Attilio Biasca gives Marco Sturm a new winger to watch as Boston starts reshaping its forward depth.

The Bruins signed Biasca to a two-year contract, and this isn't a random summer flyer. It's a bet on a 23-year-old winger who has been building real pro value outside the NHL spotlight.

Biasca spent last season with HC Fribourg-Gottéron in Switzerland's top league and put up 15 goals and 12 assists in 45 games. He also finished plus-20, which says plenty about how steady his overall game was.

That stat line matters because Boston doesn't just need skill on paper. The Bruins need forwards who can stay inside structure, track the puck, and still chip in enough offense to stay in the mix.

There's also a winning angle here. Biasca helped Fribourg-Gottéron win its first Swiss league title, and players coming out of that kind of run usually arrive with a better feel for pressure shifts and details away from the puck.

He isn't a massive winger, but at 6-foot-1 and 194 pounds, he has enough frame to play a North American style. That gives him a better shot to handle the wall work and traffic Boston asks from its middle-six options.

Before this season, Biasca played two years with EV Zug and scored 30 goals across 129 games there. That matters because it shows his offense didn't just appear out of nowhere in one hot year.

Why Biasca is more than a name on a contract

Boston also gets a player who has already spent time in Canadian junior. Biasca played three seasons with the Halifax Mooseheads and posted 81 points in 118 QMJHL games, so this won't be his first adjustment to rink size or pace.

That Halifax background may be one of the biggest details in this signing. It suggests he's not coming in cold, and that can speed up the transition when camp battles start getting tight.

Internationally, he was part of Switzerland's silver-medal run at the 2026 World Championship and had 3 points in 10 games. He has also been through three World Juniors, which adds more big-stage reps to the file.

The contract itself is modest at a $980,000 annual cap hit, which gives Boston room to be patient. Biasca doesn't need to arrive as a top-six answer right away to make this worth tracking.

What Bruins fans should know now is simple: Biasca looks like a worker, a winger with some finish, and a player who has earned this shot step by step. That's usually the kind of addition that gets noticed fast once camp opens.