The Boston Bruins have added to their long-term middle depth by signing 19-year-old middle prospect Brett Harrison to a three-year entry degree contract.
The three-year deal quantities to a $859,167 cap hit per season for the previous third spherical choose within the 2021 NHL Draft.
The 6-foot-2, 185-pound Harrison skated in 65 OHL video games with the Oshawa Generals and completed with 27 targets and 34 assists for 61 factors. The London, Ontario native added 4 targets and three assists for seven factors in six OHL playoff video games.
Harrison had a reasonably first rate Boston Bruins improvement camp final month, however actually confirmed up along with his playmaking and ability amidst the scrimmage setting on the finish of the week. All that being mentioned, there’s nonetheless lots of improvement to his sport previous to him presumably being part of Boston’s rookie coaching camp and Prospect Problem tourney subsequent month.
A little bit of a quiet week for Bruins middle prospect Brett Harrison, however his abilities are displaying on the full ice scrimmage on the finish of the week. One among his two targets within the Friday scrimmage on a putback of a Luke Toporowski shot pic.twitter.com/BJ99InVJwW
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There’s completely some fascinating timing with the Harrison signing given a few of the present uncertainty on the middle place for the Boston Bruins each within the quick time period, and completely in the long run. Patrice Bergeron is anticipated to return for at the very least yet another season because the Bruins captain for the 2022-23 NHL season however the 37-year-old hasn’t signed an NHL contract that’s believed to be a one-year, incentive-laden deal when he does signal.
Equally, David Krejci can also be rumored to return to the Boston Bruins for a one-year contract after spending final season enjoying within the Czech Republic, however he additionally hasn’t signed a contract so far. Each facilities have been amongst a big Boston Bruins contingent, each previous and current, that turned out in Italy final weekend for Tuukka Rask’s glorious European marriage ceremony.
Newly acquired middle Pavel Zacha can also be unsigned so far after the Bruins traded Erik Haula for him final month, and the 24-year-old pivot is going through an Aug. 11 arbitration date with the B’s if they’ll’t hammer out a contract beforehand. Don Sweeney has alluded to Zacha, a former top-10 first spherical choose, factoring into the Boston Bruins long run image on the middle place, nevertheless it was primarily based on the 2 sides coming to the form of contract settlement that may make all of that possible.
“I really feel there’s development and potential there transferring ahead. We hope to have the ability to discover a cope with him being a part of the group now and past, that continues to be to be seen how lengthy that’s,” mentioned Don Sweeney of Pavel Zacha, who has truly already been making his residence in Boston for the final couple of summers. “Simply felt prefer it was a possibility for now and doubtlessly transferring ahead. We recognized a participant that match into our group that we’re enthusiastic about.
“He’s greater than snug enjoying all three positions and being productive. I feel he sees himself as a middle and he’s excited to be becoming a member of the Boston Bruins. Down the street, he’s positively a middle. I feel that helps us if we’re capable of finding the time period and settlement.”
