In all my years of being a hockey fan, I can only remember Keith Tkachuk going back with the Blues after getting traded to the Thrashers at the deadline. That's off my head though, there might have been one or two more. It's definitely very rare.
It rarely happens that a team trade a player and the team wants him back the year after or that the players wants to return to there.
Our very own Tomas Plekanec as well, but he was pretty well finished by that point.
Would that be such a bad thing? He seems like he fits in well with the team, he's producing without taking prime ice time away from a young guy, he's got cup winning experience which is always a plus, and simply looks like a good vet. Now obviously he'll need to stay relatively healthy, continue to be relatively productive, and I also want to see his leadership during our inevitable losing streaks. So yeah it's way too early to make a decision on re-signing him, but no reason to not keep an open mind at this point in time.
I immediately think of Chiarot when it comes to Pearson lol
Damn it, you're right, I forgot that one, It's way more recent too, goes to show how my brain works I guess
It's all about if a contender needs certain elements at the TDL and Pearson seems to be the best player available that has those elements. Or better if there appears to be a few teams that want what he brings to the table, teams know they'll have to outbid the rest. We'll see where things stand at the TDL. But if his production is good, and what he brings is "in", you never know.
He only did that once, he's usually around 15 GB oal mark. Hope the surgery made his shot better. Might get good asset for him at deadline.
There's a case to be made for Moneyhands, not for Pearson
Really depends what we could get for Monahan even. If we can get a 1st round pick, I strongly consider moving him. Anything less and I would lean more towards re-signing (ideally in the 3-4 year range and not more).
I believe I said after the game he did play with them during the preseason that I could see it being a thing fairly quickly in the season. Style wise and size wise he's a good fit for the two young guys and they'll probably want to leave Monahan as a center, so he won't be an option. It's not ideal but guys like Anderson and RHP just aren't cutting it right now.
He was rusty in the first two games and he's not that fast of a skater, but he's been a solid vet so far. He's an upgrade over Hoffman, Drouin and Dadonov from last season. He seems to have found chemistry with Gallagher as well and having fun.
Yup he's going to be solid for us but he isn't going to match Monahan in impact and he'll be of interest to teams because I think he'll be valued at a 2nd and not a 1st (id love to be wrong)
Marc Denis said that the NHL didn't want fighting after a big hit/boarding anymore. In other words, not more fighting to protect yourself, just fighting for the show.
