The Boston Bruins opened their full team training camp this morning without the presence of shifty 21-year-old forward David Pastrnak.

Pastrnak, of course, is a restricted free agent who has yet to come to terms on a new deal with the team. The Czech Republic native, in fact, will not even come to North America unless a contract is signed. This could mean that the Boston Bruins will be without this one time 30+ goal scorer for the foreseeable future.

Through his agent’s leaks, Pastrnak seems willing to skate with European teams and play in the KHL long term eyeing the Olympics as his Stanley Cup.

We talked about Pastrnak and more on this weeks 7th Floor Show. With camp opening, you hate that this is the center of the conversation, but it is what it is.

David Pastrnak Not Committed To Contract Negotiations With Boston Bruins With The Forward Not Even On The Same Side Of The World

Boston Bruins restricted free agent forward David Pastrnak is back in the Czech Republic kicking his 21-year-old feet up on the couch instead of being stateside to focus on reaching a contract agreement.

The news of Pastrnak not being stateside was reported by Darren Dreger with Pastrnak back in his home country with no plans of showing up to Boston Bruins camp without a contract. There is still a reported gap in both sides contract talks but they remain in contact and will continue to communicate with the goal of reaching a contract agreement.

To me, I seriously question the commitment by Pastrnak and his agent. The Bruins $6 million AAV starting offer went without a response for months and only kicked up discussions in the last week after Pastrnak’s camp floated the $8 million per rumor.

The fact that he is still in the Czech Republic shows a real lack of commitment from his side. Camp starts on Thursday and with Pastrnak still in a different country he will not be at the camps open with or without a contract being signed ahead of open.

Pastrnak’s unwillingness to negotiate is puzzling. The fact that the Bruins seem to be negotiating with themselves is a bad sign.

If the KHL rumor is true, Bon Voyage. Good luck playing in that mess eyeing an appearance in the Olympics. Pastrnak is not an $8 million per type of player right now. Could he towards the end of a deal? Sure. But if I am Don Sweeney, I tell Pastrnak and his camp to go screw.

Now I say that if the Bruins number on the AAV is around $7 million per. If they are less than that, then Pastrnak has every right to hold out. If he isn’t there this season the Boston Bruins offense will take a hit. But will it really matter in the long run? If they can play another young kid more and develop that player into a star this season or in that direction it might be more worth it than signing Pastrnak to an $8 million per contract.

If you are Boston, you hold. Pastrnak not even being on the same continent gives you that.

Still, have to think a deal occurs at some point tonight despite Pastrnak’s inability to simply show up.

Boston Bruins 2018 Pump Up Video

This video should give you the chills as we prepare for a season with a ton of unknowns. The biggest being David Pastrnak. The other being the massive amount of young prospects the B’s have. No one knows who will be on that starting day roster. There could be some surprises. So let’s ignore all those questions and just get pumped that it is finally hockey season again. I hope that we can have some fun this season.

Go B’s

Credit goes to its.Ryan for putting this together.