Don't see the point behind the NSH trade to be honest. Rather just keep Bjork

Bruins reject both deals.

Bjork is currently better than Jarnkrok and Kuhlman was better than Josh Andersson

Bruins don’t CBO Moore, they will just trade him

Bruins won't be able to trade Moore in a flat cap league unless they pay a premium. This discussion has been had many times.

Those players might have higher peaks (though I don't think Kuhlman is that good)... but if BOS is wanting a cup run, their chances are significantly higher after these deals.

Good RFA deals,
Good UFA deals (but Krug might be 6 or 7 years)

But the trades need work. Bruins arent ggiving up Two better players for two worse players.

And bruins arent gonna buy out Moore when they can just trade him for a 6th or 7th

Overall: Not Bad! But yeah those trades gotta go

Most people realize that Moore is a top 6 Dman and he is worth 2.75, in saying that, it is on the upper end of his player value which is why the bruins wont get anything back for him (hence the 7th and not a 3rd or 4th)

Kuhlman is almost 25 and has 36 career games, 4 career goals. Anderson had a bad year but had 27 goals the year before and 63 total over the previous 3 years.

you'd have to be the biggest homer in the world to make that argument.

Considering I’m not a bruins fan, that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
And that’s not rude, it’s just true

Anderson is better but the age argument is irrelevant as Kuhlman got his ELC 2 years ago and got called up last year. Also, he's more of a two-way player and points aren't everything.

Having Kuhlman occupy a spot on a potential cup going team would be quite a weakness. It's a fairly small price to pay to solidify all four lines.

BJORK = no trade, thanks anyways.

MOORE:
* He's been chatted about many times yes - but anyone putting Moore as a "HOT topic of Discussion" is really just looking for things to do (Damn COVID!).
* For BOS, he's practically irrelevant really.
* The Bruins cap is not a problem in the first place. CBOs won't be a thing. Thus his US$2.75M is not either be it a flat, or falling world post COVID-19. They can keep on press-boxing him until injury or suspension say otherwise, he's added NHL-experience that is stuck in a D-depth issue (this sucks for him surely, but not the organization. He's played well when called upon so that's found-money really).
* Lastly, he can be traded for pucks and water-bottles or even waived as a last resort and be a star in PROV.

ANDERSON:
* When healthy!!
* Right now he is un-well (the dreaded concussion) and Vegas is for gambling after all, not the NHL...
* JA, when healthy better not be a 4th liner...
- pass -

That’s a no from Columbus. Anderson is worth a 2nd in an offersheet. We don’t have to and don’t want to trade him.

Could be decent on the 4th line but due to the pause, couldn't see him there. Speedy forechecker and as I said, he is reliable a two-way player. 3RW, okay but RW2, then there's an issue.

Yah the Bruins will give Bjork another year.

There isn’t a Bruins CF team w/o a Moore trade.

Still though like the trade creativity. Grizz/Krug debate goes on.

The discussion has happened many times regarding Moore, but there’s never really been much of substance from the side that says the bruins need to pay a premium to rid themselves of Moore. I’m no Sweeney apologist, and I think a lot of the deals he’s signed are horrid, but this one isn’t.

Whenever someone asks why Moore is so bad, the response is some version of, “because.”

He’s a good player that got outplayed by a really good player in Matt Grzelcyk. His crime is being behind Krug, Grzelcyk, and Chara. There is a long long long list of NHL defensemen getting paid around what Moore is getting paid that wouldn’t be able to crack the lineup.

It's not that he is bad...

it's that we are in a cap league... with a likely flat cap next year. And most teams are very close to said cap.

Considering the massive amount of UFA defensemen, you can get an equivalent player for cheaper... or take a slight skill decrease to save a million in cap.

He's definitely movable if the cap were to rise... but now that most every team is frantic about their cap picture, this isn't the guy you take your chances on... I don't see teams like COL, NJ or OTT buying into him either with their cap room. MAYBE florida. It's just unlikely... there's better options. Heck the Ducks might have two guys in Larsson and Guhle available for a fraction of the cap and they're about the same skill.