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Bruins looking with caution
When you’re leading the NHL in goals for and goals against, and blowing away the opposition on some nights, just what exactly do you need ahead of the trade deadline?
"Obviously we have a lot of cap room, so there’s a lot of flexibility," Boston Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli told ESPN.com Thursday. "I would like to add depth-wise on the forward front and depth-wise on the defenseman front. But I don’t want to subtract anything."
A year ago, Chiarelli was a busy man, adding Rich Peverley, Chris Kelly and Tomas Kaberle ahead of the deadline en route to a Stanley Cup championship.
This year, while willing to add again, Chiarelli is treading more carefully.
"The difference between last year and this year is that I’m a little more certain about the chemistry at this point," said the Bruins GM. "So I have to be a little more careful about adding. I don’t want to subtract in order to add. If I can add, I want to be careful about chemistry."
Chiarelli declined, like all GMs, to name any possible targets, so I’ll do a little sleuthing on my own.
I think two names that bear watching are forward Tuomo Ruuttu and/or defenseman Tim Gleason in Carolina. Both are slated to be unrestricted free agents July 1.
But those are just two possibilities. Like any buyer at this time of year, the B’s would have more than a dozen names on their shopping list.
Parise's future
There has been lots of chatter this past week about Zach Parise and his future. The Devils' star captain is slated to be an unrestricted free agent July 1.
I’m not convinced the Feb. 27 trade deadline means a whole lot to Devils GM Lou Lamoriello in this particular case. Normally, when a pending UFA star like Parise hasn’t signed an extension yet and has the potential to walk away July 1 without compensation, the team will try to move him before the trade deadline to maximize his remaining asset value -- much like the former Atlanta Thrashers did with both Marian Hossa and Ilya Kovalchuk and the Nashville Predators may be forced to do with Ryan Suter this season.
But from talking to people around the league, there’s a growing feeling that Lamoriello will not move Parise.
"He can’t trade away his captain, the face of the franchise, with the team sitting in a playoff spot," one source told ESPN.com Thursday.
Another factor is that the Devils need Parise to make the playoffs, and the club -- still in an ownership mess -- can really use the additional revenue.
"Don’t discount that part of it," said the source.
The feeling is that Lamoriello will use the remaining months between now and July 1 to try and convince Parise to say on board.
The other option for the Devils is that if Parise hasn’t signed by the June entry draft, they can move his rights then. It won’t fetch as much as it would now, but it’s better than nothing.
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Jan 13 @ 12:36 AM ET
Bruins looking with caution
When you’re leading the NHL in goals for and goals against, and blowing away the opposition on some nights, just what exactly do you need ahead of the trade deadline?
"Obviously we have a lot of cap room, so there’s a lot of flexibility," Boston Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli told ESPN.com Thursday. "I would like to add depth-wise on the forward front and depth-wise on the defenseman front. But I don’t want to subtract anything."
A year ago, Chiarelli was a busy man, adding Rich Peverley, Chris Kelly and Tomas Kaberle ahead of the deadline en route to a Stanley Cup championship.
This year, while willing to add again, Chiarelli is treading more carefully.
"The difference between last year and this year is that I’m a little more certain about the chemistry at this point," said the Bruins GM. "So I have to be a little more careful about adding. I don’t want to subtract in order to add. If I can add, I want to be careful about chemistry."
Chiarelli declined, like all GMs, to name any possible targets, so I’ll do a little sleuthing on my own.
I think two names that bear watching are forward Tuomo Ruuttu and/or defenseman Tim Gleason in Carolina. Both are slated to be unrestricted free agents July 1.
But those are just two possibilities. Like any buyer at this time of year, the B’s would have more than a dozen names on their shopping list.
i was pretty high on gleason. he did some yapping then ducking out of fights earlier this year vs the b's but i think he's got good size and stable player. not sure about ruuttu but he's pretty good. like baldy said, must be easy transition.
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Jan 13 @ 12:54 AM ET
i was pretty high on gleason. he did some yapping then ducking out of fights earlier this year vs the b's but i think he's got good size and stable player. not sure about ruuttu but he's pretty good. like baldy said, must be easy transition. - salvadorsanchez
Easy transition with minimal roster player(s) going back the other way.
Honestly, with our depth ... I feel pretty good. Maybe sign a Hnidy-type for insurance or grab a Ruutu or a Gleason if it's just picks/mid-tier prospects going back the other way. But I honestly think we've got the depth to go all the way again. And let's be honest ... We would have won the cup without Kaberle and could have just kept our 1st and we still would have had a great trade-bait in Colbourne.
