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ericl
I don’t see Krejci bringing the Bruins anywhere near the level of defenseman they need. There are 3 reasons for this. One is his $7.5 million cap hit. That’s a lot of money for a team to take on. Even a contender like the Blues don’t have the cap space to add Krejci if they wanted to (which I don’t think they do when you consider they asked for young players David Pastrnak & Dylan Larkin in Shattenkirk trade talks at the draft). Two, Krejci has a no-movement clause & can veto a trade to any team. Teams that can take on Krejci’s cap hit are likely teams that he would reject. Third, Krejci is coming off his second hip surgery. There are questions about his durability. On top of all that, the Bruins would have a hard time replacing Krejci’s offensive production. The Bruins let Loui Eriksson & 63 points walk. They replaced him with David Backes & his 45 points. That’s 18 points less. Krejci also scored 63 points last season. Who is going to replace that production? Spooner had 49 points last season. Even if he jumps to 63 points, that is still 49 points that the Bruins have lost. You add that to the 18 lost in the Eriksson-Backes swap & that is 67 points lost. The Bruins defense isn’t going to improve that much even if the add a top end defenseman. In that light, trading Ryan Spooner may make more sense for Boston. Backes had similar numbers to Spooner last season. The Bruins also have promising center Austin Czarnik in the organization. Spooner is also a controllable, young asset. Teams covet that & as a result, Spooner may be able to help bring in a defenseman like Jakub Trouba.
kagee
Canucks can contend while the Sedins are here, they’ve retooled the defense and have a solid top 4 and some young guys on depth who can surprise in Tryamkin and Subban, maybe Pedan, and then there’s Stecher.
Key thing is health for the Sedins, Sutter and the top 4 defense.