After another humiliating loss last night, an 8-5 drubbing at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks, the pressure on the Boston Bruins has been ratcheted up even higher. The team is falling short of expectations so far this season due to a total lack of secondary scoring. While speaking on the topic, Sportsnet’s John Shannon reports that the team feels they have too many of the same style of player among their secondary scorer. Shannon is likely referring to young forwards Danton Heinen and Anders Bjork, who have both underwhelmed in middle-six roles, and potentially AHL options Trent Frederic and Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, as well as the possible similarities between veterans Joakim Nordstrom, Chris Wagner, Sean Kuraly, and Noel Acciari. Shannon states that the team is not happy and that a trade centered around one of their redundant forwards in exchange for an established young forward is likely coming soon.
- Shannon also states that the Los Angeles Kings are not done making moves after firing head coach John Stevens. However, Shannon reports that the team is waiting to pull the trigger until their trade candidates can repair their market values. With the team struggling so severely to begin the campaign, the Kings would be trading the majority of their players while their stock is at its lowest. This is particularly true for the likes of struggling Tanner Pearson and ineffective Kyle Clifford. Once L.A. can string together some strong outings and potentially see some improvement from Pearson, Clifford and other names out there like Alec Martinez, Jake Muzzin, and Tyler Toffoli, they should become active players on the trade market.
- During the latest “Insider Trading” segment on TSN, Pierre LeBrun confirms that the Carolina Hurricanes are interested in more than just William Nylander. LeBrun says that the Hurricanes are worried about their scoring abilities and want to add a top-six scorer. Nylander is surely Carolina’s favored target, but they are looking elsewhere for help as well. The Hurricanes were recently rumored to be shopping young forward Valentin Zykov and, like the Bruins, may be looking to use his upside to swap for a more established young forward.
Rangers send Hayes and Shattenkirk to Boston for what?????
A game used jock strap from Terry O’Reilly.
Ohhh I’m guessing you don’t know who kevin Hayes is?
The Shattenkirk AAV is ugly though. He’s immovable right now because it’s unclear if he’s mired in a slump, subject to bad circumstances, or just has no offensive game anymore.
He’s an overpaid middle-six winger masquerading as a centre. The guy has never broken the fifty point barrier and only won more than 50% of his face offs (50.54% to be exact) in one season. That’s embarrassing. He’s a pending UFA. Rangers aren’t going to get much for him.
The Bruins don’t need Shattenkirk. There defense is fine & will be better whenever McAvoy comes back. They need a 2nd line winger & a 3rd line center. I’d take Kevin Hayes. He’d fit in nicely on Krejci’s wing or centering the 3rd line. Either one would work. Then, the Bruins would still need an additional player in the other spot.
SALARY DUMP.
Still, Boston won’t jump at it. No luck for new yawk.
I disagree. He’s a solid number two center and any winning team will want to add him.
Ummm it’s not the start of the season for the Kings that’s effecting the trade value…. they have been waiting for Pearson/Toffoli/etc to perform for a few seasons now…. it simply hasn’t happened. They aren’t that good. Period. If the kings are “waiting for them to repair their trade value”….. they are going to be waiting a long time…. this has been seasons long problems. They weren’t great last year and just off to a slow start this year…. they’re bad.