TRADE: Bruins Acquire Viktor Arvidsson In Deal With Oilers

Today marks the start of NHL free agency, but the Boston Bruins began the day making a trade instead.

According to multiple reports, Boston acquired Viktor Arvidsson on Tuesday from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Entry Draft.

The #NHLBruins have acquired forward Viktor Arvidsson from Edmonton in exchange for a 2027 fifth-round pick.

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Arvidsson, 32, has one year left on his current contract. Edmonton is not retaining any of his $4 million cap hit in the deal, and Boston will assume the full cost of the contract.

A shoot first forward, Arvidsson projects to plug in somewhere in the middle of the Bruins’ lineup and add some desperately need secondary scoring. The 5’10”, 185 pound Swede only generated 27 points with 15 goals across 67 games for the Oilers last season, but did average over nine shots attempts per game and has five 20-plus goal seasons to his credit.

Arvidsson comes in with a bit of an injury history, as he underwent back surgery during the early part of the 2018 campaign and was limited to just 18 games that season.

Originally drafted in the fourth round by the Nashville Predators in 2014, Arvidsson has scored 194 goals and appeared in 613 games over the course of his 11 seasons in the NHL. A former member of the Los Angeles Kings, Arvidsson has experience playing under new Bruins head coach Marco Sturm, who served as an assistant coach in Los Angeles from 2018-22.

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