Bruins deadline deals dissapoint

The trade deadline has come and gone, and the end result is not what Bruins fans were looking for. In fact there are likely many Bruins fans jumping off the bandwagon that got pretty full in 2009.

On trade deadline day, the Bruins made some lateral moves, here is the list.

- Boston traded Derek Morris to Phoenix a fourth round pick in 2011. The pick will be a 3rd round pick if Morris signs with Phoenix in the off season. Morris will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.

- Florida traded Dennis Seidenberg and Matthew Bartkowski to Boston for Craig Weller, Byron Bitz and a second-round pick in 2010.

Trying to pick winners and losers at the trade deadline is difficult. TSN's Bob McKenzie stated that the Bruins are his biggest loser for the 2010 trade deadline and that the Boston brass knows it.

After watching Peter Chiarelli's 4:30 p.m. press conference today, you can tell that he certainly knows it. The biggest need for the black and gold was goal scoring and even though the talent level was on the low end it is still difficult to come up empty.

If you follow BruinSpace on twitter - http://twitter.com/bruinspace - you would have received the updates throughout the day on potential trades. Yesterday I noted that Marek Svatos and Dennis Seidenberg were two defensemen the Bruins were in on, and Seidenberg did end up here.

After looking at all of the team's moves around the league, I still predict Boston will make the playoffs. However, it would be difficult to expect them to escape the first round.

ESPN's Pierre LeBrun spoke with Chiarelli and the Boston GM said he tried hard to add up front but the price wasn't right.

Well, the price is wrong for now fans, but here's a glimmer of hope for everyone. The Toronto Maple Leafs sold off more players today and look like a slam dunk to obtain a top two pick for the June entry level draft. That would likely net you one of the top two forwards who have been mentioned non stop since the start of the season.

For the record, I am hoping for Taylor Hall...


UPDATE: Bob McKenzie responding to me asking about him branding the Bruins the loser of 2010 draft day ... "Loser label is just a TV device. Real point is they tried to get offensive Fwd and came up short. Sure they are disappointed."

My thanks to Bob McKenzie for getting back to me. He is one of the best.