{"id":4069,"date":"2026-07-02T07:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4069"},"modified":"2026-07-02T07:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:05:26","slug":"don-sweeney-starts-the-bruins-offseason-shopping-but-the-list-is-still-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4069","title":{"rendered":"Don Sweeney starts the Bruins\u2019 offseason shopping, but the list is still long"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Free to shop for big dogs in the NHL\u2019s free agent market on Wednesday, the Bruins made a variety of moves that included buying a rescue pup, albeit one with a valued bit of bite. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4067\">Even shorthanded, the US men\u2019s team showed it was capable of delivering a knockout punch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>They brought back Connor Clifton on a two-year deal with an average annual value of $2.25 million, beefing up their depth on right side defense with a familiar face, a guy who built a reputation for delivering nasty, bone-rattling hits during his previous five seasons (2018-23) on Causeway Street.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The Bruins later in the day added more depth, again on the right side, with the acquisition of veteran Will Borgen from the Rangers for a pair of draft picks. The 6-foot-3-inch Borgen, 29, is under contract for four more seasons at $4.1 million per. Given his size and game, Borgen will fill the role held here for years by Brandon Carlo \u2014 particularly on the penalty-killing unit. <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s some similarities,\u201d agreed general manager Don Sweeney. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Bruins also said goodbye to one of their top scoring wingers from last season, Viktor Arvidsson, who signed a two-year deal (AAV: $5 million) with the Red Wings. Per Sweeney, talks to retain Arvidsson veered dramatically with last weekend\u2019s trade for JJ Peterka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sweeney also chose not to extend the services of depth defenseman Andrew Peeke, whose No. 3 pairing spot on the depth chart was essentially assigned to Clifton. Peeke\u2019s game included more skating and puck skill, but he lacked the growl that Clifton brings. Making life miserable for opposing forwards has been the sole domain of Nikita Zadorov the last couple of seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Zadorov, at $5 million per year, is among the few pricey roster pieces that Sweeney has the contractual ability to trade. Though that is not likely, all parts remain in play. Zadorov\u2019s penchant for penalties has been an issue since his arrival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Bruins also shipped out Joonas Korpisalo, their $3 million-a-year backup tender, who landed in New York as second to Rangers\u2019 star stopper Igor Shesterkin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Is there more to come? It sure feels that way, particularly given the addition of two blue liners. If so, Sweeney\u2019s mission has moved from a free-agent search to deeper exploration of the trade market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With the start of training camp some 10 weeks away, there remains ample time \u2014 and equal need \u2014 to beef up and groom a roster that currently will be challenged to repeat its wild-card seed in the East. The No. 1 remaining need: more goal scoring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4065\">Trading Jaylen Brown for Paul George and picks sure makes it seem like Celtics have ceased to be about winning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Sweeney on Saturday added Peterka, acquired in trade with Utah, to the scoring mix. The $7.7 million-a-year German winger immediately became a factor among the top six forwards, and the loss of Arvidsson, who collected 25 goals and 54 points last season, further assured Peterka hitting high in the batting order. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In Detroit, Arvidsson will be reunited with Todd McLennan, the Wings bench boss who coached the Kings during \u201cArvy\u2019s\u201d three-year hitch with Los Angeles. It would have been a better Bruins team today if Arvidsson stayed here for that same $5 million AAV the Wings rolled out, but free agency is all about choice. By Sweeney\u2019s telling, both sides chose to end the one-year marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Wings have logged 10 consecutive playoff DNQs, so it certainly wasn\u2019t the chance to win a Cup these next two years that wooed Arvidsson. Precious few Original 32 stick carriers would choose Motown over Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Wheeling out Korpisalo, rumored since the day he arrived in the swap that sent Linus Ullmark to Ottawa, was mainly about deleting him from the payroll. By nightfall, with Providence\u2019s Michael DiPietro positioned as the new backup tender with the varsity, Sweeney still had some $5.4 million in cap elbow room, financial leverage in trade talks or to add a low-cost leftover in the UFA yard sale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The move to DiPietro carries some risk. Now age 27, the former Vancouver draft pick has logged a mere 131 minutes of NHL action across eight pro seasons. Since taking over the corner office in 2015, Sweeney never has entered a new season with such a net neophyte penciled in at No. 2. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nonetheless, the backup job by default goes to DiPietro, who signed to a two-year, one-way deal (AAV: $813,000) last offseason. The bet here: if Sweeney still has, say, at least $4 million in cash on hand 4-6 weeks from now, his managerial DNA says he\u2019d use some of that on a vet to add guaranteed depth below Jeremy Swayman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The GM early Wednesday evening voiced confidence in a Swayman-DiPietro duo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re convinced in our confidence level of Michael,\u201d said Sweeney, \u201cand the body of work he\u2019s put in. He deserved the opportunity. He\u2019s going to have to take advantage of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4063\">Mass. lawmakers, embracing \u2018unique commonality,\u2019 send Healey $63 billion budget plan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bruins added defensemen Connor Clifton and Will Borgen while shipping out Joonas Korpisalo to begin the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Don Sweeney starts the Bruins\u2019 offseason shopping, but the list is still long - Boston Relocation Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4069\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don Sweeney starts the Bruins\u2019 offseason shopping, but the list is still long - 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