Junior forward Angus Crookshank has decided to forgo his final year of eligibility and sign a three-year entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). The contract is set to start for the 2021-22 season but Crookshank can hop right into team activities once he’s cleared quarantine because he also signed an amateur tryout agreement and will report to the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Belleville Senators. Crookshank was selected by Ottawa in the fifth round of the 2018 NHL Draft.
With the NHL draft in the rearview and 31 franchises in the midst of the free agency period there is still a couple of monumental decision to be made; what will 43-year-old Zdeno Chara do, and how will the Bruins replace him in the first defensive pairing?
On Wednesday October 7 the NHL draft took place and UNH saw a couple of their own come off the board to a pair of NHL franchises. Defenseman Luke Reid and forward Filip Engarås were both drafted last Wednesday night in the sixth round.
For weeks now there have been rumors swirling around the Boston Bruins and what they could be doing this offseason after getting bounced in the playoffs by the Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning.
