One of the Boston Bruins’ objectives leading up to the 2026 NHL trade deadline should be to add another right-shot defenseman. They already tried when they targeted Rasmus Andersson before the Vegas Golden Knights acquired him from the Calgary Flames.<\/p>\n
Now, after missing out on Andersson, let’s look at four right-shot defensemen who could be good additions to the Bruins’ roster if acquired.<\/p>\n
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Justin Faulk, St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n
With Andersson off the board, Faulk is now the best right-shot defenseman on the trade market right now. The 33-year-old is in the middle of a strong season with the Blues, as he has recorded 11 goals and 24 points in 52 games. With numbers like these, he would be a nice addition to Boston’s top four and would certainly give the Bruins more offense from the point. He is also signed until the end of next season, where he has a $6.5 million cap hit.<\/p>\n
Zach Whitecloud, Calgary Flames<\/p>\n
Whitecloud may have just been acquired by the Flames from Vegas in the Andersson trade, but he is already creating chatter as a trade candidate in Calgary. When noting that he is a solid two-way defenseman who can move up and down the lineup, he would make a lot of sense for a Bruins club looking to boost its blueline. In 51 games this season, he has recorded two goals, eight points, and 81 hits.<\/p>\n
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Connor Murphy, Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n
If the Bruins want a big, stay-at-home defenseman for their right side, Murphy could make sense for them to pursue. With the Blackhawks having plenty of young blueliners and Murphy being a pending unrestricted free agent (UFA), his name has been floating around the rumor mill. The 6-foot-4 blueliner has appeared in 52 games so far this season, where he has two goals, nine points, 52 hits, and 77 blocks.<\/p>\n
Luke Schenn, Winnipeg Jets<\/p>\n
While Schenn is not a top-four defenseman, he stands out as an intriguing depth option for the Bruins to consider targeting. It is no secret that the Bruins want to be a tough team for opponents to go up against, and acquiring a hard-nosed defenseman like Schenn would only help things on that front even further. In 37 games this season with Winnipeg, Schenn has one goal, six points, and 115 hits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the Boston Bruins’ objectives leading up to the 2026 NHL trade deadline should be to add…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[740,49,762,48,756,164392,180655,166522,448,19120,36306,82,759,767,449,175590],"class_list":["post-434602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-boston-bruins","tag-ca","tag-calgary-flames","tag-canada","tag-chicago-blackhawks","tag-connor-murphy","tag-justin-faulk","tag-luke-schenn","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-trade-deadline","tag-rasmus-andersson","tag-sports","tag-st-louis-blues","tag-vegas-golden-knights","tag-winnipeg-jets","tag-zach-whitecloud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}