Bruins GM Don Sweeney gives early thoughts on upcoming NHL trade deadl…
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Bruins GM Don Sweeney gives early thoughts on the trade deadline originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
BOSTON — The Bruins have the best record in the NHL at 33-5-4 after defeating the second-place Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in an exciting back-and-forth game at TD Garden on Saturday night.
This Bruins roster is deep at every position and has no glaring weaknesses. The B’s have scored the second-most goals (158) and allowed the fewest (91). They own the league’s fourth-ranked power play (27.6 percent) and top-ranked penalty kill (85.6 percent).
What should be the team’s focus as the March 3 NHL trade deadline approaches?
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A major upgrade, someone like a Patrick Kane or Bo Horvat, would give the Bruins incredible firepower up front. But that type of massive addition is not really needed. Reinforcing the team’s depth at key positions, such as another goal-scoring winger and maybe a top-four defenseman, would be ideal.
Bruins general manager Don Sweeney spoke to reporters after Saturday’s win to address the team’s contract extension with forward Pavel Zacha. He also was asked about his initial thoughts on the trade deadline.
“You’ve got to hope you stay healthy, and I think we have a good hockey team. I think we’re deep, but we’re probably going to have to continue to add and supplement,” Sweeney said. “We’ve been blending in some of the players that have played particularly well down in Providence and earned an opportunity, so we’re going to continue to evaluate that if the opportunity presents itself.
“There haven’t been a lot of trades up until this point. We’ll have to see going forward. It’ll take some creativity for clubs like our own that have some cap challenges, but chances are that most of the teams that are hopefully going to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs generally have cap challenges, and we’re no different. We’re going to try to do our best to put the best team we…
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