And then, in a few seasons, these moves are brought into focus through the glorious benefit of hindsight.That he did. It's where your interests connect you with your people. NBA bubble asterisk? Totally up to them if they sign off on going to a contender for a chance to win a Cup. 1d Jeff Passan. Because of the profound importance of having a good goalie in the NHL, trades for goaltenders always have the highest of stakes. He’s the all-time winningest goalie in Bruins history with 291 wins, and has the most games played (536), the most saves (13,711) and the best save percentage (.922) in the B’s nearly 100-year franchise history.The nine goals and 19 points in 58 games were a pretty good step forward for Bjork in his first full season in Boston after shoulder surgeries had cut short each of his previous two seasons at the NHL level. There are few better ways for sports fans to rep their favorite teams and athletes than by rocking their jersey. Likewise, holding onto a goalie for too long, putting faith in their future when none is warranted, is a similarly costly mistake. If he's not ready to play after the long layoff and the Bruins exit the postseason quickly, it will be even worse for all parties involved.At worst, the Bruins have a good two-way winger that will play a middle-6 role for the next few years at a bargain basement price, and at its best they could have a 20-goal scorer in Bjork that’s got greater offensive upside than the dearly departed Danton Heinen if he can just get a little more aggressive with his overall game.Now the Bruins have $16 million in cap space for next season to potentially sign Torey Krug, Jake DeBrusk, Zdeno Chara and Matt Grzelcyk, and Sweeney may have to pull off another bargain basement contract or two for his incumbent players if they do indeed want to stay in Boston.Rask has won a Stanley Cup as a backup to Tim Thomas in 2011, but the Finnish netminder has not been able to carry the Bruins to hockey immortality as the franchise guy. His regular-season numbers weren't close to what he produced with the Kings, where he was a point-per-game player. And if not, he’s going to be a really good two-way hockey player that’s got speed and versatility to the lineup. “Every team will start to look at how the pieces come together. Neither of them is Butch Goring, this is true; hence, it remains a lopsided deadline deal. As it turns out, many …
That doesn't change the fact that it was an epic whiff for Pittsburgh.
Please note that we did weigh the impact of players who were selected via draft picks involved in these trades, in the sense that the offending teams would have had a shot at them, or other talented players around them.