Minutes before Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Boston Bruins traded goaltender Linus Ullmark to the Ottawa Senators for forward Mark Kastelic, goaltender Joonas Korpisalo and a 2024 first-round draft pick (25th overall).
Locked on Boston Bruins host Ian McLaren argues while it’s great to get back into the first round, and Ottawa is retaining 25% of Korpisalo’s salary, the return for the 2023 Vezina Trophy winner is underwhelming. Ullmark for a late first would have been fine, and late first to take Korpisalo’s contract is reasonable, but altogether, it’s not great.
Ullmark not immediately signing an extension with the Senators surely diminished the return, and there’s questions about whether Korpisalo will stick around (which we’ll discuss in a future episode).
At the end of the day, Ullmark is moving to Ottawa, and the podcast ends with a quick look at his legacy in black and gold.
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12 Comments
You think Bruins going to trade that pick?
No. They should have kept Ulmark. We don't need a 3rd, 4th line center or a 3rd AHL goalie. What we d9 need is cap space. Which we got zero of. This trade was beyond dumb
He was not the #1 for 24-25, he has 1 year left, ntc for 15 teams. You need to sign Swayman. If Sweeney had paid $12mm+ in goal he would have been fired.
They were not getting McDavid, this is business, his value for the Bruins is not what you think, personally the hug BS ran it’s corse a long time again, I’m glad it’s over.
I knew sweeney would screw everything up. We get 2 plugs in kastelic and korpisalo. Bussi shouldve been the backup at 775k. I agree with u 100% that we dont need bottom 6 players. The 25th overall pick is late and after we have witnessed this debacle by sweeney hewill also screw up this pick. So how should we all feel about sweeneys ability being handed over 22miliion on july 1st? This is going to be another disaster in the making. Older players stupid contracts. Welcome my fellow bruins fans to the backes beleskey show part 2.
Horrible trade. Sweeney continues making bruins mid as possible
I really hope they flip Korpi because this trade is horrible for the Bruins. Bussi should be the backup and save the 💰.
I'm a Sens fan .. I loved the goalie hug.. Ulmark really didn't do anything to lose the net and yet when Boston started to push Swayman ( being younger / cheaper I get it ) .. Ulmark still had a great attitude about it which says a lot about his character.. Thank you Boston for having 2 #1 goalies in a league where most struggle to just have 1.. Hopefully we fix our D makeup and take good care of your beloved Ulmark.
Not sure if you realize, unlike forwards and defensemen, goalies age like fine wine. The older they get, the better they are…up to a certain point obviously but through their 30s is nothing.
Ottawa media has suggested that the Sens were unwilling to make the trade unless Korpisalo was accepted by Boston, While Korpisalo had a bad year in Ottawa, the team in front of him was horrible so I'm expecting him to have a much better year in Boston. Korpisalo also has respectable playoff success, leading an average Columbus team to a win over a much more talented Leafs team. IMO Korpisalo will be a decent backup in Boston, should the Bruins decide to keep him.
Sens fan here, Korpi is a much better goalie than the numbers show. The Sens horrific D is why Korpi was bad last year. You watch and see, he will shine with the Bruins.
I think you're forgetting to take onto consideration the fact that the Bruins have to pay a second goalie. You keep saying that Ullmark should've freed up 5Mil in cap space. But that's with only 1 goalie signed. Even if they used Bussey you'd have to pay him 1Mil. Instead we're paying an experienced NHL goalie who could be an excellent backup 3Mil. That's only a 2 million dollar difference. And that's just this year. Bussey would cost more than 1Mil after the first year.
I think the Bruins did ok in a situation where they had to trade Ullmark now in order to get some value for him. As fans we can always wish we got a better deal, but I think the first round draft pick is great. Korposalo is a decent value at 3Mil. If he plays well and stays 3 Million will be an absolute bargain in a year or two.
Don't worry everybody bruins still winning division and getting 120 points with even my grandparents in their lineup , its the CULTURE… And still no Cup… should of had at least 5 the last 12 years 😂😂😂