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Will the Johnny Gaudreau to the Boston Bruins NHL Trade rumors finally come to fruition this summer?
The Boston Bruins have been linked to the Calgary Flames winger and former Boston College star in NHL Trade rumors numerous times over the past few years. With the silly season kicking into full swing again, the 2014 Hobey Baker Award winner finds himself in the eye of the NHL Trade rumor storm but if the Bruins or any other team who may have interest better step up soon.
Sportsnet NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman recently confirmed that Gaudreau’s agent Lewis Gross and Flames General Manager Brad Treliving have begun discussions on extending Gaudreau’s past this coming season, the final in his six-year contract that carries a $6.7 million salary cap hit. However, after shooting down a rumor that forward Matthew Tkachuk asked for a trade, Treliving was still non-committal on Gaudreau and other underachieving Flames stars when asked about Friedman’s report and Gaudreau’s future in Calgary.
“I’m certainly open to exploring any avenue available to make our team better,” Treliving said in a recent radio interview. “We didn’t meet the expectations we had of our team, so we’ve got to look at how we can make it better.”
So should Boston Bruins Don Sweeney present an avenue for Treliving to explore when it comes to Gaudreau who has twice cracked the 30-goal plateau and scored 36 goals while falling one point shy of 100 in 2018-19? It could be now or never.
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His cap hit is probably too high. Talk again at the trade deadline.
Bruins try and do a Gaudreau for DeBrusk straight up you’re then only 3M spent, Calgary offloads 3M and gets not as good player but a hometown boy at a cheaper rate who’s also an RFA so they have some assurance and the Bruins get a solid 2nd/3rd line LW that can be slotted in as needed who has experience that play with Coyle and get him going again. Boston should then turn around and try and get Suter and Parise on short term deals they were bought out and guaranteed getting paid so I’d guess they could be willing… Read more »
Gaudreau on the 3rd line!? LOL
It’d take more than DeBrusk to get him anyhow.
Agree with you%.
Johnny Hockey hell yes I’d get rid of that lemon Frederick in a New York minute. Tarasenko only if we don’t give up a 1st rounder, for my money Tarasenko has had shoulder problems the last couple years.second rounder in 2022 Frederick should be enough
Post shoulder injury Tarasenko for Johnny? Not only would you have to add your 1st you’d have to retain at least 2.5 mil in salary too.
Before the injury Calgary would have been the one adding but not now.