As of Monday, CapGeek lists Justin Florek among the 12 forwards with a contract on the Boston Bruins NHL payroll. Taking the long-injured Marc Savard out of the equation and assuming the club re-ups Reilly Smith, that basic listing could stick.
Florek, one of six skaters to re-sign with the organization earlier this month, stands out as the only forward under that heading without a full NHL season to his credit. As a second-year professional in 2013-14, he debuted on Jan. 4 and logged 10 combined regular-season and playoff appearances.
Considering the buzz discrepancies with Alexander Khokhlachev and Ryan Spooner, it is a mild head-scratcher that the latter two remain on CapGeek’s “non-roster.”
At least one, if not both, are logical favorites to give Boston’s offense a quorum of 12 plus a spare striker.
Still, upon renewing his Spoked-B membership, Florek voiced no shortage of poise to Jess Isner of the team’s website. As quoted by Isner in a feature story last week, he said:
Last year was my first NHL training camp, so to kind of just go through that, it was just ...
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