Button/By S. Bradley

Over the next couple years, we should witness a changing of the guard on the Bruins’ back line.

We might look back at this upcoming weekend as a crucial time once that transformation happens.

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Hamilton

Bruins 2011 first-round pick Dougie Hamilton and second-round pick Alexander Khokhlachev — aka KoKo — highlight the 24-player lineup for the club’s development camp which will be held at the Ristuccia Arena practice facility July 7-11.

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Your first chance to sneak an up-close peek at this year’s Bruins draft picks comes at the team’s annual development camp, which the team announced will start next Thursday at Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington.

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Volden

The Bruins new they wanted to add at least one goaltender at this year’s draft, and they used their last pick to select one from the Finnish Junior League.

The Bruins in the sixth round of today’s NHL Entry Draft in St. Paul, Minn., selected goaltender Lars Volden with the 181st pick overall.

Volden, who’ll turn 19 in a month, had a .907 save percentage and 2.76 goals-against average in 24 games for the Blues Jr. club last season. He’s a native of Norway, but I’m sure he’s picked up enough Finnish to chat with Tuukka Rask this training camp.

He stands at 6-foot-3, 198 pounds. He once made this save:

That’s one Rask and Tim Thomas would be impressed by.

O'Gara

The Bruins continued to stock up on intelligent prospects in the fifth round.

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Ferlin

The Bruins obviously hold academics in high regard when it comes to the draft.

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Camara

Fans of the fight game will love the Bruins’ third-round pick at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in St. Paul, Minn., today.

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Khokhlachev

Only twice previously in the reign of Peter Chiarelli as GM of the Bruins has the club used a draft pick on a Russian player.

Today in the second round they drafted their third Russian, and luckily he has a nickname.

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Button/By S. Bradley

The Bruins today signed prospect Ryan Button to a standard three-year entry-level contract.

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Randell

Forward Tyler Randell, fresh off his fourth season in the OHL, signed his three-year entry-level contract with the Bruins today. Randell was a sixth-round pick in 2009.

This season, he scored 20 goals in 68 games. At 6-foot-1, 197 pounds, Randell should be able to throw his weight around with the Providence (AHL) farm club next season.

Dalton

The Reading Royals, the Bruins’ ECHL affiliate, are headed to the second round of their playoffs thanks to another fantastic performance by goaltender Matt Dalton.

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The Bruins today made official what was reported by several outlets earlier this week: they have signed free agent Carter Camper out of Miami University.

Camper

Various reports say the Bruins have signed collegiate free agent Carter Camper out of Miami University.

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Spooner/By S. Bradley

It sounds like the Bruins’ Providence (AHL) farm club, which has three games remaining in its season before packing up for the summer, will receive an infusion of more youth this weekend.

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Button/By S. Bradley

The news came down from Providence (AHL) head coach Rob Murray that defenseman Boris Valabik is going to miss the rest of this season with an injury.

Good thing the P-Bruins continued to import young defensemen today.

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