Good defensive win, nice to see Halak get in and play good. I think I seen enough of Kuhlman. He is at best a 3rd liner but would be a heck of a good 4th liner. He just does not have the hands to add anything to Krech and Jake. Kreider did not impress me today, thinking go all in on Toffoli. He would be cheaper and they can add another guy if they want.
I tried to make a point of watching Kreider closely in this game too and I felt the same - didn't really impress me. He skates pretty well, is good at finding space and seems to read the play effectively enough, but his shots were tame and he didn't have much of an impact when the Rangers had a real chance to tie up the game against the tiring Bruins. Fast and Strome both looked like more of a threat in the 3rd. And if we want a guy who's going to help give the Bs a little more physical presence then he isn't it.
However his stats have been impressive in the last few games and he clearly knows how to find the back of the net, so maybe he just had an off night. But I'm not convinced, especially with Kreider being a LW when we really need a right. I'd rather just get a proper RW rather than trying to juggle things around too much and end up with one or more guys on their off-wings. Whether that's Toffoli, Palmieri or someone else I'm not sure, but I'd prefer to see Sweeney bring in just the right piece rather than trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.