After a very quite month following the first day of free agency, the Bruins made head ways yesterday by signing one, releasing one, and trading for another. Boston inked defenceman Dennis Wideman to a multi-year deal. Wideman had a career year last season setting career best with 81 games played, 13 goals and 23 assists while posting a +11 ratings. Nine of his goals came on the powerplay. He also played in all six of the Bruins playoff games, picking up three assists.
Terms of this deal were not disclosed. However, the signing of Wideman meant the end of the line for forward Glen Murray in a Bruins’ sweater. The Bruins placed Murray on waivers yesterday. No team has claimed Murray and now the B’s have 48 hours to complete a buyout. The 35-year old who has one-year remaining on his contract at $4.15 million, had 17 goals and 13 assists in last season’s injury plagued campaign that saw him play only 63 games. The buyout would save the B’s approximately $2.7 million against the cap.
The Bruins were also busy swapping minor league forwards who both saw NHL time last season. The B’s acquired forward Martin St. Pierre in exchange for forward Pascal Pelletier. St. Pierre played five games with the Blackhawks last season. He spent most of the year with AHL Rockford and led the team in scoring with 88 points (21-67) in 69 games. Pelletier played in six games last season with Boston. He scored 71 goals in 206 regular-season games with AHL Providence between 2005-08.
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who will be in net for the bruins this season
Good question. It appears that the Bruins will let both Manny Fernandez and Tim Thomas to have a stab at it. Much like last year played out, Boston will go with either who is hot or who is healthly. Fernandez has impress during the Bruins developmental camp and Thomas is still recovering from a knee injury that force him off of Team USA at the World Championships. The Bruins will be in a fortunate situation when the season starts if these two are healthy. There is nothing better for a team than a goaltender competetion. Both are in contract years and will have something to prove. So to answer your question if both are healthy it all depends on Thomas or Fernandez out playing the other.