Bruins GM on team's recent performance: 'It's unacceptable'
Peter Chiarelli's patience appears to be running thin.
With his Boston Bruins having lost three games in a row and four of their past five, the team's general manager is believed to be actively seeking to improve the roster, describing their recent performance as "unacceptable", according to Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe.
Chiarelli began tweaking his roster Monday, recalling talented rookie David Pastrnak from the AHL. He's also been rumored to be interested in acquiring the likes of Chris Stewart and Antoine Vermette, both of whom are available on the trade market, at the right price.
The Bruins - the NHL's reigning President's Trophy winners - sit outside the Eastern Conference playoff race as the season's halfway point approaches, dropping from the third-ranked offensive team to 20th.
After having already mortgaged a big part of the future in the Tyler Seguin trade, and with his roster already up near the league's salary cap, it remains to be seen whether Chiarelli will tweak the roster in the hopes of sparking his club, or make a bigger splash with a view to shaking the club at its core.
The Bruins face a stiff test in their next game, with the Pittsburgh Penguins next up on the schedule.