Why is it taking so long for the Boston Bruins to sign their two restricted free agents? Many Bruins fans are already starting to get impatient about the whole saga. But in fact, it’s not a saga at all. There are plenty of plausible reasonings as to why both Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo remain unsigned still.
Firstly, the Boston Bruins have a very clear salary cap situation. With their salary cap space being at approximately $8 million, it’s easy to see that they don’t have enough of the salary cap space to lock up their defensemen.