The Boston Bruins are in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race and could be looking to add at this year’s trade deadline. While the market isn’t precisely rife with trade targets, a few have persisted in rumors throughout the season.
One such player is Vancouver Canucks impending UFA Kiefer Sherwood. Sherwood’s name has been in just about every team’s trade rumor list ever since the Canucks declared they were “open for business.”
But one of the teams that’s made the most sense is Boston. That’s something that insider Chris Johnston agrees with. In a December 24 piece in The Athletic, Johnston had this to say about Sherwood heading to the Bruins:
“Sherwood is a prototypical Bruin: big, fast and tenacious on the forecheck.