Carlo deal should either be a year less or 7/8 years. At 4 years, he'd going to become a UFA at 26yr old.

Both the heinen and Carlo deals take them directly to ufa without buying out any ufa years. This has never happened once in the cap era for any player. The terms are off

1.25mil for JFK and you don’t even have him in the lineup?!?!

Also, what the guy above said. 4 years for Carlo gives him no RFA years. Not a good thing.

Kuhlman will be in the lineup this year and I don’t think they’d put Studnicka at 2RW.

You are not getting a 2nd for Miller.

Backes doesn’t waive for NJ

Heinen will get no more than 2.2

Thanks I forgot about that.

Happens to me all the time

I don't think that JFK is actually that far off. Anything from $925k to $1.2 isn't crazy.

Yeah I know it was a little much, but I figured that he'd want a decent increase from his ELC. It's an interesting situation, a player with promise who's burned his whole ELC without really much time to prove himself (beside his 20 some games in boston this year with a almost purely youth line or with backes). I wasn't really sure what would make sense.

Also I'm trying to think of a good spot for backes- I figure he will want to go somewhere- not sure though. Next year he likely won't have a place in the lineup at all and I wouldn't be surprised if he retired or went on LTIR if that's possible. He's a very competitive player and I don't believe he would tolerate not playing at all.

Also, about miller, I feel like a 2nd, or 3rd plus fourth would be a fair price. He's a solid 3rd to 2nd pairing defensman with a full year left. Look at what the capitals gave for Nick Jensen. Is the price not reasonable?

Also what do you think is a good spot for studnicka? I think he's the total package (size, speed, skill, vision, solid shot, compete- I can't find a significant hole in his game). Is it too much to put him on the 2nd line? I figured he would be better served in a spot to better utilize his skill, and I thought it would be good for his growth. I think he definitely makes the team though.

Outside of giving up some quality assets to move Backes, I only see him being moved if Boston finds a middle man. Backes also doesn't seem like the kind of guy that would block every trade he could just to spite the team.



He's not going to retire and leave millions of dollars on the table.



Miller's probably worth a 3rd. He's a good 3rd pairing physical d-man, but he also has the ability to contribute so offense from time to time. Kempy was had last year for a conditional 3rd and they've had similar production over the last 3 years. Kempy has produced more, but Miller is (IMO) the better shutdown defender.



I'm not sure Studnicka makes the team next year. Without any signings here what we have

Marchand - Bergeron - Heinen*
DeBrusk - Krejci - Pastrnak
Kuraly - Coyle - Khulman
Nordstrom - Backes - Wagner

*Denotes RFA status

Now I'll be honest, I don't see Nordstrom or Backes with this team next year. Kuhlman has had a pretty solid run and should have the inside track to a spot next year in the bottom 6. Kuraly IMO is perfect in his #4 role, but he maybe gets a look at #3LW So making those changes to the roster we get:

Marchand - Bergeron - Heinen*
DeBrusk - Krejci - Pastrnak
Kuraly - Coyle - Khulman
??? - ??? - Wagner

Now traditional our 4th line gets around 10 minutes a night and is asked to play a grinding shutdown role. I don't know that you want a kid like Studnicka hanging out on the 4th line getting 10 minutes a night, when he could be in PRO getting up to 20 minutes a night in a top 6 role. Now I'm not saying its impossible, but here are some guys that should be looking to force their way onto the roster next year:

JFK - C/RW
Frederic - C/LW
Senyshyn - RW
Bjork - LW/RW
Studnicka - C/RW
Cehlarik - LW/RW

That's a lot of competition for maybe 1-2 slots in the line-up.

I meant it’s crazy in the sense that he gave him that contract and didn’t even put him in the lineup

He could very well not make the lineup.

Bergeron
Krejci
Coyle

^that's your 3 cents right now. Even if let's say they consider him on the 4th line, he's still going to battle it out with Frederic and Studnicka. If you move him to RW, he's in competition with Khulman and Senyshyn.