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Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 9, 2020 at 10:48 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 20, 2020 at 7:12 p.m.
Thread: Only way to get Kreider
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheEarthmaster</b></div><div>If you think he's worth giving up <strong><strong><em>a 1st, our best prospect, and our longest tenured player</em></strong></strong>, you obviously think he's the missing piece to win the cup again. I disagree, I think the Blues winning the cup and the Blues having Chris Kreider are very loosely related for a few reasons. One, there is no guarantee that his offense carries over to the Blues- we see this with rentals constantly, last year alone had Mikael Granlund and Matt Duchene significantly underform after the TDL on the new team (Columbus almost missed the playoffs!). Second, his expected goals against are terrible, which leads me think he won't be able to adjust to the defensive minded system the forwards play in the two months he would have here to adjust.

We won without Kreider, we've been winning without Tarasenko. I like Kreider I just do not believe it is worth blowing future guys who have years of cost controlled contracts such as Kyrou or whoever that first round pick would be to chase this fever dream of a repeat cup, and especially if we're chasing it like this. This is exactly part of the reason the Chicago Blackhawks became the Chicago Blackhawks.</div></div>

While I won't argue the point of bad contract decisions dooming the Blackhawks. I would also say loyalty to ineffective, overpriced players such as an Alex Steen or a Brent Seabrook, is just as culpable. First-round picks are crapshoots and for every Robert Thomas who has come through our system, we have a Ty Rattie. The risk isn't that great in giving up Kyrou and a 1st for a proven veteran scorer. I appreciate the articulate debate by the way. Not just verbal jabs because we are on opposite sides of the fence on this.