McDonald: A list of Bruins most likely to be traded as GMs...
Once everyone is back and healthy, then it becomes decision-making time. Barring disaster, the Bruins will be buyers, so it’s a matter of who on the NHL team could be sacrificed without unduly hurting the club, or which prospect at the AHL level might be valuable enough to another team to bring back a useful piece in return. For the moment, the Bruins need to keep battling through their injuries, allow the younger core time to develop and then evaluate what they need closer to midseason. But when they do dive into the trade market, here’s an accounting of who should stay and who might go.
Untouchables
Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak
Charlie McAvoy
Zdeno Chara
John Moore
Goaltending
The almost untouchables
David Krejci
Torey Krug
Jake DeBrusk
Brandon Carlo
Urho Vaakanainen
Conceivable trades, but be careful
Joakim Nordstrom
Danton Heinen
Noel Acciari
Matt Grzelcyk
What would be the point?
David Backes
Chris Wagner
Kevan Miller
Steven Kampfer
Some possibilities
Anders Bjork
Ryan Donato
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson
Sean Kuraly
Jeremy Lauzon
Jakub Zboril