Per Andy Strickland of Bally Sports Midwest, the Boston Bruins have signed veteran defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk to a one-year deal, just over $1MM. NBC Sports Boston’s Ty Anderson adds they’ve also signed forward Patrick Brown, with Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman saying it’s a two-year deal worth $800K per season.
They’ve also added forward Anthony Richard on a one-year deal with a hefty $450k AHL salary, per TVA Sports’ Renaud Lavoie. In another signing, they’ve brought in right-shot blueliner Parker Wotherspoon on a two-way deal, according to TSN’s Darren Dreger. Dreger adds that Wotherspoon’s deal has a league-minimum cap hit and a hefty $500k AHL salary, underscoring the Bruins’ significant investment in their AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins.
The Bruins have also signed forward Jayson Megna to a one-year, two-way contract at a league-minimum $775k cap hit, as well as Luke Toporowski to a two-year entry-level deal, per Anderson.
Shattenkirk provides the Bruins with some proven NHL experience on the cheap and won’t be forced into anything higher than a bottom-pairing role, sitting behind Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo on the Bruins’ depth chart of right-shot defenders. A dual threat on the power play and penalty kill, this should be an incredibly effective use of space for the cap-strapped Bruins.
Brown, who played in a career-high 61 NHL games this season, is a likely candidate to stick around on Boston’s roster without many AHL talents ready for NHL ice time. He could very well begin the season slotted as the team’s fourth-line center. Richard, Wotherspoon, Megna, and Toporwoski are all likely destined for AHL Providence.
Is the Demon Barber really going to get a defensive liability to replace Orlov? Start peeling the paint, B’s fans.
It’s not as if the team doesn’t have plenty of defensive specialists, though.
@Nha Trang – I don’t see this as the usual “net loss”, though. He’s liable to bring empty offensive calories, and not much else.
Lots of duct tape patch work going on in Boston today.
all on cheap contracts though. not like they are investing a lot here
Is Chaim Bloom suddenly running the Bruins?
You do realize the Bruins have very little cap space to spend this offseason. Salary cap doesn’t work like baseball. Still gotta pay Swayman and you don’t know yet if Krejci or Bergeron is returning.
I understand the salary cap better than you ever will (btw baseball doesn’t have one Huge difference between cap and luxury taxes) My point, which obviously went over your head, was that Bloom is known for his dumpster diving one year deals with past their prime players. Aside from Geekie that’s exactly who Sweeney signed. Milan Lucic? Really? they would have been better off walking out of the Garden at setting a million dollars on fire not to mention I doubt that teams were lined up to sign him.
Good deal for Boston, 3rd pairing guy who can help the pp