Top 10 NHL trade candidates …
Lyle Richardson of Bleacher Report: Richards looks at the top 10 players who are most likely to be trade candidates.
10. Jaroslav Halak – New York Islanders
9. Mark Streit – Philadelphia Flyers
8. Marc-Andre Fleury – Pittsburgh Penguins
7. Pavel Datsyuk – Detroit Red Wings
6. Scott Hartnell – Columbus Blue Jackets
5. Sami Vatanen – Anaheim Ducks
4. Tyson Barrie – Colorado Avalanche
3. Frederik Andersen – Anaheim Ducks
2. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Edmonton Oilers
1. Kevin Shattenkirk – St. Louis Blues
On the Boston Bruins …
Caryn Switaj of BostonBruins.com: The Bruins own two picks in the first round – No. 14 and either No. 29 or No. 30 from San Jose. Their draft approach will be the best player available and one based on organizational need.
“Selfishly, you’d like to have the best of both,” said Sweeney. “You’d like to identify the best player that you can possibly get and hopefully it’s a positional need. We’ve addressed areas that we’d like to continue to bolster within our organization and if the right player’s there, we’re going to be excited about taking him there.”
GM Don Sweeney added that there could potentially be a lot of movement heading to the draft.
“I think there’s a chance for a lot of movement going into the draft, and there’s been a lot of talk about it, so you have to expect that somebody might move into a position that you didn’t necessarily think they were taking that player,” said Sweeney. “But again, the depth up until that point is pretty good, so we feel comfortable.”
If they are presented with an opportunity to improve the team, they will.
“I haven’t disguised the fact that we’re open to do anything to improve our hockey club,” Sweeney stressed. “We addressed a lot of the things I needed to address last summer. We want to continue to do that through the draft and we’re committed to that, the development process, but we also want to improve our club, so if the opportunity presents itself, we’re going to do it.”
