MONTREAL, QUEBEC - JULY 07: President Cam Neely and General Manager Don Sweeny of the Boston Bruins look on during Round One of the 2022 Upper Deck NHL Draft at Bell Centre on July 07, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Don Sweeney and the Bruins entered the week set to simply watch the first three rounds of this weekend’s 2024 NHL Draft at The Sphere in Las Vegas.
But following Monday night’s deal that sent Linus Ullmark to the Senators, the Bruins will (as of right now) find themselves making a first-round selection for the first time since 2021. (That pick, which saw the Bruins take Fabian Lysell with the No. 21 overall pick, was far from your ‘normal’ draft, too, in the sense that it was still during COVID protocols in place, and was made remotely from the B’s war room.)
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