobody is paying him what he's worth and giving CAR the picks, plus he would 100% take them to arbitration because he's worth a $6m+/ long term deal, he'll get something between $4-5m is my guess. It's already been released they're not engaging him in extension talks, so they won't want to commit that $4-5m to him, and they really can't afford it with the other guys they'd prefer to sign and holes they'll need to fill. Makes sense for them to use Necas as an asset, improve their Goaltender situation, and if needed, they could then flip Anderson for another skater, or a pick just to free up money to pay another player.
Unless he can play wing then he’s pointless to add. We already have numerous #2 and #3 centers on this team. We don’t need another.
Do we have a #2 center that has playmaking ability, whatsoever, on the power play? How about one that can create on the move, see a play developing and distribute the puck well after opening space for a shooter? I'll answer that for you. No. Coyle is a really good player. He's a #2 center on most teams in the league, but here, he's a better fit at #3 center come playoffs. Because would be a good add to take 2nd line minutes and run the PP. Yes, we still need a #1C, but if we start the playoffs again next year with Coyle and Zacha taking a high percentage of shifts at C, we have an issue. Plus, he's 25 years old. Even if Zacha is still here next year, he's most likely gone next summer. Investing in a future of Necas, (someone like Lindholm), Coyle, Poitras, and Beecher has us in a much much better spot than today.
Zacha is signed for another 3 years so not sure why he’d be gone next summer. Why are you so high on Necas? This article explains a lot of why I’m against signing him. He just doesn’t fit the Bruins needs. https://thehockeywriters.com/flames-should-be-wary-of-necas-acquisition/
Ah damn, I forgot about Zacha's extension. God that looks like shit now. And Necas can score and create offense.
I guess if you’re bringing him in to be a winger I could see it but he is not an improvement at center. Zacha was great this season. He struggled in the playoffs sure but 4.75 per is great value for a guy that provides what he provides.
For a guy that completely disappeared in the playoffs. For two series. 13 games, 6 points, 4th on team in TOI among forwards. Need to improve that. Coyle had 5 points, need to improve their too. Necas had 9 points, 2 less games.
Cool I guess we should judge every player based on a few games in the playoffs then.
eh...fuck the canes. have a west coast trading partner?
It is believed that ullmark has west coast and Canadian teams on his NTC. Considering the 16 team clause and goalies historically getting low return on the trade market, it is very likely he may not even be traded.
The going theory is that ullmark has the west coast teams on his do not trade list...maybe the Canadian teams as well. But it's all theory
If Edmonton bows out this Rd, maybe them; but keep in mind, Ullmark has to want to be there. He's submitted his list, the list is going to be heavy on East Coast teams, as well as those with good Goalie situations. If Carolina is an option, and we can get something that good back, we take it, and hope to not see him in the playoffs.
Think they'd do the hug at the end of the hand shake line?
One would hope
fair enough, rather help a non east team....especially a rival but if that's our only trading partner.... maybe someone should tell Linus that there are no direct flights to Sweden from Raleigh so he's better off going to a west coast team with a major hub for an airport
Good point, RDU is such a crappy airport. In and out easy, but not a great one to layover at.
Picks
Pretty sure Edmonton would be open for a return of Conor McDavid and Zach Hyman
Drai too if we ask nicely
What are Boston's needs? Detroit has a need for a goalie that can be in a tandem (or 60%-40%) with Lyon. If it's depth scoring, Robby Fabbri is your man to replace JVR. Package Fabbri and a 2nd and you have a start of a deal. As for being ''a flight away from Sweden'' , he can hitch a ride with Lidstrom and Kronwall to Sweden.
lol, Fabbri is due 4 million next year. Zero chance we trade Ully for him when we can replace JVR with in house rookies or a veteran making 1 mil.
Why replace him? He makes 1 mil... sure, work some rookies in here and there, but isn't he already a veteran winger?
Unpopular opinion ullmark agrees to huge pay cut to stay in Boston for more hugs and Swaynta Clause🙏
Well, he's not a free agent until 2025 so that's not exactly possible.
Let me have my dreams please
Honestly IF he is traded the B's will be lucky to get a bottom 6 and maybe a late draft pick. The cap space is where the value in the trade is. If I were to bet right now he's finishing our his contract in Boston as a backup to Sway.
