Bruins: Could Boston work out this deal with this division rival?

The Boston Bruins top-six looks much better with Sam Reinhart.

With a healthy lineup, minus Kase, and the addition Reinhart, the Bruins forward corps looks pretty strong.

The B’s would most likely look like this if it were the trade that I suggested:

Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak
Ritchie – Krejci – Reinhart
Frederic – Coyle – Smith
Bjork/Kuraly – Studnicka/Kuraly – Wagner/Kuhlman/Steen

Lauzon – McAvoy
Grzelcyk – Carlo
Zboril – Miller

So, as you can see, while the Sabres receive assets to their lineup from this trade — and could possibly get even more — Boston only loses DeBrusk from their regular lineup.

Sabres’ fans will probably say it’s not enough for Reinhart, Bruins’ fans will probably say it’s too much. But the fact is that fans will always over-value their own players and think good value is not enough or too much.

This trade could play out well for the Boston Bruins.

Overall, I think the addition of Reinhart will help out the Black and Gold a lot. Reinhart will be going from one great playmaker to another in David Krejci, so he should be able to maintain his ability to score 20+ goals a season.

Reinhart also possesses several different ways he can score. He’s not afraid to go to the front of the net for deflections and rebounds, and he also has the ability to purely snipe a goaltender.

If Boston could pull this off, it not only would help out their current situation, it would also help out their future as Reinhart is just 25 years old. However, as I said earlier, getting a top player from a division rival is much easier said than done.