Among Bruins fans, Adam McQuaid was a bit of a polarizing figure. Plenty of fans loved him for his hard-nosed, selfless style of play. Others thought he was oft-injured, overpaid and replaceable when Kevan Miller became an NHL regular.
Where you stand on that spectrum is going to go a long way toward determining how you feel about today’s trade: either the Bruins lost a tough, character guy and are just getting softer and softer, or the Bruins got an asset for a player they no longer needed.
While I actually liked McQuaid as a player, the overall picture is pretty clear: the Bruins cleared cap space and moved a defenseman they can replace, acquiring at least one asset in return.