The Boston Bruins, like most NHL contenders, don’t have a plethora of high-end prospects. However, last season’s down year served to replenish the club’s prospect pipeline with several, serviceable pieces. The playoff miss allowed Boston to land James Hagens, while trades brought in Fraser Minten and Marat Khusnutdinov.
But there’s one prospect that’s poised to impact the NHL sooner rather than later. That’s Dean Letourneau. Letourneau has already drawn significant praise. In an earlier piece, I discussed how Letourneau’s current NCAA coach at Boston College Greg Brown views the hulking forward.
But now, the attention has spilled over into a major publication like The Athletic.