Bruins Reassign Lukas Reichel

5/3/26: The Bruins reassigned Reichel to Providence today, according to a team announcement.

5/2/26: While Boston’s playoff run is over, one of their players will still have some postseason action on the horizon.  PuckPedia reports that the Bruins have placed winger Lukas Reichel on waivers for the purpose of assignment to AHL Providence.

This is the second time that the 23-year-old has been on waivers this season.  Vancouver acquired Reichel early in the season from Chicago for a fourth-round pick in the hopes that he could give a banged-up roster a bit of a lift.  However, he struggled and some of their injured players returned, resulting in the Canucks waiving him in mid-December, where he passed through unclaimed.

Looking for some extra winger depth at the trade deadline, the Bruins flipped a sixth-round pick to Vancouver to acquire Reichel and left him briefly in the minors.  He eventually was recalled, getting into ten games down the stretch before returning to the AHL.  Reichel was then brought up for the postseason and suited up once against the Sabres.

On the season, Reichel played in just 29 NHL games between Chicago, Vancouver, and Boston, notching three goals and five assists.  He also picked up 19 points in 27 AHL contests and added three more in five games for Germany at the Olympics.  For his career, Reichel has 23 goals and 39 assists in 198 career NHL contests.

A first-round pick back in 2020 (17th overall), Reichel is slated to become a restricted free agent this summer and will be owed a $1.3MM qualifying offer with salary arbitration rights.  At this point, it seems unlikely he’ll receive that.  That also makes it quite unlikely that he’ll be claimed by Sunday’s 1 PM CT deadline, paving the way for him to return to Providence as the league-leading Bruins look to have a long postseason run.