2023 Off-Season Thread

[Anybodyhome]

10 minutes ago, DavidEng said:

Also this-combined with other things said in the interview it seems to me that if Canes do sign Karlsson, they trade a D man and likely don’t sign DeAngelo. There’s only so much money.

 

Not to mention how many D-men do you want on the roster?

[MillionDollarCam]

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.

Edited July 2, 2023 by MillionDollarCam

[DavidEng]

26 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

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.

Walt wasn’t the only guy talking about the “in principle” agreement on DeAngelo. Did you read the Waddell interview transcript? This is what gives me doubts they can keep Tony if they get Karlsson (and they would be way over cap without more than one D man trade).

[MillionDollarCam]

12 minutes ago, DavidEng said:

Walt wasn’t the only guy talking about the “in principle” agreement on DeAngelo. Did you read the Waddell interview transcript? This is what gives me doubts they can keep Tony if they get Karlsson (and they would be way over cap without more than one D man trade).

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.

Edited July 2, 2023 by MillionDollarCam

[DavidEng]

16 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

I think at the end he sums up. 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.

With a $11.5 million AAV on Karlssons contract more than one change would have to happen, that’s for sure. Trades, TDA not picked up, retained salary, etc. Canes have around 2.8 million in cap space left (per Cap Friendly) before picking up TDA (2.5 mil if 50% retained by the Flyers).

Edited July 2, 2023 by DavidEng

[MillionDollarCam]

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.

[Harbingers]

This is why I don’t think bunting will be a permanent fixture on 3. It’s gotta be either 2 or 4. Probably 2.

[MillionDollarCam]

3 hours ago, Harbingers said:

This is why I don’t think bunting will be a permanent fixture on 3. It’s gotta be either 2 or 4. Probably 2.

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.

[Harbingers]

1 minute ago, MillionDollarCam said:

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 think he’s going to be 2 and per game we either put TT with Aho or drop him to 4. 

[MillionDollarCam]

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.

 

 

Edited July 2, 2023 by MillionDollarCam

[USDepartmentOfSavagery]

2 hours ago, MillionDollarCam said:

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.

 

 

Jarvis will score 60+ points this year. 

[MillionDollarCam]

1 minute ago, USDepartmentOfSavagery said:

Jarvis will score 60+ points this year. 

We need that!

[carpanfan96]

Yea I think Bunting almost has to be on line 1 or 2. I still expect movement with Pesce or Skjei though. No way they pay 7.75 for 3rd pairing. 

[carpanfan96]

Add to the above, rumor is the Hurricanes have talked about getting DeBrincat. So in on Karlsson and DeBrincat right now and both would need to involve players going out.