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The figures and briefs are in for the Bruins and Ryan Spooner for their arbitration hearing Wednesday, but both sides are still hoping that a deal can be reached prior to it. The Bruins have submitted a one-year contract offer for $2 million. Spooner’s camp countered with $3.85 million, creating a sizeable gap of almost $2 million between the two. Spooner, 25, has averaged 12 goals and 44 points the past two seasons with the B’s, including 35 power-play points while working the half-wall for a Boston PP that’s been ranked seventh overall two seasons in a row. MORE BRUINS What’s left out there in free agency for Bruins?  Haggerty: Touting Bruins’ defense as “strength” of the team is a tad premature 

Eeli Tolvanen, the Predators’ first-round pick in 2017, wasn’t even supposed to play in the KHL this season. Now, the 18-year-old is already one of the league’s best scorers. Taken 30th overall this past June, Tolvanen was slated to attend Boston College. However, he was deemed ineligible