Dennis Seidenberg Buyout Good For Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins have decided to buy out the contract of defenseman Dennis Seidenberg. The 34-year old blueliner has two years remaining on his contract. Seidenberg now becomes a free agent. Also, the Bruins decisions that led the B’s to keep both Adam McQuaid and Kevan Miller become slightly more palatable.
The Bruins will save $2.83 million in cap space this year, and $1.83 million in cap space next year. That money was used to secure the services of Torey Krug for the next four years (and that’s another good thing the Boston Bruins did today).
It was the smart thing for the Bruins to do. The Bruins wouldn’t have had much luck trading him because of the injuries that have hampered his play the last few seasons. He hasn’t been 100-percent since his knee surgery a few years back. He became even slower after missing early games last season due to back surgery. He also suffered a groin injury last season.
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Last season was pretty rough for Seidenberg. The one time ‘German Hammer’ was invisible while wearing the Black and Gold in the 2015-16 season. The injuries limited him to 61 games, where he put up only 12 points (one goal) for Boston. Looking at his performance through analytics, he was the worst player on the team, with Corsi a rating for 5-on-5 play at 47.19.
Seidenberg played seven seasons for the Boston Bruins coming over with Matt Bartkowski in 2010. He was part of the 2011 Stanley Cup team. He’s played in 758 regular season NHL games and has put up 224(39 goals) career points for various NHL teams. In his career he’s played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix (now Arizona) Coyotes, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, and the Boston Bruins.
It’s a shock,” said Dennis Seidenberg to the Boston Herald. “(Bruins general manager) Donnie (Sweeney) called me (this morning) and he said it was a tough call to make but he had to buy me out, that they were going with the kids. Told me I was a great guy and that was it.” Seidenberg had told the Herald back in May that he would likely leave hockey if his contract was bought out.
It’s sad to see him go. He was one of the 2011 Bruins. But it was necessary, and I’m glad to see Don Sweeney had the sense to make the right move here.