Quoting: ON3M4N
They don't know either. Sadly we have a few hacks that spew garbage to get view/clicks/likes and their hockey knowledge is awful. I've yet to find anyone who can give me a legitimate reason why Boston should trade Krug. As I said in a previous post, BOS fans screamed for an OFD for years...we get one and now people want to trade him because he's not a Norris contender every year.
This is not simply not true. I have given you reasons, but you don't agree. In fact you even list my reasons above "Great point producer, but inconsistent in the defense department. Shows flashes of being able to handle opponents that face your 2nd pairing, but then the next games looks like a 3rd pairing PP specialist. In a perfect world for the B's, he's a 3rd pairing guy that can play more minutes if need be. He doesn't need a defensive minded d-man that can make a good first pass though."
You yourself say he looks like a 3rd pairing PP specialist.
The reason to trade him is an aging LD and Grzelyk and Krug both better suited as a 3rd pairing guy. They need someone who is a bit more of a two way Dman. Krug has value and could return a legit top pairing D man with the right prospect(s).
Nobody is saying give him away. Nobody is saying he is terrible. McAvoy should continue to trend upwards offensively, as should Grzelyk. The Bruins usually use one Dman and 5 forwards on their PP. McAvoy and Grzelyk (or guy coming back) could easily fill that roll. You are not losing as much as you are gaining giving that PP time to McAvoy as you are being able to lighten the burden on Chara defensively.
The years Bruins fans wanted a puck moving defenseman, they didn't have McAvoy. For all intents and purposes, they had 6 Stay at home dmen - Boychuck was somewhere in the middle, but more defensive minded.