Player Discussion Torey Krug III

[BruinsFanSince94]

Krug and Miller as a third pairing would be the best for this team.

If we can get a solid #1 guy to play with McAvoy. McDonagh wouldve been a great guy for this spot. Instead of Nash move.
You can have Chara play with Carlo on the 2nd pair.

You can bring up McDonagh but unless the Bruins were giving up Debrusk, it wasn’t happening. And rightfully so.

Curious how Carlo is a 2nd pairing guy but Krug isn’t?

Krug:
Offensively = excellent
Defense = average

Carlo:
Offensively = awful
Defense = good

 

[JP Nolan]

Krug and Miller as a third pairing would be the best for this team.

If we can get a solid #1 guy to play with McAvoy. McDonagh wouldve been a great guy for this spot. Instead of Nash move.
You can have Chara play with Carlo on the 2nd pair.

This is what they need to do....And give Krug PP time. When Krug wants more money when his deal runs out...Then we trade him in a couple years. Not now. His D has improved....He has sand. Thing with him is he tries the fancy play that he got away with in college and all his life in this league...Cant get away with it here...Should be now have learned to stop that by now.....I would talk to Winnipeg about Trouba...Him and Charlie would be all time great....

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

This is what they need to do....And give Krug PP time. When Krug wants more money when his deal runs out...Then we trade him in a couple years. Not now. His D has improved....He has sand. Thing with him is he tries the fancy play that he got away with in college and all his life in this league...Cant get away with it here...Should be now have learned to stop that by now.....I would talk to Winnipeg about Trouba...Him and Charlie would be all time great....

Must have missed the reports, that Trouba wants to stay in Winnipeg.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

You can bring up McDonagh but unless the Bruins were giving up Debrusk, it wasn’t happening. And rightfully so.

Curious how Carlo is a 2nd pairing guy but Krug isn’t?

Krug:
Offensively = excellent
Defense = average

Carlo:
Offensively = awful
Defense = good

I give the edge to Carlo, just because he is alot better defensively and he's alot bigger. Offensively he is brutal, but I think Krug is brutal defensively.

I just keep going back to that game 3 against Tampa, where Gryz gave them goal 1, then Krug didnt take a man in front and Palat had an easy deflection goal. Our small defensemen were abused that series. Carlo especially towards the end of the season had started playing his best hockey.

To be honest if Carlo was healthy in that Tampa series. I wouldve paired him with Holden and kept krug with Miller.
Just think you need the big bodies in there, especially playoff time.

 

[mjhfb]

I give the edge to Carlo, just because he is alot better defensively and he's alot bigger. Offensively he is brutal, but I think Krug is brutal defensively.

I just keep going back to that game 3 against Tampa, where Gryz gave them goal 1, then Krug didnt take a man in front and Palat had an easy deflection goal. Our small defensemen were abused that series. Carlo especially towards the end of the season had started playing his best hockey.

To be honest if Carlo was healthy in that Tampa series. I wouldve paired him with Holden and kept krug with Miller.
Just think you need the big bodies in there, especially playoff time.

I also wondered if Holden was hurt since they kept talking about their small left D's getting abused, but didn't go with their 6'4 215lb option.

 

[TaroTsujimoto]

Apparently it's okay to have several big defencemen on your defence corps regardless of how well they skate, but having 2 small d-men is unconscionable.

 

[maxl7]

Apparently it's okay to have several big defencemen on your defence corps regardless of how well they skate, but having 2 small d-men is unconscionable.

Hockey management and fandom is still full of size queens, despite multitudes of players showing that size isn't as important as some people think.

 

[Salem13]

Hockey management and fandom is still full of size queens, despite multitudes of players showing that size isn't as important as some people think.

Are we all supposed to forget Krug and Gryz being manhandled?

 

[NDiesel]

Are we all supposed to forget Krug and Gryz being manhandled?

The other pairings weren't getting manhandled either? The whole d corps played like shit, not just those two.

 

[Salem13]

The other pairings weren't getting manhandled either? The whole d corps played like ****, not just those two.

