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Boston Bruins: Sit Back and Watch From The Top

 
First of all, the Bruins will not make a trade for Vincent LeCavalier .  March 4 is just days away and your Bruins have to evaluate the trade tool: Is it a benefit for your club? Are other teams going to use it also? What is the club's trade philosophy?   Last Year's Trade Deadline: Bruins did nothing   To examine a team's trade philosophy its useful to turn back the clock and see how the current management uses the tool.   Last year they did very little—but why? Surely they had the pieces to move and they had the room to grow.   Last March, Boston had two key players with serious injuries; Manny Fernandez and Patrice Bergeron . These openings gave Tim Thomas the responsibility of being an everyday goalie with young players.   From a trade point of view, sometimes when your team is struggling, trading away your youth doesn't get you to a peak level. The exchange is your future and the reward still does not gain health for your ... (link)

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