{"id":420795,"date":"2026-01-21T12:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/420795\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:49:10","slug":"bruins-roster-moves-defenseman-placed-on-waivers-ahead-of-game-vs-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/420795\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins roster moves: Defenseman placed on waivers ahead of game vs. Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PX3PU45BPRAUPDQAAGCPDYUDKM\">One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/bruins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/bruins\/\">Bruins<\/a> defenseman won\u2019t be in attendance when Boston takes on his former Dallas Stars team on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4PFYERX6SJDWJDSHAEWW2NKOUI\">Vladislav Kolyachonok was placed on waivers for purpose of assignment the AHL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"D3QVDAIIQFDOZES5W7QFCPRKNY\">Kolyachonok <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/bruins\/2025\/12\/bruins-claim-defenseman-off-waivers-from-stars.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/bruins\/2025\/12\/bruins-claim-defenseman-off-waivers-from-stars.html\">was claimed off waivers by Boston from the Stars<\/a> on Dec. 16. In 11 games for the Stars, the defenseman logged 12:37 of ice time and amassed a goal and an assist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RJXHPG4TORBRVMEBX3LLHE5YLY\">The 24-year-old appeared in two games for the Bruins, the last being Dec. 27 in their 4-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZY6SDWGXJZCSLPDXYMOVC7WW4U\">When Kolyachonok was claimed, the Bruins were thin on defense due to a slew of injuries. Now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/topic\/hampus-lindholm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/topic\/hampus-lindholm\/\">Hampus Lindholm<\/a> is back and Jordan Harris getting closer, plus the team has enjoyed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/bruins\/2026\/01\/after-six-seasons-in-ahl-bruins-defenseman-has-become-pleasant-surprise.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/bruins\/2026\/01\/after-six-seasons-in-ahl-bruins-defenseman-has-become-pleasant-surprise.html\">emergence of Jonathan Aspirot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VZX43EBYPVF5BHI3JU7AZVNRK4\">The Bruins also have Billy Sweezey on the road trip, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/bruins\/2026\/01\/bruins-make-emergency-call-up-ahead-of-game-vs-stars.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/bruins\/2026\/01\/bruins-make-emergency-call-up-ahead-of-game-vs-stars.html\">who was called up from the AHL<\/a> on an emergency basis Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GGVUTITDNJGCLM2DPT74K6YEXY\">Defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/bruins\/2026\/01\/bruins-coach-has-positive-update-on-injured-defenseman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/bruins\/2026\/01\/bruins-coach-has-positive-update-on-injured-defenseman.html\">Andrew Peeke<\/a>, who missed Saturday\u2019s win over the Chicago Blackhawks with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/bruins\/2026\/01\/bruins-lose-defenseman-to-injury-will-finish-kraken-game-undermanned.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/bruins\/2026\/01\/bruins-lose-defenseman-to-injury-will-finish-kraken-game-undermanned.html\">a lower-body injury<\/a>, practiced Tuesday and is a game-time decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Bruins defenseman won\u2019t be in attendance when Boston takes on his former Dallas Stars team on Tuesday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-420795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}