Big difference in not being good enough and being punked into a penalty. If you choose not to see it that's your thing.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Imo the end all with Torey is pretty simple... Good player but he just has to have the right defensive cast. IE bigger defensive defensemen that eat up the minutes vs the other teams top lines... Issue with that is injuries, players get injured and he can't handle power forwards, or bigger players in general.

 

[Over the volcano]

Are we all supposed to forget Krug and Gryz being manhandled?

Krug is still 3rd in pts for a defenseman in the playoffs - his last game was a month ago. #manhandled

 

[Salem13]

Krug is still 3rd in pts for a defenseman in the playoffs - his last game was a month ago. #manhandled

And a minus 5 for all that effort

 

[Over the volcano]

And a minus 5 for all that effort

Hedman and Burns are -4 and didn’t produce as much

 

[Salem13]

Hedman and Burns are -4 and didn’t produce as much

Who if they find a fourth can all golf together.

 

[Over the volcano]

Who if they find a fourth can all golf together.

... Krug might have to pass b/c of his broken leg, but they could compare contracts...

 

[Salem13]

... Krug might have to pass b/c of his broken leg, but they could compare contracts...

As I've said before here many times I have nothing against Krug or Gryz.

Both of them on the left with Chara isn't ideal.

Gryz had a plus 21 regular season and flashes of Krugtivity.

Krug has value and a trade clause about to be realized.

So I say let's shop Krug

 

[Over the volcano]

As I've said before here many times I have nothing against Krug or Gryz.

Both of them on the left with Chara isn't ideal.

Gryz had a plus 21 regular season and flashes of Krugtivity.

Krug has value and a trade clause about to be realized.

So I say let's shop Krug

Gryzleck has 15 points in his NHL career - Krug has 12 pts in 11 playoff games this year. It’s not either or for them and I’d pump the breaks on any gryzleck being Krug- esque talk. The only thing they have in common is their size.

 

[Salem13]

Gryzleck has 15 points in his NHL career - Krug has 12 pts in 11 playoff games this year. It’s not either or for them and I’d pump the breaks on any gryzleck being Krug- esque talk. The only thing they have in common is their size.

You (or really Sweenius) have now less than a month to decide.

There's no time to ride the brakes, you either throw it in park, goose it or hit up mapquest for an alternate route.



Edit: A plus 21 and only eleven points, the kid must have at least a few terciary assists? I know those don't go on the books but the numbers make me wonder?

 

[UncleRico]

Krug is still 3rd in pts for a defenseman in the playoffs - his last game was a month ago. #manhandled

Where is he for 5v5 goals against right now because he led the entire playoffs in that category at the end of the Tampa series. And he was on the ice for a short handed goal against as well.

 

[JOKER 192]

The other pairings weren't getting manhandled either? The whole d corps played like ****, not just those two.

There is a difference between playing like shit and getting manhandled

 

[JOKER 192]

Hedman and Burns are -4 and didn’t produce as much

So what your point, if other are worse that makes him good?

 

[Over the volcano]

So what your point, if other are worse that makes him good?

Burns and Hedman were first and third in Norris voting last year- if you’re better than that then yeah you’re pretty good

Where is he for 5v5 goals against right now because he led the entire playoffs in that category at the end of the Tampa series. And he was on the ice for a short handed goal against as well.

Not sure - the NHL site has him 38th among defensemen in 5v5 shots against with 151 (199 5v5 shots for).

NHL.com - Stats

 

[JOKER 192]

Burns and Hedman were first and third in Norris voting last year- if you’re better than that then yeah you’re pretty good


Not sure - the NHL site has him 38th among defensemen in 5v5 shots against with 151 (199 5v5 shots for).

NHL.com - Stats

So if you had a choice between either Burns or Hedman or Krug , you would take Krug? Come on, it's not even close.

 

[Over the volcano]

So if you had a choice between either Burns or Hedman or Krug , you would take Krug? Come on, it's not even close.

Nope - I'm saying his outperforming them makes him pretty good.