Yeah, the elephant in the room is the cap dump that's going to have to occur at some point. They are already eating into Savard's LTIR, and they still have to sign Reilly Smith and Torey Krug. Chiarelli said he'd like to have those two signed before camp opens (Thursday) but there has been very little chatter on either front so that seems a bit optimistic. The Bruins have both by the balls though, neither Smith not Krug have enough service time to be eligible for full RFA status so they can't negotiate with anyone other than the Bruins. Their only option is holding out which won't a accomplish much so it's sort of a waiting game to see if/when they blink.
Once Krug and Smith are taken care of, something will have to give on and it'll come on defense. They've got Chara, Seidenberg, Boychuk, Hamilton, Bartkowski, Miller and McQuaid as 7 NHL D under contract. Krug is #8. Something's got to give and Chiarelli has been pretty steadfast in saying he'll trade a D for cap relief. My guess is McQuaid, Bartkowski and Boychuk are the most likely trade candidates with Krug as a dark horse.
Up front, assuming Smith signs, there are two vacant wing spots. Iginla and Thornton's. With Smith the lineup probably looks something like:
Lucic - Krejci - Eriksson
Marchand - Bergeron - Smith
Kelly - Soderberg - XX
Paille - Campbell - XX
All indications are that Loui Eriksson will get the first crack at Igina's spot on the Krejci line. The final two spots will be a camp battle. David Pastrnak turned some heads in development camp and is a right shot which is a plus. Ryan Spooner should get a good look too, but the issue with him is he has no positional flexibility and is strictly a center . Theoretically you could move Soderberg back to the wing, but I'm not sure I'd mess with Soderberg given how he looked at center for the back half of last season and in the playoffs. I'm not really sure Spooner has much of a future in Boston, I think he could be trade bait. The rest of the guys competing will be young guys like Justin Florek, Matt Lindblad, Matt Fraser, Brian Ferlin and then the vets in on tryouts (Simon Gagne and Ville Leino).
Anyways, should be an interesting camp to see how things shake out. The lineup seems a bit more fluid than in recent years despite the inactive offseason.