The Viktor Arvidsson situation is going to become a really interesting one for the Bruins ahead of the March 6 trade deadline around the NHL.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old officially surpassed all of his season totals for last season by notching a pair of goals in Boston\u2019s 4-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at TD Garden on Thursday night in the first game back from the Winter Olympics break. Arvidsson now has 16 goals and 30 points on the season, looks like a lock to be a 20-goal scorer for this group and is on pace for 23 goals and 42 points, which would be decent production for the second-line winger.<\/p>\n
The first goal was Arvidsson simply throwing a puck on the net from long distance that caught a deflected Columbus stick on its way to the back of the net, and the second score was the empty netter that clinched the game for Boston in the final minutes.<\/p>\n
Viktor Arvidsson with the #NHLBruins<\/a> equalizer as he lets it rip from right outside of the right circle (got a little help from number 21 on Columbus\u2019s side). We\u2019ve got a 1-1 game at TD as the first period winds down. pic.twitter.com\/7hcf4H4c6q<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Kasey Hudson (@TheSportsKase) February 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Arvidsson now has seven goals and 11 points in his last 15 games as he was red-hot heading into the Olympic break, and it looks like that is going to continue coming out of the winter adjournment as well. It\u2019s exactly why Marco Sturm advocated for the Bruins trading for Arvidsson last summer, as coach and player worked together in Los Angeles, and Sturm knew exactly the kind of sparkplug, veteran impact that the Swedish winger could provide for a Bruins team that was looking a little low on offense.<\/p>\n “I\u2019m gonna tell you why [he\u2019s playing better now]\u2026it\u2019s because he just was not healthy. He was not 100% [earlier in the season]. He came back and he took longer than he thought, and we thought [for him to get to full strength],\u201d said Sturm. \u201cI know him and it was not the [Arvidsson] that I know [when he was playing earlier in the season].<\/p>\n \u201cBefore he got hurt, if you remember, in the Montreal game he was outstanding, and that’s exactly how he plays right now again. So this is the [Arvidsson we know] and why we like him. That’s why we wanted to get him this summer. He does so much for [himself] and for his linemates.\u201d<\/p>\n The question now, as the trade deadline approaches, is what the Bruins should do with a player like Arvidsson operating in the last year of his contract. The veteran 32-year-old winger would undoubtedly fetch some value on the trade market, a second-rounder perhaps or even a first-round pick if a contending team grew desperate to round out more scoring depth among their forward group.<\/p>\n Arvidsson\u2019s relative trade value has to be weighed against the impact he brings to the Black and Gold with the fearless, energetic way he plays, and his contributions to a second line of Arvidsson, Casey Mittelstadt\u00a0and Pavel Zacha\u00a0that has been way, way better than most puckhead prognosticators gave them credit for prior to the season. Arvidsson has been a key veteran guy amongst a group of Bruins players that have overachieved, and understandably believe that standing pat, or adding improvements, at the NHL trade deadline is what Boston should be doing as opposed to last season\u2019s deadline fire sale.<\/p>\n \u201cIt kind of feels polar opposite [to last season] to be honest,\u201d admitted Morgan Geekie, who scored on a power play one-timer in the win for his 33rd goal of the season. \u201cI think this group’s done a great job of kind of putting ourselves in the position to stand pat or add guys, whatever they see fit. “It’s a results-driven business, and I think for us, it’s just kind of a testament to what we’ve done all year and just to continue to build. You can kind of feel it every game we know we give ourselves a chance to win, regardless of who we’re playing. It’s a lot more fun, for sure.”<\/p>\n Interestingly enough Don Sweeney was on NESN during Thursday night\u2019s broadcast and was forecasting that the Bruins are going to be more conservative at the NHL trade deadline than they\u2019ve been for most of the past 10 years.<\/p>\n Don Sweeney tells NESN the Bruins will be a little more cautious than the last 10 years at the deadline.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re gonna explore both sides of the fence.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014 Evan Marinofsky (@EvanMarinofsky) February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n That flies in the face of their efforts to land<\/p>\n