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Bruins Agree To Six-Year Contract Extension With Morgan Geekie

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3 weeks ago

June 29, 2025

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It took the Boston Bruins until nearly the start of the 2024-25 regular season to lock up their biggest restricted free agent of the summer. This time around, they didn’t wait at all.

Two days before the start of NHL free agency, the Bruins agreed to terms with RFA forward Morgan Geekie late Sunday night on a six-year contract extension worth a total of $33 million.

SIX MORE YEARS OF THE GEEK SQUAD 🤓

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— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) June 30, 2025

Chris Johnston of The Athletic was first to report details of the contract.

One of the lone bright spots in an otherwise dismal season for the Bruins, Geekie had a breakout campaign this past year, posting 33 goals in 77 games. Geekie began the year in and out of line the lineup, serving as a healthy scratch multiple times. By the time the season came to a close, he was Boston’s second-leading scorer.

“I never imagined I’d be having the season I’m having, but I definitely had the confidence to know that I could grow my game,” Geekie said during Bruins breakup day back in April. “I think I turned a corner.”

Boston originally signed Geekie prior to the start of the 2023-24 season as a castoff from the Seattle Kraken. Now, he’s locked in as a core member of the team on a contract that will pay him $5.5 million per year through 2031. The deal came together relatively quickly. Last week, Bruins general manager Don Sweeney said he had been in “constant communication” with Geekie, but that they were not close to an agreement.

Given that his previous career-high of 17 goals in a season, there were questions over whether Geekie truly found a new gear or was simply getting good looks at the net while on a bad team. The Bruins are banking on the former, and the underlying numbers seem to back that up.

While his shooting percentage last season was an insane 22 percent, Geekie regularly found himself firing pucks from high-danger of the ice, with 18 of his goals coming in close range of the net.

It should also help that Geekie has strong chemistry with star winger David Pastrnak. They, along with centerman Elias Lindholm, were a lethal combination on Boston’s top line down the stretch of last season.

Geekie is only the latest of the Bruins’ free agents to re-sign with the team, as they had already come to agreements with Mason Lohrei, Marat Khusnutdinov, and Michael Callahan.

The Bruins now have a projected $16.1 million left in available cap space. NHL free agency officially begins on July 1.