Don Sweeney entered one of his most pivotal off-season to dates of his seven-year tenure. With the Bruins in win-now mode, Sweeney went on a spending spree during the first day of free agency.
Sweeney began the day hoping to add a minutes eating left-shot defenseman, depth on the bottom-six and a veteran netminder. He checked off his to-do list after signing defenseman Derek Forbort, goaltender Linus Ullmark and forwards Erik Haula, Nick Foligno and Tomas Nosek to multi-year contracts.
“We were aggressive today to fill the holes,” Sweeney said during his Zoom call with the media “We’re in win mode…”
How will the newest Bruins impact the roster as they hope to win one more Cup with their veteran core?