I think that’s more a Verbeek call than a Cronin call. But people have been saying it forever, so maybe a positive coming out of this season is them making that change ?
To me, at his absolute best he's a solid bottom 6 offensive threat but we get that version of Killorn once every ten games or so. Most of the time he kills momentum with mishandle and poor passes at 5 on 5. That said, he's actually a pretty good penalty killer and somehow seems to manage the puck way better in the PK situation. So, in my ideal lineup it's not me having a personal problem with Killorn to put him on the fourth line. 1) in the games he played with Zegras he didn't have any chemistry with him either. 2) I think Killorn would be more effective 5 on 5 if we used my proposed fourth line as a defense first line between him and Lundy.
Killorn is fine, just don’t think with Leo it’s a match. They are just on completely different wavelengths, and while it’s not Killorns fault he’s playing his style, it’s frustrating watching him play that style with our future 1C who’s not suited to dump and chase every possession.
It's probably...probably because they spend so much time going back on defense because of the countless failed connections between the two.
The issue isn’t the Killorn/Carlssom pairing in my opinion. The issues have been as follows:
That hasn't helped but I pay close attention to the kids because that's the most interesting aspect and most important aspect of this team right now. ScarTroy summarized it well. They are on different wavelengths with each other and too often their passes to each other are behind or ahead or get fumbled and when Leo actually sets Killer up with a good chance he either flubs it or just doesn't have the finish while Killorn almost never sets Leo up with good chances.
