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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 9 at 9:42 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 4 at 6:04 p.m.
Thread: Kotkaniemi scratched
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CM_Insane</b></div><div>Is he that bad or if kept to like 3rd line defense only role or does he suck at too was thinking he might be a potential 3rd line C for years for Vancouver playing alongside like Podkolzin. But if he's that bad.</div></div>

He can be very hot…ppg through the first 13 games this year and he played at a 60pt pace for the latter half of last season. But also very cold…pretty much since the first 13 games he’s been ice cold.

He’s still reasonably defensively responsible and decent with faceoffs, but otherwise he’s just there. Not really contributing much. He certainly has shown, in limited stretches, that he could be a very good top 9 player. He just makes too much $$$ for what he brings to the Canes and since they have Drury, who’s completely outplayed Kotkaniemi and will be much cheaper to re-sign, I think Kotkaniemi will eventually be the odd man out.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 4 at 5:18 p.m.
Thread: Kotkaniemi scratched
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Marcsnack</b></div><div>Okay yeah I was told no way yall move him and Staal was way more likely to get dealt... what is the actual value you would look for if he was dealt?</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Marcsnack</b></div><div>Okay yeah I was told no way yall move him and Staal was way more likely to get dealt... what is the actual value you would look for if he was dealt?</div></div>

I’d be happy if they just got out of his contract clean, no retention. So were it me, I’d dump him for future considerations and slot Drury in as the 3C/J Staal eventual replacement.

However, I’m not sure the Canes would dump him so soon. He is still young enough and has shown some promise as a decent player. (You’d also have to find a team that still believed in him and was willing to take on that deal. I think he’s young enough still where that isnt yet impossible) However, their cap situation and the players with expiring deals coming this summer likely means that they need to be rid of either Kotkaniemi or Kuznetsov to re-sign/replace enough players to stay at the level they have been at. Clearing Kotkaniemi’s $4.8M makes that much easier.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 31 at 1:45 p.m.
Thread: Buy low
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac2000</b></div><div>LMFAO, this is why you are the joke of Canes CapFriendly. Kotkaniemi's not going anywhere, and if you had even a basic understanding of how the Canes operate, you'd know that. This is his first non 40 point pace season in Carolina, it's his first down year, and he's been incredibly unlucky. He's got extremely strong underlying numbers, and the Canes are THE most analytically run organization in the league. He's going nowhere, like it or not. Not yet. Revisit this in 2 years before his NTC kicks in, and it might be different, but there's 0 reason to dump him right now</div></div>

There’s $4.8M reasons to dump him, and those $4.8M reasons need to be allocated elsewhere. The underlying numbers mean nothing if he’s only giving you 30pts a season at $4.8M.