Boston Bruins sign goaltender Tuukka Rask to one-year contract
Tuukka Rask is back with the B’s.
The club has reportedly signed the goaltender to a one-year, $1-million salary. The signing was first reported by PuckPedia.
The #NHLBruins are signing 34 y/o G Tuukka Rask to a 1 year $1M (all base salary) contract.
Due to signing during the year, he'll actually earn $545K.
Last year he had a 913 SV% in 24 GP.
He's represented by Markus Lehto @wassermanhockey https://t.co/hDVeS0lbDR
Earlier today, the Bruins’ AHL affiliate in Providence released the veteran from a professional tryout without him having played any games. His agent, Markus Lehto, meanwhile had teased a potential signing.
Rask, 34, has been recovering from hip surgery that has kept him from playing since the Bruins were eliminated in the playoffs last season. He appeared in 24 games last year posting a 15-5-2 record, a .913 save percentage, a 2.28 GAA and saved 3.3 goals above average.
Acquired by the Bruins in 2006, Rask has had a storied career in Boston appearing in 560 games over 14 years. He won the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top netminder in 2013-14 and has been named to two all-star games.
His signing will undoubtedly be a huge boost for the Bruins, a team that has struggled in net this year. Boston currently holds the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
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