Whether the Boston Bruins and general manager Don Sweeney have improved the Black and Gold in a retool this offseason is still up in the air. Viktor Arvidsson’s acquisition from the Edmonton Oilers is the most significant of the free agent acquisitions.
It’s no secret that the Bruins needed a number of players going into the season, including a right-shot defenseman, a top-six center, and a winger who could score goals to provide more output oomph to the lineup. Boston decided to bring back Henri Jokiharju, who was acquired from the Buffalo Sabres at the trade deadline, since they still need a right-shot defenseman and a top-six center. You get the impression that adding Arvidsson could be a more cost-effective, short-term solution to add a wing to the middle of the lineup.
If it’s not, then Sweeney should be looking to strike bigger, and one phone call to the St. Louis Blues could help him solve the need with a bigger productive player.
Jordan Kyrou, a wing for the St. Louis Blues, needs to be tested by Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney.
In his most recent 32 Thoughts Podcast, Elliotte Friedman stated that the contracts Sweeney distributed earlier this month were intended to be flexible for next summer, when more well-known players might be available. It’s a lot to ask.
Sweeney would be crazy not to at least call the St. Louis Blues and ask what the price would be for their forward, Jordan Kyrou, who is apparently being shopped by another player. Under former Bruins coach Jim Montgomery, who was hired in November, a week after being fired in Boston, Kyrou just finished a season in which he recorded 36 goals and 34 assists.
Despite being selected in the second round of the 2016 Entry Draft, the 27-year-old has a significant cap hit of $8.125 million through the 2030–31 season. While that may seem like a lot of beans, Boston has roughly $3 million left in cap space, and money must be spent in order to make a deal.
It has been suggested that the Bruins might try to deal with Pavel Zacha, or do they spend more money on Casey Mittlestadt? Montgomery is the best person to know what the Black and Gold have in store for prospects, and a prospect would probably have to go the opposite way as well.
Although it may be difficult to accept the cap hit Boston would be taking on right now, Sweeney and the Bruins could undoubtedly make the move work in the long run as the cap rises. Sweeney would be swinging big in that situation. Can you envision Kyrou joining this team the following season? Although there are many things that must occur before the retool can proceed, it would undoubtedly aid in its advancement. In order to push the tires and proceed, Sweeney first calls Blues general manager Doug Armstrong.
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