‘Krebs had only one assist in 13 career NHL games across two partial seasons with Vegas, but his arrival in Buffalo changed his fortunes. Aiding that growth was a return to his natural center position with Rochester. Americans coach Seth Appert believes Krebs has elite building blocks that just need to be molded into place. “Peyton has elite competitiveness and elite hockey intelligence, so you combine those two things together and you have such a great framework to start as a hockey player,” Appert said. “His character as a human and as a hockey player is off-the-charts high.”‘