Dreger thinks Kassian will be traded, addresses speculation on Bruins

Darren Dreger was on Toronto’s TSN 1050 on Friday evening.

On if the Vancouver Canucks could be sellers on Zack Kassian:

“His name is out there. But again, we’ve kind of qualified when teams make players available as to whether or not they’re listening or they’re shopping that player. And it’s all in a game of semantics.

“But Zack Kassian doesn’t appear to be a fit in Vancouver. There were some rumblings yesterday that maybe the Boston Bruins have some interest – and I’m not sure the Bruins don’t – but there were those who were maybe speculating that a deal was getting close, and that certainly wasn’t the case.

“But I think it’s an easy connection between Boston and Vancouver because Jim Benning left Boston to go to Vancouver. He’s good friends with Peter Chiarelli, the general manager of the Bruins. So I’m not saying there isn’t a fit for Kassian in Boston, but the Bruins are back on track now.

“But I’d be surprised if Zack Kassian finished the year in Vancouver.”

Source: TSN 1050/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey

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