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Reichel scored 5 factors (one aim, 4 assists) in three video games with the Windfall Bruins this month.
With the Bruins’ ahead corps in want of a scoring spark, the Bruins could be giving certainly one of their trade-deadline pickups a glance.
Forward of Boston’s residence bout in opposition to the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, the Bruins introduced Wednesday night that they’ve recalled ahead Lukas Reichel from Windfall on an emergency foundation.
The Bruins acquired Reichel — a former 2020 first-round decide by Chicago — simply earlier than the NHL’s commerce deadline on March 6, snagging him from the Vancouver Canucks in alternate for a 2026 sixth-round choice.
The 23-year-old winger has appeared in three video games with the Windfall Bruins since his arrival in Boston, recording 5 factors (one aim, 4 assists) over that stretch earlier than getting the decision again as much as the NHL ranks.
Talking after the commerce, Bruins GM Don Sweeney mentioned that the Bruins have been intrigued by Reichel’s upside — even when the German-born ahead has but to completely put all of it collectively within the professional ranks up to now in his younger profession.
“He spent lots of time within the league,” Sweeney mentioned of Reichel. “He’s had some success, clearly a high-profile draft, nice pace, two-position participant. Bought moved to Vancouver for a unique alternative. It didn’t essentially work the way in which he needed it to, [has] familiarity with our coach.
“So I feel there’s a chance, and we have a look at it and say that it’s an space that we may enhance our hockey membership, and enjoying with a bit of extra pace, inside ice goes to be paramount for him. … He’s bought some upside that, as a younger participant, I feel that our guys have been intrigued by to take a swing there.”
Reichel’s pace and talent are evident out on the ice — and could possibly be a great addition to a Bruins ahead grouping in want of a raise additional down on the depth chart.
A participant with Reichel’s wheels could possibly be an choice if Marco Sturm is seeking to unearth extra offense out of a pair of slumping gamers in Morgan Geekie and Elias Lindholm. Each Geekie and Lindholm have zero five-on-five factors during the last 11 video games.
Nonetheless, Reichel’s talent hasn’t precisely translated to sustained success within the NHL up to now.
In his 88 profession video games within the NHL, Reichel has scored 22 targets and 59 factors. The dynamic winger has been traded twice this season, as Chicago flipped him to Vancouver in October 2025 for a 2027 fourth-round choice.
In 19 video games between Chicago and Vancouver this season, Reichel has scored two targets and 5 whole factors. He additionally appeared in 23 video games for Vancouver’s AHL affiliate in Abbotsford, scoring six targets and 13 factors over that stretch.
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