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Post by Skilly on May 1, 2023 18:13:04 GMT -5
There was a tweet today stating that because of performance bonuses in the contracts of Krejci and Bergeron, the Bruins face a CAP 'penalty' of $4.1 MM next season. I can't find anything like that on Capfriendly. Can anyone enlighten us on that? What is more obvious is that Boston rolled the dice this year with 9 UFA's on their roster (which might explain how they scored 10% higher than their expected goals for). UFA's always do well in their contract years. Now a few of those guys are easily replaced. The Bruins aren't going to sweat over Chris Wagner, Garnet Hathaway, Connor Clifton or even Nick Foligno, but then there are Dmitri Orlov, Tyler Bertuzzi, Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci. I'm guessing the latter 2 are probably going to hang up the skates and even if they don't, they won't be as productive as this year. The Bruins have no picks this year until the 3rd round, no picks next year until Round 4 and in 2025, no 2nd round pick. Slim pickin's (sorry). Their current pipeline makes the Sahara look like Lake Superior, so Mr Sweeney and Mr Neely are going to have to work for a living. How patient will Jacobs Jr. be? I'll be enjoying it every step of the way. There is a guy on Twitter named Byron Bader who has ranked every teams prospects based on a criteria he established. He has the Habs with the 3rd best pipeline and Boston with the 32nd |
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Post by seventeen on May 1, 2023 22:47:43 GMT -5
A quick primer on Keith Gretzky. No that was not a ginormous change of direction, because he and Boston's drafting record have a remarkable correlation. Gretzky joined the Bruins in 2013 as Director of Amateur Scouting. After the excellent draft of 2006 (Kessel, Lucic, Marchand), the Bruins kind of went into the tank. They made good picks at #2 in 2010 (Seguin) and #9 Dougie Hamilton in 2011 (But even a blind squirrel can find a nut when placed on a mound of nuts). When not presented with a top pick, the Bruins, shall we say, faltered. Zach Hamill, Joe Colborne, Jordan Caron, Malcolm Subban...all first round picks who did not work out as hoped for a first rounder. Enter the Keither whose first draft was 2014: David Pastrnak, Danton Heinen, Ryan Donato. 2015 (thank god he didn't ace this one) Jake Debrusk, Brandon Carlo, Jeremy Lauzon, but missed on Barzal, Connor, Chabot, Boeser and Konechny. Whew. 2016: Charlie McAvoy, Trent Fredric, Ryan Lindgren.
Then Holland hired him in Edmonton. Bruins retaliated by drafting Vaakanainen, Studnicka and Swayman in 2017. And they've been living off Gretzky's picks since then. Since that was 7 years ago, it's not surprising they are considered to have the worst pipeline in the NHL. To stay afloat, they've had to trade away picks. Assets they can't recover, especially if their UFA's walk.
Anyway, I keep saying (not rocket science) that you have to draft well first and then develop well secondly to allow you to trade aging vets before the mold shows and replace them cheaply.
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Post by mikeg on May 3, 2023 15:22:21 GMT -5
A quick primer on Keith Gretzky. No that was not a ginormous change of direction, because he and Boston's drafting record have a remarkable correlation. Gretzky joined the Bruins in 2013 as Director of Amateur Scouting. After the excellent draft of 2006 (Kessel, Lucic, Marchand), the Bruins kind of went into the tank. They made good picks at #2 in 2010 (Seguin) and #9 Dougie Hamilton in 2011 (But even a blind squirrel can find a nut when placed on a mound of nuts). When not presented with a top pick, the Bruins, shall we say, faltered. Zach Hamill, Joe Colborne, Jordan Caron, Malcolm Subban...all first round picks who did not work out as hoped for a first rounder. Enter the Keither whose first draft was 2014: David Pastrnak, Danton Heinen, Ryan Donato. 2015 (thank god he didn't ace this one) Jake Debrusk, Brandon Carlo, Jeremy Lauzon, but missed on Barzal, Connor, Chabot, Boeser and Konechny. Whew. 2016: Charlie McAvoy, Trent Fredric, Ryan Lindgren. Then Holland hired him in Edmonton. Bruins retaliated by drafting Vaakanainen, Studnicka and Swayman in 2017. And they've been living off Gretzky's picks since then. Since that was 7 years ago, it's not surprising they are considered to have the worst pipeline in the NHL. To stay afloat, they've had to trade away picks. Assets they can't recover, especially if their UFA's walk. Anyway, I keep saying (not rocket science) that you have to draft well first and then develop well secondly to allow you to trade aging vets before the mold shows and replace them cheaply. Very astute and informative analysis seventeen, nice! I agree with development, but you need a plan, a system in place and patience and of course the right people in places that matter most once these kids are drafted. I think we have started hat process, I just hope we stick to it. It's years away rom bearing consistency from a development standpoint, but we are much better setup for it then we were under any year of the past 30. |
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