As the Bruins look to alleviate their cap-related headache through a prescription of young skaters, Jakub Lauko will likely stand at the front of Boston’s influx of internal talent.
And after making a good first impression with the big club in 2022-23, Lauko will try to build on that with Boston for the foreseeable future.
The Bruins signed Lauko to a two-year contract on Wednesday with an annual NHL cap hit of $787,500, with the first year standing as a two-way contract.
Lauko is under a one-way deal in 2024-25, with the 23-year-old winger looking to stamp a permanent spot in Boston’s lineup well before that contractual shift.