The Bruins need scoring and they don’t have much cap space. So when a cost-effective opportunity presented itself on Saturday, they took it.

Per coach Joe Sacco, the club by early afternoon had no definitive fix on when Wahlstrom will join his new teammates. But logic, in tandem with the Bruins’ desperate need for goals, would suggest he’ll meet the club in Calgary ahead Tuesday night's game — stop No.

Six years later, the Islanders thought poorly enough of Wahlstrom (two goals on 30 shots) to place him on waivers on Friday. It remains to be seen whether Wahlstrom, claimed by the Boston Bruins a day later,

After being put on waivers earlier this week, the Boston Bruins claimed Islanders forward Oliver Wahlstrom on Saturday.

The Bruins need scoring and they don’t have much cap space. So when a cost-effective opportunity presented itself on Saturday, they took it. The B’s, ranked 29th in offense (2.48 goals per game), claimed one-time 11th overall pick Oliver Wahlstrom off waivers from the New York Islanders.

Oliver Wahlstrom committed to the University of Maine at age 13. Now 24, he was picked up by the Bruins off waivers from the New York Islanders.

A player is moving off Long Island. On Saturday, the Boston Bruins claimed forward Oliver Wahlstrom off waivers from the New York Islanders. Wahlstrom was placed on waivers alongside (now former) teammate Pierre Engvall on Friday.