from Max Bultman of The Athletic,
Scott Cruickshank has written that Travis Hamonic and Erik Gustafsson are likely out in Calgary. Justin Schultz certainly seems to be in Pittsburgh, and the unsuccessful Tyson Barrie experiment in Toronto likely means he’ll be a free agent as well. Sami Vatanen is scheduled to hit the market out of Carolina, too.
All of those players offer less upside than Krug, with arguably similar risk on a medium-term deal since they’re not starting from the same elite ground as him. A marginally shorter term length and lower cap hit, though, would be advantages.