Unsustainable
Seth Jarvis is Elite
Isn't he out indefinitely?
Hmm, didn’t realize that
Isn't he out indefinitely?
He's taking more O-zone starts than he has since 2012-13. Kruger's value to a team is his ability to take heavy D-zone starts and flip the ice. This year, he's taking the lowest percentage of D-zone starts of his career. It just confuses me why he would be acquired and not be played in the role that he's had consistent success in.He's not when compared to other centers on Carolina. It's just that the Canes take more offensive zone faceoffs as a whole.
He's a black hole on the ice, a place where all offense comes to die. Which is fine if the Canes could score enough on their other 3 lines, but they can't. Thankfully the Canes have a guy that's solid defensively in the minors that's just flat exponentially better offensively in Foegele, and Wallmark is pretty good defensively in his own right while also being vastly superior offensively.Is Kruger still Kruger? Or has he declined a bit, Canes fans?
Technically by definition 'moderator' is someone who takes something excessive and then literally makes it more moderate.i love it when mods change their moods about players 6 posts after they say something bad about that player
He's taking more O-zone starts than he has since 2012-13. Kruger's value to a team is his ability to take heavy D-zone starts and flip the ice. This year, he's taking the lowest percentage of D-zone starts of his career. It just confuses me why he would be acquired and not be played in the role that he's had consistent success in.
I don’t disagree.I think it just means Jooris and Kruger and Smith aren't any good.
We live in constant terror.Technically by definition 'moderator' is someone who takes something excessive and then literally makes it more moderate.
And obviously they have to see that you stay on your toes, to keep the fear alive.
We have to live with this daily at the F=26.
How about Paul Martin for Markus Kruger straight up? Some veteran experience on the blue line even if it's just as an extra d-man may help?
I don’t disagree.
I just find it interesting that these moves were announced not just on the same day... But 3 minutes apart from each other.
I think the desire would be to cut down the salary obligation as much as possible, if the acquisition doesn't fill a need. There's nowhere for Martin to play atm.
Waiver announcements are almost always within minutes of each other, because teams have to submit them by noon so we usually catch wind of them between Noon and 12:05-12:10.
But 3 minutes apart from each other.
Aren't these things processed by the league office? So the players were likely not waived 3 minutes apart, but the league processed them 3 minutes apart.
I figured that could be the case. If the desire is to shed salary, I'm pretty sure the Sharks would be interested if salary is retained. I don't think the Canes will be able to move him without retention or a contract similar being returned. If the Canes retained 500k-50%, I'd probably move a draft pick like a 5th for him. Not sure what one may expect here though.
I’ve put the hat away already.
But it's more fun with tin hats.
Kruger never took the toughest assignments in Chicago, Toews did. Toews matched up with the top competition, but he always had 55% or higher O-zone starts. Chicago was most successful when Kruger was the only center under 50% O-zone starts. The idea is that he allows guys like Staal to play against top guys the majority of the time, but mostly in the O-zone. Carolina is giving Kruger D-zone starts, but only against low quality of competition. If you're looking for him to be more effective, he should be playing against some tougher competition.You're missing the point. Look at the graph vs. just focusing on the numbers vs. previous years. The Canes don't take many D zone starts overall because they are a strong possession team, so they can't just magically give Kruger more, because they don't exist. The main centers are Ryan, Rask (~65% Ozone starts), Staal (46%) and Kruger (47%). Staal is the best center and far superior to Kruger and will take the toughest assignments.
The Canes ARE playing him in the role he was acquired, he's just not being very good at doing that role.
Isn't he out indefinitely?
She's bad x-wife if she don't want to believe.I saw a UFO one evening in the summer of 2013 in cape cod celebrating my honeymoon with my x-wife.
True story.
And no, she didn’t believe me.
If you're looking for him to be more effective, he should be playing against some tougher competition.
Despite all this, I don't see what the issue with Kruger is outside of his contract. He has good possession numbers despite taking mostly D-zone starts, and the only numbers that look bad are his GF numbers, but he also has a PDO of 96%.
Kruger never took the toughest assignments in Chicago, Toews did. Toews matched up with the top competition, but he always had 55% or higher O-zone starts. Chicago was most successful when Kruger was the only center under 50% O-zone starts. The idea is that he allows guys like Staal to play against top guys the majority of the time, but mostly in the O-zone. Carolina is giving Kruger D-zone starts, but only against low quality of competition. If you're looking for him to be more effective, he should be playing against some tougher competition..
Who is he playing with there? The whole situation seems strange to me. He never had a problem playing against 2nd lines before. Hell, the turning point in the 2015 Anaheim series was when his line started matching up with Kesler and Silfverberg. It just seems unrealistic that he fell off in one year.When he played against tougher competition, he didn't do as advertised. He didn't "tilt the ice the other way", he just got hemmed in. The idea, when the Canes acquired him WAS that he'd free Staal up some, but his play didn't allow that. Don't think the Canes didn't want to use him more against better competition, but it hasn't worked out. They couldn't keep trying something that wasn't working.
Maybe he'll work out better with a better team around him somewhere else, but it certainly wasn't working out well here so far.
I saw a UFO one evening in the summer of 2013 in cape cod celebrating my honeymoon with my x-wife.
True story.
And no, she didn’t believe me.