BOSTON BRUINS

– RYAN KENNEDY

> BOSTON HAS RECENTLY been a good home if you’re a big, rangy, effective defenseman. From Zdeno Chara and Adam McQuaid to Brandon Carlo and Nikita Zadorov, size matters in Beantown. And the next project for the franchise is Kristian Kostadinski, a 6-foot-5, 215-pounder drafted in the seventh round in 2023. After coming up through the Frolunda system back home in Sweden, Kostadinski has taken his talents to North America, where he’s playing for USHL Dubuque this season. But even before he donned a Fighting Saints jersey, he was getting accustomed to the smaller ice surfaces when he played for Sweden at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Michigan. The games were chippy, and that was just fine with Kostadinski. “Yeah, I like it,” he said. “When we play the U.S.…

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