The REAL Reason the Bruins Passed on Chris Kreider...

The truth has already been revealed behind the Bruins' decision to not sign Chris Kreider as he is officially signed with the Montreal Canadiens. We're going to be breaking it down going over how multiple names have affected Don Sweeney's decision as well as how other names can make more moves even more possible without the addition of Chris Kreider. Most people have to break down here in today's video as a very interesting signing happened in the Atlantic division and it has not involved the Boston Bruins directly. We're going to be like touching on it again like I said in this video. Before we do get into it folks if you haven't already be sure to drop a sub here on the channel. We're on the road to 9k we have a lot of stuff coming the season's only right around the corner and now this gives the Bruins more options to do changes on the offense inside the organization and we're going to touch on those players here I want to get straight into it though because I was about to make a video touching on Chris Kreider once again how it was a very likely option that the Bruins were going to get him and ultimately it was not the case. You see this here from puck report NHL breaking Chris Kreider signs with Montreal one year 2.15 million dollar AAB up to 3 million in potential bonus. This was shocking to me honestly I think that's the easiest way to put it because from what we've heard from everything we have seen even going as far as Pierre Lebrun saying this Boston naturally is among the potential fits for the Massachusetts native but my understanding is that it could list every team that made the playoffs in the east eastern conference last season as possibilities as well as a few select teams in the west basically the sense is that Kreider was keeping a pretty open mind to his options entering this weekend but it's getting to crunch time and now that is officially passed over and there was a lot of things linking the Bruins but it ultimately did not happen and I'm going to touch on a lot more of those here in just one second before we do though folks we've been working with the sponsor of this video Anson Belt and Buckle you know what ruins a great outfit really fast an old beat-up belt that doesn't fit right most guys are still wearing the belts stretched out 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teams that were thinking about claiming Chris Kreider from according to reports and you see this here he had one year left on his deal at 6.5 million the actual cash left was four million because of that there were four to five teams that actually had interest in simply claiming him on waivers but Kreider's agents strongly dissuaded that those teams you know from obviously would not have played there or the threat of not playing would have been the biggest option but this may be a kind of dodge of the bullet for the Boston Bruins if we're looking at it because of how this team is currently structured we've spoken about a lot of defense here on the channel over the past couple of days and weeks but I think the Fords are in the same group is that it is very very busy to say the least and when we look at the depth chart right now and we look at the offense we look at the defense there really is no room for as many Fords as this team has now Chris Kreider would have been a good fit on this team but that would have made one of these Fords have to leave the you know at least right now leave the lineup and if we're putting it into who it could have been Sean Corrales is probably leaning into my first or if we're looking at it right now as it stands James Higgins may be starting in the AHL but right now at least with Chris Kreider not signed officially and you know not going to be signing with the Bruins it seems like they wanted to keep this offense at least structured similarly to this because there is a lot of names that are at least on the edge of a spot at the NHL level and I mean not even those in the lineup if we're looking at the lineup right now keeping in mind of you know James Higgins, Frazier, Mitten, Murat, Kuznatinov being the three youngest on you know this offense and looking to really make an impact here on this season at least as a permanent spot you're looking at the extra Fords as well of Ivan Ivan, Lucas Reichel, Matt Poitras, Alex Steeves, Mike Yasima some younger options there some more veteran options but you know Lucas Reichel if he pushes for a spot you know he's going to be getting that Matt Poitras the same for him as he still remains unsigned Ivan Ivan as well as a name that they someone who still has a lot of skill but also still has more experience that is needed before fully cracking an NHL spot Chris Kreider would have taken away from at least one of these names and although a lot of people are more so calling to package some of these players potentially I don't think it would be Ivan Ivan I don't think it would be Lucas Reichel I wouldn't really say Alex Steeves and that really leaves Matt Poitras and Mike Yasima as options when it comes to a alongside a defenseman like Mason Lowry and even on that side as well it's still a very busy defense that you have a lot of young names trying to crack the lineup that it will have to be determined over training camp who makes it and who doesn't because I think we're going to see quite a few surprises and also some tough decisions that are going to have to be made by Marco Sturm and the rest of this staff so looking at the option that Chris Kreider brought to the table although he's a solid forward he was someone that certainly would have given this team a big boost in the bigger picture the you know remaining options that this team has on not just the offense but the defense as well they wanted to work with what they had rather than bringing someone in and perhaps ruining what could have been someone else's road to the NHL like they have done with Fabian Lysel and Georgie Mirkov over their career and looking at someone like Chris Kreider who although 50 points in 75 games last season 22 goals 28 assists someone who at the age of 35 still has what it takes to be a high level player in the NHL then you also look at his career that history as a very very solid player I mean this isn't him right now actually but you're looking at Chris Kreider as an option on top of all of that he is someone that makes a lot of sense for a team like the Bruins right now who are still a little bit older but getting much younger and you know looking at the price tag of the projected contract I should say two years by 5.5 million took a pay cut maybe that's the play with you know Montreal Canadiens that the team he chose more so or the Bruins passed up we really don't know at this point what we do know is there were a few other teams in on Chris Kreider but looking at him right now it does make sense why the Bruins decided to you know pass up on him names like Mason Lorac can still get traded giving the option for the team to still have a lot more money to spend over the next couple of years uh you know bring a lot of younger names that can you know have an opportunity to crack the lineup it makes sense and although I do like Chris Kreider as a player thought he would be a great player for this Bruins team and he made a lot of sense I don't hate the idea of passing up on him either to you know make sure you're getting opportunities for a lot of the younger players who will have a longer lasting impact on this team so both team your thoughts down below but that is all I have here in this video if you did enjoy give it a like hit the sub button as well I'm signing out thank you for watching hope you have a great day