Bruins acquire Viktor Arvidsson from Edmonton for 2027 draft pick

A new face up front.

Editor’s note: The B’s made the deal official just before noon.

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With the free agency pool a little shallow, the Bruins made a different kind of splash on Tuesday: according to multiple reports, the B’s have acquired forward Viktor Arvidsson from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a 2027 fifth-round pick.

Arvidsson, 32 years old, plays on the right wing and recorded 15 goals and 12 assists in 67 regular season games last year.

He’s in the final year of a two-year contract, which carries a cap hit of $4 million.

Arvidsson shoots the puck a lot:

And is productive on the rush, which is an area of need for the Bruins:

In addition to adding some offense and willingness to shoot the puck, Arvidsson’s expiring contract makes him a potential asset at the trade deadline.

If he has a decent season for the B’s, you could easily see the team recouping that fifth-round pick this spring (assuming that they’ll be sellers at the deadline, which isn’t a guarantee).

Arvidsson has been a decent playoff performer, with 44 points in 87 games.

Anyways, we’re probably getting a bit ahead of ourselves at this point.

By absorbing his full $4 million cap hit, the Bruins are likely setting themselves up for another move to shed salary; given the recent re-signing of Michael DiPietro and rumblings about the status of Joonas Korpisalo, a goalie trade probably wouldn’t be a bad guess.

Puckpedia has the Bruins at $8.7 million in cap space at the moment, a figure that seems to include the Arvidsson contract.

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