Another Day, Another Deal

The Boston Bruins continued their trade frenzy as the club was able to acquire another missing piece. The team lacked a good, strong, all-round defenseman. And as a little bonus, size and grit up front is never wrong. The price was high though as the Bruins had to part with their 1st round pick as well as recently acquired Paul Stastny and d'man Matt Carle. However, the organization feels very comfortable with the fact we're getting two guys we've been targeting for a very long time.

We're proud to welcome David Backes and Ryan Suter as new Bruins who were acquired along with Toronto's 2nd round pick. We had targeted Backes last season when we came close to sending our 1st round pick the other way. He's a big, physical forward who can both play a shutdown game as well as score big goals for the club.

Ryan Suter has always been high on our priority list as we rank him as one of the very best defensemen in the league, and a bit underrated. He can log big minutes, has a good shot, passing game and shutdown qualities. He'll surely be used in all game situations and becomes the best defenseman our club has had in a very long time. Dealing our 1st round pick was a tough thing to do, but we're confident this was the right choice and feel pretty good about this deal, for the present as well as the future.

We're however sad to part ways with Paul Stastny who never had the chance to play in a Bruins uniform. He should now form a lethal one-two with Phil Kessel in Toronto so look out. The fact the Bruins already had good centers made it possibly to move a player like Stastny. We feel pretty confident Backes can fill the void and a bonus is that he also can play wing if/when needed. But Suter was key for us in this deal.