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“I am excited the place my sport is, and I am excited the place it will probably get to and the place I can develop.”

It stays to be seen the place precisely Morgan Geekie will settle into the Bruins’ lineup this fall.
An enormous-bodied middle (6-foot-3, 200 kilos) with sturdy returns on the faceoff dot (51.1 profession FO%), Geekie also can shift over the wing as a bruising power on the forecheck.
However wherever the 24-year-old ahead lands on his new group, it appears like a provided that extra reps shall be on the way in which.
“I believe I can contribute with a bit of extra minutes than I had beforehand,” Geekie stated Wednesday by way of Zoom when requested of his function with Boston. “However nonetheless I get these minutes, I’m not choosy. I’m simply going to return in and assist the group and clearly the workers and the group will make these calls.”
Boston signed Geekie to a two-year contract on Saturday after the versatile ahead spent the earlier two seasons with the Kraken.
Etched right into a fourth-line function on a Seattle roster with loads of depth down the center, Geekie posted 28 factors (9 objectives, 19 assists) over 69 video games out west.
Boston will welcome the same stat line additional down their lineup, particularly given his reasonably priced $2 million AAV.
However the Bruins are probably banking on even better offensive returns for Geekie in 2023-24, given the standard — not amount — of his minutes with the NHL’s thirty second franchise.
Geekie’s 28 factors represented a career-high for the younger ahead, and it was achieved whereas averaging simply 10:27 of ice time per sport.
That’s far beneath different bottom-six stalwarts on Boston’s 2022-23 roster like Garnet Hathaway (11:04 ATOI), Trent Frederic (11:55), and Nick Foligno (12:22).
In complete, there have been 593 NHL skaters who logged at the least 500 minutes of 5v5 ice time final season. In response to Pure Stat Trick, Geekie’s 2.47 5v5 factors per 60 minutes of play ranked thirty first within the league — forward of names like Clayton Keller (2.46), Jack Eichel (2.45), Leon Draisaitl (2.41), Alex Ovechkin (2.31), and Matty Beniers (2.21).
After all, that doesn’t sign {that a} 60-campaign is destined for Geekie if he ticks one other two or three minutes into his workload every night time shifting ahead.
However Boston is hoping that Pavel Zacha’s success (twenty eighth in 5v5 factors per 60 at 2.52) in a featured function final season serves as a template that Geekie follows in his first foray with the Bruins.
“I believe for me, simply with a bit of bit extra of an expanded function and some extra minutes, I believe I can get into extra of a rhythm and type of develop into myself,” Geekie stated. “Simply be the participant that I do know I might be in and assist the group in the easiest way that I can.”
Geekie’s spot within the lineup would possibly revolve round whether or not or not Patrice Bergeron and/or David Krejci decide to hold up their skates this summer time.
If Charlie Coyle is pressed into Boston’s top-six unit, the keys to Boston’s third-line middle spot would possibly fall to Geekie. But when Coyle sticks in his traditional pivot perch, the veteran will welcome a linemate like Geekie on his puck-possession ahead grouping.
“I gained a number of confidence,” Geekie stated of his final season in Seattle. “I’m excited the place my sport is, and I’m excited the place it will probably get to and the place I can develop. So I’m trying ahead to subsequent season.”
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