Jimmy Murphy of Boston Hockey Now has shared that the Boston Bruins are expected to be interested in Ottawa Senators youngster Shane Pinto. The 22-year-old’s contract situation is becoming a bit of a saga, with a recent report claiming that the Senators and Pinto were still far apart on a new deal.
The Senators currently sit with a projected $895,953 in cap space, per CapFriendly. Pinto is coming off of a rookie entry-level contract that carried a $925K annual salary and cap hit. He’s unlikely to step back from that dollar amount in his second NHL contract, especially considering his rookie-year successes. After appearing in 17 games between 2020 and 2022, Pinto finally played his rookie season last year, netting 35 points while playing in all 82 games. This ranked him eighth in NHL rookie scoring, tied with Buffalo Sabres defender Owen Power.
But despite the admirable rookie scoring, Murphy reports that Pinto landing in trade conversations in rooted in Ottawa preferring Ridly Greig. Greig was taken in the 28th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft, four spots higher than Ottawa selected Pinto in 2019. He’s one year younger than Pinto and played his first full professional season last year, splitting time between the NHL and AHL. In 20 NHL games, Greig tallied nine points while scoring an additional 29 in 39 AHL games.
But the rumored price for Pinto will be high, with Ottawa looking for a high-end prospect close to breaking the NHL roster. Murphy shares that options from Boston would likely be Fabian Lysell or John Beecher. Both players appeared with the AHL’s Providence Bruins last year, with Lysell scoring 37 points in 54 games and Beecher tallying 23 points in 61 games. Acquiring high-end prospects helps Ottawa bolster their roster while not taking on too much additional cap hit, which Murphy’s source says is a priority for the club.
It is just spit balling.
But a Lysell for Pinto trade would be a help to both clubs.
But I believe the price goes up to 2 good prospects or a prospect and a 2nd. Good, young centers are a high value item!
Does Beecher have trade value? I have only seen him play a handful of times but seems like everyone is down on him
GMPD seems to have structured his team with the bogus “doubled” cap that was never going to happen. Not to mention losing over $5MM in dead cap dollars. Back to the bad old days of disgruntlement in OTT. Right now, CF is showing only 11 forwards, with two not having contracts yet. Unless Norris will be on IR for much of the season, Pierre will have some maneuvering to do. Pinto’s in more of a bind than the average bear, as he doesn’t have arb rights and can’t be offer sheeted.
BTW, when I say “doubled” cap, it’s more a metaphor, not a literal. Bettman’s promised riches are a ways off, and it remains to be seen how the Bally Sports debacle will affect the NHL’s bottom line.
Quite. All the “oooh, the cap’s going up a lot, so everyone can overpay everyone now!” is all very pie-in-the-sky.
With that, I’d be happy to deal Lysell for Pinto straight up. Lysell is certainly a promising prospect, but I’ll take a guy who’s scored 20 goals already over someone who may turn out to be a 20-goal scorer.
Huh? No one ever said cap was going up since pandemic made the flat cap…. The players had to pay off escrow first and then cap would rise 4-5 each year after, which escrow will be paid off next year and almost was this year. That’s not pie in sky, that’s facts lmao.
Huh? Just about everyone from the league office to media pundits to arena ushers have been talking up how there’s going to be a significant cap rise next year, and they’ve been doing it for a while now. Have you truly not noticed?
Yeah for next year bc that’s when escrow will be paid off, exactly what was said two years ago and exactly what I just said lol..
What you just said — well, two weeks ago — was “No one ever said cap was going up …” Make up your mind, lol?
Again, HUH?!?! I said, no one said it was going up “UNTIL” escrow was paid off, and that NEXT year it WILL go up bc escrow will be paid off…. And with people saying it will go up next year, they are RIGHT, bc escrow will be paid off, what aren’t you understanding?? And oh guess what, Bettman literally just came out and said cap should rise by 4-5 million next year as ESCROW will be paid off….. Lol , as I literally told you.
I’m understanding just fine: you change your story pretty much post-to-post.
As a Bruins fan, I never liked the idea of trading Lysell in many of the proposed deals that I’ve read about or seen. However, Pinto would be different. Pinto is young player who would fill a huge need for the Bruins. I would be okay with including Lysell if Pinto is coming back the other way
John Beecher lol. Not a high-end prospect.
Hey Josh, try a grammar checker. There’s a few sentences in your article that are tough to follow.
@Josh – I’m afraid I have to agree with @retsubllab here. :(
This is a waste of a post, honestly. Murphys sources tend to never be true, and his “source” is just the locals.
Never forget when he cited Phil Kessel as having a drug/drinking addiction as the reason for missing games. when in reality, he missed games for cancer treatments.
After getting emails of replies to others’ posts, I can throw out an update regarding Bally Sports. This link (link to sportsbusinessjournal.com) describes what Bally was proposing just a few days ago (Article date Sep. 29, 2023), but doesn’t directly specify the impact to the NHL (they could lose “up to” 20% of the revenue), just states what could happen to the NBA. It also discusses the VGK & MIN situations as markets that are looking at a streaming package for a fallback plan, should Bally pull the plug. If the NHL gets stiffed out of as much as 20% of the TV $$$, that will (or should) impact the HRR bottom line. Or, Bettman will have to draw on the reserves of the First National Bank of the NHL.