Bruins forward earns AHL honor and makes strong case for NHL return

It has been a great 24 hours for the Providence Bruins, as they followed up an 8-0 thrashing of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Sunday night with the news that Mikey Eyssimont won the AHL Player of the Month for October. The Boston Bruins' castoff has done nothing but step up since getting called down to the minors, and the honor is well deserved after his 13 points in seven games in October.

It's a great story for Eyssimont, who might've seen his NHL future slip away after getting sent down and then watching the Bruins' youth perform well above him. He had few options to wear a Boston jersey again other than a string of injuries, which no player wants, but his play in the AHL is putting the…