David Krejci, a new value?

[Bad News Boulevard]

In one of my keepers, I own Krejci. Got him for cheap and he was 'ok' this season in my terms. With his playoff run (ppg + top scorer in the playoffs) can we consider his value on the rise? Is this the real him?

Also, is it just me or his playoff breakout has gone unmentionned and is a bit under the radar?

BNB

[SeaDawg]

Krejci's always been a good playoff performer. I don't think this changes his value too much, to be honest. But I've always considered him a 70ish point forward, despite his numbers from the past year not supporting that.

That said, if you can capitalize on his playoff performance and trade him to someone who thinks he is an 80+ pt player, you should jump all over that.

The thing about Krejci is that he is an underrated passer. If he plays with a shooter, his point totals will increase. But he won't score a lot on his own, he won't shoot a lot, and his PIMs won't help you either.

[tgraveline]

Yeah, I have krejci on my team and I don't have room to keep him. I'm going to see if I can trade him to build up my team to be even better. The problem is, the teams I want to trade with are in my position and need to make 2 for 1 trades. I don't see his value going to 80 plus. He's not on an offensive minded team to pull that off. Horton helped him out, but Horton was also very streaky this year. If they can be more consistent, then yeah, 70 is worth considering.

[27Blue]

The thing about Krejci is that he is an underrated passer. If he plays with a shooter, his point totals will increase. But he won't score a lot on his own, he won't shoot a lot, and his PIMs won't help you either.

this point nails it!

i have loved his game all playoffs, but he is a point producer who hurts you if your league counts other categories. in multi-cat leagues, he is a 70 point player that hurts you in more categories than he helps.

[Boogeypop]

Here's an interesting tidbit on Krejci. Take Marc Savard's games last year and overlay them on top of Krejci's games and you will notice that the slowest part of Krejci's year was almost identical to the amount of time Savard played. Not a coincidence either.

Krejci is back to 70+ next year. His +/- will be killer once again as well.

[Bad News Boulevard]

Here's an interesting tidbit on Krejci. Take Marc Savard's games last year and overlay them on top of Krejci's games and you will notice that the slowest part of Krejci's year was almost identical to the amount of time Savard played. Not a coincidence either.

Krejci is back to 70+ next year. His +/- will be killer once again as well.

Good point! With Seguin emerging, could be interesting PP times to come...

[ross10019]

The thing about Krejci is that he is an underrated passer. If he plays with a shooter, his point totals will increase. But he won't score a lot on his own, he won't shoot a lot, and his PIMs won't help you either.

Like tGr, I agree with this, and it's also the reason why I think Horton will have a career year in the goalscoring dept (the emergence of Seguin and the impact of playing a full year without Savard, plus the confidence gained as the go to 1st line in htis playoff run, will all contribute).

EDIT: I might add Lucic AND Horton will benefit, obviously. That line will have a monstrous season next year, barring injury, bank on it.

[fado]

He's 25 and already had 73, 52 and 62 pts the last three seasons. Barring injury, he's easly a 70+ player and still getting better IMO

[ross10019]

After these 2011 playoffs, I will be very curious to see what the 2011/2012 forecasts will be for some of these players, from Dobber and the poolie mags. From Boston, Krejci, Lucic and Horton in particular, and Kaberle (!) if he re-signs with the Bruins (or even if not!). From Vancouver, a guy like Bieksa or Tanev. then a few other guys, Purcell, Setoguchi, etc.