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The real reason the Boston Bruins are ready to trade this top player was just revealed publicly to the media
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Throughout the off-season, multiple Boston Bruins players have been involved in trade rumors, with a new player recently being added to that list.
An NHL insider just publicly revealed why the Boston Bruins are looking to move on from Casey Mittelstadt.
Recently, Jimmy Murphy of RG.org revealed that the Boston Bruins are looking to move on from forward Casey Mittelstadt.
An NHL executive source to me on #NHLBruins forward Casey Mittelstadt:
«There was a common feeling that he wasn't their main target when they traded for him; Zellers and the second-round draft pick were.»
«There was a common feeling that he wasn't their main target when they traded for him; Zellers and the second-round draft pick were.»
Now some new details have been shed on the situation on why the Bruins could be looking to move him.
Why the Bruins want to move on from Mittelstadt
Some new details have surfaced, and it seems like the Boston Bruins just won't have room for him.
They have Lindholm locked up in the top-six for another six years, and with Hagens expected to make the NHL not this season, but next season, there just isn't any room for Mittelstadt.
Mittelstadt's contract is set to come to an end after next season, instead of losing him for nothing, there is a good chance that they end up trading him.
Jimmy Murphy recently wrote an article discussing Casey Mittelstadt's future with the Bruins, which sounds uncertain to say the least. According to an NHL executive who spoke to Murphy, the common feeling was that he wasn't the main target when they traded for him, but that Zellers and the second-round pick were
With Elias Lindholm locked into the top six for the next several years, and the growing center prospect core headlined by James Hagens, it seems unlikely that Mittelstadt will receive a contract extension from Boston (eligible next summer). While I'm open to building up his trade value throughout this year, the Bruins should without a doubt be fielding and facilitating offers around the 26 year old center
With Elias Lindholm locked into the top six for the next several years, and the growing center prospect core headlined by James Hagens, it seems unlikely that Mittelstadt will receive a contract extension from Boston (eligible next summer). While I'm open to building up his trade value throughout this year, the Bruins should without a doubt be fielding and facilitating offers around the 26 year old center
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