The Bruins' blue line officially got some bulk back.
Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli announced Friday that the club has signed defenseman Mark Stuart to a one-year deal.
The 26-year-old Stuart is a veteran of 252 NHL regular-season games and has compiled 12 goals, 23 assists for 35 points and 261 penalty minutes. He has also skated in 22 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Last season, Stuart played in 56 games for Boston, notching two goals and five assists to go with 80 penalty minutes before being sidelined for 26 regular-season games and eight postseason contests with a broken left pinky finger and a subsequent infection within that finger.
The 6-foot-2, 213-pound native of Rochester, Minn., was selected by Boston in the first round (21st overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
