In just a few short weeks, black-and-gold sweaters will be back on the frozen sheet over at Warrior Ice Arena.
The Bruins announced their practice schedule for their 2022 Development Camp on Tuesday, a week-long stretch of drills, scrimmages and testing that gives fans and media alike an extended glimpse of Boston’s future wave of talent — and signals the start of the most hectic stretch of the offseason.
Here is the schedule for the on-ice sessions for the B’s Dev Camp:
Monday, July 11 (Warrior Ice Arena, Brighton, MA)
-On-ice session (Group 1), 10:45 a.m.
-On-ice session (Group 2), 11:45 a.m.
Tuesday, July 12 (Warrior Ice Arena, Brighton, MA)
-On-ice session (Forwards), 10 a.m.
-On-ice session (Full group), 11 a.m.
-On-ice session (Defenseman), 12:15 p.m.
Wednesday, July 13 (Warrior Ice Arena, Brighton, MA)
-On-ice session (Defenseman), 10 a.m.
-On-ice session (Full group), 11 a.m.
-On-ice session (Forwards), 12:15 p.m.
-Community event, TBD
Thursday, July 14 (Warrior Ice Arena, Brighton, MA)
-On-ice session (Forwards), 10 a.m.
-On-ice session (Full group), 11 a.m.
-On-ice session (Defenseman), 12:15 p.m.
Friday, July 15 (Warrior Ice Arena, Brighton, MA)
-On-ice session, 10 a.m.
No roster has been announced yet, although it’s to be expected that the B’s latest haul of youngsters plucked from the 2022 NHL Draft will join the grouping. Boston relinquished its 2022 first-round pick in its deadline deal for Hampus Lindholm, but the B’s still hold a second-round pick, third-round pick (from the Dan Vladar trade), a fourth-rounder and both a sixth and seventh-round selection.
Of course, the headliners for this latest Dev Camp should be Boston’s two blue-chip prospects in Fabian Lysell and Mason Lohrei. Lysell could be a dark-horse candidate to break camp with Boston if he impresses in September, while an elder statesman in Johnny Beecher could jumpstart what could be a pretty crucial few months if he gets invited to another Dev Camp. Georgi Merkulov is also a top prospect to watch after joining the Bruins organization following a strong freshman campaign at Ohio State. One thing worth noting when it comes to Lysell is that he's expected to take part in the 2022 World Junior Championships — which has now been pushed to August. As such, his availability could be impacted if he needs to spend most of July training with Team Sweden.
Lysell/Lohrei might pace the pack when it comes to Boston’s top prospects, but the B’s have added a pretty solid influx of talent in both the 2020 and 2021 drafts — with youngsters like Brett Harrison, Ty Gallagher, Ryan Mast, Riley Duran, Oskar Jellvik all likely participants.
Development camp is also where the foundation is usually set down for Boston and other NHL franchises to attract collegiate free agents — with Marc McLaughlin (a camp invitee) eventually inking a contract with Boston this pasts spring.
Other notable camp invitees last season included Parker Ford, Ben Meyers, Reed Lebster, Travis Mitchell and Brandon Scanlin.
