The aftermath of the Kaberle deal.

by BlueNGoldBomber on Feb 18, 2011 2:38 PM EST

Bob Mackenzie's twitter says there are 2 trades.

Toronto gets Joe Colborne, Boston's 1st round pick in 2011, and a conditional draft pick in 2011 or 2012 (It will be Boston's 2011 2nd round pick if the Bruins make the Cup finals or resign Kaberle before the draft, it will be a 2012 2nd round pick if the Bruins re-sign Kaberle after the draft, or it will be Boston's 3rd roud pick if Boston isn't in the cup finals, and Kaberle isn't re-signed.)

Then there is a second trade to Atlanta.

Boston gets Rich Peverly and Boris Valabik

Atlanta gets Mark Stuart and Blake Wheeler

Valabik is a big defensive d man, will probably make his residence in providence.

Peverly has 14-20-34 totals on the season. He has a cap hit of $1.3 million, through next year.
Wheeler has 11-16-27 totals. A cap hit of $2.2 million, and will be an RFA after this year.

I am not sure what the Bruins are going to do space wise. It seems like there are too many guys for not enough spots.

Along the back line, the first 2 Defensive pairs are set -

1st - Chara - Kaberle

2nd - Kampfer - Seidenberg

For the third defensive pair, it will be a combination of Ference, Boychuk and Mcquaid.

On the offensive end, there is a logjam on the third line. The 1st and 2nd lines are pretty much set.

1st - Lucic - Krejci - Horton

2nd - Marchand - Recchi - Wheeler

However, there are 5 guys vying for 4 spots on the 3rd and 4th line. You have Seguin, Peverly and Kelly that can play center or wing, and then you have Paille and Ryder as wingers.

The Bruins have a few different ways they can play the rest of the season.

They have plenty of guys that can be trade bait. The names of several guys have been thrown around, meaning that the Bruins are potentially not done dealing.

They could also stay put and leave themselves the cap room which could be smart with the amount of guys that are going to be looking at pay raises.

Long story short, in my opinion this team is a cup contender for this year as they stand now.

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I would have preferred a bit more offensive upgrade

I was hoping Wheeler could be part of that, but the reality of Kaberle and his number against the cap hurt that.

With that said I think this is a great situation for the B’s as they just became a much deeper and more well rounded team.

Certainly a lot of options on the 3 and 4 lines, should get a great amount of balance from all lines moving forward.

I’d like to see Seguin / Pevs / Kelly as the 3 line, though I think it’s hard to sit Ryder for Seguin right now.

In terms of being a Cup Contender, Horton and Krecji both need to step up a tremendous amount in the playoffs for the b’s to go very far.

by JonnyNYC on Feb 18, 2011 3:07 PM EST reply actions

I agree on Ryder being hard to sit. Maybe Seguin/Paille/Thornton as health scratches depending on what CJ needs on a particular night. Assuming Pevs isn’t scratchable.

by SkateHitShoot on Feb 18, 2011 3:25 PM EST up reply actions

I’m sure you mean
Marchand – Bergeron – Recchi on the 2nd line.

I’m sad to see the Caveman go, but I’m glad to be rid of Wheeler (even though he picked his game up a little last night). Peverley will be a good addition for sure.

by phonymahoney on Feb 18, 2011 3:19 PM EST reply actions

yeah, no idea where my head went on that one lol

by BlueNGoldBomber on Feb 18, 2011 9:46 PM EST up reply actions

Not a horrible trade overall

I think we gave up a pretty good prospect in Colborne on this one, plus 2 valuable picks – while that’s probably close to the asking price of Kaberle, you could tell Burke was holding PC’s feet to the fire a bit.

On the plus side though, we don’t blow up key parts of the roster to get all this done, so I think this could really mesh well.

Kaberle for Colborne/Picks: Tough to give, but we already have good prospects, and we keep TOR’s 1st – something tells me that’ll be another Center come draft day. Oh yeah, and Kaberle’s a bona fide, scoring, top-2 Defenseman. Can’t gripe about that. Win.
Peverley for Wheeler: Win. Peverley’s a more consistent offensive presence.
Valabik for Stuart: Loss. Valabik’s just a checking Defenseman w/size. He’s a project.
Salary Dump/Cap relief: Unavoidable in order to get Kaberle. Gotta count it as a Win.

by SnacksCCM on Feb 18, 2011 3:45 PM EST reply actions

kab

has looked good so far. so awesome plays we expected from him but he needs time to get used to playing with sides and chara. i have faith it will work outand this was a very smart trade

by muffinman on Mar 8, 2011 11:27 AM EST reply actions

We are about 10 games in so far with the 3 new guys and they have combined for 6 points total. I have to say, I expected a little more than that, especially from Kaberle. The Power play looks much better with him on it, but it just looks better, it’s not producing.

by MattS on Mar 15, 2011 11:25 AM EDT reply actions

I would like to wait and see what happens with the end of this season and the offseason. If we resign Kaberle I would make that trade 10 times over but I am not sure if we have the cap space to fit him in. I mean he obviously wanted to come here so hopefully we can keep him around for a few more years at a reasonable price.

And if we win the Cup….who friggin cares who we gave up!!

by beachguy113 on Mar 16, 2011 1:00 PM EDT reply actions