Saturday: Mitchell passed through waivers unclaimed, Friedman reports. No one was placed on waivers today.
Friday: The Boston Bruins have placed defenseman Ian Mitchell on waivers for the purposes of being assigned to the AHL, per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. Mitchell began the year on Boston’s injured non-roster list, and will now head to the minors after returning to full health.
Mitchell joined the Bruins via trade in 2023, packaged alongside Alec Regula in the deal that landed Chicago Taylor Hall and Nick Foligno. Mitchell made the move out East having totaled 82 games and 16 points worth of NHL experience with the Blackhawks. His first season in the Bruins organization was split between the NHL and AHL lineups, with Mitchell ultimately slotting into 13 games and scoring two points with the Bruins. He was one of many minor-league defenders rotated into the lineup as Boston battled through injuries, though he was far more productive in the minors. Mitchell managed six goals and 24 points in 42 games with the Providence Bruins, falling just 11 points shy of his career-high, set in 57 games with Rockford in 2021-22.
Mitchell was originally drafted in the second round of the 2017 NHL Draft and proceeded to spend three impactful years at the University of Denver. He recorded 89 points in 116 games on the Pioneers’ blue-line. He’s yet to find that same production at the pro level, though could be in store for an increased role with Providence this year, following Mason Lohrei’s promotion to an everyday NHL role.
Another poor draft pick by Stan Bowman!
Not to support Bowman, but Mitchell has played roughly 95 games in 4 years and is yet to hit his 25 year old season. He may not be anything special, but he has become a semi-regular NHLer. And majority of picks are made by the scouts, not the GMs. The GM makes the final call based off the head scouts calls. The GM rarely sees the players nor makes those calls before the draft. For example Katz (owner) made the Oilers take Yakupov over Murray in that draft, even tho many of their scouts said it was the wrong way to go. The guy who signs the cheque’s takes precident. He gets what he wants regardless who is “managing” the team.
Not to support Wilson, but Mitchell will turn 27 in two months so I’m pretty sure he has hit his age 25 season.
The Bruins got nothing in return for Taylor Hall, except for salary cap relief.
The link to his hf page says he is in his age 25 season.