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Report: Bruins unlikely to upgrade right wing with free-agent signing

2013 NHL Stanley Cup Final - Media Day

CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 11: General Manager Peter Chiarelli of the Boston Bruins answers questions during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup media day at the United Center on June 11, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

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The Anaheim Ducks have decided to take a chance on Dany Heatley, but the Boston Bruins might pass on the opportunity to do some bargain bin shopping of their own.

The Bruins could still use a right winger after losing Jarome Iginla this summer, but they’ll need most of their remaining cap space for restricted free agents Matt Bartkowski, Jordan Caron, Reilly Smith, and Torey Krug. Even if that wasn’t the case though, it sounds like they don’t have much interest in Lee Stempniak, Daniel Alfredsson, or the other right wingers left on the market, according to CSN New England’s source.

“If we do anything at all it would be a trade rather than a free agent signing at this stage,” said the source. “We’ll see what happens.”

The Bruins could conceivably trade a defenseman given that they currently have an excess and depending on who they move, that might simultaneously free up the cap space necessary to get a get a solid forward in return.

The Detroit Red Wings in particular could use a right-handed defenseman like Johnny Boychuk, but the Bruins might balk at the idea of giving up a top-four defenseman to a division rival.

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