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Bruins will not offer deal to Soderberg

Barring a unexpected turn of events, Carl Soderberg will not be back with the Bruins next season.

The B’s told the 29-year-old Swedish center, set to become an unrestricted free agent July 1, they will not offer him a contract.

Soderberg’s agent, J.P. Barry, confirmed that the Bruins are moving on.

“They let me know that right now they aren’t in a situation to make a proper offer given their cap situation,” Barry wrote in an email.

Thus ends a fairly strange chapter in Bruins history. After acquiring the rights to Soderberg in July 2007 from St.