It has been about 2 weeks since GM Dan Fillion took over the Bruins squad, it appears as though the major transitions have been made. When he took over the team, it was top heavy with talent, but little depth. A solid core was in place, though a glaring problem was obvious to all, they had a salary in excess of 67 million dollars. With a league mandated cap of 50 million, Fillion had his work cut for him. He could have taken the easy way out, dropped 2 or 3 high priced players for draft picks, it was rumoured there were many offers to help him out with this. But he chose a different path, do not panic, whittle around the edges, and make a big deal or two if it helped the overall team.
Things started out quietly, a couple of non-core players with hefty contracts were moved out for little return, then the 1st major deal happened. Playmaking center Michael Nylander and stud defenseman prospect Mark Stuart were dealt to the Rangers for Daymond Langkow. This deal was instrumental to the future of the team. Not much was said at the time, but the teams scouts were very high on Langkow and felt he was an obvious choice as 2nd line center behind team captain Joe Thornton. This made Jeremy Roenick expendable. Jeremy was a favourite of the GM, but he knew his 8.5 million salary was not easy to fit in. After a few days of scouting other teams, Calgary GM Jamie Hoover approached the Bruins about acquiring a star center, the talks were on. After about 3 days of negotiating, the deal was struck. JR was sent to Calgary along with Sean O