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Forum: NHL TradesMar. 8 at 11:59 a.m.
Thread: (PIT/CAR) - Guentzel, Smith for Bunting, Koivunen, Ponomarev, Lucius, 2024 2nd (PHI), 2024 5th (CAR)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PurpleHippo</b></div><div>A 19 y/o at a PPG in the NCAA is alright, maybe a peak of being a middle-6 winger?
20 y/o at a PPG in Liiga is good IMO, with his stature of 5'11 I assume he may fill out but who knows. Again I'd say peaks mid-6.

Jake wasn't re-signing in Pitt and some other teams in on him (EDM, COL, VGK) all seem to have backed out, plus the injury I'd say dropped the price a bit.
I don't think anyone was trading their top prospects for him (outside of EDM who may have moved Holloway).

All of it combined I wasn't really sure why people on this site were expecting him to get an A+ Prospect and a 1st and +++ as he seems to want to test FA.
Maybe if there was a chance at an extension in place it becomes more lopsided (and who knows, maybe later today Carolina will come out with an extension for him and really rub in the victory here) but all I'm saying right now is that this wasn't a landslide.

Dubas did fine, Waddell did better. B- and A+ I'd say?</div></div>

It's way worse that a 160 pound guy is 5-11 than if he was 5-8. You can quote NCAA and Liiga stats all you like, but those are nowhere near rock solid proof of anything. They're still tiny wingers who don't skate that well or compete hard. And they're still mere piffle relative to the rest of the Carolina pool.

Dubas better pray that 1st comes through, because if not, he should be fired. From a cannon. As of today, he's nowhere near B- or even passing C. As of now, he got no 1st and nothing anywhere near an A prospect. He allowed Carolina to pile up nickels and dimes and wishes. That could get a small bump if the 1st comes through, but this was brutal asset management if two years of Bunting is the best thing he got - from in the division, no less.
Forum: NHL TradesMar. 8 at 10:26 a.m.
Thread: (PIT/CAR) - Guentzel, Smith for Bunting, Koivunen, Ponomarev, Lucius, 2024 2nd (PHI), 2024 5th (CAR)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PurpleHippo</b></div><div>To go against the grain here, <strong>Dubas said he wanted prospects and he got 2 good ones in Lucius and Koivunen</strong> while also getting a chance at a first.
Jake also wasn't re-signing in Pittsburgh, he could've (and maybe should've) gotten more but if I'm PITT I wouldn't be too upset with the return here.

Also don't forget Bunting isn't a half bad player, put him along side Sid and you might re-coup some costs.</div></div>

They weren't even top 5 prospects for Carolina. He got a plethora of "meh" picks and players and got nothing that is likely to ever make a difference at the NHL level while trading away a true 1st line player. Only hope is he returns to PIttsburgh in FA.
Forum: NHL SigningsMar. 2 at 12:25 p.m.
Thread: Vancouver Canucks signed Elias Pettersson (8 Years / $11,600,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Colonel_Green</b></div><div>The moral of the story is that bullying works.

A very good signing; I still don't understand why Canucks management felt the need to play urgent hardball here, though.</div></div>

Pettersson's position was to postpone any contract talks until next summer. Allvin was fine with it until he realized they are contenders now.

The team needs to know right away what will be their cap situation next year to add players with term at the next TDL. Thus the bullying:

1) They acquired Lindholm, who shows the will of the team to go all in, please pettey as a fellow swedish teammate and act as a replacement threat if a plan B is needed, plus ;
2) leaked rumors of a trade to Carolina to force him back to the negociation table.

And it worked since he's now resigned, for max term, under $12M and it's not summer yet.

Genius 4D chess moves