One option could be free agent Cody Franson, but there are a few other available blueliners who could help. The Bruins also need to make a decision how to approach their backup goaltending situation.

Because if anyone should have realized the perils of pushing an opponent from behind into the boards, the way he did to Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Cody Franson in a pre-season game Sunday ...

"I couldn’t be happier and prouder of all three of them," said Franson, whose family remains close with the Weber family, ...