Bruins Break Out Of Slump; NHL Trade Chatter
The NHL trade market is heating up and the Boston Bruins snapped their longest losing streak of the season as they headed into their mid-season hiatus.
That, Bruins and NHL news, and other NHL trade rumors in the latest Boston Hockey Now Bruins Daily:
Boston Bruins
Bruins winger Pavel Zacha was the star as the Boston Bruins pulled off a three-game skid heading into their mid-season hiatus with a resounding 5-2 win over the Maple Leafs.
Prior to last night’s game, Brad Marchand was busy trolling the Toronto media and jokingly Maple Leafs winger Brad Marchand after calling a reporter from the Arizona Coyotes earlier in the week.
Marchand should also be credited with calming the masses amid the three-game losing streak heading into last night’s win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Boston Bruins star winger David Pastrnak has been named the NHL’s second star of the month.
While I agree with my Boston Hockey Now colleague Joe Haggerty that the current Boston Bruins roster doesn’t necessarily need a Bo Horvat right now, I don’t think it would have necessarily been a bad time to acquire the former Vancouver Canucks captain. in the commercial NHL market. The Bruins need a No. 1 center going forward, and Horvat could have filled that role and helped now as well. Now the New York Islanders have a strong chance of preventing the Bruins or the other 30 NHL clubs from signing Horvat in NHL free agency.
If the Boston Bruins are still interested in acquiring a center on the commercial NHL market, does Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin make sense to them, if he becomes available?
National Hockey Now
NYI: Are the New York Islanders done with the NHL trade market after acquiring Bo Horvat? Could they still acquire a player like St. Louis Blues winger Vladimir Tarasenko or San Jose Sharks winger Timo Meier?
PHI: Where are the Philadelphia Flyers on the NHL All-Star Break?
WSH: Bitter but respectful of each other, rivals Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby will once again be teammates at the NHL All-Star festivities.
FLA: Former Florida Panthers interim head coach and current New Jersey Devils assistant coach Andrew Brunette has been arrested after leaving a Florida bar for driving under the influence of a golf cart golf.
VGK: Former Vegas Golden Knights head coach and former Vegas Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy continues to hit hard. The team announced Wednesday that Golden Knights captain Mark Stone is out indefinitely after undergoing back surgery.
SJS: The San Jose Sharks expect a return similar to what the Canucks got for Bo Horvat, if and when they trade winger Timo Meier.
Canada Hockey Now
MTL: Could the Montreal Canadiens profit from Bo Horvat’s trade on the exchange market?
CGY: Are Calgary Flames targeting Philadelphia Flyers winger James van Riemsdyk in NHL trade market
NHL
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