I kind of suspect that feelers weren't put out as much as his name was discussed, along with most of our players, in the course of normal conversations that happen all the time and it becomes "a feeler" to feed clicksSooooooo……DA put out the feelers on Krug.
I wonder if a few teams are interested.
I have the opposite of this instinct. Krug's contract is glaring to the point it takes determination not to notice what a problem it is. (1) It's the most ill-fitting contract in the area of the team that needs the most work. (2) However, the player himself is still serviceable for his skillset. Those two factors lead directly and logically to Krug's name being out there. (3) A reporter who talks to GMs and has proven a decent reporter saying he's talked to GMs who know Krug's name is out there, so there is an actual tangible report tied to Krug.
Is Krugs name out there b/c DA is shopping him? maybe
Your instinct is Severalli reported this for clicks. In the recent past he has earned much more benefit of the doubt than that.
maybe
Seravalli has been deadly accurate in the last 1-2 cycles. Seemed to have more scoops than anyone.
You are looking way too far into a situation that is very obvious.
Who knows. But what I suspect happened is that Armstrong mentioned Krug's name in trade talks with one or more teams, and with the connections that Seravalli has league-wide, those discussions were made known to Seravalli.
it does make complete sense, that is why I said he could be reporting it based on his knowledge of the situation, not a specific case of DA putting out a feeler, rather a GM saying that Krug was talked about
I understand but you also have to realize that GMs have A LOT of discussions. There are multiple players on every team that have probably been mentioned in somewhat serious trade talks that we don't even know about. So I think a lot of the rumors are more than just "this one team called and asked about a guy." There's very few untouchable players so most GMs are willing to listen on guys.
3 games in the first two weeks of the schedule followed by 4 games in 6 nights in Week 3. Bravo, NHL!
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Husso’s rights are traded for a middle round pick today or tomorrow.
You say that, but many folks are allergic to peanuts. They'd much rather have nothing than go into anaphylactic shock.
I don't think that trade makes any trade of Husso's rights more or less likely. Georgiev is a pending RFA, so the Avs can simply qualify him and retain his rights if a deal can't be reached ASAP. The rumblings around Husso are that he is looking to find a team to give him starter money (as he should), so a team who trades for his rights would have to overpay him to prevent him from hitting the UFA market.
I mean, Tarasenko had one year left and is going to be 31 going on 32 when he needs his cover renewed and is 34. Of course they are going to be looking at the near future without the 30+ YO players when drafting.
I think both Perron and Tarasenko have more miles on them. Perron is a late bloomer and Tarasenko has a lot of drive left. They both do. I wouldn't hate it if either player stayed on the Blues for those years because they would contribute. There are 30+ players on defense too; I believe Krug will be a true scrub on the ice before either Perron or Tarasenko, so there are needs in multiple places. They're drafting shooting wingers right at the top of the last two drafts and it seems significant.
DA only seems to strike out of nowhere if you rely on JR to point what he will do. If you try to think like he does, his moves are far less unpredictable. ROR, Saad, Buchy, Leddy were all guys that were easy to envision us acquiring. If we deal for Sanheim or Provo, that will be very DA move too.
Basically look at what JR and the national media guys are saying and go in the opposite direction
