Don Sweeney didn’t have much flexibility to improve his squad this offseason.
Aside from potentially bringing back Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci on short-term deals, many pundits didn’t expect the Boston Bruins to add many external pieces given their $2.3 million of salary cap space.
But Boston’s general manager managed to acquire a versatile forward and at least temporarily shed some salary cap space on the first day of free agency.
The Bruins made one of the first splashes of the day, acquiring Pavel Zacha from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for forward Erik Haula.