The Bruins’ front office is experiencing some turbulence this summer.
Boston stated in a team statement on Thursday afternoon that assistant general manager Jamie Langenbrunner has chosen to depart the organization to pursue other opportunities in the NHL.
“The Boston Bruins have decided to enable Jamie Langenbrunner to pursue other prospects in the National Hockey League,” according to the announcement. “The organization wishes Jamie and his family all the best moving forward. “
Langenbrunner, 50, had been a part of the Bruins organization for the previous 11 years. Langenbrunner, a two-time Stanley Cup winner who scored 663 points in 1,109 NHL career games, first joined Boston as a development coach prior to the 2015-16 season.
He was promoted to Director of Player Development in 2019-20, and then to one of Boston’s assistant GMs in 2022-23, alongside fellow AGM Evan Gold, reporting directly to Don Sweeney.
According to Elite Prospects’ Cam Robinson, Langenbrunner was mainly responsible for “overseeing player personnel and player identification/acquisition on the pro side” in his AGM position.
Both Langenbrunner and Gold have been connected to a few interesting front-office positions in the NHL in recent weeks.
According to reports, Gold was a finalist for the Vancouver Canucks’ vacant GM position, with long-time Canucks reporter Rick Dhaliwal stating on his radio show that Gold would have wanted to bring several Bruins personnel — including Langenbrunner and Boston’s director of hockey analytics, Jeremy Rogalski — to Vancouver if he had been named to the position.
However, the Canucks chose to hire from inside, naming Ryan Johnson as their next GM.
Langenbrunner’s return to the New Jersey Devils made sense, since he had previously played for the club for nine seasons, including four as captain. However, New Jersey recruited former Panthers executive Sunny Mehta as their GM last month.
The Nashville Predators are the sole NHL club that has a GM position open at this point in the offseason.
In terms of possible contenders for a promotion in Boston’s front-office structure, Langenbrunner’s post might be filled by Adam McQuaid, who stepped into Langenbrunner’s previous post as director of player development, or Bruins hero Zdeno Chara.
Chara rejoined the Bruins company last fall, with his official title as “hockey operations advisor and mentor. “
