The Bruins have signed almost all of their free agents before the league’s free agency period begins on Tuesday.
The club first agreed to a six-year contract extension with breakout forward Morgan Geekie with an annual cap hit of $5.5 million.
Paired on the top line with Bruins superstar David Pastrnak for most of the 2024-25 campaign, the duo combined for 57 five-on-five goals, according to The Sports Hub’s Ty Anderson. Geekie set a career high in scoring with 33 goals and 57 points, surpassing the 30-goal and 50-point marks for the first time in his NHL career.
Geekie’s goals and points in the 2024-25 season ranked him second on the Bruins behind only Pastrnak, who led the team with 43 goals, 63 assists and 106 points. His four game-winning goals were tied with Pastrnak for second, behind only team leader Pavel Zacha, who notched five during the campaign.
After announcing the deal with Geekie, Bruins general manager Don Sweeney announced Monday the club had come to terms with forward John Beecher, defenseman Henri Jokiharju and goaltender Michael DiPietro.
Beecher signed a one-year deal worth $900,000 to keep him in Boston for at least another year. In 78 games for the Bruins last year, the forward had three goals and eight assists. Despite offseason surgery for an undisclosed injury, Beecher is expected to be healthy for the start of the 2025-26 campaign.
Jokiharju, a much-needed right-shot defenseman, signed a three-year contract worth $9 million. He arrived from Buffalo at the deadline and played a steady role alongside Nikita Zadorov down the stretch, and did enough to earn trust in key minutes. Jokiharju recorded three goals and 10 points in 60 games split between the Sabres and Bruins last season while averaging 17:50 of ice time.
DiPietro signed a two-year, $1.625 million contract with an annual cap hit of $812,500. Interestingly, DiPietro’s contract is a one-way deal, which will make it more difficult to move him to the minors this upcoming season, as it would require clearing waivers.
Boston already has both Jeremy Swayman and Joonas Korpisalo under contract, so there figures to be significant competition at the goalie position during training camp.
Korpisalo stressed at the end of his first season with the Bruins that he wanted to have a larger role in net with Boston.
“You know, things always change, probably, but at the end of the day, you want to win, and of course, I don’t think there’s any goalie in the league who’s really comfortable playing 20-25 games,” he said on breakup day in April. “So I’m going to push for more games, and we’ll see what happens.”
This article was initially published on Substack on June 30, 2025.
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