He isn't the first talking head to suggest that Rask is being shopped.
Bruins still have work to do
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Bruins still have work to do
After the Lucic trade, Boston now has wealth in goal in the form of Tuukka Rask, Martin Jones and Malcolm Subban, plus unsigned collegian Zane McIntyre.
Somebody’s going, and that somebody may be going to San Jose. The fact GM Don Sweeney didn’t make much of a dent in the team’s salary cap problem despite moving Hamilton and Lucic – the B’s retained salary on Lucic – makes you wonder if Rask and his $7 million cap hit might be the masked man who moves.
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The biggest reach in the first round on Friday had to be Boston going for Sault Ste. Marie winger Zach Senyshyn with the No. 14 selection. Senyshyn was ranked No. 38 among North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Factor in goalies and Euros, and that should have placed Senyshyn late in the second round. Boston thought differently and it’ll be a while before we find out if they were right.
The threat of an offer sheet helped put the 22-year-old Hamilton on the market, and the price to get him (one first and two seconds) was slightly more than the compensation that would have been sent to Boston if another team had signed him as an RFA and they had chosen not to match.
One more thing on the Bruins. Why is it players drafted high there who subsequently are shipped elsewhere always seemed to be badmouthed as bad people on the way out? Happened with Joe Thornton, happened with Kessel, happened with Seguin, quietly happening with Hamilton.
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