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The trade doesn't make sense from a Boston perspective.
Boeser showed this year that his scoring production ceiling is higher than Zacha's, but I think his average production is much closer to what we've seen out of Zacha for the past few years. Zacha also just fits better in Boston since he can play center, which is a position of need. Zacha is signed for 3 more years at a much lower cap hit, so it seems like a no brainer to keep Zacha.
Carlo is pretty much a steady-eddy defensive defenseman, we know exactly what we will get from him. Hronek is an assist machine, but he is much more hot and cold as was seen this season. He's also unsigned and about to get paid, while Carlo is locked up for another 3 years on a very reasonable contract at 4.1m. This one really depends on what a team needs, but I think I like knowing what I'm going to get from Carlo every night and looking for offensive production elsewhere. Hronek's next contract carries a lot of risk if he doesn't live up to it, and I don't think we want to sign up for that.