All Purpose Trade / Roster Building Thread III - the thread where everyone signs somewhere else

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It'll be interesting to see how his market shakes out since the league in general still seems a bit down on him. Assuming Grubauer stays in Colorado, I suppose it's either him or Andersen as the top free agent goalies. Edmonton is the main team that's been linked to him over the past couple years, but I could see Toronto, Chicago, or even Pittsburgh as potential landing spots.

If he goes the 1-year deal route I think he goes to Edmonton or Toronto where he has a clearer path to starting than he does with Ned in his way here. But I still think a team will give him a 3-year deal like the Talbot contract from last year.
 

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Canes were reportedly interested at the deadline. Wonder if they'll pursue again, especially if Hakanpaa doesn't stay.
 

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It'll be interesting to see how his market shakes out since the league in general still seems a bit down on him. Assuming Grubauer stays in Colorado, I suppose it's either him or Andersen as the top free agent goalies. Edmonton is the main team that's been linked to him over the past couple years, but I could see Toronto, Chicago, or even Pittsburgh as potential landing spots.

If he goes the 1-year deal route I think he goes to Edmonton or Toronto where he has a clearer path to starting than he does with Ned in his way here. But I still think a team will give him a 3-year deal like the Talbot contract from last year.

I expect the Canes to pick either Mrazek or Reimer to extend, probably the former, to around a 2-3 year deal. Reimer actually wouldn't be a bad choice, either, if they truly think Ned can be a full-time starter for a whole year. He certainly would be more cap-friendly.
 
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I expect the Canes to pick either Mrazek or Reimer to extend, probably the former, to around a 2-3 year deal. Reimer actually wouldn't be a bad choice, either, if they truly think Ned can be a full-time starter for a whole year. He certainly would be more cap-friendly.
I’ve been saying for a while that it will be James as the number two (assuming he wasn’t insulted by being the 3rd at the end of the season). He played well all year long, was our #1a for half the season until the staff became comfortable with Ned in that role, and probably won’t have the demand in the rest of the league to demand a raise (or maybe even his current salary). That should keep or costs in goal stable for another year or two.
 

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As much as GMs wanted to not give in to the expansion team this time, the flat cap just throws too much of a wrench into things. This is going to be the best chance for a lot of teams to get rid of mistakes. Francis should absolutely take advantage of that. I still think if you aren't getting rid of a mistake, you shouldn't spend too much to keep a particular guy, but I doubt they'll be able to help themselves on that either. It's gonna be a hell of an offseason.
 
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