Trade Alert - Bruins Acquire #26

The Boston Bruins today traded center Mike Santorelli and winger Justin Williams to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for center Paul Stastny. The Bruins were aggressive in the off-season trying to deal both Santorelli and Williams to bring in another offensive piece for their top six. This means the Bruins have three excellent centers in Bergeron, Couture and now Stastny. Does this mean one of them will be traded ? Not at all says management. All three are players we'd like to keep and possibly have in the top six.

In Paul Stastny we get a two-way center who just like his father has great vision, good hands, is good in the faceoff circle and makes players around him better. And the best part is, he's still young and has every chance to get even better. The fans have already expressed their delight at seeing their latest Bruin putting on the black-and-gold sweater with #26.

This will give the Bruins a lot of flexibility for the top six, as we expect to have two good scoring lines. The deal was finalized in quick fashion as both GM's saw something they liked. Stastny is a former 1st round pick by the Tampa Bay Lightning while Williams was picked up by the Bruins in the Dispersal Draft (Season 7) and Santorelli at the Entry Draft (Season 8).