Entering the new season, the Boston Bruins are looking for a third-line center, and a recently acquired player could be the answer for the Bruins.

According to an NHL insider, a recently acquired player could be the Bruins answer to their need for a third-line center.

During the trade deadline last year, the Boston Bruins ended up selling, with Brandon Carlo being one of their major trades.

Carlo was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a first-round pick, fourth-round pick, and top prospect Fraser Minten.

Minten was drafted by the Leafs during the second-round of the 2022 NHL Draft, and now there is belief that he could be an answer for the Bruins.

Fraser Minten could be the answer for the Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins insider Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic believes that the 21-year-old could make the BRuins roster out of camp.

“Minten will participate in the Prospects Challenge this weekend in Buffalo,” Shinzawa wrote this week. “The Bruins play the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday and the New Jersey Devils on Sunday. The games could be his throat-clearing for a permanent varsity stay.

“The Bruins are hunting for centers. In particular, they need a No. 3 pivot to replace Charlie Coyle,” Shinzawa added. “This is the job for somebody who likes taking matchup shifts, raises his hand for defensive-zone starts, stretches sticks on pucks and forces turnovers.”

Throughout the off-season, Minten ended up adding 10 pounds to be a better fit in the NHL, and because of this, Shinzawa expects Minten to make the NHL and take over the Bruins third-line center role.

“Minten's fate, then, could depend on how the Bruins deploy Zacha. If they use the ex-Devil, for example, as a left wing to give Mittelstadt defensive support on the No. 2 line, it gives Minten runway to contend for the No. 3 job,” Shinzawa added. “He can already check off boxes of a D-zone specialist: skating low and slow in front of his net, occupying passing lanes, accelerating to highway speed once his team gains possession.”

Can you see recently acquired forward Fraser Minten making the NHL out of camp for the Boston Bruins?