from Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald,

There are still some very serviceable defensemen — Johnny Oduya, Cody Franson, Christian Ehrhoff — left on the free agent market as of today, so Bruins general manager Don Sweeney may not be done building his first roster.

With a couple of veterans on the last year of their contracts — Loui Eriksson, Chris Kelly, Max Talbot — a trade or two could still be in the offing. But presuming Sweeney has done most of his heavy lifting — and there was a lot of it — now might be a good time to try to figure out what might be going on in coach Claude Julien’s head with regard to his lineup. As opposed to past years, there are few obvious choices, up front and on the back end.

Just remember, these are working documents, now more than ever:

Lines: Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Brett Connolly, Matt Beleskey-David Krejci-Jimmy Hayes, Loui Eriksson-Ryan Spooner-David Pastrnak, Zac Rinaldo-Chris Kelly-Max Talbot....

Defense: Zdeno Chara-Zach Trotman, Joe Morrow-Dennis Seidenberg, Torey Krug-Adam McQuaid/Kevan Miller.

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