The Bruins have wasted no time adding to their prospect pipeline with an intriguing free-agent pickup from the collegiate ranks.
Just days after the University of Minnesota was bested by Boston University in the NCAA Regional Final in Sioux Falls, the Golden Gophers’ captain, Jaxon Nelson, is signing with the Bruins.
Boston announced Tuesday that it has signed Nelson to a one-year, entry-level contract that carries an NHL cap hit of $870,000. Nelson’s contract with Boston will go into effect next season, with the 24-year-old center reporting to the Providence Bruins on an amateur tryout (ATO) deal for the remainder of the 2023-24 campaign.