The Boston Bruins are getting an unexpected bye week due to the rise in COVID-19 cases with the team and the NHL as a whole.
The trade deadline isn't until March 21, so the Bruins can take their time and look for the best deal possible. There shouldn't be any rush to make a move with DeBrusk. Secondary scoring has been a problem for the Bruins for several years now, and they tried to address it via free agency over the summer by signing veteran forwards such as Tomas Nosek, Erik Haula and Nick Foligno.
These additions have provided very little offense so far. Nosek has four points in 23 games. Foligno has four points in 18 games, and Haula has five points in 25 games. These three players have combined to score just three goals and we're about a third of the way through the regular season. They aren't the only secondary scorers struggling, though. Second-line left wing Taylor Hall has gone 10 games without scoring a goal. Second-line right wing Craig Smith battled an upper body injury earlier in the season and has struggled offensively with two goals in 19 games. Young players expected to play a larger role, most notably Trent Frederic and Jack Studnicka, have yet to score a goal in 2021.
The Bruins are once again a top-heavy team that relies way too much on the superstar first line of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak to shoulder most of the scoring burden. You can mostly get away with that in the regular season, but come playoff time this weakness likely will prove fatal unless the B's make some roster changes before the trade deadline.
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