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Some interesting points made. This org doesn’t really seem to know WHAT to do with Krebs. He doesn’t show a whole lot of scoring but I’d argue part if not all of that is due to usually being matched up with Girgs and Ox, who aren’t meant to be a goal-scoring line. I like the apparent chemistry Krebs and ERob showed, and Krebs did say in his post-game that it was nice to skate with someone who had some speed, so maybe there’s something to be taken from that by Granato?
What do you guys think? Should we be developing Krebs further or is he trade bait?
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This year can’t be salvaged. Might as well see how he does on the second line some nights.
Love to see him with Quinn and Peterka since Cozens has been brutal.
Keep Mitts on 1st line.
With two centers there, put Skinner on 3rd line when he comes back with Krebs and Greenway. That means bringing up a center from Rochester for Girgs and Ox/Robinson/Olofsson.
I expect 1-2 forwards hopefully shipped by trade deadline.
I just want to see him on the Power play. The PP is bland and can’t create chances, Krebs very creative passer. Seems like it should be a fit. It worked when we first brought him here.
Krebs is my favorite player aside from Tuch and Levi. He’s fearless and anytime there’s a scrum and he’s on the ice, he’s either the cause or jumps in there without a thought. Sometimes, you just need to punch a MF’er and Krebs is the man Donnie needs to send when that has to happen.
I wanna see a third line of Benson, Greenway and Krebs personally. Think it’d have the right mix of skill and grit for that role.
7 points at this point in his career isn’t impressive
Some guys are just bottom six or even fourth line guys and that’s not a bad thing, idk. A lot of my favorite players are bottom six guys because they work hard and do a lot of small things well. They have to; they don’t have the hands/vision/etc to be top 6 guys.
Also… just because a guy is looking great in one role doesn’t mean he’s meant for another. You don’t shuffle your batting order in baseball because of short-term results. You construct your batting order based on what you believe the hitters actually provide on average.
At this point in his career, he is who he is. I could be wrong, but I don’t see him being any more than a fourth liner. I don’t hate him there, he seems to play the right way, but he doesn’t really belong on the powerplay.