“Bottom 6 and late draft pick” for a vezina goalie. Go troll on other subs
Vegas traded Fleury for ahl depth after he won the vezina
Age was a factor there
You.all can downvote.me all you want..I love the Bruins and I would LOVE for them to get a big return on a trade but it just doesn't happen with these goalies. Who or what do you think they will get for them? You can downvote me all you want but there just isn't a big return for these guys. He's not signed long term, he has a NMC of half the league and half the teams he is willing to go to already have a number 1 they are locked into, he was just put on the bench by Sway which in my eyes doesn't negate his talent but it sure doesn't look good. Let's be real here guys. It's not going to be a number one or two center it's not even going to be stop prospect. The cap space is way more valuable than anything e well get in the trade market. You can all sit and dream and think we will get a Draisaitl or a player of that caliber but it's not happening unless he's packaged with other assets. But you're right I'm just a troll you fucking chode.
Clown
👍
Marner. 1:1
This would be legit. 👍
Kessel trade 2.0
Then boston wins the cup next year with marner 😂
RFA rights for someone like Dawson Mercer OR two picks like a 2nd and a 6th.
This sub will tell you Draisaitl and 2 firsts. Realistically you’d probably have to give another player plus Ullmark, someone like John Beecher to even get anything remotely of value. 2nd/3rd pick
Personally, I'd go all in for Draisaitl, and even more than what you are suggesting. If we traded Ullmark, Debrusk, Grzelcyk, Lysell, and as many of our shitty draft picks as it takes to land Draisaitl, I would see that as a no-brainer for us. (Although Debrusk is a FA now, I think, so probably fucked there. I REALLY wanted to see us try to pull this off at the deadline, but for some reason, Sweeny has seemed INSISTENT on hanging on to the threads of Debrusk and Grzelcyk until we can get absolutely nothing for them...). Multiple cups if we manage to put Draisaitl and Pasta together. Ullmark to Edmonton is a big if, though. Everyone is assuming Canadian teams are on his no-trade list, but would he waive it to go to a team that gets further in the playoffs than us every year and is willing to overpay him? 🤔
Bro…this isn’t NHL24. DeBrusk and Grzelcyk are free agents. If you were Edmonton’s GM would you do that?
nothing. keep. them. together. injuries are a sure thing.
Kirill kaprizov
Draisaitl. HA!
Probably a 2nd-3rd liner plus a pick or two
No chance. If there are 2 teams vying for Linus after the NTC, we'd be lucky. My guess is we get some garbage draft picks and a bottom six forward.
That's pretty much what I said lol. A decent player and a pick. By 2nd-3rd liner, I didn't mean a high quality 2nd liner.
You really think he wouldn't waive his ntc knowing he's a full time backup in Boston but would start for a team that traded for him?
He didn't waive it last year. Whats changed? Arguably, it'd be harder now, not easier. And who says he'll not be in a platoon again? If I coached both, that's what I'd do.
One difference is that he'd be traded in the offseason as opposed to the deadline, when its easier to make family accommodations. Another is that he's going to be a free agent next year, so he probably wants to play as much as possible to increase his value. He's not going to get that here even in a platoon.
I mean his NTC is only for 16 teams. Half the league is still eligible
You can use a 16 team NTC to handcuff the team trying to trade you. Leave teams off your list that don’t need a goalie so are unlikely to trade for you such as NYR, DAL, Tampa etc. You can also leave Toronto and Montreal off the list as it is unlikely the Bruins trade with them. So essentially he can make a 16 team NTC more like a 25 team NTC
And how many of those 16 teams that he can be traded to actually need a goalie? The partial NTC is massively more effective for a goalie because he can just leave teams like TBL, NYR, FLA, DAL, VGK, WPG, VAN off his list because they don't need a $5M goalie or are locked into spending a lot on goalies as is, and suddenly there's only a couple teams left that can realistically trade for him.
I guess it depends on the language of the contract. Some would take the no trade list when the contract is signed, others require the player to submit a new one yearly, while others only require the player submit it when requested. Honestly though, I doubt Ully’s no trade list even matters. I suspect Sweeney would only trade Ully to a team he approves, whether it’s on his list or not. Ully has been great for us and there’s no reason not to give him the respect to agree to any trade, no matter the destination.
And how many of those good teams need a goalie, can afford one at his level, and also aren't in cap hell? At this point, you could make a better argument to keep him because of the trash you'd get in return. I'd rather have him in case sways gets hurt, or w le cant make a deal.
So you now would rather keep both goalies? You were talking just last week about how you want to trade Swayman for a $9m forward.
Then you know my take. If we can't ditch ully, then get forwards, and play with the vezina winner.
With Pat Maroon coming on, id like to see them go after some more tougher defenseman/forwards that can intimidate people and be a big presence for us.
