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The Bruins now have an additional $6 million in cap house this summer time to retain their massive class of free brokers.
The Bruins have discovered an avenue to alleviate a few of their looming cap crunch.
The Bruins confirmed Monday afternoon that they traded each Taylor Corridor and Nick Foligno’s UFA rights to the Chicago Blackhawks in return for restricted free agent defensemen Ian Mitchell and Alec Regula.
Boston is just not retaining any wage within the commerce, with the Bruins successfully clearing $6 million in cap house.
Boston and Chicago had been reportedly discussing trades that would ease the Bruins’ cap woes shortly earlier than Monday’s deal was struck.
By transferring Corridor’s $6 million cap hit for the following two seasons, Boston now has just a little over $10 million in cap house to work with this summer time.
Although Corridor remains to be a priceless asset within the NHL ranks, clearing his contract off the books does give Boston extra fiscal flexibility to try to re-sign pending UFA winger Tyler Bertuzzi. Boston nonetheless has negotiating rights with Bertuzzi and his representatives earlier than he formally hits the open market on July 1.
Boston doesn’t save any cap house by transferring Foligno, who was set to hit free company on Saturday as effectively.
However flipping him to Chicago does give the Blackhawks an added window to try to work out a contract with the veteran winger. Foligno’s expertise and presence within the locker room would seemingly be welcomed on a younger and rebuilding Chicago roster.
Mitchell, 24, is a right-shot defenseman who beforehand performed for Jim Montgomery on the College of Denver. The 5-foot-11 blueliner performed in 35 video games with Chicago final season, scoring a objective and including seven assists.
Regula, 22, is one other right-shot defenseman who has performed in 22 video games with the Blackhawks over the past three seasons. The West Bloomfield, Michigan native is an enormous physique at 6-foot-4, 208-pounds.
With Connor Clifton doubtlessly leaving Boston in free company and extra overhaul anticipated on the left facet of the Bruins protection, including Regula and Mitchell provides Boston cheaper property who might fill in related roles with added minutes.
In fact, Boston’s main need in transferring Corridor seemingly falls on whether or not or not this added cap house leads to a long-term extension with Bertuzzi.
Although Boston values each Corridor AND Bertuzzi, conserving each wingers was not possible in 2023-24, not with the Bruins’ cap-related headache.
If the Bruins are constructing a basis for the following 4-5 years, Bertuzzi seemingly gives extra worth as a youthful (28) winger who each provides a wanted factor on the netfront and generated loads of chemistry in his quick time subsequent to David Pastrnak.
Corridor performed in 158 video games with the Bruins over the past two-plus seasons, scoring 44 objectives and posting 111 factors.
He accepted a lesser position in Boston’s ahead corps in 2022-23 as a defensive-minded third liner subsequent to Charlie Coyle.
Although Corridor’s pace and playmaking prowess might have seen him return to the top-six group in 2023-24 if Bertuzzi signed elsewhere, Boston is probably going choosing the asset with the very best ceiling for the longer term in Bertuzzi.
If Bertuzzi indicators on the dotted line, that’s.
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