Daily Bean Tracks All-Star Votes, Deals, and Nurse Watch

Boston’s notebook is packed, and the Daily Bean is juggling awards chatter with contract talk and a fresh look at Darnell Nurse. That mix usually means the front-office calendar is getting crowded and the speculation machine is heating up in more than one direction. These kinds of updates matter because they connect the dots between individual honors, roster negotiations, and the bigger summer picture. If you like your hockey with a little smoke around the edges, this one has plenty of it.