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Waddell confirms the TDA deal.

Oh nice, you get to watch the Calder Cup run?

I think as we saw this past year, we don’t go hard at the deadline. If there’s a move to be made for a forward then it’ll be in the next couple weeks.

Just did a double check and he’s counted, even on cap friendly, at the top the project LTIR cap space is $0 and it shows Svech just on regular IR not LTIR.

I actually thought about that while watching the draft lol.

We need another 30 goal guy though, that’s for sure. We aren’t done with the forward group, I can guarantee you that.

He is being counted, he’s not on LTIR as of right now.

I think the fact that Svech is unlikely to be ready at the start of the season is another reason we aren’t done.

There’s something out there in left field for us, just like the Patches deal but hopefully this time it works out.

William Lagesson, who the Canes signed last year and spent all year in Chicago, is off to Toronto. One nice thing about not having an affiliate is we don’t have to sign a bunch of no names because we have nowhere for them to play next year lol.

Max is gone to Washington unfortunately.

I need forwards!!!! Lol

I’d bet my house that we aren’t done. Rod may be in charge of the team by Waddell isn’t stupid enough to sign a defenseman for $7.75M and have Rod play him on the bottom unit.

Orlov is only getting $7.75 because it’s a short deal and there’s no excuse for the Karlsson deal. In the NHL only guys like McDavid and Matthews should be making that much. As for Slavin, he’ll get $9.5M or $10M.

We aren’t going into games with all of these defenseman lol and TDA isn’t coming in to be a 7th defenseman. We have Slavin, Burns, Skjei, Pesce, Orlov, Chatfield, and potentially TDA. For starters, Orlov isn’t playing on the bottom pairing for $7.75AAV and TDA isn’t going to be the 7th defenseman. With the Orlov signing, Skjei is definitely getting moved for a forward and and if the Canes get Karlsson then Pesce is headed out too.

I don’t even know if San Jose has enough money to buy out the remainder of his contract lol.

They are going to have to retain something if they want to move him though, no one can take that cap hit for the next four years. It would cripple a franchise.

They can keep him then because no team is adding $11.5M to their books for the next four years. I’ll take a second line absolute beast of a shutdown pairing in Orlov and Pesce and flip Skjei for a forward.

They are going to have to, there’s not a team in the universe that can fit $11.5M in their cap for the next four years. They’ll end up retaining 35% and depending on who he goes to, a third time might have to come in and retain an additional third. I’d imagine San Jose doesn’t want to take a bunch of salary back so I don’t know how Pittsburgh is in the conversation since they have no cap space whatsoever. If Carolina were to acquire Karlsson then I think it would like like this: San Jose Receives - Picks, Prospects Third Team Receives - Pesce Carolina Receives - Karlsson, Picks from Third Team San Jose Would retain 35%, the third team would retain 35%, and Carolina would get Karlsson at $4.025M AAV over the next four years. $4.025 AAV is the contract that Pesce is currently on. San Jose probably doesn’t want salary back because they are in a rebuild so we give them picks and prospects and we give Pesce to a team that’s interested in him in exchange for taking on some of Karlsson’s salary. The deal could also be simplified if San Jose retained 50% on Karlsson. It would have to be something like Pesce and Drury for Karlsson and then San Jose could flip Pesce at the deadline for picks.

I actually think this is Nino’s replacement. We tried to sign Marchment last year and it didn’t work out, Bunting is a very similar player. The Canes brought in Patches to be their 30 goal scorer last year and it didn’t work out. I personally think there is another move for a top six forward.

Haliburton got the same deal and Melo is better than him. Haliburton set the market as soon as he got the max. Now every player better than him on their entry deal is all going to get the max.

Just my thought process. If we don’t get Karlsson then you ride out Pesce’s contract this year. Regardless, Skjei gets moved cause you don’t pay Orlov to play on the third pairing. So defensively I think we’re looking at: Slavin - Burns Orlov - Karlsson/Pesce Chatfield - TDA The 7th defenseman doesn’t really matter but maybe go pick up Marc Staal for cheap since he’s a lefty. In moving Skjei, I think you attach picks and prospects to him to get a 30 goal scorer. So my hypothetical team would be: Svechnikov - Aho - Jarvis Trade - Kotkaniemi - Necas Bunting - Staal - Fast Noesen - Martinook - Teravainen Drury Slavin - Burns Orlov - Karlsson/Pesce Chatfield - TDA Staal Andersen Raanta Kochetkov

It would be a complicated deal. 50% retained by San Jose and 25% retained by a third team. And from what I’ve seen it’s down to Pittsburgh or Carolina with Pittsburgh being the favorite.

Canes have seen a few guys head out. Zach Sawchenko headed to Vancouver MacKenzie MacEachern headed to St. Louis Max Pacioretty headed to Washington.

Hopefully not Pesce since Orlov is a LHD. Skjei should be on the move but Pesce could be headed out as well if we get Karlsson.