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Update: ‘No truth’ to reports of Bruins signing Theodore

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Update: TSN’s Bob McKenzie was told there’s “no truth” to the Bruins signing Theodore, which agent Don Meehan backed up to Stephen Whyno of the Canadian Press.

For a while, it looked like inexperienced netminder Chad Johnson might be Tuukka Rask’s backup in Boston. While it’s by no means a done deal, TVA Sports reports that the Bruins are closing in on a one-year contract with veteran goalie Jose Theodore.

The pact is expected to fall somewhere between $800K and $1 million, according to the report.

Theodore, 36, has 648 regular season games under his belt, including a particularly injury-prone and difficult 2013 season with the Florida Panthers. He generated nice numbers as a backup in Florida and Minnesota the previous two seasons, however, so he could very well provide Rask with a nice safety net.

(He also has a Hart Trophy on his resume.)

It’s unclear what this means for Johnson if this deal does come to fruition. He has a one-way deal worth $600K, so perhaps the Bruins will be comfortable stashing him in the AHL.

Then again, Theodore faced some serious injury problems last season, so Johnson might still receive reps at the NHL level this season.

Rask’s quietly effective 2013 backup Anton Khudobin signed with the Carolina Hurricanes earlier this summer.

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