Would rather keep him than get fat ritchie for him

tampa wont do that. They want to move cap out to resign cireli and serg they wont retain especially that much.

This only saves Tampa $750k in capspace while keeping $2.25m in dead capspace on their roster, while getting the much worse player back.

Needless to say there's no way Tampa does this trade. They're going to be looking to dump his whole caphit without taking salary back. I'm sure other teams will also be able to beat that offer too, such as Colorado or Nashville who would probably be happy to pay a 2nd + 3rd or a much cheaper forward straight up (eg. Jost) without any retention.

Oh and then there's the fact that Tampa wouldn't want to trade a good player to a division rival. Needless to say i can't see that happening unless Boston doesn't send back any salary AND offers significantly more than western teams do.

Puzzled by how hes a "small" upgrade

If they want killorn gone he'll be gone. Just domt expect a ton in return since tampa is over a barrel this offseason.

All well said.
Tampa doesnt want to do the trade with the bruins that is logical for the bruins, and bruins arent going to be stupid and give up more than they have to for a player they dont need.

So Bruins and Tampa DONT have a Killorn trade! Thanks for the support guys!

Ritchie is still fairly young with a small cap filling in his grinder role in the nhl.
Killorn is already 30, with a decent sized cap hit, and a few years left.

Killorn is better skillwise by a solid amount, but valuewise, killorn only has the edge by a bit