Free agents do not want to come to Boston. Period. I assure you he will take this deal with a team option in a place like LA or Miami because of the weather. No one wants to be in cold Boston with record snowfalls. Maybe if the player is 37 and at the end of the road Boston would be a fit. But this is why tanking is the ONLY option.
your usual spew of nonsense.
boston has no problem attracting FAs. Red Sox, Pats and Bruins all bear this out. C's haven't had the $ to chase top FA's. mid-level/cheap FA's are all they've had a shot at and they've had some fair success (Posey, House, PJ Brown, Cassell, Sheed, Mikki Moore, Shaq, Jermaine, etc..). A lot has to do with the roster make-up and how much $ is being offered.