Anton Blidh officially leaves the Boston Bruins for another NHL team
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Dorin Canaday
August 3, 2022 (3:01 PM)
One free agent is officially leaving the Boston Bruins and is heading to another NHL team from the Western Conference.
As per the Colorado Avalanche PR team:
''The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the organization has signed forward Anton Blidh to a one-year contract for the 2022-23 season." The 27-year-old played a career-high 32 games for the Bruins this past season and recorded 2 goals and 7 assists. Blidh was originally drafted by Boston in the sixth round (180th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft and has spent his first 6 seasons with the club.
The Swede has appeared in 278 career AHL games with the Providence Bruins, totalling 46 goals and 42 assists, along with 4 goals and 1 assist in 25 Calder Cup Playoff contests.
Blidh himself said thank you to the entire Bruins organization on Twitter:
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