The Boston Bruins had a very veteran heavy roster in 2022-23, and it paid off with a record setting regular season.
The team is facing a cap crunch, though, and might have to rely on younger players on entry level or minor deals or more established AHL guys on budget contracts.
Ian McLaren takes a look at how some fringe players and prospects performed at the NHL and AHL level, and names some candidates to contribute to the big club in 2023-24.
Could one Connor replace another? Is it Georgii Merkulov season? All that and more!
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5 Comments
They have to make some big trades because if Patrice and David comeback they're screwed with the cap! Even if they don't their still in cap trouble.
Ugh, stop with Zboril. He is a great teammate but he makes too many mistakes when facing pressure. There's a reason why Monty stopped playing him after a while. Almost every game Zboril played, a mistake by him seemed to cause the game-losing goal
McLaughlin merkulov lauko steen you need to bring up or start trading
Not a huge fan of gryz but you gotta keep him and trade off Reilly forbort . You do need a physical big shut down dman still . Every good team has one wether it’s a gudas or the many Tampa used over the last 5 years you gotta have one.
It's sad that half the players mentioned are free agents. And minor league UFA's rarely resign.