Yet your post is considerably better than average VAN fans posts are.

DAL doesn't really need Poolman though, and Pearson's tad overvalued.

Poolman is a head scratcher, I had no clue what to do with him.

Kings are not taking on Pearson 2.0

Nice try, but a few too many misses here. The Calgary deal is really a non starter

I think Monahan could have a bounce back yr now that he has the surgeries out of the way, and with only one yr left on his contract there really isnt any risk in giving him a look. Realisticly I actually think Calgary should keep him and see if he can turn it around.

$4mm is a lot of money for a hope bet

There's absolutely no need for Tanner Pearson 2.0, with our overabundance of wingers looking for playing time behind Kempe, Moore and Arvidsson (Iafallo, Grundstrom, Kaliyev, Vilardi, Kupari and potentially Turcotte, because Byfield and Lizotte have the #3 and #4 C slots locked up).

Kings don't need Pearson again

Well they certainly dont now with the Fiala trade.