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I've wanted him a long time. If he can get/stay healthy, I thibk think we'll be very happy with this.
Basically we lose a player who can be replaced by Crouse or AHL depth, swap Rich for a potentially equal player in production.. and it costed Carolina 20 or so spots in the draft.
I'm good with this
Apparently he had hernia surgery in the off-season to correct something that was bothering him this year.
I really like Kruger. Nice. Too bad losing Nook tho....
Agreed. Doesn’t really matter but we should be careful about shaking the snow globe.Martinook seemed well liked in the room, and Richardson is a key part of what little veteran continuity there is in the valley. Understandable to want to upgrade on those two but Chayka should be careful.
It's a very lateral move at best if it pans out, assuming Richardson is gone. Kruger has more legs and is more suited to a tempo game but that's about it. The risk is messing with the room, especially with regards to Richardson.
I don't know any other way to read the "off the ice" comment than Kruger's OEL's buddy.
Or Hjalmarsson.
Well good. If paying a 4C gets two top D to stay, then he’s cheap.Right after you posted this, someone posted on Twitter that Hjalmarsson called Kruger in a happy tizzy, celebrating the trade.
Right after you posted this, someone posted on Twitter that Hjalmarsson called Kruger in a happy tizzy, celebrating the trade.
Well good. If paying a 4C gets two top D to stay, then he’s cheap.
Make or break opportunity for Crouse now.
Putting Crouse with Kruger and crushing him with hard minutes isn't ideal. I'm not sure he's that player. I think that role would go to Bunting. Bunting - literally anybody - Cousins would be a pretty annoying 4th line. Martinook being 'available' might be due to Bunting's play this year.
I wonder if Carolina would be open to retention at this point. I wouldn't mind adding Kruger if the Canes retained some salary. 25% or something would be fine.
To CAR:
Freddie Hamilton
To ARI:
Marcus Kruger (@75%)
Evens up the contract count, and makes the salary more palatable.
Frees AZ up to go find a new home for Brad Richardson.
I agree that he has that aptitude and showed some of it previously. Also, I think the damage has largely been done to his offensive development and it’s badically irreparable at this point. Might as well run Crouse-Kruger-Cousins.It's not ideal for his offensive development, sure. But Crouse has the skillset to play a shutdown role.
Kruger is I think isRichardson's replacement and is younger, but what I like is he only has one year remaining on his contract. I would think Richardson wanted a multi year deal, so I like the deal just from that point of view. Losing Martinook hurts a bit, but I really like Crouse and the way it looks so do the Coyotes.Martinook seemed well liked in the room, and Richardson is a key part of what little veteran continuity there is in the valley. Understandable to want to upgrade on those two but Chayka should be careful.
2nd. 34th overall. I f***ing HATE this fact. Just for the privilege or ruining Crouse’s upside. Idiots. Thank god that page has been turned for good.If we didn't potato our way to giving up a third for no good reason, we'd have #5ov, two 2nds and 2 thirds going into the draft...