One of the knocks on former Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli was that he overpaid for too many of his players.
But what’s the first order of personnel business for successor Don Sweeney? Well, it just might be to overpay someone.
Defenseman Dougie Hamilton is a restricted free agent with no arbitration rights. He can field offer sheets, however. Those, of course, are a rarity in the NHL. But in an informal survey of a handful of hockey insiders last week — ones with no direct connection to the situation — opinions were mixed as to whether Hamilton would receive an offer sheet.