i am torching you

This team needs a LHD and a veteran fourth line center IMO

to be honest foligno would be a good 4c but kastelic has a lot of promise to, if you play foligno at 4c then it frees up kastelic to play the wing and get his feet wet.


Curious what people think of the debrusk/white trade.

We aren’t trading Greig for this. He’s probably our best forward prospect if you don’t include Pinto. I’m hesitant to trade him for Fiala, now imagine for Debrusk lol

This just doesn't really help Boston. They downgrade DeBrusk and while I like Greig as a prospect, he probably needs at least a year in the AHL and that doesn't help Boston win now.

Please tell me you’re not saying Colin white has a ton of potential?

compare colin white career stats to jake debrusk career stats on natural statty.

https://www.naturalstattrick.com/playercompare.php?fromseason=20182019&thruseason=20202021&stype=2&sit=ev&score=all&stdoi=oi&rate=n&p1=8478400&p2=8478498&loc=B&gpfilt=none&fd=&td=&tgp=410&lines=single

I really don't understand why everyone loves debrusk so much.

Player A: 215 points in 449 games or a career .47 ppg player, 53 point career high, 43 points this year in a comeback season, 29, 1.5 mil cap hit, no trade request
Player B: 176 points in 321 games or a career .52 ppg player, 43 point career high, 42 points this year in a comeback season, 26, 4 mil cap hit, trade request

A is Conor Sheary, B is DeBrusk. Obviously DeBrusk is a better player with more trade value, but not by that much. If you proposed trading Ridley Greig for Conor Sheary on this site you would be laughed off as the biggest caps homer in the history of hockey.

I like Ottawa trading some futures for more help now, but there are a lot better players like Fiala that are out there.

I don't know if I agree with this. This trade opens up $3MM without having to give anything up to move Foligno. If DeBrusk's trade request holds, the best the Bruins could hope for in a trade is likely a first-round pick, and that's what Greig is. He immediately becomes the Bruins' best LW prospect by a mile. White has been underwhelming and injury-prone, but his best chance of turning things around could be back home in Boston. And if the B's see him as a bottom-six RW only, they can move Craig Smith for another decent pick and an additional $3.1MM in cap space, bringing the total resulting from this deal to over $6MM. That's more than enough to find a DeBrusk replacement in free agency.

If his request holds is irrelevant. Sweeney has already shown he's not going to move DeBrusk for the sake of moving him. Trading DeBrusk leaves a hole at 1RW as well as leaves a 20G-25G hole in the roster. That $3 million in open cap isn't going to net a player that fills that 1RW spot. I'd argue that White is even a downgrade on Smith. White's best season was 4yrs ago where he had 41pts in 71gp. Smith this year put up 36pts in 74gp while having what many considered an underwhelming year. So you've worsened your 3rd line and have a hole you need to fill on your top line, just to get a prospect that plays a position that isn't really a true need right now.

Eventually the Bruins WILL trade DeBrusk if he demands it. That's just how it goes in sports. And what I am saying is that Greig is likely a better prospect than anyone they could get in a straight-up trade for DeBrusk, including from a draft pick. And the tradeoff is Foligno for White? I would take it. White has considerable issues, his contract being the biggest one, but he's 25, from Boston, and certainly has more upside than Foligno. And Foligno and Smith are both expensive, impending free agents as well and Smith can be dealt for decent assets and cap space, more than enough room to replace DeBrusk.

They may not trade DeBrusk. He'll be a UFA when his contract is up. Whose to say he doesn't playout his contract and become a UFA?

Del Zotto isn't what Detroit is looking for.