Pat Maroon was traded to the Boston Bruins by the Minnesota Wild on Friday for Luke Toporowski and a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2026 Draft.
The pick will be transferred to the Wild if Maroon plays at least one game in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The 35-year-old forward is in the final season of a two-year contract he signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Feb. 8, 2022, and can become an unrestricted free agent after this season. He won the Stanley Cup three straight seasons with the St. Louis Blues (2019) and Lightning (2020 and 2021).
“The guy’s a winner, been [on] a couple different teams, won Cups and those are guys that can only help you,” Bruins forward Charlie Coyle said. “The physical presence he brings, the veteran leadership, a guy who has, like I said, has won, multiple times.
“He’s experienced losses, he’s experienced wins and that’s great to have and it can teach younger guys. It can teach all of us, especially younger guys coming in. And the guy has been around the League. He can share what he’s been through, what makes winning teams, winning cultures and even things in the past that have not led to success from his point of view.”
Maroon was expected to be out 4-6 weeks after having back surgery Feb. 6. He was injured in the second period of a 3-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Jan. 27.
Selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the sixth round (No. 161) of the 2007 NHL Draft, Maroon has 16 points (four goals, 12 assists) in 49 regular-season games for the Wild, Lightning, Blues, New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers and Ducks. He was acquired by Minnesota in a trade with Tampa Bay on July 2.
Maroon has 51 points (23 goals, 28 assists) in 150 playoff games.
Toporowski will report to Iowa of the American Hockey League. The forward had 46 points (22 goals, 24 assists) in 96 games over two seasons for the Bruins’ affiliate in Providence, including 17 points (seven goals, 10 assists) in 49 games this season.
NHL.com independent correspondent Joe Pohoryles contributed to this report