With a new world and financial freedom to work with in Utah, GM Bill Armstrong suddenly has a team that’s much more serious about making the playoffs than in the past in Arizona. With all that cap space burning a hole in their pocket as well as prospects and picks to work with, the Hockey Club would be wise to keep tabs on Chris Kreider’s situation in New York.
Utah has a tough, physical forward who can score with Logan Crouse, but Kreider’s brand of physical play on offense and his meticulous work on the power play and at the net would give them a player who excels in an area where they have a lack of presence.
Utah’s key players up front are decidedly very young (Dylan Guenther, Logan Cooley) or veteran but still kind of young (Clayton Keller, Matias Maccelli), and adding a veteran like Kreider to the mix could be the key to helping them take another step forward towards making a run at the postseason. Would Kreider waive his NTC to go to Salt Lake City? With what they’re building there, maybe, but there’s no doubt that at 33 years old Kreider’s eyes are more fixed on winning a Stanley Cup.
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