Bruins Have Decision To Make With Defenseman

The 2024-25 season was simply a disaster for the Boston Bruins. After a big off-season of spending, they took a major step in the wrong direction, finishing the campaign with a 33-39-10 record and at the bottom of the Atlantic Division standings. With this, the Bruins are now set for a crucial summer as they look to get things back on track.

The Bruins have an array of pending free agents heading into the off-season, and defenseman Parker Wotherspoon is among them. The 27-year-old blueliner's one-year, $800,000 contract has expired, and he can become an unrestricted free agent on July 1 if the Bruins do not sign him to a new deal.

Wotherspoon has been a serviceable depth defenseman for the Bruins over the last two seasons, so they could consider keeping him around if he is willing to re-sign with the team at an affordable price. However, if he is looking for a raise, the Bruins could go in a different direction and look to improve their blueline elsewhere.

Wotherspoon appeared in 55 games this season with the Bruins, where he had one goal, seven points, 66 blocks, and 75 hits. This is after he recorded eight assists, 84 hits, and a plus-6 rating in 41 games with Boston during the 2023-24 season. Overall, he has been decent in a minor role for the Bruins, but the Bruins now must decide if he is somebody they want to try to re-sign.

It will be interesting to see what happens between the Bruins and Wotherspoon from here. At a cheap price, he could be worth keeping around in a bottom-pairing/seventh defenseman role. However, time will tell what happens on that front.

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