Boston Bruins has made a lot of trade offs this season. They sent forward and captain Brad Marchand to the Florida Panthers, forward Charlie Coyle to the Colorado Avalanche, defenseman Brandon Carlo to the Toronto Maple Leafs, forward Justin Brazeau to the Minnesota Wild and forward Trent Frederic to the Edmonton Oilers.
The moves have been a lot for Pastrnak and many of his teammates to take in.
“It’s been very tough, emotional, and sad,” Pastrnak said. “Personally, I lost three very close friends and it’s a very tough pill to swallow. We not only lost big leaders on this team, but great human beings, guys with families that I was really close to and I’ve been here since Day 1 with them.”
“I know none of those guys wanted to leave,” Swayman said. “They wanted to see it through here and we had the ability to see it through with those guys, and that’s just the most devastating part. The human side of me was crushed.
“Even though it’s a business, it’s guys that you love. The connection that I had with ‘Marchy,’ Coyle, ‘Freddy,’ ‘Brando,’ ‘Braz’ … I love those guys and the fact that we can’t continue to play together and make memories and push through is devastating.”
