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I know the Bruins are scuffling right now but I just wanted to touch upon the trades made the other day. Acquiring Mark Recchi and Steve Montador gives the Bruins more depth that teams need once the playoffs begin. These deals work out great when you consider Martins Karsums, Matt Lashoff, and Petteri Nokelainen were not key parts for this years team and going forward were not going to be re-signed as Karsums and Lashoff are both free agents after this season. Thats another good thing about this trade is that Recchi and Montador are both going to be gone at the end of the year so the Bruins are not stuck with a big contract that would effect them signing the key guys this offseason like Phil Kessel, David Krejci and Tim Thomas just to name a few.

Montador is actually having one of his best seasons which is good for him maybe he can cash in on it next year but he gives the Bruins more depth on defense. I know a lot of people wanted Pronger but that would have cost the Bruins a lot more and Pronger is signed for next year which the Bruins would probably flip him in the offseason. Pronger would have been nice but I'm really happy with the top two defenseman the B's have in Zdeno Chara and Dennis Wideman i didn't think they needed a top line guy on D. Thats why I think getting Montador for Nokelainan was a good deal.

Recchi can still be a playmaker as he had 45 points with Tampa. He will give the Bruins more scoring punch especially on the powerplay which recently went 8 games in a row without a pp goal. Recchi has been in this situation before being traded to Carolina in 2006 and that worked out well with the Canes as they hoisted Lord Stanley that June. I know last night they put Recchi with two different lines which we might see these first few games because even though they have been playing poorly this moves were not made so the Bruins can finish the regular season strong and win the Presidents Trophy these were moves to make them better once the playoffs arrive. So we might see some shuffling of different lines over the next few weeks. Add on to Recchi was a 2010 second rd. pick which will be in the low 30s this trade could look even better.