The Toronto Sun has reported that the Boston Bruins are likely to talk extension with Zdeno Chara this summer. Chara is currently signed through the 2010-2011 season, but when it comes to a big time defenseman you always want to try and get him wrapped up before he hits the market.
Oh, and did I mention he is your captain in addition to your best defenseman? My advice to the Bruins is, get it done.
However, there is a lot of business to take care of before the Bruins can get to Chara. Boston has 11 players who will be due for a new deal come season end. The list includes, Mark Recchi, Steve Begin, Miroslav Satan, Shawn Thornton, Andrew Ference and Dennis Seidenberg make up the list of UFA's. Blake Wheeler, Daniel Paille, Vladimir Sobotka, Johnny Boychuk and Mark Stuart will be the RFA's.
Now players like Begin, Satan, and Ference will likely be shown the door, and then Recchi will likely retire. Seidenberg should be a guy that Boston trys to re-sign. The black and gold need another rugged defenseman and Seidenberg is that, however there will be multiple teams in on him and the B's won't have the most cap room.
Entering Monday, the Bruins will stand a lonely point ahead of the New York Rangers for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Boston will face-off against the New Jersey Devils and the one that got away (Ilya Kovalchuk) on Monday night.
This is a big game for Boston, as they have two games in hand on the Rangers, but if they continue to drop hockey games, those games in hand will mean nothing.
So, Peter Chiarelli you thought you had a headache at the trade deadline, wait until this summer when you have to try and re-tool this flawed roster.
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