As always, stl76, I appreciate your honest and respectful reply. Fair enough, I will try to keep an open mind in regards to Krug. There is one thing I need to make very clear, however. My familiarity with Justin Faulk's style of play goes back quite a bit. I read the trade boards voraciously, and I am constantly looking up stats and evaluations on players, and I like to a make a mental list of players that I would want on my team, and of those I wouldn't. As Faulk was in the last year of his contract, his name came up a lot on the trade boards. I got to read many insightful evaluations from Carolina fans. Because the Leafs were interested in a RD, I got to read Leafs fans observations as well, which of course provided a lot of reading material. Their posts were varied, and needed a bit more sifting, but were ultimately useful as well. In turn, this made me look up Faulk's career stats and whatever advanced stats I could comprehend at the time. The first thing I noticed was the abysmal +/- stats, but I kept in mind he was on a weak team with a history of bad goaltending. So I looked at more clips and continued reading the trade threads, and it wasn't long before I was convinced that I wanted absolutely no part of Justin Faulk. When I heard we traded for him, I almost threw my phone. So you see, my informed opinion of Justin Faulk goes a long way back, and my opposition to him being a Blue was right from the start. I assure you, my friend, my dislike of Faulk's play is not based in one shortened season.
