Boston fires Cassidy, hires Blashill?

[Pop Zeus]

[Pop Zeus]

Nevermind - fake account

[hiramnicak]

Cassidy did get canned. I like him better than Tocchet as an option in Detroit.

[Pop Zeus]

Cassidy did get canned. I like him better than Tocchet as an option in Detroit.

Possibly. Don't know a lot about Cassidy. Don't like Tocchet.

[hiramnicak]

Rumor going around has it Pastrnak wants out of Boston as well. If we can make that move without giving up our core guys, which we probably can’t, that’d be a fun add.

Bertuzzi - Larkin - Pastrnak
Vrana - UFA - Raymond

[dcz28]

Rumor going around has it Pastrnak wants out of Boston as well. If we can make that move without giving up our core guys, which we probably can’t, that’d be a fun add.

Bertuzzi - Larkin - Pastrnak
Vrana - UFA - Raymond

Rumor has it they would want a 1st, 2nd, young NHL player and a top prospect. He's also a UFA after next season. I would imagine the Bruins will want a good young center in the deal unless they get a high enough draft pick to be able to draft one (like the Devils 2nd overall).

Not sure the Wings are in position to be able to make a deal like this for a winger when they can't even ice a decent 2nd line center and the left side of the defense is weak as hell. Devils and Kings are in much better positions to be able to make a deal for Pastrnak. The 2nd line center might be had with a UFA but the left side of the defense likely won't. The only LD i want on the UFA market is Zadorov but to me they will still need another top 4 LD unless they want to bank on Edvinsson being that right from the start. Not sure Yzerman will gamble on that being the case. Personally i would rather use some assets to try and pry Sanheim out of Philly. Having a left side of Sanheim, Zadorov and Edvinsson would be a massive improvement over what we had this season. Add in a center on the UFA market like Trocheck, Kadri or Malkin and i think the Wings are a playoff team on paper. Even without getting a center, the Wings would be much improved just from that defense along with a decent coach.

[CoconutBackwards]

Pastrnak scored 40 goals this year.

We have nothing to offer them outside of our best players and draft picks on top.

[hiramnicak]

Pastrnak scored 40 goals this year.

We have nothing to offer them outside of our best players and draft picks on top.

i suspect you're right. there are going to be teams able and willing to give up a bigger haul than i would for him. we have the cap advantage of being able to extend him gratuitously immediately, but he doesn't have a full nmc, so that might not mean too much. i'd offer boston something like hronek + berggren + 2022 1st + 2023 2nd, and see if that starts a conversation, but that's a pretty lousy package for a top ten finisher. i wouldn't be willing to package any of larkin, raymond*, seider, or edvinsson. boston is going to be in full rebuild mode if bergeron retires and pastrnak see-ya-laters, so i doubt bertuzzi or vrana move the needle enough to make sense. i doubt zadina and rasmussen hold any trade value.

*i might do pastrnak for raymond straight-up, granted that pastrnak has some sort of verbal agreement to re-sign on arrival, but that's such an incremental move for the team that i don't see the need. pastrnak is certainly better than raymond at this point in time, but we'd still be a one-line team. anyway, i think part of the draw for pastrnak would be getting off the down elevator and getting on the up elevator.

[holytoledo]

Pastrnak makes no sense for where this team is at right now.

My gut tells me we are giving Edvinsson, Johansson, Berggren & Soderblom every chance to make the team next year and that we’re basically tanking one more year. Also, if either Larkin or Bert aren’t extended by the deadline I suspect they’ll be moved.

Don’t really wanna suck again next year, but breaking in all of those rookies and getting another top 5 pick is probably the right move for the long term.

[Slapper]

Rumor going around has it Pastrnak wants out of Boston as well. If we can make that move without giving up our core guys, which we probably can’t, that’d be a fun add.

Bertuzzi - Larkin - Pastrnak
Vrana - UFA - Raymond

HELL NO! Most over rated player in the nhl and a giant wuss. Not worth what the wings would have to give up.