NHL Rumors: Boston Bruins Trade Tiers, and Next Up in the Coaching Hot Seat

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Fluto Shinzawa of the Athletic: A look at the Boston Bruins' trade cycles after Jim Montgomery's firing and if GM Don Sweeney wants to make any more moves.

It's not going anywhere – Charlie McAvoy, and David Pastrnak.

He's not going anywhere, but for a different reason – Joonas Korpisalo, Elias Lindholm, Jeremy Swayman, and Nikita Zadorov.

Part of the solution – Justin Brazeau, and Hampus Lindholm.

Part of the Future – Johnny Beecher, Mason Lohrei, Georgii Merkulov, and Matt Poitras.

Minor returns – Patrick Brown, Tyler Johnson, Max Jones, Mark Kastelic, Cole Koepke, Jordan Oesterle, Andrew Peeke, Riley Tufte, Jeffrey Viel, and Parker Wotherpoon.

It's definitely possible – Brandon Carlo, Charlie Coyle, Trent Frederic, Morgan Geekie, Brad Marchand, and Pavel Zacha.

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Who's next in the coaching hot seat?

Sportsnet: With the Boston Bruins firing coach Jim Montgomery, which coach could have the hottest seat?

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David Amber: “Which coach is on the hot seat now that Jim Montgomery is gone? Let's start with you, Luke, the hottest seat?”

Luke Gazdic: “I'm going to Nashville, Tennessee, and Andrew Brunette. With the amount of money they spent this summer and the start they have. You've already got Barry Trotz talking about, you know, tearing this thing down to rebuild it. I think Andrew Brunette is the coach, but something has to happen quickly.”

Colby Armstrong: “You want me to go?”

Amber: “Yes.”

Armstrong: “I'm going to (Derek) Lalonde in Detroit. Yzerplan, what happened to that? We seem to be seeing the same things, the same groups, and this is the group we've been waiting for to come out.

They have good young players, but nothing, 7-9-2 very low goals in Mpumalanga. And nothing from this hockey club where he wanted to go. And what happened there? And I think something is possible.”

Sam Cosentino: “A lot of teams, when he's young, they get that guy that they think they're going to bring in at that age, and then they think about trading him.

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So I'm going to Anaheim. I want to talk about Greg Cronin. I think if you look at the examples of Buffalo, of what we've seen with Ottawa, Philadelphia, I mean, these teams. Oh yeah, little good prospects, and so on and I believe they have that in Anaheim, but that kind of short-term guy, I don't think he's going to make the cut there. So I got Cronin in my hot seat. “

Amber: “It's surprising that 22 head coaches have been fired since January 1, 2023.”

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