Don Sweeney entered one of his most pivotal off-season to date 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.