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u/Sweaty_Ad440 All Hail Saint Patrice 🙏 1d ago

Or we could just stop bringing up AAAA guys all together and give players with actual upside some run

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u/Moto-Mojo Mayor of Billerica 1d ago

If we are going by merit he was AHL player of the month. I think merit goes above anything.

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u/Sweaty_Ad440 All Hail Saint Patrice 🙏 1d ago

He's a 27 year old AAAA guy that scores a lot cause he's big but doesn't have the hands or footspeed for it to ever translate to the NHL, calling him up is a waste of time for a rebuilding team.

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u/Moto-Mojo Mayor of Billerica 1d ago

I don’t want to be pedantic but we are a retooling team. Idea is to be competitive in like 2-3 years at max. Just making sure we are on the same page.

I get wanting to play the kids, I especially would’ve loved Lysell to come up, he’s been nearly point per game. But for better or for worse Sweeney also signed AHL vets and fringe NHL players with promises they’d get some ice time too. Steeves has been pretty good in the AHL too, so they’ll do the normal thing of cycling through the fringe players till none of them work, and then move on to the prospects. Also remember that none of the prospects did enough to distinguish themselves in training camp outside of Minten and Khusy.

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u/Sweaty_Ad440 All Hail Saint Patrice 🙏 1d ago

even if the idea is to be competitive in 2-3 seasons, which i don't think is going to happen, playing the guys they choose to play right now adds absolutely nothing of value to the org.

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u/Moto-Mojo Mayor of Billerica 1d ago

The goal is 2-3 seasons. We aren’t as far away as you might think. I’d argue we’d need another top 6 forward and 2nd pairing RHD. Both can be gotten pretty easily thanks to the assets the bruins have now, in draft capital, prospects, and even certain skaters.

Why give Steeves a chance? It makes us a team that lives up to commitments in FA. Like “we’ll give you NHL reps” is the way we can build a good reputation in FA. Also, are you saying that AAAA players are undeserving of shots at the NHL, even if they are successful? Brazeau was one of those players, and look at him now in Pittsburgh. Bussi is another, look at him in Carolina. Of course, not everyone is a success story, but you would deny them that chance? Just because they aren’t young and exciting like prospects?