2024–25 Player grade for Boston Bruins: Short end for Parker Wortherspoon

Injuries happen to every team over the course of an 82-game season, and it’s possible to feel like your depth is being challenged for extended stretches.
In the 2024–25 season, that was the Boston Bruins’ defense.

The injuries began early in the season and persisted through a pivotal period.

While killing a penalty in a November game against the St. Louis Blues, defenceman Hampus Lindholm hurt himself blocking a shot.

MONTREAL, CANADA – APRIL 03: Parker Wotherspoon #29 of the Boston Bruins skates during the second period against the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre on April 3, 2025 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)

After the dust settled, it was determined that he would miss the remainder of the season, but the exact duration was uncertain at the time. And then there was the February injury to Charlie McAvoy.

McAvoy got hurt during the 4 Nations Face-Off for Team USA and would miss the rest of the season.

The Black and Gold quickly fell to the bottom of the Eastern Conference rankings. After the trade deadline, when Brandon Carlo was sent to the Toronto Maple Leafs, these injuries made things even more difficult for the defense and the team.

Park Wotherspoon played more ice time, and he is the next player in our new Boston Bruins

Parker Wortherspoon’s performance & future

When the injuries piled up, that meant more ice time for players on the back end like Parker Wortherspoon. He finished the season with one goal and six assists with a plus/minus of minus-10. Numbers aside, he provided the Bruins with what you would expect: a physical presence on defense, but not a lot else.

Parker Wortherspoon might have played his last game wearing the Spoked-B

As for going forward, he is a free agent on July 1, and a return to Boston is very unlikely

. If there is one thing that the Bruins go into the offseason with, it’s a slew of sixth and seventh-round defensemen.

Last season, he signed an extension with the Black and Gold for this year, but after a season that saw Boston fall well short of making the Stanley Cup Playoffs, changes are coming throughout the roster and Wortherspoon is likely one of them, but he’ll find another home in the NHL with a club looking for depth on defense.