Three Boston Bruins Who Have Emerged As Trade Candidates Including A Fan Favourite
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The Boston Bruins will look to improve their lineup after the roster freeze ends on December 28th. With the recent troubles the team has gone through, firing Jim Montgomery, and Jeremy Swayman's holdout, the team has been through adversity and will look to change their fortunes.
The team enters the holiday break and sees themselves behind the Toronto Maple Leafs, and 3rd in the Atlantic Division.
GM Don Sweeney and the Bruins will have to utilize the assets they have at the moment to procure more secondary scoring in the NHL.
Who could the Bruins trade to find a reliable depth-scoring forward? Will they move on from one favorite, Matthew Poitras?
Carlo is someone on the blueline, who the Bruins could leverage into finding a top-six forward in the NHL.
While the 28-year-old has a ten-team no-trade clause, and he has an affordable $4.1 Million cap hit, with two years left on the deal.
Carlo isn't known as an offensive-defenseman and has scored 4 points( 1 G, 3 A ) in 33 games. He plays vital minutes on the penalty kill and plays 19 minutes TOI a night.
Nikita Zadarov
It was reported earlier in the year that the Vancouver Canucks were interested in reuniting with $30 Million defenseman, Zadarov.
His move to Boston has been fraught with a quick accumulation of penalty minutes instead of meaningful defensive play.
In 35 games this season, he's only scored 9 points( 2 G, 7 A) and could be a contributor offensively scoring 14 goals in 2022-2023.
GM Don Sweeney will have to convince Zadarov to waive his full no-move clause if a deal is to happen in January.
Matthew Poitras
Poitras is a fan favorite, whose been sent down to the AHL recently much to the chagrin of the fans.
The forward has the potential to be a 2nd or 3rd-line center of the Bruins' future, it's just a matter of when not if he's consistently producing in the NHL.
In 14 games played this season in the NHL he's scored 4 points( 1 G, 3 A) and has continued his tear, scoring 16 points in 17 AHL games.
The 2nd-round would fetch a nice return for GM Don Sweeney and the Bruins if they move one of their best prospects in the system.
| POLL | ||
DECEMBRE 26 | 171 ANSWERS Three Boston Bruins Who Have Emerged As Trade Candidates Including A Fan Favourite If you were GM Don Sweeney of the Boston Bruins who would you trade for a top-six winger in the NHL? | ||
| Nikita Zadarov | 83 | 48.5 % |
| Matthew Poitras | 38 | 22.2 % |
| Brandon Carlo | 50 | 29.2 % |
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