Joe Haggerty of NBC Sports Boston: With the trade deadline just days away, Boston Bruins GM Don Sweeney has added pressure to acquire a player. This is because the Tampa Bay Lightning traded for Blake Coleman and offered New Jersey a package that Boston could not. Also, Pittsburgh added Jason Zucker days before. Those are two playoff contenders that upgraded.
Does Boston need that “upgrade”? That answer seems to be yes. Furthermore, Tyler Toffoli wound up in Vancouver so that is another forward ticked off the list. Names remain out there but they are dwindling.