If the NHL trade deadline is developing into a seller's market, the Bruins must take advantage of this current climate before Friday.
After trading away Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle and Brandon Carlo, Bruins general manager Don Sweeney bristled at the idea that this has moved from a retool to a rebuild. That won’t be decided by what he says;
The Boston Bruins started their sell-off on Tuesday, trading Trent Frederic to the Edmonton Oilers as part of a three-team trade.
Even though the trade was expected, removing a player instead of adding one sent a ripple through the Bruins room. It showed on the ice.
It is officially time to turn the page with the Bruins very close to missing the playoffs since Sweeney’s first season (2015-16) as general manager.
While GM Don Sweeney may have angered some fans with his trade of captain Brad Marchand, team CEO Charlie Jacobs threw his support behind his hockey operations and the retool/rebuild that Sweeney initiated on Friday with the trades of Marchand, Charlie Coyle and Brandon Carlo.
The Bruins were indeed sellers on Tuesday. The first shoe to drop in the trade deadline dealings for the B’s saw Trent Frederic and Max Jones heading to Edmonton in a complicated deal three-way deal with New Jersey.