That is one expensive defensive corps.

Also, there arent going to be buyouts.

Wow next season you gonna lose Hamilton.

Even if both he and Svech take 10 mil we still have 7 mil+cap increase for like 6 players

Ideal and signing Vatanen do not belong in the same sentence

Says who? If it’s a flat cap the owners will push hard for buyouts. Cap struck teams won’t be able to retain key players without buyouts . If the season is canceled (which it will be), there will be buyouts

No need to sign Vantanen. Their D core is already very good

If there is a flat cap the players will exercise their escrow and it will increase

The idea for Vatanen is because he has not played a game for the Canes. Meaning they gave up Kuokkanen for nothing. Bringing Vatanen back makes the trade look better, provides a RHD man, which Carolina are quickly running out of, and a nicely balanced D corps. Vatanen isn't an ideal player, but he has his benefits offensively and on the powerplay.

Next season the Canes have 27 mil in cap space + the cap increase for 8 players. What the heck are you smoking? Dougie is staying in Carolina, it's a badly kept secret

I get that, but Carolina acquired Vantenen as a rental. There’s no need for him next season. I get they paid a good amount to acquire him, but that’s the reality of getting a rental player this season with corona virus. It sucks but that’s life. Carolina when healthy have no need for Sami.

Slavin-Hamilton
Skjei-Pesce
Gardiner- fleury/bean

Is a loaded D core

Gives you a LH-RH imbalance, and gives you an absolute turnstile of a 3rd pairing. Jake is great offensively, but Fleury has left more to be desired and Bean would be a rookie. The idea was to use Vatanen to allow the team to have 3RD and 3LD and then give someone like Bean a path into the D corps for the future while selling high on someone like Fleury who's had a great season, and still not likely to stick around. Carolina's D core is loaded either way, I just thought this was better asset management.