Bruins sign Sean Kuraly to two-year, $3.7M contract

Columbus Blue Jackets' Sean Kuraly plays during an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in Philadelphia. (Matt Slocum/AP)

Sean Kuraly will take his talents to Boston for his 10th NHL season.

Kuraly agreed to a two-year, $3.7 million contract with the Bruins, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported on Tuesday.

The 32-year-old centre is coming off a 2024-25 season in which he skaed in all 82 of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ games, collected 17 points while averaging 11:46 of ice time.

Kuraly has split his nine NHL seasons between the Blue Jackets and Boston Bruins. He debuted with Boston in 2016-17 after originally being drafted by the San Jose Sharks in 2011. He landed with Columbus on a four-year free agent deal in 2021.

Over 562 career games, Kuraly has 64 goals and 153 points. The six-foot-two forward routinely dishes out over 100 hits per seasons, having reached crossed that threshold in all of his full professional seasons but one.

July 1, 2025

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Sean Kuraly
Center
AGE: 33

SIGNED BY
Boston Bruins
LENGTH
2 yrs
CONTRACT TYPE
Free Agency
SALARY CAP HIT
$1.85 million
TOTAL
$3.7 million

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