Snapshot heading into silly season tomorrow:
Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak
Hall - XXXX - Smith
DeBrusk - Coyle - Kuhlman
Frederic - Lazar - Wagner
Blidh
Grzelyck - McAvoy
Zboril - Carlo
XXXX - Clifton
That roster leaves us with $20 million to spend. That includes no goalies. A Vladar/Swayman tandem would cost $1.675 million AAV which drops the available cap space to $18.325 million.
Needs: 2C, RW3, 2 LHD, G
2C needs to be Krejci or similar, so a pricey starting point. There were rumors yesterday that the Bruins would run to Getzlaf at the opening bell, but it's unclear how he would fit and what role they envision for him. Krejci replacement or depth? Hopefully the latter. Not qualifying Ritchie or Kase leaves a vacancy at 3RW. I also thinks it signals DeBrusk is staying.
The LHD options are drying up fairly quick. There really isn't a ton on the UFA market. They've been linked to Forbort who is more of a 3rd pairing guy. Sweeney made it sound like they've talked with Mike Reilly but he'll be going to market. I suspect they'll let him go. They were rumored to be in on Suter but they seem to be a long shot based on the recent reporting. The rest of the free agent market is made up of aging dudes like Alex Edler, Alex Goligoski and Keith Yandle. Blech. The only name on the trade market I can think of is Nate Schmidt. Guess we'll see what happens. It'll be a huge fail if all they do is Forbort and a depth piece.
Goalies, we'll see. Do they try to bring a vet in for the start of the season to compete with the kids, or are they comfortable turning the net over to the kids and bringing Rask in mid-season when he's healthy?