We headed into the first day of free agency knowing that the Bruins kind of needed some help between the pipes, as it seemed a bit rash to hand the keys to Jeremy Swayman and Dan Vladar and say “good luck.”
However, I think most people assumed the B’s would sign a veteran goalie for relatively short money and short term, opting to give Swayman (the presumed heir) some support until Tuukka Rask eventually returned.
Instead, the B’s signed former Buffalo Sabre Linus Ullmark to a four-year deal with an AAV of $5 million, not a contract you give to a guy you view as a stop-gap.