Boston Bruins: B’s re-sign Torey Krug.
The Boston Bruins announced earlier this morning that they have signed defenseman Torey Krug to a one-year contract extension. This extension will lock up Krug for 2015-16 season and will have a cap hit of $3,400,000. So far this season, the 23-year-old defenseman has played in fifty-nine games for Boston. He currently has put up thirty-one points(eleven goals) for the Black and Gold. He’s ranked sixth for goals, currently in fourth place for overall scoring, and ranked second among defenseman for assists and overall scoring.
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Torey Krug is one of those players that came out of nowhere to carve himself a place on the roster. He’s only in his second full season in Boston, and he’s become a fan favorite. He’s one of the more dependable blueliners for the Bruins.
With the amount of injuries that have hit the blueliners this year, the young Krug has had to accept more responsibility. While some fans have questioned his ability to be anything more than a third-pair defenseman, his numbers have silenced some (and should have been more of) his critics.
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Last year was the first full NHL season for Krug. He played in seventy-nine of eighty-two regular season for Boston. His numbers were pretty impressive for a rookie. He tallied fourteen goals (second among B’s defensemen) that year becoming the fifth d-man in Bruins team history to score ten or more goals in their rookie season. (His fourteen goals ranked third overall among Boston rookie defensemen.) He finished with forty points (which he is on track to repeat this season). Among the rookie players last season, Krug was fourth overall in scoring, but was first among defensemen.
Krug was awarded a place in the 2013-14 NHL rookie team for his efforts.
While the Bruins are prisoners of their own design in cap jail, this signing makes sense. Krug has been solid for the B’s in his last two seasons of work. He as owed an acceptable apology contract for taking one for the team last season. He signed a one-year deal for this season that was worth $1.4 million dollars in order to join the team during training camp (a deal that kept the Bruins just under the cap bar due to the whole Jarome Iginla mess).