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If tHis is tHe end of it, I love tHe guys in tHe room, tHe staff, and we’ll go from tHere. “I want to play Hockey, obviously. Regardless of wHere that is, I want to Staying Or Going? Boston Bruins Kampfer Unlikely To Return play. I think I have a lot of hockey left in me. I think what happened this year, I guess I got Hurt. It was unfortunate. I tHink tHe Hardest part for me was I was playing, and I was playing well, tHen I Had [to Have] surgery.” PublisHed 7 Hours ago on June 24, 2021 Of tHe KHL, Kampfer would only say He’s been offered contracts to play By Joe Haggerty hockey for next season, without confirming that it was the KHL or not. Kampfer was adamant tHat He Hadn’t signed anytHing to tHis point, and he obviously can’t do anything with the NHL until free agency opens next This is the second in an intermittent offseason series of articles looking at montH. impending Boston Bruins free agents and wHether they will be “staying or going” when it comes time for the B’s to make a decision. Staying or Going: Going. THings ended so strangely witH Kampfer in Boston tHat it feels like a certainly He won’t be back. Regardless of The Case: Boston Bruins defenseman Steve Kampfer has been an whetHer He goes to tHe KHL or not, tHe Boston Bruins are going to miss excellent pro for the B’s over the last few years playing a largely his ability to play effectively in pockets wHile alternately sitting for long thankless reserve role. stretches of time. THey’ll need to find anotHer veteran seventH The 32-year-old has basically played the last three seasons as the spare defenseman and that’s a tougher role to fill than one might think while defenseman for the Black and Gold, wHo only plays in sHort, making up an NHL roster. unpredictable bursts and cedes the bulk of the NHL playing time to younger D-men aHead of Him on tHe organizational deptH cHart.