{"id":499372,"date":"2026-02-23T18:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499372\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T18:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:56:13","slug":"bruins-linked-to-31-goal-scorer-as-potential-trade-deadline-add","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499372\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins Linked To 31-Goal Scorer As Potential Trade Deadline Add"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-bruins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins<\/a> are holding onto a playoff spot, and the team could look to add to its roster ahead of the March 6 trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Boston could look to add some more secondary scoring, as well as a right-shot defenseman, and the Bruins could try to fill both needs in one trade. Bruins analyst Kevin Paul Dupont linked the team to Ryan Donato and Connor Murphy from the Chicago Blackhawks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChicago could be a trade match for both needs, with two Blackhawks with Boston ties as targets: forward\u00a0Ryan Donato\u00a0and defenseman\u00a0Connor Murphy,\u201d Dupont <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/02\/21\/sports\/post-olympics-nhl-playoff-race\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote<\/a> in an article published on Saturday. &#8220;Donato, once one of the Bruins\u2019 top prospects up front (center\/wing), in the offseason signed a four-year extension ($4 million AAV) to remain in Chicago in the wake of his career-high production (31-31\u201362) under then-coach\u00a0Luke Richardson. He has fallen back this season (13-12\u201325) under new bench boss\u00a0Jeff Blashill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore committed to strength and conditioning now than during his days in Boston when fresh off the Harvard campus, Donato, 29, could be a comfortable, versatile fit in\u00a0Marco Sturm\u2019s\u00a0top six. In many ways (size, speed, production) his game mirrors what Sturm brought to the ice in his playing days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donato would be a solid middle-six forward for the Bruins who can add some more scoring to the lineup. He had a career year last season, recording 31 goals and 31 assists for 62 points, and although he only has 13 goals this season, he\u2019s still an effective forward.<\/p>\n<p>The price to acquire both Donato and Murphy would be high, but it would bolster Boston\u2019s lineup and make them much tougher to play against in a playoff series.<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins are currently 32-20-5 and holding onto the final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>More NHL:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-bruins\/news\/bruins-react-olympic-gold-medal-game-between-usa-canada\/de840a76e2e1156525114154\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruins React To Olympic Gold Medal Game Between USA-Canada<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Bruins are holding onto a playoff spot, and the team could look to add to its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-499372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}