Équipe: 2022-23 Bruins de Boston

Date de création initiale: 2 nov. 2022

Publié: 2 nov. 2022

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Assuming Krejci, Forbort, and Swayman avoid LTIR and McAvoy is back. Also have to assume that improved play plus his obvious locker room role means Foligno is safe.

Craig Smith has seemed like the odd man out for some time. I like his game more than some other options, like Foligno and Reilly, but he also has the most market value. I say trade him now and open up some cap space to start accruing space to add a RW at the deadline. Maintaining $1.38MM over the rest of the season will allow the Bs to add someone in the $5-6MM cap hit range by the deadline. Someone like Gustav Nyquist or Kyle Okposo. Assuming health, adding a RW at the deadline to replace Smith should be the only hole that needs to be filled as the blue line is deep, especially with Reilly able to return for the playoffs, and there are plenty of young forwards to plug and play in the meantime.