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Caniac555

Hurricane Waddell
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Forum: Armchair-GMAug 13 at 9:41
Thread: Kessel
Yeah, I get it. I think they could find a creative way around this, but even with $1M in space to start the season, if they play the roster correctly, could still have a pretty decent amount of deadline cap space if necessary. Maybe not a large splash amount, but a depth add if necessary.

Also - let’s not kid ourselves…they are already spending an asset and bringing in a rental in this scenario, so what would be the appetite for the Canes to bring in another rental. Hockey deals would be more likely if needed that would include money going the other way likely.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>vikhodush</b></div><div>I like it but I’d ask for retention if we’re giving a first up even with Gardiner. I think it’s likely that he can be LTIR’d anyways so there’s not as much incentive to dump him. I get we don’t need retention in this scenario but to keep our options open during TDL it would be nice to have an extra 2-3M to play with.</div></div>
Forum: Armchair-GMAug 12 at 10:17
Thread: Svechnikov
<a href="/users/hockey247" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@hockey247</a> why are you the way you are?

Cheap and broke would be not spending money, like the Sabres. I’m not a fan of the way the Canes lost Nedeljkovic, nor am I shocked by the supposed final offer they gave to Dougie. Both offers were presented as the value they placed on those players. Both players were in the Canes organization for several years (3 for Dougie and 7 for Nedeljkovic), and the canes capped their expenditures on those players.

The Dougie contract was outrageous, so have been the recent rash of stupid crazy defenseman contracts handed out. Canes wanted no part of that. Dougie is a regular season player, not a playoff performer. Dougie’s points per game in the playoffs take a nose-dive, where other Canes players (Slavin/Pesce) see their points rise…why? That Dougie contract and it’s NMC NTC laden 9 AAV is going to look real silly in 3 years.