{"id":806661,"date":"2026-07-17T18:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/806661\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T18:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:56:10","slug":"b-r-nhl-trade-target-rankings-big-board-featuring-dylan-larkin-and-connor-hellebuyck-for-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/806661\/","title":{"rendered":"B\/R NHL Trade Target Rankings Big Board Featuring Dylan Larkin and Connor Hellebuyck for July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Entering last season, trade rumors swirled about Pavel Zacha. The Boston Bruins were retooling their roster after missing the playoffs in 2024-25, and a shaky start to the season stoked the speculation that Zacha could be moved, prompting us to list <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25275443-5-trade-landing-spots-bruins-forward-pavel-zacha-amid-nhl-rumors\">five potential landing spots<\/a> last November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Ultimately, the Bruins righted the ship as the season went on. By January, it was reported that they were unlikely to part with Zacha, who went on to a career-best 30 goals and 65 points, helping the Bruins exceed expectations by clinching a wild-card berth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Zacha is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent next July. On July 6, Sportsnet&#8217;s Elliotte Friedman <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/podcasts\/32-thoughts\/32-final-thoughts\/\">reported<\/a> the Bruins were believed to be having extension talks with the 29-year-old center. Nevertheless, he believes they&#8217;ve also spoken with other clubs about him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">It remains unlikely that the Bruins will peddle Zacha this summer. Nevertheless, the uncertainty over his contract status after this season makes him a player worth watching during the offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Entering last season, trade rumors swirled about Pavel Zacha. The Boston Bruins were retooling their roster after missing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-806661","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\/806661","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=806661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}