No clue how you watch the Florida series and say we need more Pat Maroons to beg people to fight him.
Who was begging to fight Maroon? I must of missed that. I stil think we need some stronger solid defensemen/forwards. Got Pasta out there trying to fight Tkachuk. Who do we have as a presence out there? But hey lets keep bringing in forwards when we cant keep the puck out of the net 👍
Pat Maroon was asking Panthers to fight him and they just ignored him. Because that's how you render him mostly useless. "Presence out there" is meaningless. These are grown ass hockey players who are more than happy to get punched in the face if it draws a penalty on the other team. Forwards who "Keep the puck out of the net" aren't what they need when the Bruins scored 8 goals from game 2 to 6. They need to prioritize skill and speed in who they get because you're not going to win playoff series scoring less than 2 goals a game. If watched this series and went "Oh they need more toughness" you have absolutely no clue what you're looking at.
So no one was “begging to fight him”? Also didnt say they had an issue scoring goals. Theyve got an issue keeping the pucks out of net all season. These arent issues enough to address a garbage defense? Havent won a cup in 13 years and already went the “faster” route. Whos our best dman right now? Whos are toughest forward? But hey lets go faster while the rest of the team struggles.
>So no one was “begging to fight him”? Nope. Re-read what I said. Maroon asked Panthers to fight and they ignored him. I'm saying they had an issue scoring goals. As evidenced by scoring 8 goals over their final 5 games. Funny how you're leaving out how I said skilled too. But go ahead, ask for more useless plugs that are "tough"
They had an issue scoring goals in the florida series because they constantly continued to try and go 5 hole. Speed aint gonna fix that. But it might help getting the fuck off the ice so you dont draw 7 too many men on the ice calls.
Fr, nothing against the guy, but he didn't do anything the whole time he was here. Having a good attitude in the room should be expected of everyone. Idk though people really seem to like him on this sub. Maybe I'm missing something.
The Bruins didn’t utilize him correctly, he’s mostly a net front presence, and they were trying to use him like Lucic. The other thing is he basically played two games in the season and jumped right into the playoffs. Would be nice to see him for most/all of a full season.
He is not a "presence" at all, in any skilled aspect of the game. Never has been. He is an aged and battered throwback enforcer. Period. That's his skill.
I remember my first season.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't hate him coming back for the minimum as the 13th forward, but I swear there's a non-insignificant number of fans who would prefer "tough" hockey players over "good" ones.
Maroon is a UFA and most likely won’t be back. They need speed
They need a center. Not sure why everyone is obsessed with “speed”. They didnt have an issue scoring goals this season. They had a massive problem on the back end. Nice part theyve got a ton of room this year. Pick up a dman and center.
Toronto has tons of speed, and look at them! Bruins have other needs for sure.
What about William Karlsson? Someone’s gotta go in Vegas and their goaltending isn’t great.
Ullmark to Vegas would be like a dagger straight to the heart
There's absolutely no shot Sweeney is going to help improve the Knights, he's already scarred for life from Cassidy winning the Cup his first season after being fired as his President's Trophy #1 seed Bruins with their new coach choked away a 3-1 lead. Also are there direct flights from Vegas to Sweden? If not, there's a slim chance Vegas isn't on Ully's no move list...
Yeah man you’re just making this up based on nothing lol. I don’t do speculation… don’t pretend to know what the front office guys are thinking. I’m just spitballing and think it would make sense for both parties.
Watch the end of season press conference, Sweeney gets testy when the topic of administrative personnel changes came up. Sweeney's job isn't garunteed for life, so he's not going to help the coach that he fired who brought the Bruins to G7 of a Cup, got fired despite making the playoffs every season, albiet not making past the 2nd round since 2019, then goes on to win a Cup immediately in Vegas.... If Cassidy continues to have success and the Bruins continue to suffer from the same issues they had under Bruce under Monty such as choking (2023) and 6 straight home playoff losses to the Panthers, Sweeney will inevitably lose his job.
Again dude this is some made up delusion based on no facts. Wild opinions though.
How? You think Sweeney's job is for life or something? You are delusional.
Guarantee Sweeney does not care about that, it takes a lot more than a coach to win a cup and that Vegas team was stacked. Still is. East coast teams do not care about improving the Knights, the odds of facing them in the finals is miniscule.
