Should the Bruins be conservative sellers

Équipe: 2020-21 Bruins de Boston

Date de création initiale: 19 mars 2021

Publié: 19 mars 2021

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Controversial statement given that this team roster wise is a playoff team. BUT the circumstances have changed since the beginning of the year. We have two top 4 guys in Carlo/Lauzon OUT, DeBrusk struggling/on Covid list again and then a list of players (Kuraly, Pasta, Krejci) on the covid list. Oh and Tuukka is out for an unknown amount of time. Kase continues to skate but no time table for a return. With the TDL a little less than a month away I dont see the B's doing much waiting for the likes of Carlo, Lauzon and Tuukka to come back. Never mind the extended period of time they'll have with no practice and potentially missing some key forwards if this isn't a false positive outbreak. I'd probably be okay with moving Krejci and Halak. Moving Bjork for what you can would be a positive and if Kase can come back this season you could try to move him as well. They have decent enough pieces to add picks and continue the youth movement. Just some food for thought. Its an aggressive take for sure but we've seen what a covid outbreak can do to a team and the way it effects them on the ice during and after the players contracting covid return.

One last thing, I'd definitely try to move Ritchie just because of his value but I think the Bruins want him back and dont see him being moved since he remains under team control this season. So that's why I left him on the team.

Please NOTE: I picked the teams at random. So if cap doesn't work then I'm sorry. Krejci could go to the Canes imo realistically. And I think Halak would be a nice piece for EDM to add. I'd offer EDM Tuukka but I dont see Tuuks waiving for a trade or having a team on his list that would want him.

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