We are two weeks away from Christmas and three months away from the 2025-26 NHL trade deadline, and rumors are beginning to fly around. Two Boston Bruins forwards, Casey Mittlestadt and Pavel Zacha, were the subject of rumors earlier this year when the Black and Gold were stuck in a losing streak.
Since they have turned things around, the rumors have been fewer, and now they include a goalie in the American Hockey League (AHL), Michael DiPietro. ESPN released its NHL trade tier big board, and it has two Boston players on it.
Zacha was mentioned in the "Elite players with term tier.