Blake Wheelers on the Bruins opening night roster?

Michael McMahon has an interesting article on the Bruins Media day. It appears the Boston Bruins are exited to have former Golden Gopher Blake Wheeler on their teams. It also sounds like the Bruins front office staff have some tough decisions to make before the regular season begins but it also appears that Wheeler has a chance to join former Gopher Phil Kessel on the Bruins roster to start the season.

Claude Julien: On Blake Wheeler.

On the camp that Blake Wheeler has had: “I don’t think I had seen him play before we signed him. He’s a fifth overall pick, and you need to give credit to Peter and the front office for being able to get us this type of guy.

General Manager Peter Chiarelli: On Blake Wheeler

On the camp that rookie Blake Wheeler has had: “He’s a big guy, and a big body. He has a lot of skill, he’s shown that. We have some important decisions to make in the next couple of days. With the cap the way it is now, performance bonuses count in your cap, it’s a hard number. Before, the performance bonuses went beyond the cap. When you have guys like Tuuka Rask and Blake Wheeler, they were high draft picks and they have a lot of performance bonuses built into their contracts. That makes it a different decision than we would have had to make before.”

According the Stephen Harris of the Boston Herald the Bruins might actually deal the overpaid over rated Peter Schaefer if Wheeler makes the Bruins.

Chiarelli said there’s a good chance he’ll make a trade in the coming days, and no doubt he has been trying to deal Schaefer ($2.1 million). Barring that, though, if the team decides that rookie Blake Wheeler has made the club, it seems likely Schaefer will have to be waived and sent down to Providence. . . .