{"id":113652,"date":"2025-07-06T20:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T20:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/113652\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T20:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T20:17:12","slug":"failed-blockbuster-trade-between-the-boston-bruins-and-utah-mammoth-elliotte-friedman-just-confirme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/113652\/","title":{"rendered":"Failed blockbuster trade between the Boston Bruins and Utah Mammoth: Elliotte Friedman just confirme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nFailed blockbuster trade between the Boston Bruins and Utah Mammoth: Elliotte Friedman just confirme <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/576495.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Matias Maccelli\" title=\"Matias Maccelli\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Sportsnet<\/p>\n<p>Before being traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Elliotte Friedman revealed that the Boston Bruins were one of the teams that were interested in acquiring a Mammoth forward.<\/p>\n<p>Failed trade between the Bruins and Mammoth<\/p>\n<p>Elliotte Friedman just recently revealed that the Boston Bruins were a team that in on Mammoth&#8217;s young forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Matias-Maccelli-63197\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Matias Maccelli profile and hockey stats\">Matias Maccelli<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I heard there were three or four teams that were in on Maccelli,&#8221; Friedman said. &#8220;I think Boston was one, and I think Edmonton was one.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old has shown a lot of potential in the NHL, and could have made a big impact on the Boston Bruins.<\/p>\n<p>If the Boston Bruins would have landed Maccelli, he would have immediately made their offense better.<\/p>\n<p>And with how badly the Boston Bruins are struggling for offense, this would have been a game changing move for the Bruins to make.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/mapleleafs\/player\/matias-maccelli-8481711\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Maccelli<\/a> only had 18 points in 55 games for Utah last season, but he is a top candidate to have a bounce back year heading into 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>Just two years ago in 2023-24 with the Arizona Coyotes, he ended up recording 17 goals, 57 points in 82 games.<\/p>\n<p>Boston&#8217;s middle six is pretty terrible, and with them signing a lot of depth players during free agency, adding someone like him would have changed things for the organization going into next year.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think the Boston Bruins should have made the trade for Matias Maccelli?<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Bruins Insider<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>1 HOUR AGO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a026 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Failed blockbuster trade between the Boston Bruins and Utah Mammoth: Elliotte Friedman just confirmed it<\/p>\n<p>Do you think the Boston Bruins should have made the trade for Matias Maccelli?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tBRUINSINSIDER.COM<br \/>COPYRIGHT @2025 &#8211; 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