Boston Bruins
With Steeves signed, just one ahead on Boston’s roster is not signed by means of the 2026-27 season.
Alex Steeves has been one of many Bruins’ extra encouraging success tales this season.
And on Wednesday morning, the versatile ahead was rewarded with some safety within the NHL ranks. Boston introduced it signed Steeves to a two-year contract extension — carrying an annual cap hit of $1.625 million.
A longtime AHLer who solely appeared in 14 video games throughout 4 seasons with the Maple Leafs, Steeves has made probably the most of his alternative this yr with Boston after signing a one-year deal over the summer time.
In 33 video games for Boston this season, Steeves has scored eight targets and 14 factors — averaging 12:24 of ice time per sport. Since getting referred to as as much as the NHL ranks on Nov. 8, solely seven Bruins forwards have posted extra factors than Steeves.
A local of Bedford, New Hampshire, Steeves has emerged as a Swiss Military Knife in Marco Sturm’s ahead corps. Past being able to skating each in a bottom-six position and a top-line spot when referred to as upon, Steeves has additionally logged reps on each the ability play and penalty kill.
Throughout a 13-game stretch beginning in late November the place he primarily skated up in Boston’s top-six grouping, Steeves scored seven targets in 13 video games. He has quieted down since then, scoring zero targets and posting 4 assists over his final 12 outings.
Nonetheless, Steeves has introduced worth additional down within the lineup as an aggressive forechecker — rating fourth on the staff with 117 hits regardless of spending a lot of the first month of the season in Windfall.
Steeves stands as the newest Bruins’ breakout participant to earn a brand new contract, as Boston additionally signed defenseman Jonathan Aspirot to a two-year extension earlier this month after arriving in Boston this summer time on a two-way contract.
Whereas Steeves might want to get away of this present droop, his ground as a high-energy, bottom-six common with some scoring punch stands as strong worth for the Bruins — who’ve discovered some encouraging returns by way of their pro-scouting efforts with gamers like him, Aspirot, Marat Khusnutdinov, Morgan Geekie, and others.
With Steeves signed, the Bruins have already got 12 forwards signed for subsequent season, with Viktor Arvidsson the one ahead on the roster presently not signed by means of 2026-27.
Even with a big portion of their depth chart signed by means of subsequent season already, PuckPedia still has Boston with $17.4 million in cap space entering the offseason.
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