It's apparently been GM by committee for a while now, with Tulsky and Darren Yorke making a lot of the calls. Tulsky has been behind a lot of the Canes drafting success so for that aspect I'm not too concerned. Other organizations have been trying to poach Tulsky away, so the Canes may have let Waddell walk in order to create space for Tulsky to be their full time GM.

Tulsky is kind of an interesting story. He has a PhD in Chemistry from Harvard. He started out as a Flyers fan blogger in the early 2010s, got hired as an analyst in 2014, worked his way up to Assistant GM and now he's a full GM of an NHL team. Who knows, maybe the GM of a cup winning team in 2040 is posting ****ty Marner trade proposals on this website right now.

Yeah, terrible timing for contract dates by the organization (should have amended dates prior 110%) esp. w/ draft on "short final"!!

I believe Waddell's contract was up, not necessarily odd assuming he/Carolina wanted to move on

Waddell gone, Tulsky interim Gm (probably will get the full time job)

I was thinking Hronek could look good in Toronto but now today Vancouver fans are all simultaneously pointing out he hid from the media all year and seemed petulant this one time he was drug in front of them.

So he’s probably not a good fit for Toronto.

I don’t blame these dudes for not liking interviews and stuff but for big bucks top pairing d money you gotta go do that and not be whiny about it. It’s just hard to look at and think; yeah, I really want that in my leadership core. Bouwemeister was about a perfect example of dude who seemed to hate it but went and did it occasionally and it was fine, never whiny, always kind and interesting, and he was helped that his market would totally leave him alone, 3 months passing with him avoiding the camera.

Hronek gonna end up in some mid tier franchise I guess. Columbus defense revamp number 8. Utah? Maybe Utah. It would be interesting to chart the careers of guys traded by Steve Y. I’m lazy.

Can we stop with the Necas for Matheson trades please. There is absolutely zero chance Matheson replicates the ridiculous offensive season he just had plus he’s 30 years old

Canes in general have Orlov and Slavin on the left arguably what they need is a RD considering Pesce and Chatfield are UFA's leaving just burns

Slavin-Burns
Orlov-?
?-?

Scott Morrow and bring back Chatfield

Projections have Chatfield at a contract that to me you move on from as near 4m for him is a tad to much for him

Yeah I don’t see him getting that much nor do I see him playing as well outside Carolina’s system

League did what it could to get the rangers to tie the series. They were completely outmatched this game

Can we stop with the Necas for Matheson trades please. There is absolutely zero chance Matheson replicates the ridiculous offensive season he just had plus he’s 30 years old

I do agree that Necas for Matheson trades are weird, however, Matheson was on a 58 point pace in 22-23 and had 62 this past year, Matheson can replicate his success, especially if he continues to be trusted with the 1D time he's getting in Montreal

They should definitely trade him now since his value is at an all time high, though I don’t know if they want to go with basically all kids on the blue line

Montreal is likely keeping Matheson since him and Savard are the only vets (okay technically we have Kovacevic who's 26 but he has 2 NHL seasons under his belt). I think Savard might be gone at the TDL but Matheson is likely finishing his contract in MTL, there's no way we're running an all young blue line, that's just a recipe for disaster

League did what it could to get the rangers to tie the series. They were completely outmatched this game

Will you trade us back Justin Barron then since he's buried on the depth chart and we'll send you Oskar Olausson?

Habs have top 5 in the league blueline depth as far as "futures" are concerned. Xhekaj vs Struble for 7th d-man next year if Mailloux and Hutson both make the team as expected. Barron only has a shot if Savard is traded but then it is just a placeholder until Reinbacher arrives.

Konyushkov, Norlinder, and Engström have a lot of talent to leapfrog or push to get roles in the future; but contract timing might help them down the road.

Who do you think is going to be the 2nd pair: Hutson-Savard or Guhle-Savard?

League did what it could to get the rangers to tie the series. They were completely outmatched this game

Yeah. Florida is the favorite still for good reason.

What is the value of Anthony Cirelli in a trade do you think?

26 years old (will turn 27 during off-season), 7 x $6,250,000 contract remaining. Consistent 0.5 ppg player with high defensive acumen (2 time top 5 Selke voting).

Is he worth multiple 1st round picks in a trade?

Dallas are some kind of robot comic villain. The longer they play you the more likely they'll beat you. You gotta put them down early. Edmonton in 5 or Dallas in 6/7

This is Dallas playing without Roope Hintz too...

Hintz coming back? I miss him.