Raab
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Krug and his wife are both from Michigan, doubt they'd have interest moving to Edmonton...
Michigan has very similar winters. How long did Shawn Horcoff stay in Edmonton?
Krug and his wife are both from Michigan, doubt they'd have interest moving to Edmonton...
I think Mcdavid will get over it when he has Krug hitting him in full flight with a pass. Krug would totally change the way this team plays. Also we can always look at adding another winger at the deadline. We shouldn't be paying more then 3-4M for that winger spot at this point. I have a feeling with our lack of cap Ennis will be re-signed.
Just put Nurse on the PP. he’s more effective than Klefbom on the PP anyway...So is Quinn Hughes and we saw his impact on Vancouver. We need Krug, especially with Klefbom out.
So I did some more mock GM'ing. If we let AA walk and buyout Neal we have the room for Krug at 7M. Team I came up with:
Ennis-Mcdavid-Kassian
RNH-Draisaitl-Yamamoto
Benson-Koivu-Puljujarvi
Khaira-Haas-Archibald
Russell, Nygard
Krug-Larsson
Nurse-Bear
Jones-Russell
Lagesson
Koskinen
Howard
We may be able to make it work. So will be interesting to see what Holland does. If he starts shedding cap, we'll know theres a big signing coming in. I think Koivu would be a good mentor for JP if he's coming back.
Nope, our D has been talked about for years now and every second game we see one terrible goal and 2 very stoppable ones and every one blames the defense. One upgrade in goal makes 6 dmen a lot better.D should be our top priority with Klefbom likely out for next season. We could have prime Hasek in net and he wouldn't have great numbers, if there isn't a solid D in front.
Tory Krug sucks.
By way of comparison
2019/2020
5v5 points
Nurse 26 points
Krug 16 points
+/-
Nurse -2
Krug -4
Conclusion. Krug was a minus player on the best goals against 5v5 team in the league last year. He got all his points on special teams.
5v5 team stats (2019/2020)
GF
Boston 141
Oilers 141
GA Boston 105 (best in league)
Oilers 157 (3rd worst in league)
Just pass on Krug. Plus he is small.
He was also drafted and developed by us. Not hard for us to convince those kinds of guys to stick around.Michigan has very similar winters. How long did Shawn Horcoff stay in Edmonton?
Tory Krug sucks.
By way of comparison
2019/2020
5v5 points
Nurse 26 points
Krug 16 points
+/-
Nurse -2
Krug -4
Conclusion. Krug was a minus player on the best goals against 5v5 team in the league last year. He got all his points on special teams.
5v5 team stats (2019/2020)
GF
Boston 141
Oilers 141
GA Boston 105 (best in league)
Oilers 157 (3rd worst in league)
Just pass on Krug. Plus he is small.
Michigan has very similar winters. How long did Shawn Horcoff stay in Edmonton?
Krug is not a top pair D. He's not even a two-way D, he's purely an offensive D. Oilers can't shelter him. Also paying him $7M would be insanity.
Yikes. Those are not good numbers for Krug. I’d almost rather have Brad Hunt or bring back MAB lol.
I expect no trades and free agents from the bargain bin this off season along with RNH and JP signings. I won’t get my hopes up for anything more.
Just put Nurse on the PP. he’s more effective than Klefbom on the PP anyway...
He was also drafted and developed by us. Not hard for us to convince those kinds of guys to stick around.
Signing higher end American free agents that will have other options, has always been an issue though.
I have no issue with trying to get him. I just don't see him signing here.Meh, we'll have to overpay him if we want him. Same with any UFA really, but I think he could really change our transition game.
Nurse plays too much as it is.
Bouchard should be the guy on the powerplay. Ease him in at evens, but give him minutes with PP1.
Meh, we'll have to overpay him if we want him. Same with any UFA really, but I think he could really change our transition game.
Given what we have in the pipeline, spending money on Krug now would be moronic. Spend that money on the forwards and in goal.