Hurricanes Trade Victor Rask for Wild's Niederreiter

[The_Light_Brigade]

https://www.canescountry.com/2019/1/17/18187262/carolina-hurricanes-trade-victor-rask-minnesota-wild-acquire-nino-niederreiter-nhl

Solid trade.  Nino has been a little inconsistent at times but at least he has all of his fingers. 

[MillionDollarCam]

Great trade as Rask had become useless but I can’t help but think that this means Ferland is out the door.

It’ll be interesting to see how they line up tomorrow.

My guess is:

Niederreiter/ Aho/ Teravainen

Ferland/ Wallmark/ Svechnikov

McGinn/ McKegg/ Williams

Foegele/ Bishop/ Martinook

Maenalanen

 

[The_Light_Brigade]

It's a win for sure. We've got cap room, idk why it's so hard to sign Ferland. My guess is Dundon isn't as open with his wallet as he said he was going to be. Not that I want to throw money all over but to me he's better all around than Lindholm and from what I understand they're comparable as far as market value. 

If Ferland doesn't want to be here then it's hard to sign him. I have a feeling he'll get moved but something also tells me Hamilton will go too. 

[MillionDollarCam]

I like the trade.

Rask had become hard to watch and though he missed all of the preseason and the beginning of the regular season he had been trending downwards since last year. He’s a defensive centerman who needs highly skilled wingers to look like an affective offensive player and he’s a poor skater.

Niederreiter plays a power forward’s game and is a solid skater. He reminds me of what we wanted Zykov to be. At worst he’s a third line winger who can get you 15 goals a season.

[MillionDollarCam]

Nino with two goals so far tonight against Edmonton.

[backINblack28]

On 1/17/2019 at 8:09 PM, The_Light_Brigade said:

It's a win for sure. We've got cap room, idk why it's so hard to sign Ferland. My guess is Dundon isn't as open with his wallet as he said he was going to be. Not that I want to throw money all over but to me he's better all around than Lindholm and from what I understand they're comparable as far as market value. 

If Ferland doesn't want to be here then it's hard to sign him. I have a feeling he'll get moved but something also tells me Hamilton will go too. 

Because they just extended Tuevo and Aho's is coming and will be more expensive.  Ferland is good and a type of player we need but we still have a surplus of defense (Fluery, Faulk, Bean, Pesce, Hamilton) that we could turn into top tier scoring as well and Ferland is not worth what he's asking..at least not when you consider it'd be right up there with TT/Aho.

[MillionDollarCam]

Two more goals tonight for Nino, that’s four in four and 13 total which is second on the team.