Boston Bruins re-sign forward Marc McLaughlin to one-year contract
The Boston Bruins have signed forward Marc McLaughlin to a one-year, two-way contract extension, the club announced Tuesday afternoon.
McLaughlin, 23, collected 13 goals and 30 points in 66 games with the American Hockey League’s Providence Bruins during the 2022–23 regular season. The North Billerica, Massachusetts product did not record a point in two additional games with Providence in the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs.
The Bruins originally signed the undrafted McLaughlin to an entry-level contract in 2022 upon the conclusion of his four-year tenure at Boston College. McLaughlin was held scoreless in two NHL games with Boston in 2022–23.
McLaughlin’s new contract with the Bruins carries a $775,000 NHL cap hit. The six-foot center had been a restricted free agent with arbitration rights, although he had elected not to declare; he’ll be able to become an RFA again next July.
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McLaughlin arrived at Boston College in time for the 2018–19 season after spending two years with the USHL’s Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, with whom he had been team captain.
Over his four years at Boston College, McLaughlin developed from a depth producer as a freshman to being the team’s top goal-scorer in his senior year. He wore the “C” and was recognized as one of Hockey East’s best defensive forwards in his final two seasons with BC.
McLaughlin appeared in two games with Team USA at the 2022 Winter Olympics men’s ice hockey tournament in Beijing. He did not record a point as the Americans skated to a fifth-place finish.
After joining the Bruins late in the 2021–22 season, McLaughlin scored three goals in his first 11 NHL games. He remains in search of his first NHL assist with 13 games now under his belt.
The Bruins still have five restricted free agents left to sign this summer: forward Trent Frederic, defensemen Alec Regula and Reilly Walsh, and goaltenders Jeremy Swayman and Michael DiPietro.