I've been looking more closely at the Nikishin situation and I'm curious where Bruins fans land on this.

The player fit seems pretty obvious to me. He's 24 and could potentially be part of the blue line for years rather than being another short-term acquisition.

The issue is price.

I put together an original trade-value score and also calculated what Boston's cap situation could look like under several possible Nikishin contract numbers.

My conclusion is that I'd absolutely explore it, but I wouldn't pay as though Nikishin has already become a No. 1 defenseman.

What would you actually be comfortable giving Carolina?

Hellooo, I just got all my tickets for when the Bruins come to California in October. I’ll be starting in San Jose then Anaheim followed by Los Angeles. This is my second year doing the trip and I’m so excited to see them play. Hope to see some of yall there 😗✌️
Anyways go bruins

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Saw a study ranking all 32 teams by total hits and total fights, averaged into one number. We came in 3rd at an average rank of 6, behind only Boston and Philly.

So the back-to-back champs played exactly like back-to-back champs are supposed to play, physically, and then missed the postseason entirely in an injury-wrecked year. That's the whole season in one line.

I don't think the identity is broken. When healthy this is still the most miserable team in the league to play sixty minutes against, and the numbers say we kept playing that way even as the roster got shredded. You don't finish 3rd in hits and fights by mailing it in.

But the rest of it is a gut punch. Four of the nine most physical teams missed the playoffs and we were one of them. Carolina won the Cup ranked 27th out of 32 in aggression. Colorado ranked dead last and made the conference final.

Get healthy and this is a non-story next year. Get healthy.

3. Matt Poitras, C

March 10, 2004 | 6-foot-0 | 189 pounds | Shoots right

Drafted: No. 54 in 2022
Tier: NHL prospect

Skating: Below NHL average
Puck skills: NHL average
Hockey sense: Above NHL average
Compete: Above NHL average
Shot: Below NHL average

Analysis: Poitras is very skilled and intelligent. He makes a lot of difficult plays with the puck and can run a pro power play. He can create off the edge, while also showing no fear to attack the inside despite his 6-foot frame. Poitras doesn’t have the typical athleticism of an NHL forward, though. On top of his frame, he lacks NHL foot speed and isn’t overly physical. He has played NHL games and has NHL-caliber skill, but seems more like a depth forward without adding any more elements to his game.

Just curious here in the offseason, as I was looking at goalie Bobs HockeyDB and noticed that he had no ties to the organization as a player and was wondering, basically how he ended up in Boston way back when we still had Thornton and Sturm was still playing.

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Hey guys!! Since we are so deep into the offseason and I’m so terribly bored, I’ve been collecting player nicknames that I know of for all teams!! I feel like I have a pretty solid Bruins list, but I definitely want to add onto it because I know I’m missing some!

Forwards
Michael Eyssimont — Iceman, Mikey
Morgan Geekie — Geeks
James Hagens — Hags/Hages
Tanner Jeannot — Jeaner, Jeano
Mark Kastelic — Kasty
Marat Khusnutdinov — Khusy/Kuzy
Sean Kuraly — Goose, Kurls
Elias Lindholm — Lindy
Fraser Minten — Mints, Minty
Casey Mittelstadt — Mittsy
David Pastrnak — Pasta, Alfredo, Noodles, Pastrnasty, Marksman
JJ Peterka — ??
Alex Steeves — Steevie, Steevo, Three E’s
Pavel Zacha — Pavs

Defensemen
Jonathan Aspirot — Aspi
Will Borgen — ??
Connor Clifton — Cliffy
Jordan Harris — Gary (idk abt this one?)
Henri Jokiharju — Joki
Hampus Lindholm — Hammer
Mason Lohrei — Mase
Charlie McAvoy — Chuck, Chuckie/Chucky, CMac, Chucky bright lights, Bonafide Stallion
Nikita Zadorov — Big Z, Z, Zad, Zaddy

Goalies
Jeremy Swayman — Bulldog, Sway

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