Boston Bruins Place Steen, Defensemen On Waivers

The ultimate roster for the Boston Bruins is starting to take form with extra cuts from coaching camp, together with Swedish winger Oskar Steen being positioned on waivers to be despatched all the way down to the Windfall Bruins.

The Bruins are rolling the cube that Steen gained’t be claimed after touchdown a one-way contract with the B’s for this coming season, and veteran defensemen Connor Carrick and Nick Wolff have been additionally positioned on waivers to be despatched all the way down to the AHL.

Carrick and Wolff have been each stable in camp, so there’s a fairly good likelihood they’ll be referred to as upon to assist Boston’s again finish sooner or later this season.

Steen had a so-so camp with the B’s this season with an NHL job on the road. He scored a purpose in Boston’s residence preseason opening win in opposition to the New York Rangers and had good moments throughout coaching camp practices, however he additionally by no means actually pressured his manner right into a dialog the place fellow proper wing candidates Marc McLaughlin and Chris Wagner have outplayed him.

McLaughlin has been glorious in a potential fourth line mixture with AJ Greer and Jack Studnicka, whereas Wagner has introduced physicality, power and good, regular veteran play because the form of participant that would stick round because the 13^th ahead on the NHL roster. All of the bottom-6 ahead candidates had pedestrian nights in Monday evening’s 1-0 preseason street loss to the New Jersey Devils, a setting the place anyone on the roster bubble had an opportunity to grab an NHL job with a standout efficiency.

Boston Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery made no bones about it being “go time” for these forwards grinding it for jobs over the following week or two.

“I don’t know precisely when, however we’re going to get all the way down to our numbers right here shortly so the time to impress is true now,” mentioned Montgomery, previous to Monday’s sport in opposition to the Devils.

Studnicka equally wants waivers to be despatched all the way down to the AHL and isn’t more likely to go unclaimed if the Boston Bruins roll the cube with him forward of the common season. It’s a bit of extra unclear with the 24-year-old Steen, who has proven flashes whereas posting two objectives and 6 factors in 23 video games for the Boston Bruins over the previous couple of seasons.