I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news (or good news) to
some of you Bruins fans, but you shouldn’t be expecting Rick Nash or Bobby Ryan
to join the B’s this season. According
to media outlets including ESPN Boston, Peter Chiarelli has told Anaheim and
Columbus that David Krejci and Milan Lucic are absolutely unavailable for
trade. In addition to this, 20-year-old
star Tyler Seguin and top prospect Dougie Hamilton are ‘untouchable’ for the
Bruins.
According to ESPN, the Bruins and Ducks had ‘exploratory
talks’ regarding Bobby Ryan, but without throwing Krejci in the mix it is
extremely unlikely that any sort of deal will be reached. There had been speculative talks last season
before Krejci signed his contract extension that he might get traded to Anaheim
in a package for Ryan. However,
Chiarelli has made it clear that the 25-year-old Czech is not going anywhere
anytime soon.
Nash, on the other hand, costs way too much. The Columbus Blue Jackets’ asking price has
been way too high for all of the teams on Nash’s list this offseason. His list of teams includes the Bruins,
Rangers, Flyers, Sharks, Red Wings and Penguins. Columbus has reportedly
requested any combination of Krejci, Lucic, Seguin or Hamilton from the Bruins
for Nash. Peter Chiarelli would never let this will never happen.
Seeing as the Flyers are out of the Nash race (they just
signed Shea Weber to a 14 year, $100M sheet) and the Bruins are out, that
leaves the Sharks, Rangers, Red Wings and Penguins. The Red Wings and the Rangers both have ample
cap space to sign the 5-time all-star, but any trade for Nash will require a
costly package.
We’ll see what happens, but we can all say with a high
degree of certainty that neither Nash nor Ryan will be in Bruins’ black and
gold next season.
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