The Boston Bruins announced on Thursday that they have
resigned Torey Krug to a four-year 21 million-dollar contract.
Krug, 25, could have become a restricted free agent on
Friday at noon, as the free agency period opened for the National Hockey
League.
During the past season, he scored four goals and 40 assists
in 81 games while patrolling the blueline for the Bruins. He led the Bruins
defense in assists and points during the 2015-2016 NHL season.
Only Bruins captain, and fellow defenseman, Zdeno Chara, had
more ice time per game than Krug. Krug had 21:36 of ice time for the Bruins,
while Chara led Boston with 24:05.
In five seasons with the Bruins, Krug has scored 125 points
in 241 games. He joined Boston as an undrafted free agent, in 2012, following a
collegiate career at Michigan State.
During the 2014-2015 season, Krug played 78 games for
Boston, scoring 12 goals and 27 assists. In the season prior to that, his first
full one on the NHL, he netted 14 goals and 26 assists in 79 games.
Krug spent the 2012-2013 season with the Providence Bruins,
Boston’s American Hockey League affiliate. He scored 13 goals and 32 assists in
63 games with the P-Bruins.
Despite only playing in one regular season game for the big
club in 2012-2013, the five foot nine, 186-pound blueliner, scored four goals
and two assists for the Bruins during their Stanley Cup run. The following year
he added two more goals and eight assists, for a team best 10 points during 12
postseason games.
While at Michigan State University, he served as the team
captain and won All-Central Collegiate Hockey Association honors in his
sophomore and junior seasons. During his junior year, he was also a finalist
for the Hobey Baker Award as top collegiate player, after establishing career highs
of 12 goals and 22 assists in 38 games.
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