If Pearson doesn't score seven goals in his first eight games again, he's fired.
Two half-seasons in Los Angeles are enough to get this guy to the number two spot.
As we move up the rankings, these articles always transition slowly from reviews of the prior year to previews of the year -- or career -- in store. We've given you a quality review of his season already, so we'll get to the question in everyone's mind: how is Pearson going to follow up a season in which he burned brightly before burning out?
Well, the preseason stats (0 goals, 4 assists) say that Pearson has reinvented himself as a pass-first winger!