Tuukka Rask’s return to the Boston Bruins took another step forward.
Though he remains without a contract, the Bruins signed their all-time winningest netminder to a professional tryout agreement on Thursday. The deal sends Rask to Providence for a conditioning assignment, begging with a scheduled start Friday night.
Rask spent the first few months of the 2021-22 campaign rehabbing from off-season hip surgery. And now he’ll suit up for the first time since Boston’s Game 6 loss to the New York Islanders in last year’s second-round exit.
“Obviously, he’s been cleared medically to play, which is a great sign,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said of Rask.