Bruins sign Frederic to 2-year, $4.6M contract

The Boston Bruins signed forward Trent Frederic to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $2.3 million on Tuesday.

Frederic, 25, set career highs with 17 goals and 31 points in 79 games last season. He failed to register a point in five playoff contests.

The two sides were set for an arbitration hearing Tuesday. Frederic’s camp came in at $2.9 million for one year, while the Bruins filed at $2.8 million over two seasons, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.

Frederic will be an unrestricted free agent at the expiration of the contract. He’s coming off a two-year contract signed in 2021 that carried a cap hit of $1.05 million.

He accrued 29 goals and 54 points in 198 total games with Boston over five seasons. The Bruins drafted him 29th overall in 2016.

The St. Louis native was the most penalized player in the 2019-20 AHL season, racking up 148 penalty minutes in 59 contests. He’s accumulated 194 PIM in the NHL.

Boston has $3.1 million of cap space after the signing, according to CapFriendly. Jeremy Swayman is the Bruins’ only restricted free agent left unsigned.

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