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Echoing the sentiment that I don’t want DeBrincat. Good player but we have enough small players.

He might stick but if he doesn’t play consistently then the Canes need to find a spot for him to play this year. It would not be helpful for him to just sit in the press box.

Capfriendly has Rees, Ponomarev, and Suzuki on the roster, take them off and The Canes have closer to $5M in cap space. Not to mention, Mendel signed an ELC and all ELC’s are two-ways, the Canes will find a place for him to play and he won’t count against the cap.

I thought as far as a USMNT game goes the atmosphere looked great, albeit I was watching from my couch.

It was pretty damn funny to watch guys play long balls and the ball just checkup. The ball barely rolled unless guys absolutely drilled their passes.

So I’ve seen a few interesting tidbits. - In regards to Orlov, his camp actually reached out to us. Pretty crazy how far we’ve come where top end guys now want to play for us. - The Canes among other teams are pissed out how little the cap rose this year and they are trying the best they can to add more pieces. - The Canes were in on Bertuzzi, and it may have been a similar deal to what he got in Toronto. There also may still be interest in Tarasenko.

Agreed, I’m tired of rushing our guys. Freddie gets a lot of poo for sitting out but that man is the poster child for coming back when he feels he’s ready. And it paid off during the playoffs, he was great.

No worries, now if the cap doesn’t go up like everyone expects then next year gets crazy. Apparently teams (Carolina included) are already pissed it only went up $1M this season.

It’s not counting on your defense to score, it’s wanting your defense to be able to score. I don’t know if Skjei will ever have a season like he did last year again and Pesce isn’t exactly an offensive defenseman. The hope is that if you put an offensive defenseman with a defensive defenseman that they will balance each other out. Karlsson and TDA should also help the PP because they are elite puck movers. The fanbase has been going bat poo crazy over our dumpy power play for the past year, well Karlsson and TDA should be able to help that.

Aho is already under contract this year so this years cap space doesn’t matter, it’s next years that we are looking at. Teuvo comes off the board next year and the cap is projected to rise by about $4M. So there’s Aho’s $9.5M.

Agreed but they have a type that are after.

Domi off to Toronto with Bertuzzi.

I think it’s obvious what the Canes are doing. We need more offense and defensemen spend more time on the ice than forwards, it’s just a fact. If you have a guy like Burns, Karlsson, and DeAngelo on each pairing then you have a guy that can get you 50 points. Those three aren’t exactly stalwarts defensively but the hope is that if you pair them with a Slavin, Orlov, and Chatfield that they will be successful. GMDW has done a good job of reworking the team so if we acquire both Karlsson and TDA, I’ll hold my judgment until I see what the team looks like on opening night.

Just did a little more math on it and I guess the Canes could make it work. Without Rees, Ponomarev, and Suzuki counting toward the cap, the Canes have around $5.3M in cap space. If we got Karlsson at $6.5M and Pesce was included in the deal then we’d have $2.8M in cap space left. The Canes could then complete the TDA deal and then move Skjei for forward help or move him for picks and prospects and then sign Tarasenko with a $5M AAV. The Canes would also probably need to pull Coghlan’s QO so that we’d have around $1M to play with in regards to call-ups. The Canes could also put Svechnikov on LTIR to start the season so that Rees, Ponomarev, and Suzuki can all suit up for the Canes if need be. The following team would have about $1M in cap space for call-up’s: Bunting - Aho - Tarasenko Svechnikov - Kotkaniemi - Necas Martinook - Staal - Fast Noesen - Drury - Teravainen Slavin - Burns Orlov - Karlsson Chatfield - TDA Andersen Raanta

So San Jose is willing to retain $3M on Karlsson. Just my own speculation but I doubt the Hurricanes want Karlsson at more than $6.5M. So either 1) San Jose would have to retain more or 2) the Canes would need to find a third team and 3) Pesce would definitely be included in the deal. Karlsson at $6.5M would effectively take up all of our cap space and we could no longer add TDA. Additionally, we probably couldn’t add another forward because Skjei would be needed since we wouldn’t be able to acquire TDA, meaning we couldn’t trade Skjei for forward help. The team would probably be: Bunting - Aho - Jarvis Svechnikov - Kotkaniemi - Necas Martinook - Staal - Fast Noesen - Drury - Teravainen Rees/Ponomarev/Suzuki Slavin - Burns Orlov - Karlsson Skjei - Chatfield Coghlan Andersen Raanta Kochetkov

De Haan to Tampa

Saw a report that the offer sheet would be for the full MLE. Looks like this might happen.

We need that!

Anyone going to the game tonight? You’ll get to see a natural phenomenon, grass BofA.

This is what you get from Bunting. If the plan is to use him next to Aho like Toronto did next to Matthews then we are looking at (as of now): Bunting - Aho - Jarvis Svechnikov - Kotkaniemi - Necas Martinook - Staal - Fast Noesen - Drury - Teravainen Rees/Ponomarev/Suzuki Slavin - Burns Skjei - Pesce Orlov - Chatfield Coghlan Andersen Raanta Kochetkov This team could be good, a lot would depend on Teravainen bouncing back and Drury and Jarvis really stepping up. If Drury doesn’t play at a 30 point pace this year then I think you need to give Ponomarev a shot at 4C and consider moving Drury.

Could be right, he did spend a lot of time next to Matthews and was basically the guy that stirred poo up and jumped in when people were trying to rough up Matthews a bit.

I’m not sure how everyone else feels but I enjoyed our day. Getting Freddie and Raanta to take hometown discounts was great. Getting the number one guy on the board in Orlov was fantastic, he’ll be a great bridge to Nikishin. Adding Bunting and his grit was much needed as well.

I think at the end he sums it up well. They’ve got time to figure it out. It doesn’t sound like they’ll back out of the TDA just because they get EK. However, if they get EK and have been unable to move other guys out to create room then they may have to put the TDA deal on the shelf.

Canes really pushing hard on Karlsson right now, but one of Pesce or Skjei has to go and maybe both depending on this TDA thing. But I won’t complain about adding a 100 point defenseman as long as he’s healthy. I’m hesitant to write the TDA deal off even if we acquire Karlsson due to the fact that the Canes PR guy, Walt Ruff, posted a piece on the deal. You don’t let your PR guy do that if you are going to back out.

Depends on retainment lol TDA coming in takes up all the cap space, to fit Karlsson in he’d need to be at 4.025M and Pesce would be shipped out to neutralize the cap, then Skjei would have to be traded for picks and prospects and Tarasenko would have to sign for Skjei’s cap hit of 5.025M. Possible, but more so while playing NHL24 on the PS5 than in real life.