The second of the Bruins’ three 2015 first-round picks -- Jake DeBrusk -- requested a trade three weeks ago. The first of the three -- Jakub Zboril -- recently underwent surgery on a torn ACL and is expected to miss the remainder of the season.
Here’s some news on the third of those three picks: Zach Senyshyn is also now requesting a trade. The forward shared the news in an interview with Mark Divver posted on Wednesday.
“It’s been a long journey with Boston and Providence,” Senyshyn told Divver. “Obviously, I’m super-thankful to everyone in Providence for all of their help in the development of my game, but I want to play in the NHL. I feel like I haven’t been given that opportunity in the Bruins organization.”
Senyshyn, 24, has spent the majority of the last five seasons with AHL Providence, where he has been an alternate captain the last two years. He is currently tied with Oskar Steen for the team lead in goals with eight in 21 games (Steen’s eight have come in 14 games).
Senyshyn has played 14 games in Boston across the last three seasons, registering a goal and two assists. He’s had some tough injury luck during his call-ups, suffering a knee injury in Nov. 2019 that cut short a stint in which he had played pretty well, and then suffering an upper-body injury in his first game in Boston this past March after a fast start in Providence had earned him a promotion. He returned to play seven more games for Boston down the stretch last season, but didn’t look nearly as good and registered zero points.
Senyshyn has not been called up this season, even with all the Bruins’ COVID absences before they got shut down through Christmas. It sounds like being passed over this time around was something of a tipping point.
“I mean, I’ve been a guy who was in the (playoff) bubble (in 2020), who has been a loyal soldier for a long time,” Senyshyn told Divver. “Time and time again, guys have been put ahead of me and those guys have been given the opportunity to develop and grow.”
Senyshyn said he feels like he’s “not being used at all” by the organization and also cited “backlash with the media” -- referencing talk about him being a bust -- as a reason he wants “a fresh start.”
Senyshyn has been put on waivers twice in the last two seasons, meaning other teams had the ability to claim him for minimal money. He went unclaimed both times, a good sign that the Bruins will not be able to get much in return for Senyshyn.
It’s the latest reminder of just how disastrous that 2015 first round was for Don Sweeney and the Bruins, especially with players like Mathew Barzal, Kyle Connor and Thomas Chabot going right after their three picks.
Now the Bruins are nearing the end of the road with two of those picks. They likely won’t be able to get much even for DeBrusk, and they’ll get a whole lot less for Senyshyn.
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