On Tuesday, we saw one of our first trades of the summer. The Boston Bruins sent prospect defenseman Jonathan Sigalet to the Columbus Blue Jackets for unsigned prospect forward Matt Marquardt. Sure, on the surface, this is a minor-league deal, but if we dig a little deeper, we might find it to be something of note.
Sigalet, a 4th round pick in 2005, has played a couple of seasons now with the Bruins' minor-league system, not being able to crack the big team in Boston. He does bring some decent size and is known to be an alright defender. Moving him into a good defensive system with Ken Hitchcock could prove beneficial to his career. The Blue Jackets defense does have a couple holes to fill in camp and Sigalet should get a look. Of course, for pool value, he'll have to bring some pool talent from out of nowhere to be considered, but that would more likely make him a mid-season pick-up.
For Boston, they get negotiation rights to Marquardt, a QMJHL prospect out of Baie-Comeau and Moncton, where he had a very productive year scoring 69 points in 68 games. Marquardt obviously didn't enjoy the idea of going to Columbus, a team that has yet to make the playoffs in their franchise history. So, Boston gets a crack at signing the breakout prospect, who was drafted in the 7th round in 2005.
| To Columbus | Age | Games/MIN | Points | Contract (July 1st) |
| Jonathan Sigalet, D | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 year, $822,000 |
| To Boston | ||||
| Matt Marquardt, F | 20 | 0 | 0 | Unsigned |
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