Brandon Carlo a long-term Bruin

The Bruins solidified a foundational piece of their defense corps on Wednesday, albeit one that has suffered a couple of cracks by way of injury in his still-young career. The B's inked steady second-pair blueliner Brandon Carlo to a six-year deal that will carry a $4.1 million salary cap hit, leaving the B's approximately $26 million to potentially sign David Krejci, Taylor Hall, Tuukka Rask, Mike Reilly and whatever help the B's still desperately need on defense.