The Bruins made their final cuts for the opening night roster on Sunday, getting down to the 23-man limit. There were some mild surprises and one feel-good story.

Goalie Michael DiPietro, wings Alex Steeves and Matej Blumel and defenseman Jonathan Aspirot were placed on waivers for the purpose of being assigned to Providence while center Matt Poitras, who does not yet require waivers, was sent directly to Providence. Bubble players John Beecher, Marat Khusnutdinov and Jeffrey Viel all made the cut.

Let’s look at the cuts and survivors one-by-one:

*DiPietro will be the one to watch tomorrow to see if anyone places a claim on him. A couple of teams have already picked up goalies this preseason, Connor Ingram going to Edmonton and Pheonix Copley to Tampa Bay. Old friend Brandon Bussi was c

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