When the Boston Bruins inked defenseman Dennis Seidenberg to a contract extension last week, they whittled their impending 2014 free-agent class down to eight players. As their NHL payroll currently reads on capgeek.com, they have four forwards, three blueliners and a backup goaltender lacking a deal beyond this season.
Seven additional skaters are only locked in through 2014-15.
If general manager Peter Chiarelli is going to keep up the continuity he has expressed he wants in recent years, it will likely require a few more deals before 2013-14 is over.
The remainder of the 2014 class includes three players who are wholly new to the organization this season: Jarome Iginla, Chad Johnson and Reilly Smith.
Four others―Matt Bartkowski, Jordan Caron, Torey Krug and Kevan Miller―are all still relatively young and inexperienced by NHL standards. It is worth noting that Caron and Krug are each off to promising starts in what should be their first full seasons in the major league, per the Patriot Ledger and Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe.
That leaves Shawn Thornton, who is one of the few Bruins still ...
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