An Outsiders Vision - ANA

Necas for Z doesn’t make sense for ANA. Fill a hole on RW by opening one at LW with someone who also fills in really well at C whenever McT or Leo are injured. Necas is an absolute steal on his current deal, but will almost certainly be overpaid starting next year for the duration of his new contract. He has solid production, but all his advanced stats are very concerning. Im out on him for ANA, but totally the right move for CAR to shop him

Any top 6 RW on a 2 year deal is a good add. Thats the perfect amount of term for ANA

We could really use a better RD than Chat though. Roy from LA is my preference rn

On the RFAs let Grouxl walk. Possibly Jones. Lacombe costs more. And though I like Vaak, the team did seem to prefer Lindstrom

Positionally Gauthier on the wing with Leo is my guess

Zegras is a worse fit for the canes than necas. Zegras’ no defense approach is a no go for the Canes

Much better defensively that Necas

I am not saying Necas is like Dubois but I will say I think the scenario might be the exact same — he will be to expensive to trade for and then he will also be to expensive to resign. I don’t think either of those will match the production

Faksa could be interesting but I think I’d rather just resign Isac Lundeström to play 4C

Chatfield is not a top pairing defenseman, at all

The left side on defense is going to be super interesting imo

In what way?