Bruins.nhl.com:

BOSTON, MA - Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today, September 29, that the club has signed defenseman Torey Krug and forward Reilly Smith to one-year contracts through the 2014-15 season, each worth an annual cap figure of $1.4 million.

It is obvious these players took serious discounts to stay with the Bruins and keep this team together. Now the question of whether or not the Bruins have to make a deal gets murky with Savard's money coming off and the Bruins getting BOTH these players for UNDER 3.

Not a great thing for the Ryan Johansen crew....

Update 11am: According to TSN the Avalanche have signed Brad Stuart to a 2 year $7.2M deal.

Also please join me in welcoming our new Ottawa Senators writer, Jared Crozier. His first post appears below my space. Jared is a lifelong fan of the game of hockey and has participated in the sport as player, coach, fan, certified official, parent, and journalist.  A native of the Ottawa Valley, he was a fan of the Calgary Flames prior to the arrival of the Ottawa Senators, dating back to their 1986 Finals loss to the Habs.  He became a Senators fan when the team came into the league in 1992-93 and waited through the lean years and enjoyed more recent successes of the franchises.

Jared is a graduate of the Honors Bachelor of Commerce (Sports Administration) program from Laurentian University (class of 1998) and has covered the Senators for almost 4 years as a writer and editor of SenShot.com.  He currently resides in Aylmer, Quebec.

Welcome, Jared!

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