Bruins sign Ivan Ivan to two-way deal after trade from Avalanche
Boston locked in Ivan Ivan on a one-year, two-way deal, betting on a 23-year-old with 69 AHL points and a 15-point playoff run to push Providence and the bottom six.
Boston moved fast to keep Ivan Ivan in the organization, signing the 23-year-old forward on June 29 to a one-year, two-way contract through the 2026-27 season with an NHL cap hit of $850,000. The Bruins had acquired Ivan from the Colorado Avalanche just two days earlier for Fabian Lysell, turning a June trade into a clear roster-path bet on a player with real AHL and NHL mileage.
For Providence, the appeal is immediate. Ivan spent 2025-26 with the Colorado Eagles and delivered 11 goals and 15 assists for 26 points in 66 regular-season games. He then stepped into a bigger role in the 2026 Calder Cup Playoffs, posting three goals and 12 assists for 15 points in 17 games as Colorado reached the Western Conference Finals. That production included one of the series’ defining moments, when he scored with 50.3 seconds left in regulation to help the Eagles edge the Chicago Wolves 3-2 in Game 3.
Ivan’s résumé goes beyond one strong playoff run. He has played 169 career AHL games, all with Colorado, and has 25 goals and 44 assists for 69 points. That kind of track record gives Boston something more valuable than a camp body. It gives the Bruins a controllable center who can slot into Providence with enough offense to matter, while also creating competition for NHL depth minutes if injuries or inconsistency open a lane at the bottom of the lineup.
The NHL side of the ledger is already real, too. Ivan has 49 career games with Colorado, producing five goals and four assists for nine points, and he made his NHL debut on Oct. 9, 2024. Originally signed by Colorado in March 2024 after going undrafted, he has already shown he can move between levels without looking out of place. At 6-foot and 190 pounds, shooting left, he fits the mold of a depth center Boston can keep moving between Boston and Providence as needed.
Boston also inherits a player with international experience. Ivan was born Aug. 20, 2002, in Ostrava, Czechia, and represented Czechia at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship, where he played seven games. For the Bruins, the upside is not just organizational insurance. It is a chance to turn a late-summer acquisition into a legitimate Providence scoring piece and, if the offense carries over, a depth option that keeps pressure on the NHL roster all season.
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