I agree that Stone is the perfect fit on our second line but I don't think this trade is enough to get Ottawa to send him to Boston. Maybe if you take away Backes and switch out Bjork for a similar prospect without injury concerns. Also its like J-GP would have to be taken off as well.

Losing Krug would create a big hole on the Bruins back end, that John Moore contract and obviously Backes' deal is hindering Boston from doing anything. Buying low on Toffoli in his down season might be Boston's best option.

Don't mind me I just read your team explanation. I do agree that they would be a good fit though.

I don't think loosing Krug would be as big of a hole as people make it him out to be. Yes we would miss his offense from the back end but it we got the a quality Top 6 right wing that would be pretty easily offset. It would also make our defense better in out own end and we are already sitting at 4th in the league with 2.63 Goals Against a Game, and we have plenty of LD in the system ready to step up. I do agree that buying Toffoli low could be a low risk high reward move and possibly the best option. I actually really like the John Moore contract, he plays above his pay at worst is a very tradable asset if we need to move him.

They were scouting Sens the other night. Stone, Duchesne, Dzingel were the presumed targets. JPG has never been on their radar from anything i have heard or seen.

Backes is not waiving for OTT. Ever. So you are not moving him in the deal. Same for Krug. Any deal for Stone would likely have to include Debrusk, Urho, or multiple 1sts.

He’s a rental....didn’t realize he was Gretzky

You missed the or in there. As in it would have to include one of.

I agree completely. Krug is the most traceable asset in terms of returning value and team impact. Krug is great, but a defensive liability. If you add a quality forward then your team is going to improve by bettering the D and adding secondary scoring. AND, giving Krug his pay raise when his contract is up is not fiscally sound. He will not be worth his next free agent deal. Trading him not gets a team a player that is under contract through next season too and not solely a rental. Too many people live in this philosophy: kRuG sCoReS sO mAnY pOiNtS, yOu cAn'T tRaDe hIm!

No I didn’t