The actual deadline is about 5 weeks away, but the Olympic trade freeze goes into effect on 2/7. Trade chatter has begun to pick up in advance of the Olympic freeze, and some teams may sell parts before then. So time to start figuring out the Bruins needs and assets going in. They have ~$3 in cap space right now, but they have not put Seidenberg on LTIR yet. When they do that, they'll have north of $6 million to work with.
Their need seemspretty obvious- a veteran left shot defenseman to fill some of the void created by Seidenberg's injury. Henrik Talinder on a crappy Buffalo team seems to be a fit. Maybe Mark Stuart fits as well. Unfortunately, defenseman are hard to come by this time of year. Dan Gitardi's name has floated around, but I don't see him as a great fit.
Up front, the Bruins are pretty much set. The biggest upgrade they can get is getting Loui Eriksson comfortable and producing like he did in Dallas. He appears to be doing just that, which is great. Depth wise, maybe they look for. Caron upgrade, but I'm not sure they'll find much. They also have Spooner ready to go if they lose a top 9 forward. At this point, I really don't see the need to grab another forward.
Their need seemspretty obvious- a veteran left shot defenseman to fill some of the void created by Seidenberg's injury. Henrik Talinder on a crappy Buffalo team seems to be a fit. Maybe Mark Stuart fits as well. Unfortunately, defenseman are hard to come by this time of year. Dan Gitardi's name has floated around, but I don't see him as a great fit.
Up front, the Bruins are pretty much set. The biggest upgrade they can get is getting Loui Eriksson comfortable and producing like he did in Dallas. He appears to be doing just that, which is great. Depth wise, maybe they look for. Caron upgrade, but I'm not sure they'll find much. They also have Spooner ready to go if they lose a top 9 forward. At this point, I really don't see the need to grab another forward.