I'm curious to see how this works. As Brooks pointed out today, it's been a quest to find someone who can play with them, and Cuylle will be the 14th guy since Buchnevich was "traded"
Kreider is a hard and easy guy to play with easy because he's usually off to the side of the net not engaging the defenseman, in a quiet spot looking for tips. Hard to play with because his forechecking banging presence is minimal, bordering on dogging it. And this year Zib in particular almost seems to be sacrificing his shooting to feed Kreider who can use his wheels to come from a zone behind to join Zib on a two on one looking for a easy feed, yet always appears exhausted, on the back check. We called guys like Kreider a goal suck in the old days. Good for scoring and not much else. I'm wondering if you can win with him, especially in the playoffs.
I doubt Cuylle is the guy but we'll see what happens.
With Zibanejad out with the flu, maybe try Jones on the wing.