Overview
- The Bruins announced Wednesday they signed 30-year-old defenseman Billy Sweezey to a one-year, two-way extension for 2026–27 with an $850,000 NHL cap hit.
- Sweezey played the full 2025–26 season with AHL Providence, recording one goal, 17 points, and 84 penalty minutes in 69 games while serving as an alternate captain.
- The extension prevents him from reaching unrestricted free agency in July and preserves Boston’s recall depth on the blue line.
- A two-way contract pays different salaries in the AHL and NHL, which lets a team move a player up or down without committing a full-time NHL salary.
- The undrafted Yale graduate has nine NHL games with Columbus in 2022–23 and 338 AHL games across Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Cleveland, and Providence with seven goals and 57 points.