Bruins Extend Steeves to Two-Year $3.25M Deal

The Boston Bruins secured a key piece of their forward depth on Wednesday by signing Alex Steeves to a two-year contract extension worth $3.25 million, carrying an annual cap hit of $1.625 million.

Steeves, a 26-year-old native of Bedford, New Hampshire, has emerged as a reliable bottom-six contributor this season after joining the Bruins as a free agent in the offseason. The versatile winger signed a one-year, $850,000 deal with Boston in July following four seasons in the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, where he appeared in just 14 NHL games despite leading the American Hockey League's Toronto Marlies with 36 goals in 2024-25. As a Group 6 unrestricted free agent after Toronto declined to re-sign him, Steeves found an opportunity with the Bruins that had eluded him in Toronto.

Assigned to the AHL's Providence Bruins to open the season, Steeves posted eight points in nine games before earning a call-up on November 8 amid injuries, including to forward Elias Lindholm. Since then, he has played in 33 NHL games, recording eight goals and six assists for 14 points while averaging 12:24 of ice time per game. His production peaked in late November and December, when he skated in...