The Boston Bruins are set to already trade newly acquired player

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Austin Sabourin
June 25, 2024 (1:03 PM)

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The Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins combined for a trade yesterday that sent Linus Ullmark to the Senators, in return the Bruins got the 25th overall pick, Joonas Korpisalo and Mark Kastelic.

A recent report has surfaced that the Boston Bruins might be looking to already trade Joonas Korpisalo, even though they got 25% retained on his contract, the Bruins originally traded Ullmark to get rid of cap space.

Bruins Network has reported the Bruins may try and retain 25% in a trade. If the Bruins do this, they will be paying him $1 million for four years instead of $3 million for four years.

Just think we were wrong about how much leverage Boston had. Chychrun was obviously never part of the deal or he would be here today� signs point to that just being a rumor. No market for Korpisalo at $4m, but BOS could retain 25%, eat 4x$1m and find a market at 4x$2m. #NHLBruins

If the Bruins do move on from Korpisalo and trade him, all signs would point to Brandon Bussi becoming Jeremy Swayman's backup for next year.

Brandon Bussi just signed a one-year, two-way contract with a $775k AAV with the Boston Bruins, and many speculate he will be the backup to Swayman heading into the 2024-25 season.

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NHL players in this story
Joonas Korpisalo
Linus Ullmark
Mark Kastelic
Jeremy Swayman
Brandon Bussi

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