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I really want White to succeed here. He's such a lovable guy, and he's really an important guy to this group.
Unfortunately, I just don't see where his path forward would be. I can't see him as a top 9 C, i don't see him being good enough offensively to justify not making a big RW addition this summer, and I don't see them keeping him at that price to play on the 4th line.
The only spot I see being open for him to stay would be the 3rd line RW spot, and that would require one of Paul or Brown not to return next year, which seems unlikely. If Paul ends up leaving, it would totally make sense to keep White if he plays well this season and go Brown-Pinto-White on the 3rd line. Maybe there's a world where White plays so well in the last 20 something games this season that makes the Sens feel they would be okay to trade Connor Brown to help bring in that big RW they need, but it seems extremely unlikely.