Edited Jun. 28, 2022 at 4:27 p.m.
Quoting: Knuckl3s
Lol, you still didn't answer my question
I'm sorry but the only question was "
how is Pearson not needed?", no?
This has been answered in my first post (#36) already...
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They have no spot/use for Pearson and they will want a bit more time for Boucher to become something. It is just plain stupid to trade an asset at lowest value"
Second post too (#38) :
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Pearson is owed 7.25 M$ and is not even needed"
Third post (#40) :
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Sens want to acquire a CLEAR Top-6 Winger too, who would push Joseph on the 3rd line and White out of a roster spot (buy out?) Greig, Crookshank, Lodin, Sokolov, Jarventie waiting for a call-up"
Why would they acquire Pearson (3.625 average salary the next seasons) when they are probably going to buy out Colin White as there is no more spot for him in the top-9 and would rather save the money?
What else do you need to understand?
Maybe this? I actually just wrote this in another ACGM :
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all of Formenton, Pinto, Brown, Joseph and White would need to be on the 3rd line if we're trying to build a championship team. Even Ridly Greig should start on that line as he is just 19 y/o. He will be very hard to keep OFF the team IMO. Even worse than that, there's several other good young players who will be waiting on that kind of opportunity, like Viktor Lodin who scored 5 goals in his first 10 AHL games (huge goals as the team was trying to clinch for the playoffs)"
Or is it just the "sandpaper" aspect? Keep in mind, most of these guys were 22 y/o and younger last season
You mentioned Tkachuk and Brown but Formenton is probably the biggest SOB in the lineup. He is mean and always looking for trouble
Stutzle, Norris and Batherson are skilled players but are not pushovers (great size)
Joseph and Pinto, same thing, very good on the forecheck
That 4th line is actually major sandpaper, Kastelic is very strong and kelly is a major pest. Watson is known for that too
Greig and Crookshank could also bring that in spades.