The Bruins will make forward Nick Ritchie exposed in the upcoming expansion draft for the Seattle Kraken.
The list of the ten players the Bruins are protecting for the expansion draft was released on Sunday. Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle, David Pastrnak, Craig Smith, Jake DeBrusk, and Trent Frederic are the seven forwards on the list. Charlie McAvoy, Brandon Carlo, and Matt Grzelcyk are the defensemen who will be protected and Jeremy Swayman is the goalie who is getting protected.
In addition to Ritchie, three of the Bruins’ young defensemen (Connor Clifton, Jeremy Lauzon, and Jakub Zboril) were left unprotected for the expansion draft.