Joe Haggerty: The Bruins and David Pastrnak were trying to do a seven- or eight-year deal, but they couldn’t close the gap, so they settled on a six-year deal.
Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald: If the Bruins young players can contribute, it might make some of their veterans expendable.
Matt Beleskey makes $3.8 million, and likely won’t be their top-six. The Bruins may not be interested in paying that much for someone to play on their third or fourth line.
Ryan Spooner makes $2.