LAS VEGAS — In keeping their 25th pick and selecting Dean Letourneau, the Boston Bruins are banking on his potential upside.
Granted, the Bruins had multiple targets in mind with their first-round pick. But amid some trade movement in the two picks in front of the Bruins, Don Sweeney received his round of calls regarding the 25th selection.
The tenth-year Boston GM confirmed they might have moved down the draft board had Letourneau been picked earlier. But with the shortage of potential NHL centermen in their pipeline, the Bruins kept their pick to select the 6-foot-7 centerman out of St.