Friday, it was officially announced that the Boston Bruins signed a one-year contract with defenseman and restricted free agent Mark Stuart. Stuart, Rochester, Minnesota, native, is a former Boston Bruins first round draft pick and 21st overall draft pick from the 2003 Entry Draft for the NHL. The deal is apparently worth $1.675 million according to various media reports.

Last season, Stuart participated in a total of 56 games in which he recorded 2 goals as well as 5 assists totaling 7 points. He went on to incur a broken pinky finger on his left hand that ended up getting a serious infection, which caused the 26-year-old to be sidelined and miss 26 of the regular season games in addition to eight games in the post season. Once returned, he made no scores during the four playoff games.

In the previous season, the 2008-2009 NHL season, 6-foot-2 Stuart made career highs in terms of assists, goals, and points. He also made a career high with the total amount of games that he played in. In this season, he recorded 5 goals, 12 assists and 17 points all within 82 career games.

In 252 regular season games, Mark has recorded 23 assists and 12 goals totaling 35 points as well as 261 penalty minutes. In addition, during the 22 playoff games of his career, he added another two assists to his record.

Stuart’s entire NHL career has been with the Boston Bruins, whom he has appeared with in 234 games prior to incurring his injury last season, and he will continue to remain with the Bruins for at least another year. The Bruins are happy, as most fans probably are as well, because the top defensemen are back in the lineup from the last season.

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