Unlike the last two free agency periods, the Boston Bruins entered the first day of free agency with salary cap flexibility to address their primary off-season needs.
Don Sweeney addressed Boston’s center and defensive needs after adding Elias Lindholm (seven years with a $7.75 million cap hit) and Nikita Zadorov (six years at $5 million per) from Vancouver as their marquee signees.
The Bruins added more short-term forward and defensive depth additions, including two-year deals for Max Jones, Jeffery Veil, Jordan Osterle and Billy Sweezey, and one-year contracts for Riley Tufte and Cole Koepke.
Boston parted ways with a majority of its in-house unrestricted free agents.