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The Bruins have too many d-men -- who will they trade?

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BOSTON, MA - MARCH 27: Johnny Boychuk #55 of the Boston Bruins plays against the Chicago Blackhawks during the game at TD Garden on March 27, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

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Good news, Red Wings fans. We came up with a right-shooting defenseman that Detroit general manager Ken Holland could target in a trade.

Johnny Boychuk of the Boston Bruins!

Boychuk, 30, has one year remaining on his contract (cap hit $3.37 million) and, according to CSN New England, could be a trade chip for Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli to play in order to 1) clear cap space and 2) pare down Boston’s glut of blue-liners.

“I think we have a good group right now, and I include [David] Warsofsky because I believe he’s as close to an NHL player as you’re going to get from Providence. There are nine defensemen we have -- NHL defensemen -- so we can’t go into the year with nine NHL defensemen,” said Chiarelli. “But [Dennis] Seidenberg will be back healthy. [Adam] McQuaid will be back healthy. At some point, I have to do something there, but I’m in no hurry. It may be that we see how the preseason goes, with who’s mixing, who’s matching with whom.”

What Boychuk wouldn’t give the Red Wings is a right-shooting d-man who’s scored a ton of power-play goals in the NHL. In fact, he’s scored just one in 321 games. But Holland wanted to get “a right-shot defenseman or two” yesterday in free agency, and he was shut out completely. At this point, he’s a beggar who can’t really be a chooser.

Of Boston’s young defensemen, Warsofsky and Matt Bartkowski are probably the two that Chiarelli would be most likely to move, with Torey Krug and Dougie Hamilton the least likely.

Related: Babcock has been ‘all over’ Holland to get more right-shooting d-men