Bruins give qualifying offers to all RFAs except Paille and Regan

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Jun 28, 2010 5:24 PM EDT

According to Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe, the Bruins have qualified all of their current restricted free agents except forward Daniel Paille and minor league goaltender Kevin Regan.

The team appears to still be negotiating with Paille, but might not want to pay the $1.35 million he earned last season. Under the current CBA, qualifying offers for a player who earns more than $1 million must be at least 100% of his salary for the previous season. Paille will now be considered an unrestricted free agent on July 1st.

Kevin Regan will not be playing for the Bruins organization next season. After splitting time between the ECHL and AHL over parts of the past 3 seasons, the Bruins have decided to cut ties with the South Boston native and former UNH netminder.

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Can’t blame them for not wanting to give Paille $1.35M. There’s no way he’d get that on the open market, nor should he. He’s a nice player to have around at, say, $800,000 or so.

by Phunwin on Jun 28, 2010 8:09 PM EDT reply actions

Article says they are negotiating so maybe he comes back for less

by SkateHitShoot on Jun 28, 2010 8:30 PM EDT reply actions

Good point by Haggerty:

Peter Chiarelli said consistently the Bruins were going to qualify RFA Daniel Paille. Not qualifying him says something about cap situation

by Phunwin on Jun 28, 2010 8:39 PM EDT reply actions

Hope they resign Paille

Now that they traded away Vlad keeping Paille around would be useful you need players like him on the team I hope they can work out a price for his contract.

by Daren L on Jun 29, 2010 3:22 PM EDT reply actions

What does everyone think of these trade rumors??

It’s no secret that the Bruins are close to the cap.
So, who gets moved?
-Thomas?
-Savard?
-Wheeler?
-Someone else?

by j3rockstar on Jun 29, 2010 4:34 PM EDT reply actions

Sturm starts the season on LTIR, doesn’t play until December. Boom.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jun 29, 2010 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions

ok, so who do you put up in the box in Decemeber when he comes back?

by j3rockstar on Jun 29, 2010 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Can Stuart, Paille, and Wheeler all get signed for under 4 mil.?

by j3rockstar on Jun 29, 2010 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

I’d think stewie gets AT LEAST ference money $2.25, so i’d guess no but not far from $4M.

by SkateHitShoot on Jun 29, 2010 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I 'd like to see them start the season with something like this!

Savard 4 Lucic 4.1 Horton 4 = 12.1M
Krejci 3.75 Ryder 4 (Satan 1) = 8.750M
Bergeron 4.75 Recchi 1.5 (Seguin 3.75M) = 10M
(Campbell 0.8) Thornton 0.9 (Paille 0.8) = 2.5M
Chara 7.5 Sieds 3.25 Ference 2.25 = 13M
Hunwick 1.45 Boychuck 1.875 (Stewie 2.25) = 5.575M
(7th Defenceman / xtra forward 0.8) = 0.8M
Thomas 5 Tuukka 1.25 = 6.25M
Thats 58.975M total with 0.425 of cap space.
By the time Sturm comes back in Dec/Jan they could have answers to some of thier questions Tuukka, Seguin, Savard etc. and maybe find abuyer for Thomas or even Ryder.

by SkateHitShoot on Jun 29, 2010 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions