It provides the perfect option for the Boston Bruins to give the 48-goal QMJHL top goalscorer, Samuel Asselin a chance to adapt to the professional game in the slightly less cut-throat American Hockey League, where he should step straight into the Providence Bruins’ line-up.
Boston Bruins’ fans should be viewing this as a win-win scenario; they secured the signature of a league-leader in goals in one of the big three Canadian major junior leagues. They did so, not at the cost of a draft pick, or trading another player away, but for free.
Now obviously, you can look at this deal and argue that there must’ve been a reason that Samuel Asselin wasn’t drafted or you can argue that his age skews the statistics in a league where players may have been up to four years younger than him.