When Kreider plays the way he has been of late, he loses the Casper cape and we start to sit up a bit in our chairs. The convo turns to, "See, he can lead a team by example; Going to the net is paying off." I found myself getting re-absorbed by this thinking when reading this thread and thinking about his outstanding play.
But then I'm reminded of all the games he pisses me (us) off! Stretches of games where the GDTs contain, "Is Kreider playing tonight?" Yeah, on the hot streak he's golden and a great role model for young players. When he stops moving his legs though and plays games like its an Ice Capades skate we'll be cursing his contract yet again.
The dude is a leopard. No vote of "C" from me. (C for confidence and C for Captain.)