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Email|Link|Comments (4) Posted by Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff June 30, 2009 07:36 PM

The last two players to wear No. 27 for the Bruins have been bought out. Glen Murray first wore No. 44, switched to No. 21, and closed out his Boston career with No. 27 before he was bought out on July 26, 2008.

Peter Schaefer, bought out today, wore No. 72 in 2007-08, his first year in Boston. After Murray was bought out, Schaefer switched to No. 27, his former number in Ottawa, during training camp. Schaefer was assigned to Providence before camp broke on the 2008-09 season.

tags Glen Murray, Peter Schaefer

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Bruins 2009 Round 1 pick Jordan Caron wears #27 playing for his junior team, Rimouski Oceanic.

Posted by spylogic3 June 30, 09 11:02 PM

well there's 2 million dollars of wasted cap space between those two players buyout numbers...just what I was hoping for this morning.

Posted by rabb himself July 1, 09 08:16 AM

What Chiarelli is doing with Phil Kessel, today is either a gamble or a lie. He is either waiting for some other team to set Kessel's price or he has no intention of paying Kessel anything. If it is a gamble he is stupid. if it is a lie, we are stupid. The 'predicament' or 'squeeze' the Bruins are in is due to Peter Chiarelli's dubious Salary Cap management. it is not Phil Kessel's fault, it is Peter Chiarelli's. He says he has the money to pay his RFA's today but he's not going to do it. He'd rather gamble on the marketplace being all 'nickels and dimes' like he is. He says he'll match any offer 'within reason' - translated means - no he won't (see; 'we are stupid'). How does Chiarelli plan to build on last season's success by not signing Phil Kessel and by not replacing him, by 'sitting back' today. What are we supposed to do? Cheer Chiarelli's newfound Cap restraint ?(too little, too late and on the wrong player). Cheer for Phil Kessel in a Montreal Canadiens jersey?

Posted by Theo July 1, 09 08:58 AM

The only explanation here that makes sense is that Kessel wanted too much, and PC has decided to let the market decide.

It's the right thing to do. With a few exceptions, salaries are not rocketing through the ceiling around the league; if in his judgment PC thinks Kessel is asking more than the market will bear, the right thing to do is sit back and see what offers come Kessel's way.

That way you only lose him to a team willing to overpay. And that, btw, will be the team looking to dump his salary two years from now.

I'm not putting down Kessel - I'd love him to stay. But PC has to make choices (e.g., signing Krejci) and if Kessel is asking a big number all you can do is see if someone is willing to pay it, then decide if you want to match it.

He's an RFA; if he's asking high, you wait and see what others are willing to pay him.

Posted by Medford Mickey July 1, 09 12:11 PM