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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Kessel wasn't there long enough to achieve legend status
- Vezina winning goalie
- Heir apparent goalie who's only 24
- Really nice 1-3 D men all locked up long term
- Probably the best goal scorer in the league for the next 5 years
- At least a few more good years of Marchand, who just dipped below ppg for the first time in 7 years
- No bad contracts
You can rebuild for a loooong time and get maybe half of the bullets above.
Cupboards are bare, but they could always move a goalie...though that probably isn't a fit for the few teams with good C's potentially available.
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Even with Marchand and Pasta you are not making the playoffs in the Atlantic if your top centre is Zacha. Swayman is their big trade piece but it doesn't work for us, we don't need him. I am looking at the Jets here if I am Boston and I want to avoid rebuilding. They are going to have to move Helly, they can use Swayman. So the question is what does Boston have to add to him to pry Scheifele out of Winnipeg because he wants to move on as well. I think there is a deal to be made there, or at least a much higher probability than the Bruins acquiring Lindholm.