The NHL Draft has come and gone with little excitement coming out of Boston. Despite being involved in trade rumors all day Phil Kessel is still a member of the Black and Gold. The only news out of Boston today was their selection of Jordan Caron an eighteen year-old Quebec League Right Wing prospect. Who is a hard shooter and according to Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli, ''He has a lot of those tendencies I've talked about wanting, He has size and he can get after the puck.'' Don't expect Caron to help the B's this season however, he is not expected to be NHL ready until at least two seasons from now.
In other news around the NHL the New York Islanders selected John Tavares, who is supposed to be a prolific scorer and was widely looked at as the best prospect in this Draft.
On the trade front and perhaps the biggest news of the day, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks traded veteran defensemen and perennial All-Star Defensemen Chris Pronger to the Philadelphia Flyers for forward Joffrey Lupul, defensemen Luca Sbissa an two future first round selections. Going to Philly with Pronger will be minor league forward Ryan Dingle. Pronger was one of the many veteran names that were seen on the trade market today and was one moved.
Looking forward it would appear as though the Bruins are trying to move Kessel rather than attempting to re-sign him. It was believed that the Bruins extended him a qualifying offer this past week and it is my opinion that he did not think very highly of their offer leading the Bruins to seek out a trade. The window of possibility for Tomas Kaberle to be the return may have closed earlier tonight, given his no-trade clause after the NHL Draft has taken place. Toronto is only given a certain amount of time to deal him given the way his contract is structured. It appears to me as though the Bruins are willing to deal Kessel but for a top four defensemen, which in the NHL are hard to come by.
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