He was 0-4-2 in his previous six starts, and things won't likely get any easier for the netminder with deadline trades that took Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle and Brandon Carlo to new cities. Swayman will need to stand on his head going forward as the Bruins retool.
The Bruins are officially conducting a fire sale as this season goes down the drain. According to multiple reports, after previously trading Trent Frederic and Justin Brazeau, the Bruins have been busy selling off huge pieces at the close of the 3 p.
Both just traded, longtime Boston teammates Charlie Coyle and Brandon Carlo sat by each other on the plane ride to Colorado. One last heart-to-heart chat before going their separate ways. Coyle was dealt to Colorado at the trade deadline Friday while Carlo ended up with Toronto.
The Bruins were sellers on Friday and traded several core players including Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle and Brandon Carlo.
With Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy on the shelf, Charlie Coyle and Brandon Carlo have both been elevated to Bruins ’ alternate captains. It’s a proud distinction, an official designation of leadership for a team they’ve spent most of the last decade with.
Charlie Coyle and Brandon Carlo face each other in new uniforms after trades to Colorado and Toronto. Same for Erik Johnson and Scott Laughton.
The Boston Bruins blew it up at the trade deadline. Trent Frederic, Justin Brazeau, Charlie Coyle, Brandon Carlo and captain Brad Marchand were all shipped out of Beantown to contending teams while the Bruins sit on the outside of the playoff cut.
The end of an era has arrived for the Boston Bruins. Brad Marchand – the captain of the team, a face of he franchise and the last remaining member of the 2011 Stanley Cup champions – was dealt out of town on Friday.
While GM Don Sweeney may have angered some fans with his trade of captain Brad Marchand, team CEO Charlie Jacobs threw his support behind his hockey operations and the retool/rebuild that Sweeney initiated on Friday with the trades of Marchand, Charlie Coyle and Brandon Carlo.
"The human side of me was crushed," Jeremy Swayman said as the Bruins tried to pick up the post-deadline pieces.
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