Bruins Trade Deadline Transactions

Welcome to trade deadline day for the NHL! While the Boston Bruins signed Jaromir Jagr earlier this week in exchange for Lane MacDermid not much else went down for the Black and Gold (I refuse to speak about the trade gone bad). But with today being the end of any sort of player trading, Peter Chiarelli and Co. cracked down and made some moves that’ll hopefully help with the B’s quest for the cup!

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At one pm today it was confirmed that the Boston Bruins had traded Providence Bruins player Max Sauve to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Rob Flick. Flick has most recently been playing for the Blackhawks’ AHL affiliate the Rockford IceHogs. He has played in 51 games this season for the IceHogs and has registered three goals and two assists with 97 penalty minutes.

The London Ontario native was drafted in the fourth round (120th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. While Flick hasn’t contributed much scoring wise, he’s 6-foot-2 and over 200 pounds and has no problem throwing his weight around. In his first two AHL seasons alone, he’s racked up over 100 PIMs.

Flick will most likely head to Providence for the next few years to build but there’s no doubt that he’ll most likely be there if the Bruins are looking for a call up.

In a late trade, the B’s also acquired defenseman Wade Redden from the St. Louis Blues  in exchange for a conditional seventh round draft pick in 2014. However, if Redden plays in one or more games during the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Bruins, that draft pick will change to a sixth round.

Redden is a former teammate of Captain Zdeno Chara and center Chris Kelly. He will serve as a strength defenseman that could come in handy as the Bruins head towards playoffs. This year, Redden appeared in 23 games with the Blues, scoring two goals and three assists with 11 penalty minutes. The 35-year-old has skated in 1017 NHL games between the  Ottawa Senators (1995-2008), New York Rangers (2008-2010) and the St. Louis Blues (2012-2013).

Overall it wasn’t the trade that’ll make headlines, but these are deals that could help the Bruins with the rest of this season  and in the future.

Make Room for Marty

Bruins fans already love him because he feels the same way about Pierre as we do!

Marty Turco has been signed with the Bruins for a one-year contract. He has been placed on waivers and if he clears(by 12pm Wednesday), he will join the team on Wednesday, March 7. However, because this acquisition happened after the deadline, he is ineligible to play in the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Marty Turco is a 36 year old veteran who has been in the NHL since the 1994 draft. From 2001-2010 Turco was a member of the Dallas Stars, logging 509 games played with 266 wins. He is acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks whom he signed with as a free agent in August 2010. He appeared in just 29 games with an 11-11-3 record and .897 SV%.  He has set a career high in wins with 41 during the 2005-06 season with Dallas and has performed in 47 post-season games. (All with Dallas)

It will be interesting to see how Turco fits in with the Bruins, assuming he clears waivers, but it will especially be interesting to see the amount of playing time he gets in the next 19 games, before the playoffs hit. We could be seeing a lot of “Turco Time” from here on out, to preserve Thomas for the more important games that lie ahead. However, I’m thinking Turco will fit in just fine with the boys, what do you think?

Every team needs someone sneaky like this, right?

Need a little more persuasion? How about you read about the bet he placed with a fan DURING a game. Yes, you read that correctly. Check it here.

 

All statistical information provided by Yahoo! Sports.