With regular-season hockey just a few days away, the Bruins made the final round of roster cuts Sunday, waiving four players while assigning another to Providence.
Forwards Matej Blumel and Alex Steeves, defenseman Jonathan Aspirot, and goalie Michael DiPietro were placed on waivers. All four cleared waivers and will report to Providence.
The Bruins also assigned Matt Poitras to Providence, with the young center exempt from the waiver wire.
Boston had until 5 p.m. on Monday to get their roster down to 23 players, with the Bruins seemingly settling all business a day earlier.
Here is a look at Boston’s projected Opening Night lineup:
Morgan Geekie – Elias Lindholm – David Pastrnak
Pavel Zacha – Casey Mittelstadt – Viktor Arvidsson
Tanner Jeannot – Fraser Minten – Mikey Eyssimont
Marat Khusnutdinov – Sean Kuraly – Mark Kastelic
Johnny Beecher, Jeffrey Viel
Mason Lohrei – Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm – Andrew Peeke
Nikita Zadorov – Henri Jokiharju
Jordan Harris
Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo
As for Boston’s roster decisions, a few things stand out about how Marco Sturm, Don Sweeney, and the Bruins’ top staff made the final calls on this personnel grouping.