We are really don’t need Kreider like giving up a first for half of a season is literally not worth it.

Well its not unheard of but look at the offense. repeat incoming.

Dude, we're over three goals per game (and have 34 in our last 9 games) and our top scorer has been out since before Halloween. Plus, Kyrou is just starting to blossom. And when you have just about the stingiest defense in the league, that is more than sufficient. Beast is right, we're not giving a 2020 1st for a few months of Kreider, especially when his puck control/defensive game has deteriorated. That's our system and it relies on cohesivness, we aren't interested in purely offensive rentals.

Kreider is not a purely an offensive player

He has most certainly been trending that way hard the last 2-3 seasons. Check his numbers.

I’m aware of his numbers. I also watch him play and does so on a bad team

That can be part of it, but playing on a bad team doesn't make his giveaway rate double in less than two years. Just as an example.