The Boston Bruins announced the contract extension of blueliner Jonathan Aspirot on Sunday. The deal is a two-year pact worth $887.5K per season.
On the surface, this deal is naught more than a depth signing. Aspirot has been pretty much an AHL-level defenseman, who finally got a shot this season amid significant injury woes on the Bruins’ blue line.
But looking under the hood, there’s plenty of reason to see why the Bruins moved to lock up Aspirot.
The 26-year-old has just two goals and three points in 26 games this season.