Bruins Predicted To Extend Young Centerman To Massive $56M Deal

Boston Bruins forward Fraser Minten

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The Boston Bruins could look to sign a young part of their core to a lucrative long-term deal.

Boston traded for Fraser Minten at the trade deadline in 2025 from the Toronto Maple Leafs as part of the package for Brandon Carlo. Minten was expected to be a middle-six center who’s solid defensively, but he exceeded expectations last season.

Minten ended up finishing 10th in Calder Trophy votes, and he’s set to enter the final year of his entry-level deal. With that, the Bruins could look to extend him, and insider Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic predicts he will sign an eight-year, $56 million extension this offseason.

“Fraser Minten has one year remaining on his entry-level contract,” Shinzawa wrote in an article published on Friday. “But his steady 82-game audition in 2025-26 should make the organization confident enough to invest long-term in the left-shot center.

“A good run with Team Canada at the World Championship would put Minten in line to start his second full NHL season as the No. 2 center. The best outcome would be to make him one of the last NHLers to sign with his current club for eight more years before the rule change on Sept. 16, when the maximum in-house term goes down to seven years.”

Minten getting $7 million per season seems like a fair price for a future second-line center, as if he continues to develop, the contract could look like a steal. But, it also guarantees Minten a hefty payday and buys out some UFA years in the meantime.

In his first full NHL season, the 21-year-old recorded 17 goals and 18 assists for 35 points in 82 games.

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