The Bruins have some of the arguably best contracts in David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand, and Patrice Bergeron, but they haven’t been exempt from their share of bad contracts. The organization is lucky that it doesn’t have many contracts that are completely laughable. Some in this list looked good upon signing but have fallen into this
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Scouting the Boston Bruins and Winnipeg Jets Jimmy Murphy: Scouts listed to attend last night’s Bruins-Jets game: Anaheim Ducks (2 – assistant GM Dave Nonis and their director of pro scouting Rick Patterson), Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning, and the New Jersey Devils. Palmieri would be good fit for the Bruins
Blackhawks scouting the Bruins and Sabres Jimmy Murphy of Boston Hockey Now: Chicago Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman has scouted both the Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres twice in person in the past two weeks. Prior to the Bruins home game on Sunday, a Blackhawks had at least one scout at the Bruins’ previous four home
© Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports Trade option for the Bruins to clear some space Evan Marinofsky of CLNS: The Boston Bruins have about $7.29 million in salary cap space and still need to re-sign RFAs Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo. Defenseman Torey Krug is eligible for a contract extension as he enters the final year
The Blue Jackets and restricted free agent Werenski Michael Arace of the Columbus Dispatch: Do the Columbus Blue Jackets look at signing restricted free agent defenseman Zach Werenski to a bridge deal or do they try to get a long-term deal? Which road does Werenski prefer? Werenski doesn’t have a lot of leverage this offseason
What Boston might do about their salary cap problem Jared Clinton of The Hockey News: Alas, the Boston Bruins possess about $8.1 million in cap space. The problem lies in the fact they have Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo to sign. Both would easily command $10+ million combined in salary at a bare minimum. That
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