Bruins Lock Up Steeves with Two-Year Deal

The Bruins reward Alex Steeves with a two-year extension at $1.625 million cap hit after the gritty forward signed as a free agent last summer and quickly became a lineup Swiss Army knife. Coaches love deploying him anywhere from the fourth line to the power play and penalty kill, where he notches shorthanded goals and leads Boston in hits per 60 with a punishing 17.15 rate.