One week ago, Boston Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli told WEEI’s Big Bad Blog that he was bent on keeping defenseman Dougie Hamilton in the NHL.
That is not necessarily going to change in the immediate future. With room on the NHL roster for six defensemen at a time on game night plus a spare, Hamilton should have a space with the big club to start 2013-14.
The same should go for two other young blueliners in Matt Bartkowski and Torey Krug. Behind the seasoned quartet of Johnny Boychuk, Zdeno Chara, Adam McQuaid and Dennis Seidenberg, the three youngsters could engage in a beneficial battle for games played.
Ultimately, though, that means one of the three will soon find himself noticeably logging the fewest minutes. That, in turn, could warrant at least a temporary game-heavy stint with the Bruins' AHL affiliate in Providence come November or December.
Where they are in their development and based on how their impressions at training camp have compared, Hamilton projects to trail Bartkowski and Krug by then.
To reach that conclusion is to say nothing of Hamilton’s pedigree, his draft status as the ninth ...
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Boston Bruins: Which Young Defenseman Will Be the Odd Man out in 2013-14?
September 24th, 2013 by Al Daniel Leave a reply »
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