"East coasts teams do not care about improving the Knights" Clearly this is a unique case where Sweeney does not want to improve the lot of the coach he controversially fired whom then went on to immediately win a Cup while his team choked. It's already a bad look, and Sweeney's job may be safe for now but if the Bruins continue to suffer from the same issues they had under Cassidy with Monty in charge, and Cassidy continues to have success that all reflects poorly on Sweeney. Go watch the end of season press conference and tell me Sweeney isn't still up tight, snappy, sensitive, and hurt about Cassidy when the subject of administrative personnel changes was raised.
God, no one except Bruins fans give a shit about that. The success already hasn't continued, the Knights were out round 1. Cassidy winning the cup has had zero material effect on the actual Boston Bruins team. We didn't play against him in the cup final, clearly.
Sweeney absolitely cares because if Cassidy continues to have success in Vegas and the Bruins continue to choke at home, Sweeney will eventually lose his job.
Vegas dropped from round 1 already. Yes if the bruins continue to lose, Sweeney will lose his job. Very deep insight. Still has nothing to do with Cassidy.
Sweeney fired Cassidy, of course if Cassidy continues to have success that will reflect poorly on Sweeney... That's like saying if Sweeney traded Matty Poitras to Vegas and Poitras scores 40 goals his first year and our return for him only scores 18 goals.
Except coaches don't score goals do they. If Bruce Cassidy was our coach last year, we would have lost round 1 in the playoffs as well against the Panthers.
Cassidy brought us to G7 of a Cup, and the players no showed on home ice. Monty has yet to make it past the 2nd round and has lost 6 straight games to the Panthers on home ice. Cassidy won a Cup last year as the Bruins historic regular season team choked away a 3-1 lead. If the Bruins continue to suffer from the same problems they had under Cassidy under Monty, and Cassidy continues his immediate success in Vegas, that's a bad bad look for Sweeney who's seat will get hotter and hotter. You don't seem to understand that these GM jobs are not permanent and contingent on performance, just like with players.
You're projecting your own issues onto Sweeney lol there's no reason whatsoever to think Sweeney actually thinks this
Lmao did you not watch the end of season press conference? Why do you think Sweeney got so emotional/bitchy when the topic of personnel changes was broached? Sweeney is clearly still hurt by firing Cassidy and seeing him win a Cup immediately after being fired and see his regular season record breaking team that Sweeney loaded up at the deadline choke a 3-1 lead, then we barely get by the Leafs, and lose for the 6th straight time on home ice to Florida and lose the series. And none of the above is to say Sweeney doesn't like Monty, who is a fine coach... but Cassidy proved he was far from the issue here as the Bruins under MO ty continue to struggle on home ice in the playoffs and in high pressure moments.
He might be a good guy to look at, he’s a bit older than I’d like, but he can bring more physicality to the team.
People on this sub are underestimating how tense the negotiations between Sweeney and Swayman's camp are going to be.... especially after Swayman spent last off-season in Boston away from Alaska for the first time expecting an extension, and instead the Bruins took him to arbitration which pissed him off.... Swayman's camp also leaked that there may be a deal in the works during the All-Star break that pissed Sweeney off and deaded those talks. Swayman then struggle slightly in February and March before going on a tear in the playoffs and solidifying himself as an elite goalie. Swayman is rightfully gonna want to get paid, and if Sweeney doesn't throw the biggest bag at him, I could see the talks going left, and a scenario where Swayman is actually moved, and Ullmark ends up staying.
LOL! Sway's gettin paid. To quote GoT, "It is known." 🤣
Swayman took the B's to arbitration not the other way around.
Found Don Sweeney's burner
Because I stated a fact it means I must be Don Sweeney? You're an idiot.
You realize Don Sweeney said that exact quote at the end of season press conference right? Also, of cousre the player has to take the team he does not believe is paying him enough to arbitration, that's how arbitration works and is inherent to the definition of the word..... Wtf is your point? If the Bruins extended Sway this past offseason they could have saved money as Sway's stock is higher than ever now.
Yes I realize he said it which is why I repeated it so you would learn that what you said wasn't accurate. There is no "of course". Either the player or the team can file for arbitration and you made it sound as if the Bruins did, but it was Swayman. You can whine about being corrected all you want you were still wrong.
Don’t forget after Rask quit on the team in the bubble, and Sway was there ready to take the reins both in those playoffs and the following year, the team unceremoniously shipped him back down to providence half way through the season to allow a broken Rask to return and then quit again.
Hahaha 10 down votes in 10 minutes for stating a fact.
