A Thursday press release on the team’s website confirms that the Boston Bruins aim to keep David Krejci through at least 2021. Per CapGeek, the new contract will take effect in 12 months, elevating Krejci’s cap hit from $5.25 million to $7.25 million.
With that, the first-line center will soon be the highest-grossing member of the team. He will pole-vault fellow core players Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara and Tuukka Rask for that distinction.
Starting in 2015-16, this will mean carrying five cap hits of at least $6 million. Two of those five will go to Boston’s top two pivots and two will be in the $7 million range.
As their projected payroll stood this weekend, those are half of the 10 healthy Bruins currently under contract for next season.
With the long-injured Marc Savard in the equation, this leaves $14,756,190 to dole out to another half of the roster. Assuming the long-term injured reserve exception continues to help, the free space will be $18,783,303.
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