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 understand, I’m I, I don’t like doing that, and so that you at all times attempt to be extra cautious. You realize, I stated earlier on, Marchand was getting near a three-year deal, and that clearly hasn’t occurred.”
However, you understand, Frederic, it depends upon who you speak to. You realize, there are undoubtedly some groups on the market that really feel that the Bruins and Frederic gained’t have the ability to get a deal accomplished.
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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 night time, there’s no deadline proper now. The true deadline most likely isn’t till the commerce deadline, and issues can change between right here and there. Conditions change. Individuals, you understand, the individuals speak a troublesome sport, perhaps a bit bit sooner, however that’s whenever you actually should decide.
And typically individuals say, You realize what, form of completely happy right here. Or perhaps, 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 accomplished.
Like one of many issues that Don Sweeney stated, for those who return to that starting of the yr media convention, the one with the place they talked concerning the Swayman supply that made such enormous information, was he stated, we began speaking to our different free brokers.
And so we all know they have been speaking to Marchand, it hasn’t occurred but. And we knew they have been speaking to Frederic, and it hasn’t occurred but. So there’s a bit 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 a very good teammate. He’s aggressive. I do know in Winnipeg, they weren’t proud of 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 quite a lot of curiosity in him. And, you understand, I had one, after I reported that on Saturday night time, somebody known as me on Sunday and stated, ‘Return and have a look at his greatest sport of the yr. He had two objectives within the sport in opposition to the Blues.’ And he’s a St Louis man. His household are St Louis individuals. Very nice individuals. 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, you understand, there’s quite a lot 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 quite a lot 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: “Received 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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