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: “You realize, Trent Frederic, that is the factor I’m at all times cautious about. Like I marked up one factor in Boston already. So, you recognize, I’m I, I don’t like doing that, and so that you at all times attempt to be extra cautious. You realize, I mentioned earlier on, Marchand was getting near a three-year deal, and that clearly hasn’t occurred.”
However, you recognize, Frederic, it depends upon who you speak to. You realize, there are positively some groups on the market that really feel that the Bruins and Frederic received’t have the ability to get a deal carried out.
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However I used to be actually warned about saying that, as a result of, as I mentioned on the air on Saturday night time, 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. Individuals, you recognize, the folks speak a troublesome recreation, possibly just a little bit sooner, however that’s if you actually should decide.
And typically folks say, You realize what, form of joyful right here. Or possibly, No, I’m okay with my resolution. 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 carried out.
Like one of many issues that Don Sweeney mentioned, in case you return to that starting of the 12 months media convention, the one with the place they talked in regards to the Swayman provide that made such large information, was he mentioned, 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 just a little little bit of uncertainty.
And he’s the form of participant that playoff groups are going to need. They’re actually going to need 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 usually, he’s a very fashionable teammate and a prepared combatant.
And so I believe there’s a number of curiosity in him. And, you recognize, I had one, after I reported that on Saturday night time, somebody known as me on Sunday and mentioned, ‘Return and have a look at his greatest recreation of the 12 months. He had two objectives within the recreation in opposition to 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 ultimate in 2019. And so, like, there’s lots of people form of questioning if that’s what’s in his future.
However, you recognize, there’s a number 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 number of calls about him.”
Bukauskas: “Gotcha, yeah, and I can see it, I imply, and he additionally does scream Bruin.”
Friedman: “Yeah, he positive does.”
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Bukauskas: “Obtained 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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