{"id":113692,"date":"2021-07-28T16:07:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T20:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=113692"},"modified":"2021-07-28T16:07:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T20:07:46","slug":"nick-foligno-signs-with-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/07\/28\/nick-foligno-signs-with-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Nick Foligno Signs With Boston Bruins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unrestricted free agent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/foligni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Foligno<\/a> has reportedly signed with the Boston Bruins. Terms of the deal have yet to be released. This is will be Foligno&#8217;s fourth NHL team in his 15-year career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sources say Nick Foligno has chosen the Boston <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bruins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Bruins<\/a>. No dice for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mnwild?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mnwild<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussoHockey\/status\/1420472810821009412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Nick Foligno Signs With Bruins<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nick Foligno had a tough season split between the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/bluejackets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/leafs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>. Scoring just seven goals, it was the first time since 2012-13 he failed to reach double-digits. His 20 points were also the lowest since that season. Foligno&#8217;s 14th season was also the first where his Corsi rating was below 50.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The American forward has spent the bulk of his career with the Blue Jackets. Originally drafted in the first round by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> in 2006, Foligno was traded to Columbus in 2012 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/methoma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc Methot<\/a>. He scored 334 points in 599 games in his nine seasons with the Blue Jackets. He was named an All-Star in 2014-15 and won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/messima01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Messier<\/a> Leadership Award and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/clancki01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">King Clancy<\/a> Humanitarian Award. Foligno failed to find the back of the net in his short tenure with the Toronto Maple Leafs who acquired him at the 2021 trade deadline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Family or Winning?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 33-year-old is coming off a six-year, $33 million deal signed back in 2015-16. Foligno had a few possibilities when it came to where to sign. It\u2019s not surprising he took a pay cut for a chance to win a Stanley Cup. He could have just as easily signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/wild\/\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> to play with his brother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/foligma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Foligno<\/a>, or returned to Columbus where his family is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Foligno offers flexibility to the Bruin&#8217;s forward corps. He can slide in virtually anywhere he&#8217;s needed upfront, whether on the wing or at the centre ice position. The veteran can also provide valuable penalty-killing abilities, winning 50% of his draws while down a man last year. That can also lead to late-game shutdown abilities should the Bruins need them. With 55 career playoff games, Foligno also offers respectable postseason experience, which will surely be driven by a desire to see his name on the Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"nzSACmi_RZJzgMNC9Vf9sQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1233208533\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'nzSACmi_RZJzgMNC9Vf9sQ',sig:'0PjuU1AAn5Mm66s2UYANN7hzz14Dnd9IovE0xg7BKkQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1233208533',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unrestricted free agent Nick Foligno has reportedly signed with the Boston Bruins. Terms of the deal have yet to be released. This is will be Foligno&#8217;s fourth NHL team in his 15-year career. Sources say Nick Foligno has chosen the Boston #Bruins. No dice for #mnwild \u2014 Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) July 28, 2021 Nick Foligno [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3197,"featured_media":115969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4548,5,4547,34],"tags":[662,833],"class_list":["post-113692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","category-bruins","category-hockey","category-news","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-nick-foligno"],"modified_by":"Alex Metzger, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}