The Boston Bruins suffered a crushing close to their 2022-23 campaign, which saw them blow a 3-1 lead in their first round series against the Florida Panthers after putting together the best regular season ever seen in NHL history. While there was a lot of good from Boston's regular season campaign, their controversial signing of Mitchell Miller was not one of those things.

Miller, who initially had his draft rights renounced by the Arizona Coyotes shortly after they drafted him back in 2020, signed a three-year entry level deal with Boston back in November. The Bruins received quite a bit of blowback for the move thanks to Miller's history of bullying a special needs classmate, and they quickly cut ties with him. However, they never officially released Miller, and simply sent him home and told him not to come back. However, it appears as if the situation ended up getting resolved without anyone ever knowing a few months ago.

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“Slap Shots has been told the Bruins immediately terminated Miller’s contract in conjunction with their disassociation from him. There is, however, no record of the team placing him on unconditional waivers for the purpose of termination as required by the CBA. Then too, that regulation applies to mutually agreed termination, which this was not. The NHLPA, in turn, filed a grievance. We have learned that in lieu of a hearing, the parties reached a settlement under which Boston was released from its obligation while Miller received an unknown sum and was granted free agency. The agreement was reached in February under the imposition of confidentiality. Its existence was not publicly known until now.” – Larry Brooks, New York Post

It's clear that the Bruins shouldn't have signed Miller in the first place, and while it took longer than expected, they finally managed to get him off their roster back in February. Boston may be rid of the controversial defenseman now, but it's clear that their poor decision to sign him in the first place will be one that fans won't forget for quite some time.