What's the best option with Toronto's pick, and for offense next year?

move Thomas and Wideman anywhere. Draft the best 2-way defensemen available in the 1st. Pick up a gritty veteran to stand in front of the net like Tkachuk. Trade Recchi for someone younger but with the tools to develop. Ryder and Sturm? Probalbly keep them. Value isn’t great, they produce, and I doubt we will get any improvement in a trade. Pretty much set at goal with Tuukka. Let the prospects develop.

who is any rookie going to be able to step in and make an offensive impact right away?

Not every draft pick has to step in immediately. They can develop. Pick the best player/prospect available when your number comes up.

draft wise, any of the top 3 picks are going to fit the team well. number 1 and 2 are scoring machines in taylor hall or tyler seguin, then cam fowler has really picked up his production this year, and is a point per game defenseman against better competition than hes seen in the past. any one of those guys will be solid nhl players. then, there is a lot of decent production in the middle of the first round, which is probably where theyll be picking second, so either way, they should have a good draft.

trade wise… wideman, thomas and ryder. those are the three guys that are very much expendable. if they can get rid of any of those three, that will very much alleviate the salary situation and help us out in the long run. Even if they can ditch wideman for a few rolls of tape and a used copy of slapshot, or ryder just for the sense of giving up salary. thomas is still valuable, even though he comes with a ridiculous salary, but a guy a year removed from the vezina, someone will probably take a gamble on him. We cant trade sturmface. hes our leading goal scorer, and thats exactly what we need.

as to what they can pick up, maybe like a patrick sharp… chicago needs to dump quite a bit of salary, and we have some youth to offer/picks, and it seems they have a plethera of guys that can put the puck in the net. if we open up some salary, we could probably make a move with them…

metropolit is coming up as a free agent again, and montreals front office sucks, so maybe hell get out of town, he could provide the team with a little more grit, same with stephane yelle. maybe someone thats looking to be a free agent in 2011 will become available, as i dont see a lot of scoring potential with the salary that the bruins will have available. thus, unless we can get rid of some useless salary, we might be screwed again next year…

No one is going to take on Wideman’s salary. He is easily the most overpaid D in the NHL right now. We can just expect to be stuck with him for at least 3 more years.

Thomas could be traded. He could find a home in Chicago or Washington. I personally think the B’s should keep him, but if they wanted to move him I doubt they would have much trouble.

I say first priority is to find someone that can play with Savard. If they find a winger that can take his passes, that’s 30 goals easy right there. After that or in the process I’m more than happy to part ways with Wheeler and Ryder. You could throw Satan on Kerjci’s wing and maybe bring in someone that is a good fit for him. Both Satan and Krejci are very methodical players, put another guy on that line with similar qualities and that could be a stupidly productive line. I like Bergeron’s line as is. I don’t see any reason why Recchi should retire. He still has the legs and the skill. Fourth line is tricky. I really like Pallie’s playing but he just doesn’t fit anywhere in the roster. Of course I’m assuming Lucic can find his game and he is back up on the first line to clear the way for Savard. If not maybe throw Pallie there and see what happens.

Defense…I really like Chara and Siedenberg together. We can keep Stuart and Wideman together and hope Mark cracks Dennis in the head a few times or something so he doesn’t turn the puck over every time he is on the ice. Then tell Hunwick that the Bruins are moving to Africa. Put him on a plane and hope to hell he just gets lost somewhere. Find a decent, rugged D to play along side Boychuck.

There, that is my recipe for Bruins domination. Having said that, PC will now trade away half the team in the off season and we can drown our sorrows with Leaf’s fans for the next 5 years.

I would, especially if it was a top three pick. Hall, Seguin, and Fowler all look good (really good). I just think the B’s need someone who can come in immediately and produce. The B’s can’t be sure any of these guys can come in and be “The Piece”, Bobby Ryan has already proved what he can do…in the much tougher Western Conference. Ryan has the intangibles people in Boston like: Size, Emotion, Passion, and the ability to actually put the puck in the fucking net. Trade for Ryan and resign him for 5 yrs 25Mil. I know the cap is tight, but if Toronto can find takers for Blake, Toskala and Finger and Exelby this summer…I think the B’s can find takers for Ryder and Wides (at least one of the two). I really like Ryan, and I feel he would fit this Boston team well, and if Anaheim has a chance at Hall or Seguin I think they’ll bite.

I can’t find anything that speaks to his 2way play, scrappy nature or things along these lines.

Did the B’s just trade Phil Kessel because he was a one way scoring machine?

I’d personally take Seguin over Hall, but I think either guy will make the final roster coming out of training camp.

But considering our D, both Cam Fowler and Eric Gudbrandsen look seriously good value. Our 2nd pick definitely needs to go on a Defenseman as we are a little light down at the farm. Maybe we should package our 1st and Toronto’s 2nd to move up?