Bruins Make Minor Deal, Roster Set

The Boston Bruins continued to be busy making their fifth deal in the off-season. This time only a minor deal as Chicago's 3rd round pick (acquired in the Johnny Boychuk deal) was shipped to St. Louis for checking center Tim Brent. The Bruins were in the market for a 4th line/spare center to fill a hole in their roster. Considering our scouts didn't see much they liked that late in the draft, to get this player was pretty much what we had hoped for when making the pick available.

With this deal the Bruins roster is now set for the start of the new season. There could still be more deals before the season kicks off, but so far we've done what we were hoping to do at this point. Obviously there's always something you're looking to improve and we'll continue to explore every opportunity to bring more interesting players to Boston. We have a strong, winning tradition here with three championships and we want to get back to those winning ways in the near future. We've decided to be active in order to get there.

In the five deals so far, the Bruins have acquired center Paul Stastny, center Tim Brent, winger Cal Clutterbuck, defenseman Michael Del Zotto, defenseman Johnny Boychuk and drafted defenseman Mark Fayne. As well as having picked up wingers Nathan Gerbe, Daniel Paille and goaltender Al Montoya in the dispersal draft.

Leaving the club in those five deals was center Mike Santorelli, winger Justin Williams, defenseman Rostislav Klesla, defenseman Jordan Hendry and goaltender Andrew Raycroft, along with a couple of picks. And losing center Blair Betts, winger Torrey Mitchell and defenseman Adam McQuaid in the dispersal draft.