Quoting: CMcAvoy73
Martinez, oleksiak, murray, maybe even koekkoek. Point is, bruins need a more defensively sound option. You may have noticed that the second carlo went down they were lost. Dunn is the polar opposite of what they need. Best case scenario, go after lindholm.
Not sure I want to build a team around injuries. I don't really want any part of Martinez. Likely his last deal. He is getting old, he will cost too much
Oleksiak is interesting, but I he might get a decent payday and I am not sure he really helps.
Yes, they fell apart when Carlo got hurt, but that is because Lauzon was hurt and had a broken hand and was already slotted higher than he should have been. Gryzelcyk is really ineffective on D in the playoffs. Good puck mover. Clifton was exposed for being a 3rd pairing 7th dman getting too much ice time. Zboril was hurt? scratched? no idea. Tinordi was cut from Nashville, Miller was injured again too.
Point being... It isn't that they need a defensive dman. They needed NHL Dmen. They had two by the final game. 2.5 if you want to count Lauzon, who had the hand thing, and certainly not really anyone outside 73 and 48 that you wanted getting any serious ice time. Yes, it was when Carlo went down, but they were also onto their 8th or 9th dman on top of starting the season with 2-3 unknowns to begin with. Tinordi who is a defensive dman had 12m in game 6.
Murray is perfect, but will only play 22 games. koekkoek - no thanks, or maybe for league min. He is a 7th dman.
I know Dunn has been protected, but he is a Possesion monster in regular season and playoffs. He would help. substantially. He is better than you are giving him credit for and only 24