The Boston Bruins are looking to add a free agent defenseman, general manager Don Sweeney said Friday.
The Bruins have traded Dougie Hamilton and Johnny Boychuk the past two offseasons, and signed Matt Irwin this summer.
"There are a couple free agents that we still have conversations with that we felt might improve our club if the financial component works, and I'm not going to stop having those conversations because it might be the right thing to do," Sweeney told the Bruins website. "But we have some younger players that, at some point in time, have to be given an opportunity if you believe in them.