The Bruins announced today that they’d signed Boston University defenseman Matt Grzelcyk to a two-year entry-level contract. The deal will start next season. In the meantime, the Charlestown native will join AHL Providence on an amateur tryout agreement.
Grzelcyk was a third-round pick of Boston’s in 2012. After spending four years at BU, if he didn’t sign with the Bruins, he could’ve become an unrestricted free agent on Aug. 15, a la Harvard’s Jimmy Vesey.
Speaking of whom, Grzelcyk and Vesey are childhood pals, so this -- despite the protests of some --will only add to the speculation that Vesey will choose to sign with the B’s this summer.
Toronto is the other team that’s been linked to Vesey.