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 understand, Trent Frederic, that is the factor I’m at all times cautious about. Like I marked up one factor in Boston already. So, , I’m I, I don’t like doing that, and so that you at all times attempt to be extra cautious. You understand, I mentioned earlier on, Marchand was getting near a three-year deal, and that clearly hasn’t occurred.”
However, , Frederic, it is determined by who you speak to. You understand, there are undoubtedly 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 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. Individuals, , the folks speak a tricky sport, possibly somewhat bit sooner, however that’s whenever you actually should decide.
And typically folks say, You understand what, form of completely happy right here. Or possibly, No, I’m okay with my determination. 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, when you return to that starting of the 12 months media convention, the one with the place they talked in regards to the Swayman supply that made such big 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 somewhat 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 a very good teammate. He’s aggressive. I do know in Winnipeg, they weren’t proud of him final week, and to be sincere, I wasn’t loopy about that both. However typically, he’s a very fashionable teammate and a prepared combatant.
And so I believe there’s numerous curiosity in him. And, , I had one, after I reported that on Saturday evening, somebody referred to as me on Sunday and mentioned, ‘Return and take a look at his finest sport of the 12 months. He had two objectives within the sport in opposition to the Blues.’ And he’s a St Louis man. His household are St Louis folks. Very nice folks. I met them through 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, , there’s numerous 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 numerous 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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