The Boston Bruins agreed to terms with left winger Morgan Geekie on a six-year contract extension, the team announced on Sunday. Geekie, 26, is set to earn an average annual value of $5.5 million through the 2030-31 season. He was a pending RFA with arbitration rights, but the Bruins [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/boston-bruins] got their second-top scorer this past season under contract for the long term [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/boston-bruins/latest-news/breaking-bruins-morgan-geekie-finalizing-contract-extension]. After finishing the regular season with a six-game goal streak and 11-game points streak, including a five-point night on April 5, Geekie [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/boston-bruins/latest-news/bruins-breakout-forward-wins-7th-player-award-winner] had a career-high 33 goals and 57 points. Only frequent linemate David Pastrnak had more than him in both categories on the Bruins, with 43 goals and 106 points. That said, Geekie's goal-scoring nearly doubled his previous career high of 17, set in 2023-24 in his first season with the Bruins. Before that, he played for the Seattle Kraken [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/seattle-kraken] and Carolina Hurricanes [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/carolina-hurricanes]. His shooting percentage skyrocketed from 13.1 percent in 2023-24 to 22 percent this past season. That was the second-highest shooting percentage in the NHL among players who scored at least 30 goals, beating Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy winner Leon Draisaitl (21.7 shooting percentage for 52 goals) but trailing Tampa Bay Lightning [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/tampa-bay-lightning] pivot Brayden Point (22.2 percent for 42 goals). Morgan Geekie (Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images) [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/fe2bcdb7-8774-4e6e-9f8c-c9d86c37374a.jpeg] Morgan Geekie (Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images) The 6-foot-3, 208-pound Manitoban had one of the consistently harder shots in the league as well in 2024-25. His average shot speed of 63.34 miles per hour ranked in the 91st percentile, and he had 64 shots of at least 80 mph, including 10 of at least 90 mph, according to NHL Edge data [https://edge.nhl.com/en/skater/20242025-regular-8479987]. The season prior, only 35 of his shots were at least 80 mph. Geekie played most of the season on a line with Pavel Zacha and Pastrnak, according to moneypuck.com [https://moneypuck.com/lines.htm]. The season before, he didn't play nearly as much with those two, spending the most minutes with James van Riemsdyk and Trent Frederic [https://thehockeynews.com/news/latest-news/edmonton-oilers-have-three-players-signed-through-2030-after-re-signing-trent-frederic] while averaging 15:25 of ice time. This past campaign was a career-high 16:55 average. Considering Pastrnak is also signed through 2030-31 and Zacha is signed for the next two seasons, the trio could potentially stay together for the long term if that's what new bench boss Marco Sturm [https://thehockeynews.com/news/latest-news/boston-bruins-look-to-evolve-offensively-with-new-coach-marco-sturm] and his coaching staff want. The line could help lead the squad offensively through a retooling phase after trading Brad Marchand, Brandon Carlo, Charlie Coyle and more near the NHL trade deadline and falling to second-last place in the Eastern Conference. The Bruins now have about $16.4 million in projected cap space, according to PuckPedia [https://puckpedia.com/team/boston-bruins]. Cole Koepke, Parker Wotherspoon and Henri Jokiharju becomes UFAs on July 1 if they don't re-sign by then, and John Beecher and Jakub Lauko were pending RFAs. That said, the Bruins are not expected to give Lauko a qualifying offer [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/boston-bruins/latest-news/nhl-news-bruins-make-tough-decision-with-fan-favorite], which would make him a UFA, according to Steve Conroy [https://x.com/conroyherald/status/1939383477348294749] of the Boston Herald. Get the latest news and trending stories by following The Hockey News on Google News [https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMK-q0gsw7sXpAw?hl=en-CA&gl=CA&ceid=CA%3Aen] and by subscribing to The Hockey News newsletter here [http://eepurl.com/i7OC4I]. And share your thoughts by commenting below the article on THN.com.
