Offseason with updated UFAs

Created by: zhengbangstu

Team: 2024-25 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 30, 2024

Published: Jun. 30, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Barrett Hayton hasn't been given a qualifying offer, thus why I had to create him, CapFriendly hasn't updated that just yet. Oddly enough Brannstrom and Lunqvist have been updated. I know the idea of signing both looks a little odd but hear me out.

Now that you have 8 dmen to run with you can get creative with that bottom pair, if you need size run wotherspoon-peeke, need more offense brannstrom-lundqvist. I think brannstrom would be a perfect fit for the Bruins as a transition D and I've always been high on lundqvist.

Now for hayton. I noticed he wasn't given a QO so I thought he'd be an interesting project. You could flip him and zacha in the lines to see what the better fit would be. I've come around to the idea of coyle in the wing only if poitras is up the middle as you could also split time between those two at the C2 spot so poitras can get reps at center and give him some added positional experience on the RW2.
I think as I have it, the 3rd line would be super annoying and be sneaky in the points. That bottom 6 is pretty interchangeable for me besides the LW3 and RW3 spots. Zacha,Hayton - C3 - Frederic would have to be the third line for me, I believe theres too much talent there to have any one of those guys on the 4th line.
My concern is the contracts I've given, I'd like some feedback on how close the money is to what's probably likely.

Lastly I have Bussi in the AHL, this is under the assumption he loses out to Korpi in camp.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Swayman, Jeremy		8	$7,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Lindholm, Elias	6	$7,000,000
Lundkvist, Nils	2	$1,500,000
Brännström, Erik	2	$3,000,000
Boqvist, Jesper	2	$1,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Hayton, Barrett		3	$3,000,000

Buyouts

Mike Reilly: $1,333,334

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2025
2026
2027

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$88,000,000	$87,038,334	$50,000	$330,000	$961,666

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hayton, Barrett $3,000,000$3,000,000	Lindholm, Elias $7,000,000$7,000,000 C, RW UFA - 7	Pastrnak, David $11,250,000$11,250,000 RW NMC UFA - 7
Marchand, Brad $6,125,000$6,125,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Poitras, Matthew $870,000$870,000 ($80,000$80K) C RFA - 2	Coyle, Charlie $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2
Zacha, Pavel $4,750,000$4,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Beecher, John $925,000$925,000 C RFA - 1	Frederic, Trent $2,300,000$2,300,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Brazeau, Justin $775,000$775,000 RW UFA - 1	Kastelic, Mark $835,000$835,000 C, RW RFA - 1	Geekie, Morgan $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Lohrei, Mason $925,000$925,000 ($250,000$250K) LD RFA - 1	McAvoy, Charlie $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Swayman, Jeremy $7,500,000$7,500,000 G RFA
Lindholm, Hampus $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD NTC, NMC UFA - 6	Carlo, Brandon $4,100,000$4,100,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Korpisalo, Joonas $3,000,000$3,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Brännström, Erik $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD/RD, LW RFA - 1	Lundkvist, Nils $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Wotherspoon, Parker $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1
Peeke, Andrew $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 2
Boqvist, Jesper $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW RFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Frederic, T.		Lindholm, E.		Zacha, P.
	Pastrnak, D.		Lohrei, M.

Power Play 2
Poitras, M.		Coyle, C.		Marchand, B.
	McAvoy, C.		Hayton, B.

Penalty Kill 1
	Coyle, C.	Marchand, B.
	Lindholm, H.	Carlo, B.

Penalty Kill 2
	Beecher, J.	Zacha, P.
	Brännström, E.	McAvoy, C.

Top Comments

Mon. at 5:15 a.m.

Bruinadian67

Joined: Dec. 2020

Posts: 810

Likes: 158

Looks and sounds good but I have a few questions. Did Hayton have an injury last year? He only played 33 games and was a minus 13. I like that he’s a big body from Kitchener but just curious since he played the full season before and got 43 points. Also, Boqvist wasn’t given a QO so do you think they still offer him something after he tests free agency? Lastly, you have Brazeau on the LW4 spot. With this lineup I would have Zacha/Lindholm/Pasta - L2 as is - Frederic/Hayton/Geekie - Beecher/Kastelic/Brazeau. I agree with your defensive run down!!

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Mon. at 9:16 a.m.

zhengbangstu

Joined: Jan. 2024

Posts: 191

Likes: 24

Quoting: Bruinadian67

Hayton had a couple injuries last season, I believe he started the year super slow, got an injury, came back and player a bit and got injured again.
I would still give boqvist a deal, not sure why he wasnt qualified, very solid bottom 6 forward for us.
I have Brazzeau on LW4 because I'm pretty sure he was on the LW for a lot of his playing time last season, I could be mistaken but I believe the wings are fairly interchangeable if its not your superstar.
Lastly when I checked haytons numbers while making this I saw that his FO% was under 50% and knowing how bad the bruins were in the dot last season I could justify having him a center so thats why I have beecher at C3 (also because I really think beecher and kastelic have to find a way to both get more reps at C), beecher would get more ice team, be good in the dot, be really good defensively and maybe get a boost in points.
I do like that Freddy-Hayton-Geekie line, that will get some points and be big and annoying.

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