March 13: Lauko was recalled on an emergency basis by the Bruins per a team release. The Bruins are travelling to Chicago to take on the Blackhawks tomorrow night.
March 12: Lauko was returned to Providence shortly after the Bruins game against the Detroit Red Wings began per a team release. He had been recalled on an emergency basis, but was not dresses for the game so needed to be sent down.
The Boston Bruins have called up Jakub Lauko according to a team release. The Bruins defeated the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 earlier today, becoming the fastest team in NHL history to 50 wins, doing it in their 64th game of the season. The two teams are set for a rematch tomorrow afternoon in Detroit, and it appears the Bruins will need reinforcements with Lauko being called up.
The 22-year-old winger has already played 12 games with the Bruins this season, scoring three goals and five points. In 35 AHL games with the Providence Bruins, he has put up ten goals and 17 points. The native of Czechia is joining a team with a strong contingent from his home country with David Pastrnak, David Krejci, Pavel Zacha, Tomas NosekandJakub Zboril already on the roster.
The question now is why do the Bruins need an emergency recall? Typically, these types of transactions are used when a team does not have enough healthy players to fill out a roster. The Bruins finished a game today with 12 forwards in the lineup and there has been no announcement of an injury or illness that will keep one of those players out of tomorrow’s game.
Frank Dell’Apa predicted in his Globe article following the Detroit game that they’d call up Lauko for the road trip. The degree to which the Bruins can make an “emergency” recall without anyone actually being injured I leave to others to parse.