Bruins' Hampus Lindholm Provides Huge Update On His Recovery Timeline

Hampus Lindholm says he'll be 100% healthy by training camp

After a disastrous season in which they unexpectedly fell out of the playoff picture and went into sell mode at the trade deadline, sending out some key pieces, the Boston Bruins are hoping to bounce back in 2025-26 and be in contention, at least, for a playoff spot.

Whether that happens or not will depend largely on the health of their blueline. With an offense that can't match up with the top producing teams in the league, it's their defense that will need to steady the ship.

One big factor that could help in that regard is the healthy return of top-pairing defenseman Hampus Lindholm after a write-off of a season due to injury. And we're getting word from Lindholm himself, through a chat with Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe, that the blueliner is 100% recovered and healthy, and ready to go for training camp.

Enjoyable phone chat this week with Hampus Lindholm (for this Sunday's hockey notes).
B's veteran D'man says fractured kneecap is fully healed -- and he is 100 pct go for Sept. 17 start of camp. Hopes to be w/ Three Crowns in Milano-Cortina for '26 Games.
— Kevin Paul Dupont (@GlobeKPD) August 9, 2025

Lindholm told Dupont that his fractured kneecap is fully healed, and he'll be there with bells on (or, at least, skates) come September 17th for the start of camp.

Steady as a rock on the Boston blueline, Lindholm has regularly logged well over 23 minutes of ice time a night when healthy in his time with the Bruins, and in his first full year in Beantown, 2022-23, he led the NHL with a plus/minus rating of +49, while notching a career-high 53 points and finishing 4th in the balloting for the Norris Trophy.

He had another solid season in 2023-24, but only lasted five weeks and 17 games into the most recent campaign before suffering his season-ending knee injury.

The Bruins' defense struggled mightily after he went down, and his return to the left side of the blueline, alongside Charlie McAvoy, who will also be returning healthy after missing the last two months of the season, will be a huge factor for the B's if they hope to return to respectability this coming season.