Fuuuuuuuuture

Pass on both of those trades. Kuemper will be fine next season once the Caps team is good and he has a restart.

Bear is also good. Sucks he's in the program but he's too good to pay to trade away.

I should rephrase: I'm okay with trading either, I'm not okay trading away very important 2nd round picks for someone to take them.

Do you think Chicago didn’t see the media release yesterday? Nobody is trading for a player who literally just entered the player’s assistance program.

The people on this site never fail to amaze.

Kuzy went into the program twice. Was literally traded like a week after he got out of it the 2nd time.

There in lies the difference, one guy is going in, the other coming out… what if the gut going in can not recover from his demons? Additionally, Carolina is taking a low cost gamble that a proven veteran with a history of playoff success can push them over the top. Bear is a third pair, depth d-man who isn’t really a difference maker, so why take the chance?

Bear is a 2nd pair guy. But yeah if he doesn't come out, obviously no one would trade for him. Think the assumption here is he does come out.