The Bruins made their first roster move of the 2026-27 regular season on Sunday, placing forward Mikey Eyssimont on waivers.
If Eyssimont clears on Monday, he’ll head to the Providence Bruins.
It’s a quick turn for a player who had clearly done enough in camp to force a real conversation. Eyssimont earned a spot out of training camp after another strong preseason, including a two-goal outing in Boston’s home game against the Philadelphia Flyers. He also spent camp skating with Tanner Jeannot and Dans Locmelis.
Marco Sturm said during camp that Eyssimont was making his decision tougher, but that was exactly the kind of problem the Bruins wanted.
“He’s been very focused throughout camp. Every day, he’s been good, and he’s playing with pace; he’s played with grit, he’s been really good,” Sturm said of Eyssimont during camp.
“This kid has been around in the league for a little bit too now, and I think he realized now he also needs to step up his game, because he really wants to make the team, and that’s good. He’s going to make it hard on me, and that’s good.
That’s exactly what we want. We wanted to have good competition here in training camp.”
Even with that camp showing, Eyssimont didn’t get into any of Boston’s first three games of the season.
Last year, he put up 18 points, finishing with 8 goals and 10 assists in 56 games for the Bruins. Across five NHL teams, he has 74 points, with 33 goals and 41 assists, in 269 career games. He also hasn’t appeared in an AHL game since Nov. 6, 2022, when he was with the Manitoba Moose.
Eyssimont is in the final year of the two-year contract he signed on July 1, 2025. His cap hit is $1,450,000, and if he clears waivers, Boston will carry a buried cap hit of $225,000.
The move also lines up with Matt Poitras returning to Bruins practice on Thursday after a lower-body injury in training camp. Sturm said after the injury that Poitras was “feeling better every day.” Don Sweeney later said Poitras still had to go through the return-to-play process, though he didn’t offer a timetable.
“We’ll see how the player is, and we’ll treat him the best we can lower-body-wise, and just allow it to heal as necessary,” Sweeney said. “And when he’s ready, he’ll integrate back into practice, and we’ll evaluate there and eventually likely be in a lineup to make sure we know what Matt can bring.”
Poitras remains on injured reserve, but Boston needed to clear a roster spot for the 22-year-old, and Elliotte Friedman does not see him sliding through waivers.
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