Patrice Bergeron to return to Bruins for 19th season – The Boston Globe

He signed a one-year contract at a $2.5 million wage, plus $2.5 million in efficiency bonuses. He was scheduled to talk to the media by way of Zoom at 1 p.m. Monday.

Given his profession of team-friendly offers, Bergeron, who turned 37 on July 24, was anticipated to simply accept one other. The Bruins entered the week with some $4.8 million in wage cap house, and had holes on the middle positions, Nos. 1 and a couple of, and had an arbitration listening to scheduled Thursday with newly acquired restricted free agent Pavel Zacha. The construction of Bergeron’s deal permits the Bruins to roll over a few of Bergeron’s $2.5 million in bonuses to subsequent season.

The Zacha arbitration listening to, except the perimeters shut a deal earlier than Thursday, opens a brief window for the membership to purchase out contracts.

It’s protected to imagine Bergeron will hit these bonuses. He returns as an elite 200-foot middle on a team-friendly deal, the reigning Selke Trophy winner (his report fifth) and scored 65 factors in 73 video games final yr.

It’s welcome information for the franchise, which drafted Bergeron in 2003, as the potential for the 37-year-old retiring appeared fairly actual.

After the Bruins had been eradicated within the first spherical of the playoffs by the Carolina Hurricanes, Bergeron, whose contract had expired, was not able to decide to enjoying subsequent season, however stated that if he did proceed, it could solely be in Boston.

A couple of weeks later, Bergeron was noticed carrying a brace on his left arm whereas attending an MMA occasion in Plymouth, the results of surgical procedure to restore a tendon in his elbow. The process, carried out the primary week of June and with an anticipated restoration time of 10-12 weeks, added would solely add to the delay on his resolution.

Bergeron has tallied 400 objectives and 582 assists in 1,216 video games. This previous season, he recorded 25 objectives and 40 assists in 73 video games. He was awarded a report fifth Selke Trophy, given yearly “to the ahead who greatest excels within the defensive elements of the sport.”

Matt Porter will be reached at matthew.porter@globe.com. Observe him on Twitter: @mattyports.