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2022 NHL Draft: Bruins continue run on centers with Dans Locmelis pick originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The Boston Bruins are loading up on centers in the 2022 NHL Draft.
The Bruins used their fourth-round selection (No. 119) to select 18-year-old Latvian center Dans Locmelis.
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Locmelis has spent the last three seasons with Lulea HF of the Swedish Hockey League. The 6-foot, 170-pound left-handed shot played 44 games for Lulea’s Under-20 team in 2021-22, tallying 34 points (18 goals, 16 assists).
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Locmelis doesn’t have a stellar scouting report but is a hard worker who addresses an area of need for the Bruins, a team very thin on center depth behind 36-year-old Patrice Bergeron.
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Boston drafted a center with each of its first three picks in Matthew Poitras (No. 54 overall) and Cole Spicer (No. 117 overall).
