Cozens showed much better defensive awareness/chops towards the end of last year, and showed that he is capable of good two-way play two years ago. Krebs' defense isn't really an issue, it's his offense. So I'm not real worried about the defensive play out of those 2.
I'm much more worried about the 5v5 defense of our wingers. Tuch and Quinn can PK....but both get out of position 5v5 (same with Tage). Peterka needs to commit to backchecking way harder. Benson and Greenway are fine. Skinner is....Skinner.
My hope is that Ruff gets the forwards in general to play defense better which should hopefully allow Dahlin/Power/Byram to shine.
All fair points. I definitely agree regarding the wingers. If Adams can bolster the flanks, then it may workout better than I fear.
I didn't watch much to end the year, so I'm glad to read that about Cozens. I'm pretty excited to see him next year. He had a great World's tournament.
Krebs looked pretty bad when moved up the LU after Mitts went down, no? That LU was pretty depleted, though. I could see him doing pretty well with Greenway and Benson on his wings. I would just rather have a proven commodity as our top-9 C.
I haven't seen his metrics from last season, but maybe he's worried about his age, or maybe he's just not having the best season, Idk. But there's no point in trading Jensen to play in an uncomfortable position on the third pair.
Yeah. I agree. That will be their plan. I just have fears of obtaining another Gorges. Of course, comparing the two is quite nuanced, and my memory is a bit fuzzy with why Gorges fell off a cliff.