Rejoint: mars 2021
Messages: 66
Mentions "j'aime": 27
On behalf of these Pittsburgh fans that are proposing Pettersson trades, the main reason is not really because they don't like him, it's just that they want to shore up the third line and the team has no real player assets outside of Pettersson. No team would want the Matheson contract (he is actually playing half-decently though) and knowing Hextall's history and his recent comments, it is highly unlikely that the team is going to keep mortgaging future picks for the present like Rutherford did (thank God). Pettersson is quite like Maatta back then, but I personally believe that Pettersson is better. Chicago got lucky because Rutherford was a moron and chose to trade Maatta instead of Johnson. He said that he was given the choice of giving up one of the two and of course due to his relationship with Johnson, he gave up Maatta.
For me personally, there is no point whatsoever in doing this trade. I have no idea what Zadorov will ask for in his next contract and that itself is risky considering he is currently making 3.2 million. Even I will admit that some of the Pettersson proposed trades have been somewhat unreasonable. Everyone is cap constrained right now due to the flat cap and teams will be more hesitant than usual to take up this type of contract.