OMG – This made my day!

I can’t wait to get the terms.

Thanks Haggs.

Someone alert Pete Carroll because this has me completely Pumped and Jacked!

Someone tell J.J. to stop wasting time and lock up Chiarelli now.

No kidding…This is a great deal for the Bruins. $3.75 million cap hit for the next three years for an up-and-coming 23-year-old center that led the NHL in +/- last year. Have a feeling this one was in the works over the last few months rather than something that happened in the last week or two.

It’s way past time for Jeremy Jacobs to take care of Chiarelli.

–Haggs

Yes, Haggs, what is going on with Chiarelli?

You guys know what this signing means – goodbye Kessel.

All fired up! This is great news for the B’s! Agree with Mike…pumped and jacked! Putting up 70 + points with a torn hip in his 1st full year…look out league!

I disagree, Miranda…I think this deal actually gives the Bruins a chance to sign Kessel. I dont know if they will because i still dont think that Phil is a Claude Julien type of player but I think they could match any reasonable offer if it came their way

Haggs aka Porkchop is another one of these lemmings impressed with another Northeast Division banner. How about waiting to see if Chiarelli can put together a team that can get it done in the playoffs first? If Chiarelli is building the Ottawa Senators South, a regular season champ and playoff dud then whats the point?

This is a good deal regardless of what the Bruins did or didn’t do in the playoffs, Richie Ketchup. Should Chiarelli not have signed David Krejci to a fair deal because they didn’t get by Carolina in the playoffs? Is this not a good signing?

I think it’s a little early to be calling this team the “Ottawa Senators South”. I thought the Tim Thomas deal was a bad sign by Chiarelli, and didn’t mind saying so. This is a good deal for Chiarelli and the Bruins, and I don’t mind saying so.

–Haggs

This is a great deal for the bruins, only paying out 3.5 million this year gives them the ability to sign kessel without trading away a premium player. If the bruins want to make a legit cup run they should move prospects for a puck moving defenseman not primetime producers. As the playoffs showed us this year, experience counts in a playoff run but can be hidden during the regular season. Signing Krecji means they can move Soderberg (prospect C), and package him with one or two more prospects for a legit good passing defenseman. Keep savard and kessel together, great duo.

I don’t get why Kessel is the piece that needs to move. Why not Kobasew, Ryder, or Ward? It would be stupid to trade a 21 year old goal scorer. Could they get Kessel done for 3 years at 4.25?

So the Bruins are going to get a puck-moving D for a Swedish player that has shown no inclination toward playing in the US and “prospects”? No way…you’ve got to give up to get. Whether it’s Ryder, Kobasew, Savard, Kessel or Bergeron, somebody of value with a price tag would need to be moved to make this happen.

The Blind Swede and prospects aren’t going to get it done for a defenseman that the Bruins could really use. It’s not stupid to trade a 21-year-old goal scorer if you have reservations about A) paying him the money or B) how much he’ll score score when you really need it from him.

–Haggs

In response to B):

Couldn’t the same concern be applied to Krecji, who disappeared for a couple months towards the end of the season and registed only 3 assists in the Carolina series?

Does anyone have any thoughts on who they may offer to get Bouwmeester?

Krejci is one of their main penalty killers, takes faceoffs and plays a lot of minutes as a two-way player for the Bruins. That’s why the Bruins made sure to secure his services. If Kessel ain’t scoring then he’s no good to anybody. That’s the difference between the two players.

dear,haggs.well at least the bruins signed david krejci to a multiyear deal to remain with the bruins for next year i read a piece in today’s boston herald that now boston signed krecji the piece that i read it said that the bruins might trade phil kessel for a high first round draft pick in the upcoming draft and that colorado might be a willing trade partner with marco sturm coming back next year what do you think?

So they knew the hip surgery was going down?

Say Hi to everybody in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota for me, Dana…

–Haggs

Haggs your right the Krejci deal is a very good one and at a very good price, but I fail to see the need to rush and sign Chiarelli when he hasnt gotten anything done in the playoffs. I dont see why you are pushing so hard for it. You do seem like another one of the Bruins fans with the defeatest attitude who is mesmorized by a useless division banner. Wait until he sees if can accomplish something that matters first.

I think the Chiarelli signing should take place as soon as possible. As a fan who has stuck with the Bruins throughout the last 15 years, it is plain to see that Peter has this team going in the right direction. They have a lot of young, raw talent, a solid management/scouting and player development team. This organization does a great job bringing in draft picks and junior players into a rookie camp to get them adjusted to the professional game. They work closely with the young players to get them ready to play in the NHL. Effectively, they are creating what they hope will be a pipeline to the big club. These are all at the direction of the GM. Peter deserves to see this vision through. Look at the facts…this team has improved drastically in each of the last 2 seasons. If the Bruins don’t renew or extend his deal, the Bruins will be starting for scratch again. Peter is also making Boston attractive to free agents. If Boston keeps winning and is a piece or 2 away from getting to the cup finals, a veteran player who wants to win a cup will give Boston a chance. This is becoming a good place to play for NHL players and the team is exciting to watch game in and game out. For all of those reasons, he deserves an extension…IMO.

Krejci is a much, much better player than Kessel, but Kessel is still very young and worth keeping. There is no way I trade that kind of young raw talent and watch it blossom somewhere else. I find it very hard to believe he thinks he should get more than Krejci and I don’t see any reason they can’t get him signed to similar dollars. He may have scored 36 goals, but he is still very inconsistant and not worthy (yet) of a $5M+ per year deal.

I believe they need to get Kessel, Hunwick and Bitz all signed and look for savings elsewhere. Way not see if there is a market for Sturm (1 year left @ $3.9M) or use Savard ($5M) to get a top 4 defenseman. Trading Kessel could really come back to haunt them….just look at Brad Boyes and Kris Versteeg trades…..

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