Quoting: akuzy
pearson isn't the best choice but he was pretty good in the top 6 this year and the second is tampa bay's in a weaker draft class
He could have been helpful during the rebuild but now it's way too late to acquire him
This is what they have currently :
Tkachuk - Norris - Batherson
Formenton - Stutzle - Brown
Joseph - Pinto - White
Kelly - Kastelic - Watson
Gambrell
With Angus Crookshank, Ridly Greig, Viktor Lodin, Roby Jarventie and Egor Sokolov (mainly) pushing for spots.
They want to acquire a Top-6 forward (winger) to play with Stutzle, ideally a LW to push Formenton on the 3rd line to have a great Top-9. I guess they could then buy out White, save his salary and move Joseph to that spot
If they buy out White, they're not going to acquire Pearson.