The most notable players cut were goaltender Malcolm Subban (assigned to AHL’s Providence Bruins), and 2015 first-round picks Jake DeBrusk (sent to WHL’s Swift Current Broncos) and Jakub Zboril (sent to QMJHL’s Saint John Sea Dogs).
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The Bruins placed youngsters like Austin Czarnik, Frank Vatrano and Linus Arnesson in positions to make an impact on play, and instead Boston dropped a 3-1 preseason game to the Red Wings at TD Garden.
Also sent to Providence were Noel Acciari, Chris Breen, Anthony Camara, Brandon DeFazio, Justin Hickman, Zane McIntyre and Ben Sexton.
A number of young Bruins players got their chances to audition in big spots as the preseason begins drawing to a close, and they didn’t do much with them truth be told.
The native of Colorado Springs, CO has twice represented the U.S.in global play at the 2015 World Junior Championships (0-1=1 totals in 5 games) and earned a Silver medal at the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial.
Free agent defenseman Ben Youds was released from camp and will attend Providence’s training camp.
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The layoff at the start of camp for Rask has been a little unusual, but the netminder seemed fine with it. “That’s the plan for next week, and I’ll see plenty of action once the season starts, so I just want to get off to a good start”.
