Young guys make no money? Tell that too DiPietro, Luongo, and Nabokov. Granted, he won’t make 3 million… but 1.5million is due!

As for leverage… I think he has plenty… especially after all the UFAs that have been signed by the Bruins. Hmmmm… let me think, do I sign Raycroft for 1.5 million, or do I bring back Hackett? or sign Shields again? or sign Tugnutt? Hmmmm the choices are amazing…….. I think he has a little leverage!

Inside the Bruins office, hangs a large picture of Jim Carey to remind us not to go crazy over a netminder with one good year.

Do any young players want to miss another year??

The Bruins have signed experienced NHL caliber players. They will fill in their roster with Boyes, Huml, Jurcina, Samuelsson, Zinovjev, Kutlak and Hilbert. One or two of them are bound to come of age.

Thornton will not sit out when the sides are 500k apart. The Joe Thornton situation is far different than those of Billy G or Jason Allison.

If there is any player they would let walk, I’d say it was Samsonov. He has had many injuries and is undersized. For these reasons, he’ll come cheap.

As to Miksters chemistry concerns, when you bring in guys with huge egos (see Jagr) or overly generous contracts (see Holik) I agree chemistry could be an issue. Until the NHL adopts a multipuck format, having a team full of superstars won’t work.

However, I don’t forsee Brad Isbister upsetting the apple cart here.

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Now for all you who keep saying that Joe is leaving, I’d be very surprised if he does. He’s gonna take the Bruins 1 year 5.13$ millions qualifying offer. Then, during the season, the Bruins are gonna try to resign him. They’re going to have to offer him between 6-7 million per year for 3-5 years and if they do, he would accept it. I pray to God that they resign him. 1 thing is for sure, if they don’t resign him for whatever reason, they will not loose him for nothing. The Bruins are gonna ask the world in return for Jumbo!!!!! But like I said before, we need Thornton as a Bruins for Life!!!!!