![]() ![]() So, that's not the goal…stripping things down. We had tough decisions to make and we're still waiting on some decisions. "We had a really good team this year and we had a lot of really good players. "I mean, even in the Taylor Hall where we freed up enough space to do what we had to do, you aren't trying to walk a good player out of your lineup," said Sweeney. Sweeney added that it is "not the goal" for the Bruins to dump important players for a lack of value in return. It would've required us to be even more proactive and do deals that we explored, but we didn't feel the value was there to open up even more space or to be overly aggressive and to do a deal and have to make a move as a result of that." "We made a move to open up the space we needed to. ![]() "There were players that were looking for longer-term deals and my discussions were focused on that, and some teams were in a good position to be able to give shorter-term deals at the right numbers and we had to go and fill our gaps. "Again, I'll speak more generally than just talking about a player on another team at this point in time," said Sweeney. According to Boston's GM, those types of contracts "weren't a focus of the discussions" when the former Bruins winger's camp was negotiating with the club. Sweeney said he was "probably a little bit" surprised that Tyler Bertuzzi inked a one-year deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs over the weekend. ![]()
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