Friedman: Bruins linked to Blues' Oshie, Canucks' Kassian
/Elliotte Friedman was on Toronto’s Sportsnet 590 on Friday morning.
On the Boston Bruins’s trade front:
“Boston is looking around at a lot of things. I think they’re really concerned about the lack of edge on their team. The Bruins have an identity. They don’t have that identity right now, and they’re trying to find maybe a player or two that can help them get back to being the way they are.
“They’ve talked a lot with St. Louis. One of the issues the Bruins have is they don’t have a lot of cap room, and they have a lot of things they have to deal with after this year. They’ve been linked to T.J. Oshie and the issue there is that Oshie’s got more term. He’s got a couple of years, and I’m not sure Boston wants to add guys with more term. At least in Eriksson’s case, even though he’s struggled, he’s only got one year left if they want to get out of it.
“Now one name I’m starting to hear connected to the Bruins a bit – it’s a bit more a longer shot – is Zack Kassian of Vancouver. He’s hurt right now, but I think they may be willing to take a chance on him when he gets back because he probably doesn’t cost them as much. And if they can get him to be who he can be – and he hasn’t been that guy yet – he can add what they’re lacking and missing."
Source: Sportsnet 590/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey
Additionally, here’s what Friedman had to say about Kassian later in the day on Friday in his latest edition of 30 Thoughts:
"4. Here’s another Boston possibility, albeit on a smaller scale: Vancouver’s Zack Kassian. Kassian currently is injured, but I can see the Bruins taking a shot when he returns. Jim Benning knows Boston’s prospects, it probably doesn’t cost Chiarelli a ton and Kassian has the edge Boston is looking for, although he hasn’t shown enough of it yet.
Late note: Boston may have cooled on this one."
Source: Sportsnet