When I did this countdown 3 years ago, I didn’t include Marcus Kruger in my Top 100 because at the time he only had one Stanley Cup, and his role wasn’t as defined as it was when he was traded to the Vegas Knights last week.
When he arrived in Chicago, they tried to make him the 2nd line center which was a role he truly wasn’t built for, and many thought that would be it for Kruger with the Hawks.
Then he took over the bottom line with a host of different players, and he became one of the best penalty killers on the team along with Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa, and Michal Frolik.