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Boston Bruins Protection List: Sweeney did the right thing

By Brendan Bettez

Apr 19, 2017; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Bruins defenseman Kevan Miller (86) controls the puck against Ottawa Senators left wing Mike Hoffman (68) during the first period in game four of the first round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 19, 2017; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Bruins defenseman Kevan Miller (86) controls the puck against Ottawa Senators left wing Mike Hoffman (68) during the first period in game four of the first round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Boston Bruins front office invested a lot of energy into their protection list over the past few weeks. This morning, it was released.

Before you can look at the Boston Bruins protection list, you need to take a look at all the expansion draft drama that unfolded this week.

Teams were given up until 10 AM on Saturday to make trades. This gave everyone a chance to get some value from players that were not going to be protected.

The clearest example of this was Jonas Brodin of the Wild. Twitter was blowing up the past few days, and everyone had an opinion on what was going to happen.

Some were positive.

Others were positive!

But ultimately, nothing happened.

Was this the right move?

It’s hard to say without knowing what the asking price was, but I’d say I’m fine with it. Sweeney has made some questionable trades in the past and I would not be happy if he over-extended too much.

Also, bringing in Brodin now would take ice time from McAvoy/Carlo who need the experience if they’re going to reach their full potential.

Protection List: No surprises

As most predicted, the Bruins went with the 7-3-1 protection scheme.

Forwards:

  • Patrice Bergeron
  • Brad Marchand
  • David Backes
  • David Krejci
  • David Pastrnak
  • Riley Nash
  • Ryan Spooner

Defense:

  • Zdeno Chara
  • Torey Krug
  • Kevan Miller

Goalie:

  • Tuukka Rask

The one area in question was Kevan/Collin Miller. While Colin is younger and better offensively, Kevan proved himself as a versatile, smart defensemen this past year.

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Who are we going to lose?

Still TBD. There are a bunch of directions the Knights could go in, but I think they’ll go with either Malcolm Subban or Colin Miller.

The Knights seem to have a long-term view on things. They have made it clear they will work with teams who want to keep their teams together.

This basically means that if certain teams had to leave key players exposed, they can send draft picks to Vegas in exchange for a different player to be drafted.

Which, leads me to believe that they will not be concerned with their year one performance and will choose players that have bright futures.

Next: Bruins still interested in Duchene, Landeskog

As I wrote last week, the Bruins are in a good spot with the whole expansion draft compared to other teams. I’m glad Sweeney didn’t mess this up.

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