Lets move Mika while we are at it also. He's going to be 30 soon and is having a great year. We could clean up. We are just going to disagree on this. Sometimes not moving a player is the best move. Krieder is only 31 and still a physical beast. He will be productive for years IMO. Not to mention the intangibles that may not be so easy to replace. He is very important to the culture of this team. No to trading Kreider.
The point about moving CK is that we have 3 top 6 wingers, which is a great problem to have, but at some point something has to give.
We currently do not have 2 1c's.
You want to make the argument that we should move Trocheck because of Chytil, that would be a valid one. Mika is a 1c. Mika is the best center we've had on our roster since 11.
We have a window here where the Mika / Panarin give way to KK / Laf
but to balance that laf and Kk need to get more ice time, and develop into 80+ point players. They need the opportunity to do so.
Tarasenko coming in and anchoring one line on the right side helps,
And lets us move Trocheck down to the third, but unless Gallant is going to move CK to the third, this idea is blocked.