Morning Skate: Is Backes a realistic trade chip for Bruins?

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Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading while pumped that Thor: Ragnarok is now on Netflix. 
 
-- Here's a look at potential trade candidates from each of the Eastern Conference teams. They listed David Backes for the Boston Bruins. Given his age and the $6 million cap hit he has for the next three years, there is pretty much zero chance that the Bruins are going to be able to trade the 33-year-old, even if they wanted to. The most realistic player the Bruins could/would move from the current roster is Torey Krug, based on his value and the fact that the Bruins could use a more frontline defeseman on the left side, but that would only happen if they got a significant return.

-- Pro Hockey Talk says the Stanley Cup Final run is Barry Trotz’s masterpiece with the Washington Capitals, and I’d have to agree. He had as much to prove in the postseason as any of the Caps players, and he’s really gone about doing it just like them. 
 
-- Good piece from FOH (Friend of Haggs) Steve Buckley on former Bruins great Johnny “Pie” McKenzie, who isn’t doing well health-wise at 80 years old.
 
-- Speaking of Trotz, he might emerge as one of the candidates for the head coaching gig with the New York Islanders if he doesn’t end up returning to Washington as a soon-to-be coaching free agent. 
 
-- Maple Leafs fans are searching for context clues with the news that Auston Matthews has changed the agent representing him
 
-- For something completely different: Welcome to the NBC Sports Boston family, Danielle Trotta. Good to have you on board! 
 
 

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