Defenseman Torey Krug, one of many prime prizes on this 12 months’s free-agent class, has agreed to a seven-year contract price $45.5 million with the St. Louis Blues, the staff introduced Friday night time.
A blue-line staple for the Bruins, Krug, 29, has spent his total NHL profession with Boston, enjoying in 523 video games. A quarterback of the facility play, he has 67 profession targets and 337 factors.
The Blues struggled at occasions defensively final season as they defended the Stanley Cup. They bypassed the qualifying spherical within the Western Convention, however misplaced within the first spherical to the Vancouver Canucks.
Krug and the Bruins misplaced to the Blues within the 2019 Stanley Cup Last, a seven-game thriller of a sequence that ended with St. Louis’ first title.
Krug’s deal would possibly properly finish the tenure of Blues captain and prime defenseman Alex Pietrangelo. Additionally a free agent, Pietrangelo has had on-again, off-again discussions with St. Louis, however could possibly be finally headed to a different vacation spot.
Krug, who performed collegiately at Michigan State, was a member of the NHL All-Rookie Staff in 2013-14. He’s coming off a four-year, $21 million contract, and stated that he was not occupied with a short-term deal.
“So that is my time, by way of my worth at its peak,” he stated final month, “and I’ve the flexibility, and I am able now the place I must benefit from it.”
The Bruins, quiet for many of the day, signed defenseman Kevan Miller to a one-year contract with a wage cap hit of $1.25 million.
