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Kochetkov is headed back to Chicago to help the Wolves win the Calder Cup.

Now it will definitely take more… it would have to be Necas, Raanta (for cap reasons), a first round pick, a second round pick, and probably B+ prospect (Suzuki, Rees, or Koivunen).

Forwards are definitely a concern but I think the Canes made their bed when they elected to give Kotkaniemi an eight year extension. He’s getting paid like a good 3C which he probably will be, but because of additional needs, he might need to play 2C next year. An elite goal scorer is a need for this team so Gaudreau or Forsberg should be on our short list but if we add them and then resign Nino to a team friendly discount ($5.25) and then sign TDA to a team friendly discount ($4.5M) then we’ve exhausted all our cap depending on what we do with Necas.

Well RBA isn’t going to come out and grill his own players, he’s not that type of coach and never has been. Bear could hardly crack the lineup during the regular season and didn’t even sniff the lineup during the playoffs. Using Lorentz as an example just furthers my point, he played him when he had to… he never had to play Bear and he still doesn’t as we can upgrade that position. Cole was horrible and Smith was meh and yet Bear still couldn’t get a shot. Bear’s QO would be $2.5M and I can damn well guarantee you that the Canes won’t pay that in the current situation they are in regarding the cap. Chatfield showed that he’s ready and can play in the league so he should be up next year and at the very least Keane can serve an extra. However, you don’t want to set Chatfield up to fail by pairing him with a poor line mate. It’s time to upgrade the defense again with a top four defenseman. Slavin - Pesce ??? - TDA Skjei - Chatfield Personally I think we should have traded Necas for Chychrun during the season and I definitely think we need to revisit now.

That top four just isn’t good enough. Skjei regressed as the season went on and TDA is ideally a second paring defenseman. The Canes need another top four defenseman, plain and simple. Also, which experts? It appears that RBA doesn’t disagree with me.

Bear was and is awful, there’s a reason he didn’t play in the postseason, the Canes desperately need another top four defenseman.

Tepper is a fugging idiot.

Uhhhh… what the hell is going on.

Johnny Hockey would be a great add but he’s going to command a lot of money that would likely price us out creating a competitive roster. A lot depends on KK, they need him to develop into a 60 point two way center that can play in the top six. If he doesn’t then we could be in trouble next year as I don’t think we can afford a player like Johnny Hockey and a 2C. Keep in mind, the Hurricanes will also need a 3LW, and a 4LW. They’ll also need to resign TDA and ideally upgrade the top four (I’d do it via trade). Svechnikov - Aho - Teravainen Gaudreau (FA) - Kotkaniemi - Jarvis Niederreiter (FA) - Staal - Fast Aston-Reese (FA) - Drury - Martinook Noesen (FA) Slavin - Pesce Chychrun (Trade) - DeAngelo (FA) Skjei - Chatfield Keane (FA) Andersen Kochetkov - The SAT line that had a lot of success is reunited. - An elite winger in Gaudreau is added and Kotkaniemi is elevated to 2C. Hopefully playing with Gaudreau and Jarvis would allow him to develop into two-way sixty point player. - Nino takes a team friendly deal and is brought back. - The Canes add grit in Aston-Reese and Drury is elevated from Chicago. The Canes also bring back Stefan Noesen who lit it up in Chicago this past year and can fill in for Aston-Reese. - Slavin and Pesce are reunited. - The Canes ship Necas, Raanta, a first round pick, and a B+ prospect like Jamieson Rees for Jakob Chychrun and DeAngelo is resigned. - Chatfield is brought up from Chicago - Keane is resigned to be the 7th defenseman. - Kochetkov replaces Raanta In: Gaudreau, Niederreiter, Aston-Reese, Drury, Noesen, Chychrun, DeAngelo, Chatfield, Keane, Kochetkov Out: Trocheck, Necas, Domi, Lorentz, Stepan, Bear, Cole, Smith, Raanta This would likely take the Canes all the way to the $82.5M salary cap.

If everyone plays their natural side it would look like: Slavin - Pesce Chychrun - TDA Skjei - Chatfield And Gardiner is going to have to go back to LTIR for the last year of his contract or we ship him out and unfortunately attach a pick to him to get him off our books.

In the NHL, you can trade an RFA’s rights. Essentially Carolina would work a deal with Arizona for Chychrun and behind the scenes Arizona would agree to a contract with Necas. Carolina would then trade Necas’ rights for Chychrun and then Arizona would sign Necas to a contract while avoiding any sort of offer sheet nonsense.

I’d like to see… Svechnikov - Aho - Turbo ($21,610,250 cap hit) Forsberg (FA) - Kotkaniemi - Jarvis ($14,714,167 cap hit) Niederreiter (FA) - Staal - Fast ($13,250,000 cap hit) Deslauriers (FA) - Drury - Martinook ($3,625,000 cap hit) Slavin - Pesce ($9,325,000 cap hit) Chychrun (Trade) - Skjei ($9,850,000 cap hit) Chatfield - DeAngelo ($4,762,500 cap hit) Andersen ($4,500,000 cap hit) Kochetkov ($842,500 cap hit) - Reunite the SAT line - Forsberg adds a young scoring threat and playmaker to our roster. KK would have to be the second line center in order to afford someone like Forsberg. With KK’s cap hit, he realistically needs to be the 3C at the very minimum anyway - Nino takes a team friendly deal to come back to Carolina - Drury is elevated to the NHL and we sign Deslauriers to be the sandpaper that this team desperately needs - Reunite Slavin and Pesce - Trade Necas and picks/prospects for Chychrun - Resign TDA, and elevate Chatfield - Andersen returns as the starter and Kochetkov is elevated

Lots of question marks… UFA’s - Domi, Nino, Trocheck, Stepan, Cole, Smith, and DeAngelo (according to the Canes contract chart, TDA is a UFA not an RFA) RFA’s - Lorentz, Necas, Bear

Kinda wonder what would have happened if Raanta didn’t get hurt. Raanta hasn’t been good but not sure that New York gets 5.

Our star players needed to play like stars and unfortunately they didn’t. It’s going to be interesting to see what the team looks like next year.

You have to think DeAngelo’s price might be going down which could be helpful.

Apparently Kochetkov might not be the answer

And a win is a win… I’d rather win 2-1 than lose 4-0.

Lol what? They have a 100 point player in Stamkos, Kucherov can get going at any time, and Point is the most underrated player in the league (though he’s currently injured, but may return).

Their defense is severely underrated.

It doesn’t matter if it’s PP exclusive, special teams wins in the NHL playoffs. If they get four power plays and score on two of them then they have a good chance to win cause they have an elite goalie. And let’s be real, their third line isn’t elite like it used to be but Colton and Perry have been good and if Hagel gets going then they are going to be scary. They also have Maroon who can handle anyone in the NHL physically. They average 3.27 GF while only giving up 2.46 GA (best in the playoffs outside of Dallas). Tampa is winning the cup, you can take it to the bank.

Tampa’s offense is significantly better than ours and Pittsburgh’s and Vas is one of if not the best goalie in the league. Tampa in 6.

Tampa is gonna wreck New York so whatever.

See you guys next year.