from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

- Trading Dougie Hamilton and Milan Lucic within hours for a pair of No. 1s, a couple of other draft choices and a backup goaltender doesn’t represent a rebuild or retool in Boston, it reflects management’s belief something was very amiss in the room last season when the B’s missed the playoffs.

And by management, we’re suggesting the younger Mr. Jacobs and Cam Neely, not necessarily newly hired GM Don Sweeney.

Mark the Bruins as a bubble team as well.

- Peter Chiarelli better be careful, or else the new Oilers GM isn’t going to be picking first next June.

- Finally, Chris Pronger, on career LTI with two years still remaining on his contract at over $4.91 million per, was traded to the Coyotes so Team Evicted can reach the floor.

Apparently Alexei Yashin was unavailable.

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