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Boston Bruins: What are the options with Torey Krug?

By Cameron Burgess

BOSTON, MA - JUNE 12: Torey Krug #47 of the Boston Bruins warms up before the game against the St. Louis Blues in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Final during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the TD Garden on June 12, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - JUNE 12: Torey Krug #47 of the Boston Bruins warms up before the game against the St. Louis Blues in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Final during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the TD Garden on June 12, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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BOSTON, MA - JUNE 6: Torey Krug #47 of the Boston Bruins exchanges words with Zach Sanford #12 of the St Louis Blues during Game Five of the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Final at the TD Garden on June 6, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA – JUNE 6: Torey Krug #47 of the Boston Bruins exchanges words with Zach Sanford #12 of the St Louis Blues during Game Five of the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Final at the TD Garden on June 6, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images) /

After a disappointing end to their season, the Boston Bruins must now turn their attention towards the offseason. With a few key players in need of new contracts, the team is now forced to make a decision on Torey Krug’s future with the franchise.

Torey Krug first joined the Boston Bruins during their 2013 Stanley Cup play-off run and provided an immediate impact. Krug scored four times in his first five NHL games and became an important player in the team’s Stanley Cup Final appearance. Unfortunately for him, he is the only guy on the roster with two Boston Bruins’ Stanley Cup Final losses to his name that doesn’t have a ring from 2011.

Torey Krug has become a mainstay on the blue-line for the Boston Bruins, scoring 288 points in 462 regular season games and adding another 46 points in 62 career playoff games.

Despite what Krug has accomplished during his time in Boston, many are speculating that the team may be forced to move on from the 28-year-old defenseman in order to maintain the future of the team. Krug is still under contract for the 2019-20 season with a cap hit of $5.25 million and has a modified no-trade clause. Despite that, the Bruins are faced with a tough decision this summer about what to do moving forward.

You can expect that Torey Krug will want to be paid and paid very nicely. Obviously he’s not quite at the $11 million Erik Karlsson end of the market, but defensemen always seem to get nice paydays at renewal time!

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