Boston Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli has been extremely proactive recently, as he has signed and extended many core members of the B's in order to create a palpable chemistry.
It looks like he is going to continue down that path, as the Bruins have announced a three-year contract extension for versatile forward Rich Peverley. There is a $3.25 million dollar cap hit.
Peverley came to the Bruins from the Thrashers last season at the trade deadline (for Blake Wheeler and Mark Stuart) and was a key player for Boston, joining the third line with Michael Ryder and Chris Kelly, the latter another trade deadline acquisition from Ottawa.
In 23 games last season, Pevs had four goals and three assists. Like most of his teammates, he stepped up his production in the playoffs with four goals and eight assists. Statistically, his best season was 2009-10 with the Atlanta Thrashers (now the Winnipeg Jets) when he put up 22 goals and 33 assists.
This year, Peverley has been promoted to the second line, taking the retired Mark Recchi's spot alongside Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand. So far this year, Peverley has two goals (both against Tampa Bay) and is a plus-2 in three games.
Peverley may end up bouncing back and forth between the two lines but the Bruins will continue to utilize his speed and skill on both the power play and the penalty kill.
For an undrafted player out of St. Lawrence University, Peverley is proof that some guys take longer to develop than others. After three stops in his NHL career (Nashville, Atlanta, Boston), Peverley has found a home and a bright future in the Hub of Hockey.
Two other Bruins notes: David Krejci left practice today with an unspecified leg injury. He didn't travel with the team to Carolina today so I doubt that he'll play tomorrow night. Look for possibly Tyler Seguin to get the call up to first line duty with the underachieving Milan Lucic and Nathan Horton.
Also, Versus will air a special called "Raising the Cup" about the Bruins tomorrow at 6:00 p.m on their show NBC SportsTalk. It's about the ceremony that just happened last week at TD Garden before the season-opener vs. the Flyers.
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