Bostons two biggest organizational needs are high end centers and high end LD

Well, let's be real here. Draisaitl may have occasionally been on a line with McDavid, but Pastrnak was basically always on the ice with 2/3 of Canada's top line. If we're going to make an argument for who had the easier time when it comes to who they were playing with, I'm not sure you're helping yourself out.

Yes but is it really worth it to trade one hole for another filling that top right wing.

I checked the WOWY's, and without Marchand and Bergeron Pastrnak is underwater in a big way.

Interesting discussion, as there's not much to separate these two. I guess it comes down to organizational need and player projection.

wtf are the WOWYs?

With Or Without You. So you can see how much one player impacts another. For instance:

Draisaitl with McDavid (498:33): 54.38 CF%
Draisaitl without McDavid (628:15): 50.42 CF%
McDavid without Draisaitl (780:18): 50.06 CF%

Pastrnak with Bergeron (721:51): 58.55 CF%
Pastrnak without Bergeron (173:10): 44.67 CF%
Bergeron without Pastrnak (142:28): 52.88 CF%

oh....corsi. ya i don't care about corsi

I don't really think it's a stretch for a couple reasons with Bergeron.
1) He has shown zero signs of fallilng off. He has actually gotten better in the last three.
2) Yes, he puts his body through alot, but you sort of contradict yourself here, you mention pastrnak playing with 2/3rds team canada, but then say it will only last another year or two. He just turned 33 which is getting old, but Ovechkin turns 33 in sept and I don't see him turning into a 20 goal scorer anytime in the next three years. He also plays a hard game. There are a ton of guys who have been very productive into their mid to late 30's. Bergeron just seems like that type of player to me. Like Getzlaf, Datsyuk, etc... I say the same thing about Sid and Malkin, Kopitar. He's not Backes is my point... I don't think he'll be in the hart conversation when he is 37 either, but Draisaitl won't be in it in 4 years either.
3) McDavid has won the art ross two years in a row. McDavid is the 1st line of team canada now.
4) I agree on Krejci - if he is your number one, probably not a great team. He is a very good #2 center. Top 7 #2 and a #1 on: NYR, NSH, Det, CBJ, MTL, VAN(close), AZ, CAR, OTT & NJ