Quoting: BeterChiarelli
Khaira is in the top 10 for least goals against per 60min played on the penalty kill over the last 3 seasons. I said one of the best, not the best. Coupling that information with your assessment of Neiderreiter being a center and it's painfully obvious you have less than a clue as to what you're talking about.
And you did so in a manner that obliterates Carolina's chances of being a contending team after that season.
You're running what would be the weakest goaltending tandem in the league, arguably rushing Rees and Bokk into NHL employment, and entirely reliant on the UFA market to fill out the roster the following seasons. How do you replace Trocheck and Niederreiter next season? They either need a raise, you end up shopping for even more expensive replacements in July, or you replace them with lesser players to make up for the money pissed away earlier. You're assuming Carolina just moves on from Vatanen and wastes the assets they gave up for him. If Necas excels and is forced into the #2C role, he's going to demand a payday. Even if you move Gardiner and both Svechnikov and Hamilton don't require that much money, your iteration of the Hurricanes is in a bad, bad spot until the cap starts jumping up again.
The Hurricanes will be moving on from at least two players this season. My assumption is Gardiner and Niederreiter. They need the financial flexibility to improve their roster somehow and assuming ignorance to that issue doesn't improve their roster. The Hurricanes are set up to rule the Metropolitan division for the next half decade. I could live with a straight Puljujarvi for Nino swap, but I personally want more.
I must have missed the part where Russell produced nearly as much as Perreault did while playing defense. It's a swap of bad deals for both teams to improve on their areas of weakness. You're grossly over-exaggerating the difference between Matt and Kris.
No not really, especially considering that is an entirely unrealistically bad scenario... They can still move (and would before moving Nino) Skjei Gardiner, and at least one of Trocheck or Staal
Not really that weak, Ned is very very close to NHL ready now, that's with 1.5 more years of development, and Reimer has been a legit starting calibre goalie this yr, as I said in the description of your think I'm rushing prospects (I'm not rushing Bokk) replace them with one of Suzuki Drury or Puisola etc, or possibly the 2020 first depending on where it ends up and who they get, Trocheck can go, replaced by one of the kids at 3C, spend his money on Nino (who A. Probably won't get that large of a raise, and B. I thought his contract was another year) and use the rest+cap increase to resign Nec (and I wouldn't be surprised if there's another decent jump that year) the kids will be ready, you team has drafted spectacularly, and are great at developing, if not, move Staal and Geekie up, sign 2 4th liners that probably come in cheaper than the ELC's... They should move on from Vatanen, he's not good anymore and will get a ton of money, just cut your loses, even without moving Gards or Staal that version is really not in that bad of a spot, especially considering the fact that the cap is probably 3+ mil higher, Dougie probably gets 2-3 mil less and Svech probably gets 1-2 mil less (plus that's so far into the future... So much can happen, canes can trade up and draft another elite forward this draft, they could somehow miss and win the Raty lotto next year, hell they could even trade Aho after July 1 lmao, we don't know)... I would not do a 1 for 1 Nino for pool party and they don't really need to improve their roster from outside that much... They have the pieces already in the system, I'd much rather keep Nino and not go for a UFA (unless it's Hall or MAYBE Dadonov) than trade Nino and replace him with a worse and more overpaid player like you'd most likely find on July 1
Ig I forgot that Perrault is better defensively than Russell AS A FORWARD