Torey Krug is watching.



Krug, 28, sees the seven-year, $53.025 million extension Minnesota gave to Jared Spurgeon, 29, with one season remaining on his contract. He is aware of the eight-year, $64 million second contract Ottawa’s Thomas Chabot signed with one season left on his entry-level deal.



Charlie McAvoy scored a three-year, $14.7 million extension as a 10.2 (c) player. In 2014, when Krug had the same black-hole classification, he only managed a one-year, $1.4 million second contract. All Krug has to do is lean to his right in the Warrior Ice Arena dressing room to feel Brandon Carlo’s wallet — newly fattened by $2.85 million annually — practically poke into his stall.



So Krug, who will be unrestricted next July, cannot help but experience mixed feelings that negotiations have yet to begin on what will likely be his final long-term, big-bucks kick at the can.



“Of course,” Krug said of wanting an extension...