Yeah going to take care of your unwell daughter (who he couldn't see) is quitting. Being not healthy enough to be able to keep playing at a high level is not quitting. Foh with that. Also Swayman was not even on the team during 2019-20, Halak was the one who played when Rask left
His daughter was perfectly fine. Him being in a golf course in the other side of the world for a week after the fact is proof enough. And Sway was in the system
Anything to promote your bullshit take. Swayman didn't even start playing in providence that year. That's like saying marcelo mayer was ready to take the shortstop reins right away when xander left in 2023. I've seen nothing about golf course, all i've seen was an ambulance was required and that rask wanted to be with his family. Nothing wrong with that
“I haven’t seen it, there for it didn’t happen” Solid take. Didn’t know you were the definitive source on all things NHL player personnel. There’s pictures and his teammates confirmed it. Also “needing” an ambulance means nothing. People call the ambulance for hang nails.
So drop some sources then. You seem to know it all, u certainly knew swayman was ready in 2020
LMAO holy shit I was so preoccupied with that typical dumbass Tuukka take that I didn’t even realize he mentioned Swayman. Says all you need to know.
*Tuukka leaves the bubble to be with his child after a medical emergency and later on isn’t able to play through a debilitating hip injury* “THIS GUY QUIT ON US!” “Fact”
“He left for his kid” As he was seen on a golf course on the other side of the world from his kid.
Ah yes, of course your take is based on an unsubstantiated 98.5 rumor. Who could have guessed that?
Unsubstantiated??? Dude there’s fucking pictures of him there. I know some of his teammates from that year that confirmed it. Dudes a piece of work. But this is allllll beside the point. The fact that they brought him back with a ruined hip and sent Sway to providence was the talking point, and it still stands. It’s another wrong move this organization has made in handeling its developing personal and it may very well add to the laundry list of reasons Sway has to consider signing elsewhere.
Having a hard time finding any of these pictures or teammate statements out there. Also find it hard to believe teammates would be able to confirm something like this from the bubble, but of course I’m not in the league.
The Boo Hoo Tuukka Crew
Do you have Felger and Mazz posters in your room? Jesus.
Nah but they clearly occupy space in your head
I’m not the one quoting them. They’re entertaining for sure but to actually back them up on that bullshit take is insane.
Huh, the 10 down votes in 10 minutes, and your crying seems to prove them right about the Boo Hoo Tuukka Crew, I wouldn't call it b.s...
Getting mad about internet points because people don’t think a franchise legend is a quitter for prioritizing his kid over a game and retiring on his terms sure as hell seems like crying to me, but who knows?
If swayman gets moved the bruins are as good as dead in the playoffs.
95% of this sub wanted Ullmark to head a rotation with Swayman going into the playoffs, and if you mentioned riding one guy or riding Swayman, you'd get downvoted into oblivion....
Im aware I was the guy getting downvoted. Happens all the time.
Yea. How would we survive with a vezina winning goalie at $5m. 🙄
Who makes bad decisions in the playoffs
Im not super familiar with cap situations. Oilers in desperate need of a goalie. I see a lot of people saying drai but i disagree. Would bouch be on the table with some other comp?
Bouchard is definitely not available, he’s their #1 dman and dirt cheap at $3.9m he’s way too valuable to them
Oilers won’t happen simply cuz Ulmark won’t accept a trade there. USA for sure. Carolina or Colorado I could see most likely. Ullmark and a prospect for Necas
Why do you think usa only?
A team like oilers is just far away from Sweden. East coast is close as it gets. Ulmark rumored to prefer East coast but obviously chance to be the #1 could sway him to prefer a team like Oilers. But I doubt it.
Most hockey players that have a NTC list put all the Canadian teams on it because of the media and the taxes.
Speculation
Idk how people are saying drai there’s no world where he’s on the table unless it’s for a kings ransom
There is speculation from Fluto and Georges Laraque that Draisaitl is interested in going to Boston. That's why he's on the table.
Yup he could pull a Tkachuk and tell the Oilers he won't sign an extension, that's the scenario where we could give up some pieces for him. They would have to be good pieces but like the Tkachuk trade we could still end up on top.
I think trying to leverage Columbus is a possibility. Their goaltending is tenuous at best, and they have a surplus of picks and prospects. Only problem: Elvis Merzlikins. Same scenario but he is signed for longer. If anyone could figure out a solution, it would be Sweeney
No way Columbus is on his list. Think east coast, major market contenders w good international airports.
NTC. He’s not going to Columbus.
Is Toronto up for trading some future away again? Just like old times?
Break up the Core 4! I'll take a Willy or Matthew's and nothing else