Quote (LuLer @ Jan 10 2022 06:20pm)
Such was the feeling that Krejci seemed to convey when speaking with Miroslav Horák and isport.cz — noting that his stints with Pastrnak (especially on the second line) were regularly few and far between.
“Coach Cassidy rarely let the two of us play together,” Krejci told Horák (via Google Translate). “It had to be so that he split the first line and put Pasta to me. It was a maximum of two (games).
“Years later, I leave Boston and suddenly it is possible. That struck me. (Cassidy) always told me that there was no reason to take Pasta off the first line and that it would be as short as possible to distribute the forces. I had to take it. But now Pasta has five or so many (games) on the line with Taylor Hall and Erik Haula. Strange.”
100% on Krejci's side, it's very true.
Krejci has been stuck with 4th liners and AHL players since 2014(post-Iginla)
He's a playermaker with trash to pass to, I'd be pissed if I were him. He had Hall for like 20 games
Next best guy the past several years was DeBrusk maybe? & that's saying a lot