Edited Sep. 22, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.
Quoting: Price_is_the_goat
why not have KK-Suzuki-Poehling Evans down the middle? Domi, Caufield, Gallaghar and Drouin as wingers. Though I wouldn't mind Lehkonen in the top 6 either. Weal is massively underrated imo. He's too good for the 4th line, but him, cousins and Evans on the 4th line, makes that line lowkey dangerous.
just because Poehling isnt ready and was showing his weakness before his injury
he's a great player but head to head vs bottom 6 NHL players on weak teams he struggled outside the Penalty Kill
he put on to much weight to fast now he has to take time to lean out some of the 40 pounds of Muscle he packed on .
if he can just work on his speed a bit and positioning he'll be set .
Poehlings so very close but spending 2019 putting on that extra 10 pounds of Muscle instead of focusing on Conditioning boned him .
He's top heavy and needs better conditioning
i'd leave him in the AHL until atleast the TDL this year
Weal isnt horrible he's just not consistent
he's had great games , and forgettable games
to me Cousins is an upgrade because unlike Weal he Hit , Blocks Shots and Forces Turnovers .
IF Weal put any importance on anything but playing offense i'd say he has the Edge but a career high 21 point player isnt worth investing in if he has no Heart or ability to Battle .
Cousins had almost 5x the Hits Weal did , 2 1/2 x the Blocked Shots and 2x the Take Aways plus 6 additional points
in Every way but Faceoff wins(same volume Draws) Cousins in Superior and has showed up every game this pre season and has 2 points in 2 games thus far same as Weal
Cousins also has chemistry with Evans
both of them are Spark Plug Battlers who will take exception to dirty plays
if Weal was more then just a 1 dimensional offensive player then sure but he's not.
Cousins reminds me of Prust where as Weal reminds me of a poor mans Steve Begin(i liked Steve but he was here to play stop gap during some of the worst rosters MTL has ever put together )