Edited Jul. 24, 2023 at 4:31 p.m.
Not at this Deal. They won't send Pesce to SJ, he'll go somewhere else.
Necas most likely stays.
They'd deal Teravainen somewhere most likely to also free up space.
Which at that point they can probably send picks and prospects for EK.
I don't follow the canes much, but I guess to me it hinges on Pesce. If they decide to keep him they're 100% out on EK then.
Canes will have a lot of heavy FAs next season if they keep Pesce. Personally if i'm them i'd figure out how to keep Pesce.. If you can work on sitting down Pesce, Skjei, Drury, Jarvis, Aho, Teravainen and say "hey, we have a real chance here with this core, are guys willing to knock a $1M off their AAV to keep everyone together?"
That core is so good, feel like it could compete the next 3-5 years without question.