PNW_PantherMan

Yea Ghost was really disappointing last year

He'd have been more valuable in that scenario, but I'd rather have someone else.

KK is what happens when these contracts don’t pan out. Not terrible but hard to move.

Yea absolutely. I was mostly referring to locking him in for 8 years.

Not sure how to feel about KAndre Miller. Could be a great signing but it could also be pretty bad. I like that he’s only 25. I assumed he was older because he’s been around for years now.

It’s not a secret when you get undressed in the conference championship. Every front office is aware of how bad he was.

Everyone here wanted to ship him off after that lol

We got screwed by the cap going up too much. Our main attraction was money. But the cap going up more than expected means everyone has money. Front office has to lean into winning now and can’t afford to wait multiple offseasons hoping someone like mcdavid will sign I’m prepared to be whelmed

Rod is one of the attractions to the Hurricanes believe it or not. We all know Raleigh is a great town, but let's be honest. 90% of NHL'ers don't even know where North Carolina is on a map before they reach the pros. How many of the stars we're missing out on are winning Stanley Cups elsewhere?

Newton probably didn't proofread what ChatGPT generated for him lol

A DT that can play any position in the secondary will be useful.

As usual I know nothing about any of the prospects. I hope the guys we picked do well.

Burns sounds good as a Ghost replacement but not much else.

As much as the team likes Burns, I just don’t think it makes much sense. Not without at least one more move to ship Ghost off or something.

If Svech is being traded, the package coming back the other way would be worth it. I don't think our FO would do it otherwise.

Ok you've convinced me to go ahead and order my Hunter Renfrow jersey.

I always thought they should have one thing on highway etiquette and safety in the driver's ed programs. Doesn't even need to be on the actual exam. But if people just learned the basics at 15/16, after 10-20 years I think there would be enough of them on the road to help. Not just what the lanes are for but how to (and not to) drive with semi trucks.

Makes sense. Risk doesn't seem high as a pure salary dump, but it feels like maybe Las Vegas is stepping back from the ledge. I wouldn't mind giving up a pick or something but I'd hate to see someone like Blake going the other way to make it happen.

Either that or they're not feeling solid about acquiring Marner.

Not against a deal for Hertl. The contract length gives me some pause, but ~6.5MM AAV (after SJ retained %) probably isn't a big deal if we have some dead years at the end of that. But yeah, could potentially be another KK situation where we have a useless player stuck on our payroll if he falls off a cliff. If this is purely a salary dump and nothing of value goes the other way, I think it's probably worth that risk.

Short term would almost make Marner more appealing for me if I'm the Canes GM. If it doesn't work out, you're not stuck with some albatross contract. If it does workout, nobody's gonna be mad about winning a cup. Everyone loses pieces when that happens.

True but he wouldn't be the first physical C that falls off in his early 30's. Look at David Backes. https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/backeda01.html

Agree except Andre Johnson. I think he's higher on that list than Andre Johnson. Hall of Very Good Inductee. Everyone else, you can have it.

I didn't say he's a bad player. But he's signed through 36 years old. I just said I'm not sure about it.

We're not gonna win any FA sweepstakes so now we're trading for bad contracts? Not sure about this one.