CHICAGO – The scuttlebutt around future Black and Gold talent in Beantown springs eternal with the recent signings of BU’s dynamic duo of Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson and Charlie McAvoy now playing in Providence. Both are touted as future starters on Causeway Street – maybe next week when the Bruins return to the playoffs for the first time in three years.
A bit farther removed geographically but just as close in the Boston brass plans to build an annual contender for a June parade are on stage these next few days in Chicago, where a talented trio of Bruin draftees vie for college hockey’s ultimate prize.