Boston Bruins Reportedly Shopping Brad Marchand & Chris Kelly

July 9th, 2013 by Chris Blanchard Leave a reply »

Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli is notoriously conservative, but after dealing Tyler Seguin and signing Jarome Iginla, the Bruins may not be done making big offseason news just yet.

The Fourth Period's Shawn Hutcheon suggests that the Bruins may be considering another big trade or two:



Despite winning the Eastern Conference, the Bruins have moved into a major roster overhaul since losing the Stanley Cup Final to Chicago in six games. With top-line winger Nathan Horton shipping out and Jaromir Jagr testing free agency, the Bruins desperately needed to rebuild the right side of their lineup. 

To do so, they dealt two right-sided players, Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley, to Dallas for top-six winger Loui Eriksson and three prospects. With the cap space opened up by the deal, the Bruins also went out and added Iginla, who inked a cap-friendly, one-year deal July 5. 

With those deals complete, Boston's only evident roster hole is at right wing on the third line, but the Bruins may not be opposed to another big move. 

The fact that the Bruins are shopping Chris Kelly is far from a head-scra ...

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