The Boston Bruins’ window to sign three of their college prospects has closed, and all three are now unrestricted free agents. Their paths are splitting in different directions from here: one is still chasing another NHL shot, one is headed back to Sweden, and one has stepped away from hockey entirely.
Philip Svedebäck is the one still keeping the NHL door open. The goaltender spent the past four seasons at Providence College, going 54-38-17 in 113 games. He took over the starting role as a freshman, then lost it after an injury during his senior season opened the door for Jack Parsons to finish the year for the Friars.
Even with that setback, the Bruins’ 2021 fourth-round pick isn’t eager to head home just yet. In July, speaking with Swedish outlet HockeySverige.se, Svedebäck made it clear he wants to stay in North America and see whether another NHL opportunity comes along.
“The plan is to stay in North America. Then we’ll see where it goes,” Svedebäck told HockeySverige.se, translated. “My agent is talking a little bit, but Boston owns my rights until August 15, so nothing can be official before then, he says.”
“Of course, there is a possibility that [returning to Sweden] could happen. But right now, my goal is to stay over there and really give it a chance, professional hockey there.”
Boston’s addition of Merrimack goalie Max Lundgren in March also pointed toward where things were headed for Svedebäck.
Oskar Jellvik’s next stop is already set. The Bruins’ 2021 fifth-round pick signed with Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League in May, making it clear he wasn’t coming back to Boston or the NHL. Jellvik finished his four-year college run with 75 points, including 23 goals and 52 assists, in 107 games.
His best stretch came as a sophomore, when he put up 42 points on 13 goals and 29 assists. Injury issues slowed him after that. He appeared in only 23 games as a junior, missed the 2025 Bruins development camp, and then played just nine games as a senior.
Mason Langenbrunner’s story has taken a different turn altogether. Kevin Paul Dupont reported that the defenseman is retiring after four years at Harvard. Drafted by Boston in the fifth round of the 2020 NHL draft, Langenbrunner closed his college career with 26 points, a minus-5 rating, and 130 games played.
He was named Harvard’s captain for his senior year and matched his college best with 10 points, finishing that season with two goals and eight assists. Langenbrunner is now moving into a small business venture with two other Harvard athletes as co-founder of Skye, a performance protein bar.
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