Let The Trades Begin! Bruins Add Depth

With only a week and half left until the NHL trade deadline, teams are starting to jockey for position in the tight playoff race by swapping players and adding depth. The Boston Bruins have been busy this week by adding Chris Kelly earlier this week.

And today they made two more deals to add acquiring Maple Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle and Thrashers center Rich Peverley in separate deals. The addition of Kaberle is important as the Bruins have been looking for the offensive defenseman for a couple of years now. They have tried to land him in the past but the deal has always fallen through.

To get the high scoring Kaberle the Boston’s gave up their first-round pick in 2011, plus prospect center Joe Colborne and a conditional pick.

Toronto already has a first-round pick from Philly for the Kris Versteeg trade and now has two first-round picks in June. The Bruins also clear up some cap room by moving center Blake Wheeler and defenseman Mark Stuart to the Atlanta Thrashers for Peverley and minor-league defenseman Boris Valabik.

In some other trade action, the Colorado Avalanche and Ottawa Senators traded goalies with Brian Elliott going to Colorado and Craig Anderson shipped to Ottawa. Anderson will be an unrestricted free agent this summer, and Elliott will be a restricted free agent.

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