Bruins sign Morgan Geekie to a six-year extension

The Bruins have taken care of an crucial bit of in-house business before the start of free agency on Tuesday The B s inked Morgan Geekie to a six-year deal with an average annual value of million late Sunday night That s solid value for a participant who broke out in one of the sparse success stories of the - Bruins season exploding for a -goal season while skating with David Pastrnak He finished second on the gang with points While certain have questioned whether Geekie can replicate that kind of goal scoring because of his unusually high shooting percentage he does have an excellent shot both a wrister and one-time slap shot After notching a career-high in goals with in his first season with the Bruins in - he caught fire after Thanksgiving last season after a very slow start that saw him as a healthy scratch several times early in the season The Geekie signing could turn out to be one of the great finds of GM Don Sweeney s tenure Just two summers ago he was cast aside by the Seattle Kraken who did not tender him a qualifying offer thus making him an unrestricted free agent The B s scooped him up with a two-year deal worth million per season Less than a week ago it appeared as though this negotiation might take a while Last Wednesday Sweeney stated that the two sides were not close to a deal But things happen fast this time of year Geekie was scheduled to be a restricted free agent and thus could have been exposed to an offer sheet which no doubt played a part in pushing to get this done before the start of free agency on Tuesday According to puckpedia com the breakdown of the deal is as follows Year million base salary million signing bonus Year million base million signing bonus and a no-trade clause kicks in Year million base million signing bonus -team NTC Year million base million bonus -team NTC Year million base -team NTC Year million There is also late word that RFA John Beecher the B s first-round pick in th overall will also return for at least another year though the details of his deal are not yet known