This edition is more about a feeling than anything else. Today was the unofficial holiday of Canada, that's right TSA fans NHL trade deadline day! There will be plenty of time for Jason Varitek memories later.
This afternoon the Bruins did some horsetrading of the quiet background kind. All together they traded little used D Steven Kampfer and inconsequential prospects Yannick Riendeau and Marc Cantin for F Brian Rolston and D-men Mike Mottau and Greg Zanon. After days of panicking about the annual Bruins February malaise and thinking Tim Thomas was a clubhouse cancer I find myself feeling quietly confident about the moves Mr. Chiarelli made. In Rolston they get a former Bruin to play the Mark Recci role with a bigger shot and a spring chicken compared to the distinguished Reccs. Zanon appears to be the lunch-pail, shot blocking mucker the Bs thrive with on the blue line. Mottau is a backup but a good one. And necessary considering the Bruins blueliners were belted pretty good by the Senators Saturday night. Despite the chatter that the black and gold didn't have enough to trade this has shades of last year; when Peverly and Kelly came in to an angry fanbase who had no idea who they were and restored Lord Stanley's Chalice to its proper home. The Bruins have assets, namely Dougie Hamilton and some disappointing big name forwards, a big deal could've been made. Unlike this Blog they didn't go with should've, they stayed with could've and trusted the system and team. Buttress, not demolish, sounds like a plan.
Then again, maybe this Blog just liked seeing Katheryn Tappen on the NHL network and got the whammy put on him. Only time will tell.
Until next time,
The SAHD
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