[RE-SIGNING] Bruins Re-sign Frederic

[2014olympicgold]

2yr, $4.6m deal for Federic ($2.3aav).

After this deal, the Bruins have $3,129,166 in space.

Sending Mitchell to the minors would give them $3,904,166 in space.

[Pengwin7]

I love Trent Frederic. Mostly for sticking with his play after his draft-day-remarks by BOS.
People made fun of the Bruins' quote on him when they drafted him.
Just "too realistic" with their hopes... but... also accurate.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...-line-grinder/
Some older forum members probably remember the "3rd line" quote and our discussions.


Truth is... most 25th-35th ish draft picks... if you got an everyday 3rd liner - you got par-value.

2016 Draft Picks made after him:
1 30 Anaheim Sam Steel C Regina Pats [WHL] 262 34 59 93 70 2022-23
2 31 Toronto Egor Korshkov L Yaroslavl Lokomotiv [KHL] 1 1 0 1 0 2019-20
2 32 Edmonton Tyler Benson L Vancouver Giants [WHL] 38 1 2 3 18 2022-23
2 33 Buffalo Rasmus Asplund C Farjestads BK Karlstad [SweHL] 183 18 31 49 20 2022-23
2 34 Columbus Andrew Peeke D Green Bay Gamblers [USHL] 195 9 25 34 90 2022-23
2 35 St. Louis Jordan Kyrou C Sarnia Sting [OHL] 252 83 112 195 66 2022-23
2 36 Philadelphia Pascal Laberge C Victoriaville Tigres [QMJHL]
2 37 Tampa Bay Libor Hajek D Saskatoon Blades [WHL] 110 4 8 12 40 2022-23
2 38 Florida Adam Mascherin L Kitchener Rangers [OHL]
2 39 Chicago Alex DeBrincat R Erie Otters [OHL] 450 187 186 373 112 2022-23
2 40 Colorado Cameron Morrison L Youngstown Phantoms [USHL]
2 41 New Jersey Nathan Bastian R Mississauga Steelheads [OHL] 163 24 22 46 127 2022-23
2 42 Ottawa Jonathan Dahlen C Timra IK [Swe-1] 61 12 10 22 12 2021-22
2 43 Carolina Janne Kuokkanen C Karpat Jrs (Finland) 119 14 28 42 28 2021-22
2 44 Tampa Bay Boris Katchouk L Soo Greyhounds [OHL] 117 8 15 23 66 2022-23
2 45 Chicago Chad Krys D U.S. National Development Team [USHL]

Kyrou & DeBrincat (both OHLers) were obviously nice grabs by STL & CHI.
Good value out of OHL in that draft. [Though - Mascherin - his stuff simply didn't translate to NHL. Maybe he had character issues. Very interesting guy to study - especially since FLA didn't sign him and he was thrown back into draft. Super interesting is that Dallas - who aced the 2017 draft with Heiskanen/Oettinger/Robertson - is the team that busted on him with a 4th round pick in go #2 of the 2018 draft.]
USHL picks of Morrison, and Krys were massive busts. So, that plays into the overrated hopes on Frederic - who at least panned out to be that 3rd/4th liner.
Just goes to show that scouts need to "know their league".

It's easy to evaluate tiering prospects within a league.
The hard part, for scouts/GMs, is knowing how to compare across-leagues.


I post all this because people often go "Oh, Boston could've picked Kyrou or DeBrincat."
Yeah - and also they could've picked Korshkov or Tyler Benson. So... let's give them a C+.

[lucafen4]

Korshkov... Yeesh.
And it was bad then.

I love Trent Frederic. Mostly for sticking with his play after his draft-day-remarks by BOS.
People made fun of the Bruins' quote on him when they drafted him.
Just "too realistic" with their hopes... but... also accurate.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...-line-grinder/
Some older forum members probably remember the "3rd line" quote and our discussions.


Truth is... most 25th-35th ish draft picks... if you got an everyday 3rd liner - you got par-value.

2016 Draft Picks made after him:
1 30 Anaheim Sam Steel C Regina Pats [WHL] 262 34 59 93 70 2022-23
2 31 Toronto Egor Korshkov L Yaroslavl Lokomotiv [KHL] 1 1 0 1 0 2019-20
2 32 Edmonton Tyler Benson L Vancouver Giants [WHL] 38 1 2 3 18 2022-23
2 33 Buffalo Rasmus Asplund C Farjestads BK Karlstad [SweHL] 183 18 31 49 20 2022-23
2 34 Columbus Andrew Peeke D Green Bay Gamblers [USHL] 195 9 25 34 90 2022-23
2 35 St. Louis Jordan Kyrou C Sarnia Sting [OHL] 252 83 112 195 66 2022-23
2 36 Philadelphia Pascal Laberge C Victoriaville Tigres [QMJHL]
2 37 Tampa Bay Libor Hajek D Saskatoon Blades [WHL] 110 4 8 12 40 2022-23
2 38 Florida Adam Mascherin L Kitchener Rangers [OHL]
2 39 Chicago Alex DeBrincat R Erie Otters [OHL] 450 187 186 373 112 2022-23
2 40 Colorado Cameron Morrison L Youngstown Phantoms [USHL]
2 41 New Jersey Nathan Bastian R Mississauga Steelheads [OHL] 163 24 22 46 127 2022-23
2 42 Ottawa Jonathan Dahlen C Timra IK [Swe-1] 61 12 10 22 12 2021-22
2 43 Carolina Janne Kuokkanen C Karpat Jrs (Finland) 119 14 28 42 28 2021-22
2 44 Tampa Bay Boris Katchouk L Soo Greyhounds [OHL] 117 8 15 23 66 2022-23
2 45 Chicago Chad Krys D U.S. National Development Team [USHL]

Kyrou & DeBrincat (both OHLers) were obviously nice grabs by STL & CHI.
Good value out of OHL in that draft. [Though - Mascherin - his stuff simply didn't translate to NHL. Maybe he had character issues. Very interesting guy to study - especially since FLA didn't sign him and he was thrown back into draft. Super interesting is that Dallas - who aced the 2017 draft with Heiskanen/Oettinger/Robertson - is the team that busted on him with a 4th round pick in go #2 of the 2018 draft.]
USHL picks of Morrison, and Krys were massive busts. So, that plays into the overrated hopes on Frederic - who at least panned out to be that 3rd/4th liner.
Just goes to show that scouts need to "know their league".

It's easy to evaluate tiering prospects within a league.
The hard part, for scouts/GMs, is knowing how to compare across-leagues.


I post all this because people often go "Oh, Boston could've picked Kyrou or DeBrincat."
Yeah - and also they could've picked Korshkov or Tyler Benson. So... let's give them a C+.