Lets Get Kraken
Joined: Apr. 2021
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Why are the Canes trading a legitimate top pairing RHD for a guy who is inconsistent and injury prone? I like Steel, but his best offensive pace season was his rookie year, when he was on pace for 41 points. His seasons since he has only had a point pace total of 27,23,23. I get the Canes need a top 6 LW, but they need to score, and Steel really hasn’t shown that in the NHL yet. Sure I could bet on him performing better offensively, but right now that is just a gamble with bad cards. Plus, a first rounder would have to be included if you want any chance of prying Bear out. At the very least, a package of Perrault and a 1st rounder would be the starting price. The canes would ask for Terry before asking for Perrault though.
The package for Chychrun is one of the better ones I have seen lately, but I would guess that Arizona wants the prospects to be of higher quality. I wouldn’t be surprised if Arizona is asking at least for McTavish over one of the prospects.