have to? this is horrible. Geekie for a second? what on earth are yo thinking? with the exception of signing swayman, i think every move here is horrendous.

We’re not giving our 1st for a 31 year old goalie with 1 year left lol.

Especially when Cossa is likely in the NHL in 25-26.

Not sure that adding old and slow players like Toffoli and Dillon makes the Bruins better. That $9 million could be better spent. I liked those guys for this team maybe three or four years ago.

For a 2025 first, Jersey is the more likely option. That said, playing a rookie as your #1 would be a wonderful thing for the rest of the Atlantic. Rookie goaltenders are rarely ready. Developing him as your backup is probably the best case scenario.

Ullmark fits, but my guess is it would be for a defender and a 2024 second round pick. You can’t play all your prospects. Opportunities will eventually dry out and contending teams don’t have all youth backends. Leveraging a secondary one to upgrade that position is probably a smart thing to do. There comes a point where young teams need to bring in veteran stabilizing presences. I believe Detroit is at that point

That's fair. I like Dillon as a shutdown guy who doesn't block Lohrei from the top 4. Toffoli is just a goal scorer which is what I was looking for. I think you're right about getting more speed for that kind of money, though.

It's top 15 protected in the 2025 draft. Goalies take awhile to develop at the NHL level. Not a fit, fine. Just trying something different than Ullmark to NJ that's been done a million times.

I agree on not throwing Cossa in as the starter. That said, the net is inevitably going to Cossa/Augustine in the coming years, barring drastic derailment in their development. (Which is always a possibility, especially with goalies) Ullmark is likely going to want money and term next summer.

Yzerman wouldn’t give term to Debrincat. He’s definitely not giving money and term to a goalie who would likely be the backup 2 years after the contract starts.

I’m not a fan of rushing goalies, but Cossa is going into his D+4. He likely gets a few looks this year and shares the net next year.

Let’s be candid. Augustine had a solid year at Michigan State, but isn’t the dominant goalie you’d expect for a top prospect. Cossa was middle of the pack as far as AhL goalies.

I agree that one of them should be your goaltender of the future, but betting on a 100% success rate on goalie prospects is a pretty flippant way to build a roster. The likelihood that one isn’t an NHL goalie is probably higher than both developing into solid starter types.

There is a viable argument about whether Detroit is good enough to spend capital now on a goaltender, but you’ve made a lot of acquisitions that suggests your GM knows age diversity on a roster is a need

Ross Colton netted a 2nd. It's not an unprecedented trade. WSH lacks scoring and has a plethora of 2nds. Might be optimistic for Geekie, but it's a chance to sell high on a player.
I don't like Lindholm at $8M, but I'd rather overpay for a top C than run it back with Coyle/Zacha.

Im the last one to trust a goalie prospect because outside the league’s Top 5 consistent elite, they’re wishy washy.

But you can’t look at Augustine’s year in MSU, the WJCs, and the WCs and claim he’s not a high end goalie prospect at this point

Is he the Askarov/Wallstedt/Cossa/Wolf level? No. He’s probably in the tier below them, though.

We'll pass in DC, thanks

I question the level you mentioned as above him. Prospects are fickle and the fail rate is high even among the premier guys, it’s why I would never do what Buffalo did to Levi. UPL seems to have recovered from poor handling earlier in his career.

I can look at Augustine and say he’s the best we had in our junior system at the time. He was arguably the second or even third best goalie in the Big 10. Not a rip on him. Just an acknowledgement that there is work to be done and where he is at in the developmental cycle. He is absolutely a real prospect with a good pedigree. He was a worthwhile second round pick. How many second rounders consistently stay in tbe NHL? I’m all for you being excited, but a prospect isn’t proven until they are

By "What Buffalo did to Levi" I assume you mean rush him to the NHL... Which likely isn't going to be a problem considering Cossa is way ahead of Augustine in his development.

Wings gonna pass at this price