Marcus Kruger Adds Depth, Brings Questions to Carolina Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes celebrated Independence Day on Tuesday by adding another Swede to their roster, acquiring center Marcus Kruger from the Vegas Golden Knights.

This serves as yet another move to turn what was a real weakness into a strength - their depth up front.

Kruger is your ideal defensive center. He's spent years in Chicago’s bottom-six and penalty kill, and that’s where he will be playing under Bill Peters.

The metrics are good, though there’s an obvious hole in his game.

The hole is offense.