New Jersey Devils: 5 Players Worth Trading 1st-Round Pick In NHL Draft

David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins

What the heck is going on in Boston? The Bruins are apparently considering a move behind the bench. Bruce Cassidy has been a great coach for a long time, but it seems like the Bruins are considering their options. They also have a very hard offseason coming. Patrice Bergeron is likely done with the Bruins. He said if he is coming back he comes back with Boston, and the Bruins desperately need him, but they have just over $2 million in cap space. He would probably just retire before he makes that little.

The Bruins need to reevaluate what they are doing next. Will they just move their star players, or are they trying to move around the edges? This likely has a lot to do with what’s being offered. Getting the second-overall pick really helps a prospect pool that’s ranked near the bottom of the NHL every season. This is what happens when a team has five first-round picks between 2015 and 2016 and all that really came out of it was one star (Charlie McAvoy) and two supporting players (Jake DeBrusk and Trent Frederic).

This is how we get to David Pastrnak. He’s in the final year of his contract, paying him much less than he’s worth. He accepted a deal worth $6.66 million per season. The Bruins might be looking at the situation at hand, and they could look to get the most for their superstar winger.

Pastrnak would be huge on the Jack Hughes-Yegor Sharangovich line. That would put them in the conversation as one of the best lines in the NHL. Would the Devils be willing to pull the trigger on a player with one year left on his deal? The good news is the team can at least negotiate a contract with Pastrnak before the deal is done.