The Bruins have, since I last looked, signed the majority of their young talent (including C Brad Boyes and draft pick D Jonathan Sigalet) and brought back C Travis Green for two more years. All good moves. So the depth chart now looks something like this...
G: Raycroft
G: Toivonen
I think it's OK to assume that one of our forward prospects (still pulling for Colton Orr) has an equal shot at that 12th forward spot. It's also fair to assume that youngsters like Sigalet or Mark Stuart have a shot at making the team as a 3rd-pair defenseman. Stuart was the B's #1 pick last summer, and he captained Team USA at Junior Worlds last year, winning their first gold medal, so he looks like the front-runner.
I'm still not thrilled with the defensive depth... still seems pretty thin if Slegr and Gill are your second pair. Based on some of the names that signed recently, they could have done better than that. The success of the defensive corps will hinge in all likelihood on the youth. Not bad, just not optimal.
EDIT [5:29 PM 8/18/05]: The consensus, without having any legit information sources, appears to be that Stuart is penciled in for a spot, possibly a top 4 spot. Also in the running are BC alum Andrew Alberts and Slovakia native (but juniors participant) Milan Jurcina... they and Sigalet, however, are not in Stuart's class.
Also, Samsonov is on the block. There's talk on the Boston.com board of sending him to Washington for Brendan Witt, which I think would be a major coup for both teams if the Caps were interested.
| LW | C | RW | D | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isbister | Bananas | Murray | Boynton | Leetch |
| Samsonov | Zhamnov | Bergeron | Slegr | Gill |
| Axelsson | Scatchard | McEachern | Girard | Moran |
| ???????? | Green | Fitzgerald |
G: Raycroft
G: Toivonen
I think it's OK to assume that one of our forward prospects (still pulling for Colton Orr) has an equal shot at that 12th forward spot. It's also fair to assume that youngsters like Sigalet or Mark Stuart have a shot at making the team as a 3rd-pair defenseman. Stuart was the B's #1 pick last summer, and he captained Team USA at Junior Worlds last year, winning their first gold medal, so he looks like the front-runner.
I'm still not thrilled with the defensive depth... still seems pretty thin if Slegr and Gill are your second pair. Based on some of the names that signed recently, they could have done better than that. The success of the defensive corps will hinge in all likelihood on the youth. Not bad, just not optimal.
EDIT [5:29 PM 8/18/05]: The consensus, without having any legit information sources, appears to be that Stuart is penciled in for a spot, possibly a top 4 spot. Also in the running are BC alum Andrew Alberts and Slovakia native (but juniors participant) Milan Jurcina... they and Sigalet, however, are not in Stuart's class.
Also, Samsonov is on the block. There's talk on the Boston.com board of sending him to Washington for Brendan Witt, which I think would be a major coup for both teams if the Caps were interested.
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