I'm wondering why Stan resigned Perlini. They had already acquired Nylander before resigning Perlini and we all knew Nylander was going to get a long look. They had already drafted Dach and I think it was generally accepted Dach was going to at least get his 9 game trial. If Dach gets sent to juniors, will Perlini start getting ice time?
That makes me wonder what the plans for Perlini were when he was resigned. Surely the plans weren't to keep him on the bench.
injuries. They determined they needed more depth and with the way injuries can happen any game I think they are just utilizing Dach's 9 games, and not looking further than that. In that time an injury is likely, and you move forward with the players they have.
I am surprised they are so high on Gilbert, but kudos to him beating out Dahlstrom for that spot.
Koekkoek/Gus/Perlini all look expendable at this point and can be replaced with more well rounded players.
Perlini has no leverage in this situation and his agent is just doing his job. He can't earn a better paycheck if he isn't playing.
As for the Hawks...why wouldn't they re-sign him? He had no leverage, he couldn't command more than minimum, and was just a RFA...he belongs to us.
With any luck they will be able to showcase him a bit for a short term and get something back if they can produce a good points/game line to give some teams hope.
Currently Nylander has been gotten to, imo. This "showcase" for him has seemingly transformed his effort and we are seeing a more willing player sacrificing himself. I wasn't sure he was going to make it, but now I see his potential to be more than Perlini as his mind is catching up to the game and allowing his body to act quickly.
Even if Nylander goes down for a minute to retain both Perlini and Dach, its my opinion this experience polished him up a bit and he will be back soon.
