Edited Mar. 5, 2021 at 8:07 p.m.
Quoting: tkecanuck341
Walker > Petterson IMO. They are roughly equal in skill, but Walker plays the more highly desired position.
I don't think there's room for Petterson on the Kings. He's not better than Bjornfot or Anderson. If the Kings are going to trade for a LHD, he needs to be able to play on the top pair.
Petterson plays 20 plus minutes a night and is a proven top 4 LHD.
I understand a lot of West coast teams fans don’t watch or know east cost teams players. And Vica Versa.
But Pettersson is a good top 4 LHD, 24 years old. Signed this off-season to a long term, reasonable deal. He still has a lot of potential.
Has a Long reach, tough defensively and moves the puck well offensively. And still a lot of potential there.
Neither M.Anderson or Bjorkoot are as proven as Pettersson. It why Pettersson got the contract extension this off-season. Proven top 4 LHD on a play-off team.
With PO Joseph and Matheson playing well. Either Dumoulin or Pettersson is kind of expendable on the Pens D, in my opinion.
If the Pens traded Dumoulin(who is only 29 years old and I wouldn’t be mad if the Pens made this trade and it was Dumoulin instead of Pettersson), Pettersson would be the Pens top pairing LHD.
It would be Pettersson/Letang, PO Joseph/Marino, Matheson/Ruhwedel, Ceci.