Bruins sign goalie Michael DiPietro to extension
While speculation swirls over which way the Bruins will go with their goaltedning in the offseason, the club inked one more prospect on Wednesday.
The B‘s signed Providence goalie Michael DiPietro to a one-year, two-way contract worth an NHL salary of $775,000. The 24-year-old DiPetro, originally a 2017 third round pick of the Vancouver Canucks who came back to the B’s in the Jack Studnicka trade, has posted a 17-8-4 record for the Providence Bruins this season with a .917 save percentage and a 2.52 goals against average. He has posted four shutouts.
DiPetro has split time with Brandon Bussi (19-9-2, 2.63, 913), on whom the B’s are high. Bussi, scheduled to a restricted free agent, also needs to be signed.
The Providence Bruins also signed undrafted college free agent goalie Ryan Bischel out of Notre Dame earlier to an AHL contract earlier this week. Bischel, 24, was the Big Ten Goalie of the Year in 2023 with a .931 save percentage.
The B’s also have till June 1 to sign goalie Reid Dyck before his rights expire. Dyck, whom the B’s drafted in the sixth round in 2022, has been a standout for the Swift Current Broncos this year, posting 24-7-2 record with a .911 save percentage.
With essentially two No. 1 goalies at the NHL level in Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman, the B’s had reportedly looked into trading Ullmark at the trade deadline with Ullmark nixing a deal with his no-trade clause. The B’s could very well revisit that idea in the offseason.
Right now, however, Ullmark is playing the best hockey of his season, posting a 3-0 record and a .956 save percentage since the trade deadline. If that play continues, he could very well earn the Game 1 start in the playoffs. Jeremy Swayman is expected to get the start in the B’s showdown with the Metropolitan Division-leading New York Ranger on Thursday.