The Boston Bruins' nightmare 2024-25 season came to an end on April 16 with their 5-4 overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils. Now, a very busy off-season is ahead for the Original Six club as they look to get things back on track in 2025-26.
Bruins management will have plenty of decisions to make this off-season, and that includes with their pending unrestricted and restricted free agents. The Original Six club has a good amount of players with expiring deals, so here is the list of them.
Pending UFAs
(G) Brandon Bussi
(F) Patrick Brown
(D) Michael Callahan (Group 6)
(G) Michael DiPietro
(D) Henri Jokiharju
(F) Cole Koepke
(F) Vinni Lettieri
(F) Tyler Pitlick
(F) Riley Tufte
(D) Parker Wotherspoon
Pending RFAs
(D) Drew Bavaro
(F) John Beecher
(F) John Farinacci
(F) Morgan Geekie
(F) Marat Khusnutdinov
(F) Trevor Kuntar
(F) Jakub Lauko
(D) Mason Lohrei
(F) Georgii Merkulov
(D) Ian Mitchell
(D) Daniil Misyul
(F) Jaxon Nelson
(F) Oliver Wahlstrom
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