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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Yeah, after the trade Adams said he wanted Krebs badly, what's he supposed to say? that's all Vegas had?
Aside from playing center ice Peyton Krebs is not any better than Pelletier, If I'm wrong please show me some kind of a metric that proves it 
I would guarantee if Pelletier was called up and gifted 2nd line minutes he would have more than 2 secondary assists in 14 games and wouldn't be a -10 in those games. Peyton Krebs is quickly becoming the most overrated prospect since Rob Schremp.
If Adams would turn down Lindholm, Valimaki, Pelletier over Krebs and Tuch he would be fired on the spot. |
Krebs is consistently ranked higher on any lists for what those are worth
But ultimately it only matters who Buffalo wanted. And Krebs was identified as a target for months. Pelletier was never mentioned
Remember they also got a 1st and conditional second
You have this sense that the deal was easy to beat but the underlying assumption that you are making is that they liked those players
I would strongly suggest they simply didn’t. At least as much as the ones Vegas had. Now perhaps Lindholm changes that but then the deal doesn’t make sense for Calgary
Moreover we didn't just hear about how much Buffalo liked Krebs AFTER the trade. That was out there for months. And this isn't a told you so thing, but nor is it revisionist history on my part. If you go back in the Eichel threads I was saying for months in advance that if Vegas was willing to put Krebs on the table they would probably get Eichel. And that happened. So this isn't some 20/20 hindsight from me. it was clear to me that Krebs was a target, and considered the best prospect that might be offered by the teams involved, unless Anaheim was willing to put Zegras on the table. And why would they?