With only 2 weeks left before the NHL trade deadline, I thought it would be a good time to mention that the Bruins should think about trading Patrice Bergeron. I know he has been through a lot the last two seasons and he is very popular amongst the fans, but like I always say: you make moves with your head not your heart.
Looking forward to next season you have Phil Kessel and David Krejci as restricted free agents and you have to figure the Bruins will lock them up long term. Then you have Tim Thomas who most likely will be signed to a new three or four year deal (paired with Tukka Rask). Matt Hunwick is another RFA who will be signed to a new deal. When you're looking at just those deals alone plus the other players still on the books plus any free agents that sign with Boston and the smart move is to look to free up so money somewhere. That said, Bergeron's there making 5 million this season, 5 million next season, and 5.7 million the season after that. Taking into account his injuries, I think trading him would be a smart move to free up some of that money.
Looking even further ahead to after the '09-'10 season, you have Milan Lucic, Blake Wheeler and Tukka Rask as a few of the youngsters that will be looking for long term deals. I know Bergeron is young too and he has been looking better the last few weeks (which is good because I think you can get a better deal now that he is showing some signs of life) but I just think it will be wise to trade him to free up more money.
On the bright side, this is the first time in years the Bruins roster has been so stacked that they've needed to free up some money.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment