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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 5 at 5:06 p.m.

Thread: buch trades

I don't think Canes will trade Morrow. But they'd have to consider this. Buch on a line with Aho and Svech for this season and next?! That'd be fun. I suspect Blues would want the Canes first pick and I think that's still fair trade.

Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 5 at 11:48 a.m.

Thread: Upgrade Canes top 6

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac2000</b></div><div>I don't care, Brind'amour's known to be a TRASH game manager. His solution to get Aho and Svech scoring was JESPER F**KING FAST. He cannot manage deployments and should not be a head coach. He needs help. If that's the only argument you've got, stop it.</div></div>

LOL Dude. You are hilarious.

Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 5 at 9:23 a.m.

Thread: Upgrade Canes top 6

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac2000</b></div><div>LMAO, what? KK's been fine. An xG/60 of more than 3 is incredible. His issue is that he's been chronically unlucky, not that he's been bad. He's playing well in all three zones and just cannot buy a goal right now because his confidence is in the toilet. He'll be fine. He's outplayed Drury all year.</div></div>

Brind'Amour disagrees with you. Look at the playing time of Drury vs KK since January.

Here are the number of shifts and Time on Ice of Drury versus KK in recent games:
Against Columbus:
Drury 17 shifts, TOI 16 mins
KK 13 shifts, TOI 10 mins

Against Minnesota:
Drury 17 shifts, TOI 15 mins
KK 14 shifts, TOI 9 mins

Against Vegas:
Drury 19 shifts, TOI 14 mins
KK 15 shifts, TOI 9 mins

Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 4 at 12:15 p.m.

Thread: Upgrade Canes top 6

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac2000</b></div><div>I've said before they don't need a 2C upgrade, KK's fine. They need to buy him a goal or 10.</div></div>

KK's the 4th line center now because Drury has outplayed him. And KK's still underperforming as a 4C - he should be getting favorable matchups and he's not doing much with those. He's still young but Canes made a bad decision to extend him long term.

Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 4 at 11:59 a.m.

Thread: Upgrade Canes top 6

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac2000</b></div><div>Pass on the Ducks trade. Rental Henrique, a minimal upgrade if that, isn't worth that to Carolina. Buchnevich is fine, and no reason to trade Lemieux</div></div>

I'd love to see Canes swing bigger on 2C upgrade. But that would almost certainly mean they can't afford to add Buch too.

Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 4 at 11:56 a.m.

Thread: Upgrade Canes top 6

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gumshoeismygod</b></div><div>Sadly that probably doesn't get you Henrique with retention. Good for the Canes though!</div></div>

Yeah, probably right. But Canes aren't likely to do a rental unless it's a good deal for them.

Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 12 at 9:26 p.m.

Thread: canes

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ecupirate07</b></div><div>This isn’t the year. We aren’t one piece away. Add in we have gone farther with nothing burger trade deadlines than with big deadline trades. There isn’t a correlation between deadline trades and success</div></div>

Now is the time. Jarvis needs a big raise next season. We're losing both Skjei and Pesce after this season. Necas needs a big raise and more likely will be traded because of his inconsistencies. Turbo and Chatfield are UFAs too. Slavin and Burns aren't getting younger. NOW is precisely the time to go for it. Our late first round picks aren't as valuable as you think.

Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 12 at 9:05 p.m.

Thread: canes

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ecupirate07</b></div><div>Canes don’t overpay for rentals, thankfully</div></div>

I'd rather win the cup than win all the trades. At some point, Canes need to push chips in and go for it even if it means overpaying a little.

Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 10 at 3:40 p.m.

Thread: Necas for Zegras

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Fox_Czar_Cup</b></div><div>Doesn't Necas show up in the playoffs? This is a complete 180 for a contender, no? He is exactly what I Don't want my team to target... imo anyway</div></div>

Necas has mostly been missing in the playoffs and doesn't drive play. His game isn't really built for the playoffs - he's a perimeter player and he struggles without time/space and in more physical games.

At the same time, he only costs $3mil right now. If I were moving Necas in a trade now, I'd package him with a 1st/2nd draft pick or prospect and go for a higher tier player if possible.

Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 13, 2023 at 4:03 p.m.

Thread: Canes scary good if upgrade 2C

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>evelutions2</b></div><div>Canes aren’t going to overpay for Lindholm, and they aren’t going to move KK down the roster. Backlund is a more reasonable target.</div></div>

I think Canes are fine on bottom six. I really think KK is more a 3C than a 2C (but would be happy to be wrong). The whole premise of this trade is that upgrading at 2C makes the whole lineup that much better. Canes need to accept that once in a while overpaying is the right move when you're in a Cup window. This year is critical because next season means raises for whole bunch players on reasonable and cheap contracts. 2C has been this team's biggest weakness for several years now.

Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 13, 2023 at 3:58 p.m.

Thread: Canes scary good if upgrade 2C

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>FlameFlameFruit</b></div><div>Pesce isn't a position of need and Drury would barely crack our roster. The only thing here the Flames would be looking at is that late first and that alone doesn't get Lindholm half retained.</div></div>

LOL, ok! This whole trade is based on Flames starting to rebuild because guys on expiring contracts are not re-signing with the team. It's not about Pesce being a need, but that they could get a huge haul for him at the TDL. Drury is definitely depth player now, but there's a lot of upside there.

Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 13, 2023 at 3:53 p.m.

Thread: Canes scary good if upgrade 2C

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac2000</b></div><div>Kotkaniemi was fine at 2C last year, don't need Lindholm, who I've argued before is not an upgrade. He's a 60 point 2C, which is fine, but Kotkaniemi was on a 60 point pace in the New Year. No reason to lose all these assets for production that's already on the roster. It makes more sense to keep Pesce and target Backlund for 3C, pushing the Martinook - Staal - Fast line down to the 4th.</div></div>

I agree that KK improved over the second half of the season. I don't like gambling on that continuing. I think Lindholm is enough of an upgrade to warrant the cost. I don't love Staal as the 4C either, but this is forward depth down the middle and makes EVERY line a threat. That's how teams win cups IMO.

Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 22, 2023 at 10:37 a.m.

Thread: Meier 23-24

I think something like this makes a ton of sense for both teams, but price only works if Canes are able to extend Meier. Maybe the 2nd pick is conditional to Meier signing?

Canes have a window and need a move like this now and someone who'll at least be back next season. A big additional long term contract though will likely mean that the Canes won't be able to sign extension to somebody among Pesce, Skjei, Turbo, Jarvis, or Necas.

Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 15, 2023 at 11:02 a.m.

Thread: HurriKANEs

I don't think Canes should give a single 1st round pick for Kane, let alone all of that. I'd consider Drury and a second - maybe. But otherwise, Kane isn't really what the team needs.

Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 16, 2022 at 12:04 p.m.

Thread: Horvat to Canes

I'd like to see Necas at center as well, but since he hasn't played there even with Aho out, I just don't think RBA wants him there (guessing faceoff is biggest issue). If it's clear neither KK nor Necas are going to be 2C this season, what's the team going to do?

Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 23, 2022 at 6:36 p.m.

Thread: nfalnvalsfv

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>spockrock</b></div><div>Don’t really see the point in trading 1 top 4D for another. They’d still need another D capable of getting playing top 4 mins in the playoffs.

I’m all for adding Chychrun, within reason, but not at the expense of dealing away a top 4 D.</div></div>

And Skjei been great this season - his best as a Cane. There's just no scenario where Canes are sending away Slavin, Pesce, Skjei, or TDA this season. They want to acquire another D and move TDA to 3rd pair and let him specialize in offensive zone starts and PP.

Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 20, 2020 at 9:50 a.m.

Thread: Who Won this trade

Since Fox wasn't going to sign with Canes, they absolutely won this.

Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 13, 2020 at 7:57 a.m.

Thread: Lekhonen and McKeown for more depth

McKeown has had a couple of stints with the Canes and he's always looked really solid in a 3rd pairing role. He doesn't have high ceiling, but he kind of reminds me of someone like Trevor van Riemsdyk. I'm kind of surprised Canes haven't given him more opportunities. I wouldn't be surprised to see him traded in a deal like this or as a piece of a larger deal.

Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 10, 2020 at 10:05 a.m.

Thread: Something different

I think Canes would accept this if they are looking for a change in net. Leafs could probably get a 3rd, maybe even a 2nd if Canes don't retain salary. For a 4th, Canes might retain even more like $1.5 mil.

Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 9, 2020 at 1:20 p.m.

Thread: It gets tricky to move on from Rask and keep krug

Canes wouldn't trade Pesce for Rask straight up, let alone adding Reimer AND retaining half od Pesce salary.

Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 8, 2020 at 6:48 p.m.

Thread: Freddy trade

Canes pass.

Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 8, 2020 at 1:56 p.m.

Thread: Unqualified RFAs

I think this is what it would take to get Pesce from Canes. Honestly, still not sure Canes would do this because of the value of Pesce to the blueline and his affordable contract.

Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 7, 2020 at 11:53 a.m.

Thread: Gardiner

Canes accept.

Gardiner isn't a great fit on Canes, but could still work somewhere else. He's not fast and that's his biggest issue, especially on a team that emphasized speed and aggressiveness. But I think with the right partner and system he'll bring value.

Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 6, 2020 at 9:03 p.m.

Thread: Seth Jarviswtf

Great pick for Canes.

Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 5, 2020 at 4:43 p.m.

Thread: leafs

NHL fines Leafs two future first round picks for even suggesting that trade with Canes.

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