Report: Only Giving Up Donato Likely Means Bruins Ready For Deadline Blockbuster.

"The cost (to get Coyle) wasn't prohibitive," Friedman said on his "31 Thoughts". "Ryan Donato has the chance to be a good player, but the draft pick is middling at the least. I think there are a lot of other moves the Bruins could make that would cost them more than this. Boston is one of the few teams that could trade a Ryan Donato and still feel their prospect pool hasn't been devastated.

"They could still make another move. I don't look at this as prohibiting them from anything else whether it's (Artemi) Panarin, whether it's (Wayne) Simmonds, whether it's Kevin Hayes. I don't think it changes anything."

"Trading Ryan Donato is not going to prevent them from going after and getting another big fish if they want to," Friedman added.