Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas on the 32 Ideas: The Podcast – Couple Golf equipment Attain Their Tipping Level episode, on the Boston Bruins pending UFA ahead Trent Frederic.
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Friedman: “, Trent Frederic, that is the factor I’m all the time cautious about. Like I marked up one factor in Boston already. So, you already know, I’m I, I don’t like doing that, and so that you all the time attempt to be extra cautious. , I stated earlier on, Marchand was getting near a three-year deal, and that clearly hasn’t occurred.”
However, you already know, Frederic, it depends upon who you speak to. , there are positively some groups on the market that really feel that the Bruins and Frederic gained’t have the ability to get a deal completed.
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However I used to be actually warned about saying that, as a result of, as I stated on the air on Saturday evening, there’s no deadline proper now. The true deadline in all probability isn’t till the commerce deadline, and issues can change between right here and there. Conditions change. Folks, you already know, the folks speak a tricky recreation, perhaps somewhat bit sooner, however that’s whenever you actually should decide.
And typically folks say, what, form of joyful right here. Or perhaps, No, I’m okay with my choice. However there’s a, there’s uncertainty about whether or not or not the Bruins are literally going to have the ability to get Frederic completed.
Like one of many issues that Don Sweeney stated, in the event you return to that starting of the yr media convention, the one with the place they talked in regards to the Swayman provide that made such big information, was he stated, we began speaking to our different free brokers.
And so we all know they had been speaking to Marchand, it hasn’t occurred but. And we knew they had been speaking to Frederic, and it hasn’t occurred but. So there’s somewhat little bit of uncertainty.
And he’s the form of participant that playoff groups are going to need. They’re actually going to desire a man like that. He’s, he’s teammate. He’s aggressive. I do know in Winnipeg, they weren’t pleased with him final week, and to be trustworthy, I wasn’t loopy about that both. However typically, he’s a extremely popular teammate and a prepared combatant.
And so I feel there’s a variety of curiosity in him. And, you already know, I had one, after I reported that on Saturday evening, somebody known as me on Sunday and stated, ‘Return and have a look at his finest recreation of the yr. He had two targets within the recreation towards the Blues.’ And he’s a St Louis man. His household are St Louis folks. Very nice folks. I met them in the course of the Stanley Cup closing in 2019. And so, like, there’s lots of people form of questioning if that’s what’s in his future.
However, you already know, there’s a variety of time between from time to time, and we’ll see the place it goes. However regardless of the Bruins intentions are right here, they’re getting a variety of calls about him.”
Bukauskas: “Gotcha, yeah, and I can see it, I imply, and he additionally does scream Bruin.”
Friedman: “Yeah, he certain does.”
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Bukauskas: “Acquired the St Louis ties, which completely is smart. And enterprise comes into play in some unspecified time in the future too. However as you like to say, like that man’s a Bruin.”
Friedman: “Screams Bruin.”
Friedman: “Screams Bruin.”
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