Now, you could make a strong case that the Boston Bruins management team are not overlooking their own drafted and developed guys at all, but rather attempting to stoke their fires by bringing added competition into the upcoming training camp.
A combination of that and requiring some contingency should there not be new deals for Brandon Carlo and Charlie McAvoy by that time. By contingency, we’re talking a player with more than a half-season of NHL experience; a comparative veteran instead of a rookie.
It’s fair to see it both ways; that the likes of Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney are both protecting the team from potentially unsigned RFA deals, protecting the youngsters from being thrown in the deep end and also extended a branch to a player that has rightfully or wrongfully found himself on the proverbial NHL scrapheap at just 27 years old.