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The Boston Bruins added Hampus Lindholm and Josh Brown before the trade deadline. Here's what each player will bring to the team.

Yet, he was not brought in to be among the scoring leaders for the team. Yet, with how frequently injuries occur in this league, don’t be surprised to still see him on the ice often. Yet, whenever the 6-foot-5 defenseman is placed in the lineup, he will help change that years-long narrative. Furthermore, the team has needed another right-handed defenseman, as the quality drops off rapidly after Connor Clifton. Senyshyn, on the other hand, has had his trade request honored and will have the chance to play with his hometown club. Although nobody should doubt Lindholm’s skill level, it will be interesting to see if he is placed on the team’s top pair from the start. Yet, the 28-year-old has since signed an eight-year, $52 million contract extension, so he will be a part of the Bruins’ top four for a very long time. This aspect of his game is something that the team simply needed desperately. His 22 points on the year currently have him ranked second on the team among all defensemen, too. Lindholm will offer the Bruins far more stability on the backend. It’s important to note that Moore’s bad contract was the reason why an extra second-round pick was added to the deal. It’s always exciting when teams make acquisitions, so now feels like a perfect time to shine a light on the Bruins’ new guys. Although they were low in number, one expects they will carry immense importance not only for this season but for years to come.

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"The impact he can have on a hockey club, I think we believe in," Sweeney said. "And staying healthy is a big part of that." The Bruins biggest question for the playoffs is the goaltending tandem of Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman, who have never started a playoff game. "We could have moved him prior to the deadline. We could revisit this in the summertime," Sweeney said. The bottom line is, he knows he's an important part and if he plays to his capability, he's going to help us out."

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Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic: B- Lindholm is a very good defensive player but also has enough skating ability and playmaking skill to help drive offense at a decent rate. They acquired depth defenseman Josh Brown from the Ottawa Senators but didn't add any reinforcements up front.

The Boston Bruins are markedly better post-deadline with Hampus Lindholm than they were leading up to it, and that's what matters.

Certainly, the Pittsburgh Penguins have to be feared and respected with Tristan Jarry in net while beating Boston to the punch for a helpful forward piece in Rakell. You walk through the door after you make it, and some guys are perked up. And ultimately, that’s where we’ve been the last few years, so we’ve tried to do that. The Bruins no longer grapple with scoring depth issues since slotting Hall and Pastrnak together, and since Trent Frederic, Charlie Coyle and Craig Smith formed a physical, hard-working third line capable of popping in goals as well. But several of our guys have really stepped up and played well and feel that we’re in a good spot overall with our hockey club.” We’ve knocked on the door and I want to knock again. It’s unclear whether Rakell and DeBrusk would have been swapped in the same deal, or if Sweeney was sitting on a DeBrusk deal contingent on acquiring Lindholm’s best buddy from the Ducks. “You have two goaltenders who are going to go through a stretch run in the playoffs for the first time. Sure, the Boston Bruins had to show Lindholm the money with a max term contract, but $6.5 million isn’t an overwhelming figure for a top pair defenseman. You’ve got a player in Hampus that is not just coming to impact our team now but moving forward…Josh [Brown] adds a physical presence and a size factor that I think everybody acknowledges that you’re gonna need as you go through the playoff stretch. We added to the back end to hopefully get through all of that. Just watching Brown pound 6-foot-7 Winnipeg defenseman Logan Stanley lets everybody know that the Bruins have somebody they can deploy if they anticipate some nastiness in any particular game down the stretch.

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"I don't look at it as a negative situation," DeBrusk said of remaining with the Bruins. "Any time that you can play for a team that has a chance to win the Stanley Cup, that's a positive. There's not any urgency to rush through the healing process, and then we get a better feeling as to where he's going to go going forward." "That's his decision, he's the only one that can have a timeline on it. Today wasn't any different in terms of where teams thought he fit into their group and what they were trying to do," said Sweeney. "Some teams were down the road on other things and we'll pivot back maybe. Bottom line is he knows he's an important part if he plays to his capabilities, he's going to help us and help himself." "You have two goaltenders who are going to go through a stretch run in the playoffs for the first time. In a somewhat unexpected move, the Bruins announced on Monday morning that Jake DeBrusk had been signed to a two-year contract extension with an annual cap hit of $4 million. We hopefully added to the back end to hopefully get through all of that. Sweeney went on to say that the deadline pick-ups of Lindholm and Brown, in tandem with the offseason acquisitions of Erik Haula, Nick Foligno, Linus Ullmark, Tomas Nosek, and Derek Forbort, have made the Bruins a deeper club. But several of our guys have really stepped up and played well and feel that we're in a good spot overall with our hockey club." "We've knocked on the door and I want to knock again. It honestly does," said Sweeney. "You ask so much of the players in the organization and what they do, and you hope those two things align and the team is playing well.

In his first comments after the NHL trade deadline passed and he remained with the Boston Bruins, Jake DeBrusk said that it was nice to have some clarity.

It's all about winning the Stanley Cup at this point and I think anybody can get behind that." "I'll do anything I can to stay there and help the team win. I'm comfortable with these guys, I grew up with this team."