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2023 Off-Season Thread

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5 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

I asked because im not really a diehard NHL fan. I support the Canes because it's Carolina. I always wondered who was the next big thing after Wayne Gretzky.

 

I remember hearing Crosby name back in the day. Lil Wayne famously used him in a rap lyric. It was crazy hearing a NHL player mentioned in a rap song.

People were hyping up McDavid since he was 13 years old, there’s YT videos of him training at like 12.

In his draft year he put up 120 points in 47 games in arguably the best junior hockey league in the world.

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How would everyone feel about trading futures, prospects, etc. for EK and then flipping Pesce for a forward?

Adam Gold mentioned something today on the Pesce front that caught my eye. It seems that money might not be the issue but rather term. He speculates that the Canes don’t want to give Pesce a seven or eight year deal that will run him to 38 and would be more inclined to take EK for four years.

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7 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

People were hyping up McDavid since he was 13 years old, there’s YT videos of him training at like 12.

In his draft year he put up 120 points in 47 games in arguably the best junior hockey league in the world.

Shoot McDavid was so good that he put up 60+ points as a 15 year old and then followed that up with nearly 100 at 16. 

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1 minute ago, MillionDollarCam said:

How would everyone feel about trading futures, prospects, etc. for EK and then flipping Pesce for a forward?

Adam Gold mentioned something today on the Pesce front that caught my eye. It seems that money might not be the issue but rather term. He speculates that the Canes don’t want to give Pesce a seven or eight year deal that will run him to 38 and would be more inclined to take EK for four years.

Would not be opposed at all 

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37 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

How would everyone feel about trading futures, prospects, etc. for EK and then flipping Pesce for a forward?

Adam Gold mentioned something today on the Pesce front that caught my eye. It seems that money might not be the issue but rather term. He speculates that the Canes don’t want to give Pesce a seven or eight year deal that will run him to 38 and would be more inclined to take EK for four years.

EK comes with a hefty $11.5 mil cap hit for the next 4 years, not sure how that works for extending aho and other spots we need to fill. I wouldn’t pay it for defense. He’s not any better skilled player than Svech who we extended 8 years at $7.75 mil.

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EK comes with a hefty $11.5 mil cap hit for the next 4 years, not sure how that works for extending aho and other spots we need to fill. I wouldn’t pay it for defense. He’s not any better skilled player than Svech who we extended 8 years at $7.75 mil.

San Jose would have to retain 50% and we might even have to have another team come in and retain an additional 25%. Don’t think we could afford the cap hit unless a minimum of 50% was retained.

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9 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

San Jose would have to retain 50% and we might even have to have another team come in and retain an additional 25%. Don’t think we could afford the cap hit unless a minimum of 50% was retained.

Granted he had a great season in goals and assists and won the Norris trophy as best defenseman,  but the 4 years prior he only played in 50+ games each season, with far fewer goals and points, injuries? Seems a risk like Pacioretti. 

https://www.nhl.com/player/erik-karlsson-8474578

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Granted he had a great season in goals and assists and won the Norris trophy as best defenseman,  but the 4 years prior he only played in 50+ games each season, with far fewer goals and points, injuries? Seems a risk like Pacioretti. 

https://www.nhl.com/player/erik-karlsson-8474578

True, injury history is a big concern with EK.

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With all our cap space I really want to see the money go to our biggest weakness - offensive line scoring. If we don’t fix that we’ll never win a Stanley Cup. Our goalies were good enough this season and our defense was excellent. We just couldn’t score against good goalies. And we have to have insurance against injuries like we had with Svech and Pacci.

Extend Aho, pick up just one more scorer, get good goalies in place (resign or trades or UFAs  etc).  All I ask haha.

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5 hours ago, DavidEng said:

With all our cap space I really want to see the money go to our biggest weakness - offensive line scoring. If we don’t fix that we’ll never win a Stanley Cup. Our goalies were good enough this season and our defense was excellent. We just couldn’t score against good goalies. And we have to have insurance against injuries like we had with Svech and Pacci.

Extend Aho, pick up just one more scorer, get good goalies in place (resign or trades or UFAs  etc).  All I ask haha.

 I fully agree that our biggest weakness is offensive line scoring and needs addressed..

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