Bruins Roster Trade Value: Defense, Goalie
Written by Greg Ezell   
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 10:43

This is part two of our Bruins Roster Trade Value series. Go check out part one, which consists of the forwards on the NHL roster.

Defense

Johnny Boychuk: Boychuk was scratched last night for some unknown reason while guys like Matt Hunwick and Andrew Ference continually get the nod. Boychuk is a young defenseman who has played very well for Boston this season. Boychuk will be a Restricted Free Agent at the end of the season and should find himself in Boston once again.
Ruling: Movable

Zdeno Chara: Chara has a no-trade clause and has not been asked to waive it
Ruling: NTC'd

Andrew Ference: I'm not sure what type of value Ference has. At the beginning of last season, Ference played extremely well but injuries has degraded his play to that of a 5th or 6th defenseman. No team out there will want Ference, though he will be a UFA at the end of the season. His numbers for a defenseman aren't special (47GP, 0G, 7A) but his play has been so bad no one will want him.
Ruling: Movable

Matt Hunwick: Hunwick has been a waste of space this season after a decent showing last year. He signed a contract that will pay him $1.55M next season. I don't think Hunwick is worth that and the RFA tag may entice a few teams to take a run at him. Yesterday proved to me that Hunwick isn't close to being a quality NHL defenseman and hopefully he can be moved today.
Ruling: Moveable

Derek Morris: As I write this, Morris has been traded to the Coyotes for a 4th round draft pick in 2011.
Ruling: GONE

Mark Stuart: Staurt has been a good defenseman for the Bruins this season and will be a Restricted Free Agent at the end of the season. The Bruins are high on Stuart who has shown consistency, aggresive play and an improvement each year he's played for the Bruins. I don't see them trading him, he's the type of young defender you want to keep around.
Ruling: Untouchable

Dennis Wideman: No one wants this guy, face it.
Ruling: Unmovable due to bad contract

Goalies

Tuukka Rask: Rask isn't going anywhere because he's the future of the Bruins. Rask will be in Boston for the next three seasons with a reasonable contract for a #1 starter.
Ruling: Untouchable

Tim Thomas: Here we go, this may be a rant. The Bruins will HAVE to entertain offers for Tim Thomas for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that Thomas hasn't played in the NHL for over a month now (last start was on 2/2/10) and doesn't look like he'll be playing any time soon. Tuukka Rask played well in net for the Bruins last night despite his team leaving him out to dry on a couple of goals. Thomas hasn't been himself this year, or maybe he wasn't himself last year and that's why he played so well.

Thomas has a no-trade clause and to my knowledge he hasn't been asked to waive it, but there are rumors that some teams want him. What is Thomas to do? I believe he would waive his NTC to go to a team like Chicago or Washington at a chance to win the Stanley Cup. If a team like Philly comes calling, he won't waive.
Ruling: NTC'd but movable (if that makes sense)



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written by Scotty A, March 03, 2010
I've really liked Boychuk so far. He has no fear of firing the puck to net, and he seems to get it a lot.

Kinda sad Morris was only worth a 4th round pick, but there ya go.

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