Player Discussion Peyton Krebs C/LW -- Re-signed 2 years, $1.45m AAV

[Selanne00008]

Love me some Krebs.

But, Is it me, or does he look smaller than his stats show? Maybe it's just the baby face? Or that I feel like he fights hard but can sometimes get pushed off the puck?

We could certainly regret trading him. But, if Tage and Cozens aren't pushed out of center, and we have Kulich/Savoie and others at center, I'm not sure where he fits.

He did well in this tournament. Add 3 more months of gym time and maybe he gets to 195 with some man muscle. I'd much rather just move on from Girgs/Greenway/Jost/Olofsson to make additional icetime for Krebs/Savoie/Kulich. We could look really young, but guys like Tage, Tuch, Skinner and Dahlin can lead this young core just fine.

 

[Chainshot]

Love me some Krebs.

But, Is it me, or does he look smaller than his stats show? Maybe it's just the baby face? Or that I feel like he fights hard but can sometimes get pushed off the puck?

We could certainly regret trading him. But, if Tage and Cozens aren't pushed out of center, and we have Kulich/Savoie and others at center, I'm not sure where he fits.

He did well in this tournament. Add 3 more months of gym time and maybe he gets to 195 with some man muscle. I'd much rather just move on from Girgs/Greenway/Jost/Olofsson to make additional icetime for Krebs/Savoie/Kulich. We could look really young, but guys like Tage, Tuch, Skinner and Dahlin can lead this young core just fine.

Just to point out, he played well but was at LW at the WC's.

 

[Selanne00008]

Just to point out, he played well but was at LW at the WC's.

Good point. Having defensive selke like chops could be a great hedge for a talent like Krebs. Could end up a 20/30/50 point guy, but position flexibility, defensive responsibility and just plain annoying to play against will keep him employed.

 

[Diaspora]

I said Dutch sounding. Not it is. I just knew it was Dane, Italian, Spanish or French.

And there’s no random Zs so it couldn’t be Polish.

Far from random, my friend. Each and every Z is exquisitely timed and well-loved.

 

[Zman5778]

Each and every Z is exquisitely timed and well-loved.

I can vouch for this.

 

[Archie Lee]

Just to point out, he played well but was at LW at the WC's.

I didn't see every game. I know he started out on the wing. In the playoff round, the action I saw, it seemed he had been moved to centre. Indeed, he led Canada in face-off %, winning 62.67 % of the 75 face-offs he took.

 

[sabremike]

I said Dutch sounding. Not it is. I just knew it was Dane, Italian, Spanish or French.

And there’s no random Zs so it couldn’t be Polish.

 

[Dubi Doo]

Love me some Krebs.

But, Is it me, or does he look smaller than his stats show? Maybe it's just the baby face? Or that I feel like he fights hard but can sometimes get pushed off the puck?

We could certainly regret trading him. But, if Tage and Cozens aren't pushed out of center, and we have Kulich/Savoie and others at center, I'm not sure where he fits.

He did well in this tournament. Add 3 more months of gym time and maybe he gets to 195 with some man muscle. I'd much rather just move on from Girgs/Greenway/Jost/Olofsson to make additional icetime for Krebs/Savoie/Kulich. We could look really young, but guys like Tage, Tuch, Skinner and Dahlin can lead this young core just fine.

Hopefully, the Sabres get to the point where they HAVE to slow cook highly touted prospects in the AHL. Nothing wrong with a little extra development time.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

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There’s a lack of giraffes so your opinion is irrelevant Mike

 

[Matt Ress]

There’s a lack of giraffes so your opinion is irrelevant Mike

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Grzaffiz?

 

[TehDoak]

Same things being said now about Krebs were said about some other guy with a Dutch sounding name.

If we are going to have to wait 4 more years for him to have one good half a season, I’ll help Krebs pack.

 

[Panthaz89]

He wasn’t in that role last year. No one really was.

It would nice to see him with better offensive linemates though. Possibly centering Greenway/Mitts

Krebs and Mitts would pass to each other 5x on a 2 on 1 and not get a shot on net. I don't think they would work well together.

 

[sabremike]

Was hoping that people had learned their lesson about making ill advised WGR ragehead caller moves and the consequences of doing so but I guess not.

 

[CaliSabresfan24]

 

[start winnin]

He needs to be kept just on the basis that he plays with speed and lays the body, we are lacking players like that.

 

[Aladyyn]

Needs more skilled linemates and PP time next season (would love to see him get a run on the 1st unit over Skinner)

 

[TageGod]

Needs more skilled linemates and PP time next season (would love to see him get a run on the 1st unit over Skinner)

He needs to learn to stop passing muffins across the ice through 3 defenders before he gets a look on first unit.

 

[Zman5778]

Needs more skilled linemates and PP time next season (would love to see him get a run on the 1st unit over Skinner)

I'm not sure Krebs is the right guy to play the bumper. The one thing we know is that he has stupid crazy vision.......playing him in the bumper we'd basically be limiting his vision and taking away his best asset. Plus, we know that his weakness is making those stupid blind passes that get picked off.....playing in the bumper kind of encourages those weak blind passes.

I think his best place on the PP is likely the left dot -- it lets him see the entire ice. Tage is entrenched on the left dot for the next 7 years on PP1. Maybe we can give Krebs a look at the right dot on PP1 at points.........but I don't think his shot is enough of a weapon to make teams respect it yet.

 

[Aladyyn]

I'm not sure Krebs is the right guy to play the bumper. The one thing we know is that he has stupid crazy vision.......playing him in the bumper we'd basically be limiting his vision and taking away his best asset. Plus, we know that his weakness is making those stupid blind passes that get picked off.....playing in the bumper kind of encourages those weak blind passes.

I think his best place on the PP is likely the left dot -- it lets him see the entire ice. Tage is entrenched on the left dot for the next 7 years on PP1. Maybe we can give Krebs a look at the right dot on PP1 at points.........but I don't think his shot is enough of a weapon to make teams respect it yet.

My favorite moments from the 2nd unit last year came with Krebs behind the net/up front and Quinn as the bumper. I want to see that on the 1st unit to diversify things.

 

[WiHockeyGuy]

Krebs definitely has some untapped potential. He needs to clean up the brain farts and horrible passes he was prone to at time. There is no doubting his motor, just needs to simplify rather than force ill-advised at the blueline passes.

 

[Chainshot]

Krebs definitely has some untapped potential. He needs to clean up the brain farts and horrible passes he was prone to at time. There is no doubting his motor, just needs to simplify rather than force ill-advised at the blueline passes.

It seems like he's done a lot of that and was part of why he started having success as the season progressed. He's certainly a spark plug type, hope he takes more steps to be a PITA type for other teams this year.

 

[sabremike]

It seems like he's done a lot of that and was part of why he started having success as the season progressed. He's certainly a spark plug type, hope he takes more steps to be a PITA type for other teams this year.

 

[Gabrielor]

No interest in moving Krebs. He's really the only defensive-competent forward of the young core thus far.

And on vibes/60, he's near top of the class.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

I feel like he'd be great in the J.T. Compher role when the Avs won the cup last year. They're pretty much the model we're following, with Tage and Cozens being our McKinnon and Kadri.

 

[Zman5778]

No interest in moving Krebs. He's really the only defensive-competent forward of the young core thus far.

Ehhhhhh, I'm pretty sure Cozens would disagree with that statement.