Editorial notice: Over the subsequent 4 weeks, NESN.com will study the Boston Bruins’ organizational depth. First up is goaltending.
The Bruins have loads of depth between the pipes in Boston with Jeremy Swayman and Linus Ullmark as the highest tandem within the NHL. Past the duo, the Bruins have a number of prospects that might fill the backup function on any given night time.
Right here’s a take a look at what every netminder has to supply, together with their standing throughout the group.
IN THE NHL
— Swayman elevated his sport within the 2023-24 common season by posting a 2.53 goals-against common and a .916 save share with three shutouts in 43 begins. With an total file of 25-10-8, the Alaskan native confronted essentially the most photographs of his profession making 1,179 saves on 1,287 photographs.
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Within the playoffs, Swayman bolstered a .933 save share and a 2.15 goals-against common. He gained his first sequence when the Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 within the first spherical of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Swayman enters the offseason as a restricted free agent after signing a one-year, $3,475,000 contract following arbitration final 12 months.
— Coming off his Vezina-winning season, Ullmark posted a 2.57 goals-against common and a .915 save share with two shutouts within the 2023-24 common season. In 39 begins, Ullmark had a 22-10-7 total file in his third season with Boston.
With Swayman getting nearly all of the postseason begins, Ullmark made one begin towards the Maple Leafs in Recreation 2, which the Bruins misplaced 3-2.
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Ullmark enters the offseason with one 12 months remaining on his four-year, $20 million contract. The 30-year-old has a 15-team modified no-trade record in his contract.
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR
— Brandon Bussi performed in 41 video games for the Windfall Bruins, the AHL affiliate of Boston, with an total file of 23-10-5. The 25-year-old posted a 2.67 goals-against common and a .913 save share. He confronted 1,232 photographs and made 1,125 saves, together with 14-of-16 saves within the shootout.
Within the Calder Cup playoffs, Bussi went 1-3 for Windfall along with his lone win coming by way of the shutout.
Bussi enters the offseason as a restricted free agent after signing a one-year $825,000 contract final season.
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— Michael DiPietro performed 30 video games for Windfall within the 2023-24 season, the place he posted a .918 save share and a 2.51 goals-against common. He completed the season with an 18-9-2 total file. He had 4 shutouts on the season.
The 24-year-old netminder has an annual cap hit of $775,000. He’ll turn out to be an unrestricted free agent following the conclusion of the 2024-25 season.
IN THE PIPELINE
— Kyle Keyser has spent the final season splitting his time with the ECHL Maine Mariners and Windfall Bruins. He performed 5 video games in Windfall with a 3.45 goals-against common and a .873 save share. In 16 video games for the Mariners, Keyser went 5-8-2 and posted a .868 save share and a 4.36 goals-against common. He turned a restricted free agent following the 2023-24 season.
— Reid Dyck was drafted by the Bruins within the sixth spherical of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. He spent the final 5 seasons with the Swift Present Broncos of the WHL. In 2023-24, he performed in 35 video games for the Broncos, posting a 2.70 goals-against common and a .911 save share with two shutouts. He completed the season with an total file of 25-7-2.
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Within the playoffs, Dyck gave up 30 targets in 9 video games for a 3.38 goals-against common and a .901 save share.
Dyck can re-enter the NHL Draft if the Bruins elect to not signal him previous to June 1.
Bruins common supervisor Don Sweeney mentioned signing Swayman to a brand new contract is a “precedence” for Boston this offseason and intends on preserving the tandem of Swayman and Ullmark collectively subsequent season.
“If we are able to make the mathematics work, we’re going to have one of the best tandem,” Sweeney mentioned on the Bruins’ end-of-season press convention on Could 22. “If we are able to’t we’re going to discover. Linus might come to us and alter his thoughts (about staying), however in an ideal world, I believe we maintain the tandem as a result of it’s rattling good.”
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