Are the Bruins on the verge of making a trade?

I love these “season ticket holders” calling in and saying the team needs to be blown up. Do people think they have more pull if they lie about being season ticket holders?

I liked 98.5 for the first month or two until I actually started listening to what people were saying. A bunch of morons who watched 5 Bruins games last year and think they should be the new GM because they witnessed the good times really don’t get my respect or even share a single opinion of any intelligent hockey analyst.

Bringing in Ilya is not going to be enough to turn this team around. Personally, I feel they just have too many holes. Right now, if Kovalchuk comes in, we’re losing games 5-4 instead of 5 to 1. No one else really seems to be scoring.

I don’t want Rask gone. But the Sports Hub did make the point. How can management say Rask is untouchable when they signed Thomas to that deal?

If Kovalchuk isn’t the main goal, what type of player do you bring in? Can you bring in 3 or 4 guys to try to make a difference, or is this a halfway move – see if 1 or 2 guys do help and if not, oh well, plan for next year and hope for Taylor Hall?

Irregardless, it’s at least positive to see that management does get the message and that some form of change, either to salvage this season or work towards next, is coming.

And replace him with whom?

Oh, people would be beside themselves if Lucic got traded. If they win a Cup as a result it’s less of a deal, but for sure the fans have invested a great deal both emotionally and financially in him, and if they were to trade him it’d be a major blow to the team’s status locally. I’d be a PR nightmare, and with the Bruins current status as the “4th team” in Boston, it would be a real buzzkill.

He isn’t going anywhere. His contract shows that he means more to the Bruins than he does to any other team.

 I do like Ryder he hasn’t lived up to much of his contract and neither has Sturm these 2 contracts could be the diference in the ability to get Ilya. Those 2 contracts alone are a cap hit the next 2 seasons of 7.5 Million. Maybe if we sent those 2 and 1 of the first round 1 picks ( preferrably ours) to atlanta they would go for it. Then we could take the another pick probably going to have to be a second round or higher and Wideman for a better scoring/ puck moving defensemen. All i have to say is im tired of watching us sit back and do nothing at trading deadlines i want something done this year cause something isnt working. And we better not give up our future in Rask.

Bergeron has been my favorite Bruins player since he was 18, and he’s really coming into his own as the leader of the team on and off the ice. I’m sure part of Chara’s deal here was him getting the “C”, but if this team-wide slump continues for the rest of the year, I hope Bergeron gains captaincy by the end of the season. Wishful thinking, but you never know — look what it has done for players such as Marleau, Staal, and Koivu. Adding or removing that “C” might mean more than we think to the guys playing out there.

With giant contracts.

Ryder had been a disapointment this season so far.

Ward is now playing for Carolina and they put him on waivers, so I don’t think he was the key. They did massively over-perform last season, and are definitely coming back to earth now. The question is if they bounce back or not. That we’re missing some key players (Savard, Lucic, Savard, Sturm, etc) due to injury is a big problem too. However, the eastern conference is a big jumble, and 2 more points would have the Bruins in 6th right now.

Lucic had one of the highest shooting percentages in the league last year. He’s been hurt a lot this year, and on top of all that the people covering him don’t have to worry about Kessel and Savard most of the time.
 
 
 
p.s. Obviously that Axelsson is missing is the problem.

Did they play way over their heads last season or are they just playing that badly this season?

I think they overachieved to a certain extant last year, but they are better than they have been playing. They have been hit hard with injuries, but every team deals with that. At some point you can’t keep using that as an excuse.