{"id":443057,"date":"2024-07-01T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=443057"},"modified":"2024-07-01T16:21:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T20:21:00","slug":"free-agent-frenzy-max-jones-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/01\/free-agent-frenzy-max-jones-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins Sign Depth Forward to Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/01\/bruins-sign-centre-to-long-term-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Boston Bruins<\/a> have made the Max Jones contract official. This deal is for two years and $2 million total. The average cap hit is $1 million and the deal runs to the end of the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">Max Jones AAV is $1M.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ty Anderson (@_TyAnderson) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_TyAnderson\/status\/1807868287856136454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Bruins Sign Max Jones Contract<\/h3>\n<p>Jones was drafted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/04\/25\/nhl-rumours-utah-hockey-and-anaheim-ducks\/\" target=\"_self\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> in the first round of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Jones spent some time in the Ontario Hockey League, where an increased role allowed Jones to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2016\/10\/25\/anaheim-ducks-prospect-max-jones-flourishing-in-new-offensive-role\/\" target=\"_self\">showcase his offensive capabilities.<\/a> After his team was eliminated from the playoffs, Jones was re-assigned to the Ducks American Hockey League affiliate, the San Diego Gulls.<\/p>\n<p>The Gulls were in the middle of their playoff run when Jones joined them. In nine games, Jones recorded a goal and an assist.<\/p>\n<h3>Debut, Development, and Injury<\/h3>\n<p>Jones made his NHL debut in January 0f 2019. Jones played in 30 games with the Ducks. He was sent back to the Gulls for a playoff run. Jones played in eight games, but an injury kept him out of the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Jones played his first full NHL season in 2020-21. He registered 11 points in 46 games. He made the team again out of training camp on 2021-22. However, a torn pectoral muscle limited him to just two games.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2022-23 season, Jones played in 69 games. Jones saw an increased role with the team. He set a career-high with 19 points.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was a big part of the Ducks plan for the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/09\/07\/2023-2024-anaheim-ducks\/\" target=\"_self\"> 2023-24 season<\/a>. However, injuries again plagued Jones again. He missed thirty games with various injuries.<\/p>\n<h3>Jones&#8217;s Talent Shows Promise If He Can Stay Healthy<\/h3>\n<p>Despite Jones&#8217;s injury history, there is still promise for his NHL career. <a  href=\"https:\/\/thehockeynews.com\/nhl\/anaheim-ducks\/editorials\/how-the-offseason-stacks-up-for-ducks-rfa-max-jones\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He is a strong forechecker who can move the puck well<\/a>. Any team in the league would love a player like that.<\/p>\n<p>Jones will need to make the most of his opportunities this season to show he is deserving of a role with an NHL team moving forward.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Bruins have made the Max Jones contract official. This deal is for two years and $2 million total. The average cap hit is $1 million and the deal runs to the end of the 2025-26 season. Max Jones AAV is $1M. &mdash; Ty Anderson (@_TyAnderson) July 1, 2024 Bruins Sign Max Jones Contract [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3464,"featured_media":437427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[34,5,4547,4548],"tags":[6120,799,662],"class_list":["post-443057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-bruins","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-boston-bruins-news","tag-max-jones","tag-nhl-free-agency"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443057","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\/3464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}