Before the start of the 2026-27 season, the Boston Bruins have a choice. With nine defensemen under contract, they’ll have to account for six roster spots, which will make training camp highly competitive.
Two defenders who were in the Calgary Flames organization last year, Ilya Solovyov and Jonathan Aspirot are making waves in the NHL this season. While this is incredible for the players as individuals, it makes you wonder if other teams are reaping the benefits of the development the Flames did.
The Boston Bruins recently signed defenseman Jonathan Aspirot to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value (AAV) of $887,500. This is a very deserving, and very smart extension on the front office’s part as they lock down a guy who has jumped up the depth chart this season and made a solid impact for the blue line.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced Sunday that the team has signed defenseman Jonathan Aspirot to a two-year NHL contract extension through the 2027-28 season with an annual cap hit of $887,500.
The Boston Bruins have announced that they’ve signed defenseman Jonathan Aspirot to a two-year contract extension with an $887,500 cap hit. Aspirot has been playing the season on a one-year contract at a league-minimum salary of $775,000, and was set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer.
The Boston Bruins have signed defenseman Jonathan Aspirot to a two-year, $1.775MM contract extension. Aspirot made his NHL debut at the start of the season.
The Bruins welcomed back one of their defensemen to the lineup tonight against Calgary as the team announced that Jonathan Aspirot has been added back to the active roster. More specifically, he was activated off injured reserve. Boston had an open roster spot so no corresponding move needed to be made.
The Boston Bruins will be down a pair of players in today’s match against the Minnesota Wild. Winger Viktor Arvidsson (lower-body) and defenseman Jonathan Aspirot (upper-body) are both expected to sit out after sustaining injuries in Thursday’s game against the Winnipeg Jets.
Jonathan Aspirot was born on May 16, 1999, in Mascouche, Quebec. The defenseman played for two-plus seasons with Ecole De L’Odyssee and totaled 18 goals and 21 assists in 54 games.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
We’re into the stretch drive of the junior hockey schedule, friends, and soon we’ll be into that part of the collegiate calendar, too. The World Juniors are done with and everyone’s starting to adjust their rosters for the stretch drive.
One of the Calgary Wranglers’ blueliners is headed to Switzerland after Christmas. On Friday, Hockey Canada named its roster for the upcoming Spengler Cup tournament, and Wranglers defenceman Jonathan Aspirot was named to the team.
Guess who’s back? After assigning them to the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers last week, the Calgary Flames have recalled blueliner Jonathan Aspirot and forward Clark Bishop from the Wranglers.
As National Hockey League clubs trim down their training camp rosters, we’re getting daily waiver wire news from folks like Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
We’re into the portion of training camp where waivers come into play, and the Calgary Flames have reportedly placed a pair of players on waivers. Per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Flames have exposed defender Jonathan Aspirot and forward Clark Bishop on the waiver wire.