The Bruins are officially moving on from one of their former first-round picks in forward Johnny Beecher.

Beecher, 24, was claimed off waivers by the Calgary Flames on Tuesday afternoon, with the young forward looking for a fresh start out west after struggling to find traction in Marco Sturm’s lineup.

The Elmira, New York, native was initially exposed to waivers on Monday afternoon, just hours after a banged-up Bruins roster called up forwards Matej Blumel and Riley Tufte from Providence.

Boston noted in its media release that the team intended on assigning Beecher to the P-Bruins, but the fleet-footed fourth liner was scooped up by Calgary before clearing waivers.

A first-round pick by Boston (No. 30 overall) in 2019, Beecher appeared in 136 games with the Bruins over the span of thr

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