The Bruins finished up their final Warrior Ice Arena practice on Wednesday before heading off for a two-game road trip to Carolina (Thursday) and Tampa (Saturday). It’s anyone’s guess how many of the players will not be returning with the team once the deadline is past.
For one thing, he’s the kind of centre who is used to taking on top-line assignments, reliably defending against the league’s best. When the Bruins played the Leafs in the first round last spring, Coyle logged the most five-on-five minutes against Matthews of any Boston centre.
After watching Morgan Geekie pull the Bruins into a 3-3 tie early in the third period, the Predators connected twice (Jonathan Marchessault and Ryan O’Reilly) in a span of 63 seconds, pacing Nashville to a 6-3 victory over the slumping Black and Gold.
The Boston Bruins keep losing, and their playoff hopes are continuing to drop because of it. Due to this, the Bruins already traded Trent Frederic and Max Jones to the Edmonton Oilers on March 4, and more moves are likely to follow.
With David Pastrnak blanked and Brad Marchand on the shelf, the Bruins were unable to sneak any pucks past Minnesota’s Filip Gustavsson on Sunday.