Quoting: Zmach
It's not about the future in Boston anymore though, you need to win cups now. The core players are going to be too old in 3 years. The eastern conference teams are desperate for adding guys like patrick maroon to help them in a stretch cup run. Look how well the strategy worked for St Louis and Tampa. i give you a right wing patrick maroon, Alex chiasson.
I actually really really disagree with this. The New core is there. McAvoy, Carlo, Pastrnak. All under 23. Marchand still has 3-5 Elite years. Bergeron 2-3. Coyle is locked in. I think they Hope Studnicka and Vaakanianan are two more pieces as well. Same with Beecher.
I am also leaving out Debrusk, Bjork, Grzelyk and Kase, who could creep in there too.
I mean, I think they need to add, but the right move is not trading someone who could develop into that for a guy you can really get anywhere. The Bruins added that mostly useless big guy and it didn't work.
I just don't see it, not without a pretty decent pick coming back to Bruins.
Chara hasn't been elite in a few years.