Équipe: 2023-24 Bruins de Boston

Date de création initiale: 16 juin 2023

Publié: 16 juin 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Forbort to Seattle to replace Soucy, who will likely be getting a nice raise given his season and how weak the FA class is. Should help their poor PK as well

Really wanted to hang onto Gryz in this build. Was able to put together a cap compliant 20-man lineup, but was just not feasible to have a roster without scratches. Decided Nashville would be a solid destination to retool some of their defense after losing Ekholm last deadline. Josi, McDonaugh, Gryz is an excellent left side.

Ekman-Larsson just got bought out. He's been pretty poor the past few seasons, but he's also been in some pretty rough situations. Tyler Myers, Ilya Lybushkin and Jason Demers have been his more frequent partners over the past 4 seasons. Not great partners to play 20+ minutes with. Playing with Carlo would allow him to activate a bit more and ideally find his overall game again. Figured he would want a pretty cheap, one-year prove it deal but obviously don't entirely know

Swayman takes a one-year deal and the Bruins lock him up to a longer, more lucrative deal next year when the cap increases and overages are no more. Originally had Freddy on a one-year, 1.75m deal to try to keep Gryz, but as I said before, the roster just didn't work. With the extra cap, I locked up Freddy for a few more seasons at a reasonable cap.

I'd take a look at a couple other likely cheap, veteran FAs who have already gotten their paydays that may just be looking to win in good systems. Guys like Parise, JVR, Toews, Perry, Paccioretty (idk about his injury status)

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