Torey Krug has one year remaining on the four-year, $21 million contract he signed June 30, 2016. In the time since, Krug is 5th among defensemen in regular season points at 163. While he’s expressed his interest in returning, until pen touches paper on a new contract, he will be the center of media speculation in Boston. Every move he makes will be analyzed, down to the number of times he tweets Marchand.
Moneyball is one of my favorite movies. It brought us a lot of great scenes and quotes. While the 2002 Oakland A’s could not afford Jason Giambi and Johnny Damon because the team was poor, the speculation is that the Bruins might struggle to keep Torey Krug because of cap concerns with Jake DeBrusk and Charlie Coyle’s contracts being up after the 2019-20 season as well.