Quoting: LRS87
I’ve got a buddy who’s a fan of his QMJHL team and says he can’t play right wing. That might change this season, but when tried there earlier in his career he didn’t fit well apparently. That’s not from me though just something I’ve heard. I mean, we could let them draft McCann for expansion by leaving him exposed and protecting Jank/Tanev. Then replace McCann with Poulin next season. But then we lose McCann and keep Matheson.
he played RW the year he was drafted. While he does shoot left and probably does play better on the LW, as a young guy he's got to make his bones somewhere if he wants to crack the lineup.
They just aren't in positions to trade young skilled players with low cap hits.
Like I get the guys they have been trading.
Gustavsson was never gonna play here. It would A. take to long to develop and B. they had guys already lined up like Jarry.
Addison was undersized.
Hållander who I like, just hasn't made that next level jump yet. He's still young, but the penguins were looking at him being able to contribute now and figured, as did TOR that he couldn't and might not at all. You add that to the injury history and it was like, ok, lets move on.
Prospect wise what they gave up was a lot of potential that didn't seem like it was panning out. I don't think they feel the same way on Poulin yet.