In a five-day span, the Boston Bruins said hello to JJ Peterka, Will Borgen and Connor Clifton. They said goodbye to Viktor Arvidsson, Andrew Peeke and Joonas Korpisalo. General manager Don Sweeney projects this degree of turnover is good enough to improve upon a 100-point 2025-26 season.“We stood here a year ago and wondered whether we would score enough goals,” Sweeney said. “To the players’ credit and the coaches’ credit, they found ways. Our power play improved. We have a different look now with a left one-timer on the elbow. I hope it all comes together. I hope we’re right back up there in the upper echelon.”Where do the moves leave the roster? Let’s go position by position:
Forwards Left wingCenterRight wingJJ PeterkaPavel ZachaDavid PastrnakMarat KhusnutdinovFraser MintenMorgan GeekieCasey MittelstadtElias LindholmJames HagensTanner JeannotSean KuralyMark KastelicAlex Steeves
Peterka was the primary acquisition. The 24-year-old averaged 15:59 of ice time per game last season for the Utah Mammoth. Something will have gone horribly wrong if Peterka does not exceed that workload for his new employer. At five-on-five, Peterka projects to be the Bruins’ fastest wing. On the power play, the left-shot Peterka gives assistant coach Steve Spott another shooter to complement David Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie.Acquiring Peterka made re-signing Arvidsson less of a priority. Arvidsson signed a two-year, $10 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings.
