Confirmed Signing with Link: [CAR] Carolina signs Jakub Nakladal [1 year/$600,000]

[caley]

If the Flames guys I follow on Twitter are any indication, gonna be a lot of angry Flames fans about this one...

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[Boom Boom Apathy]

Insurance with Murphy out 3-4 weeks. Plus Faulk left the last pre-season game mid way through the 2nd and hasn't been back on the ice yet (not at practice today).

 

[Dr Quincy]

Solid signing. SOMEBODY should have signed this guy. At worst, a decent 6/7 with a big RH shot.

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Damn you Carolina.

 

[Le Barron de HF]

Wait what, I thought this guy was CGY property?

 

[Dr Quincy]

Wait what, I thought this guy was CGY property?

He signed a 1 year deal last year and because of his age at the time, he became a UFA on July 1.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Solid signing. SOMEBODY should have signed this guy. At worst, a decent 6/7 with a big RH shot.

The Canes D was already very young, but with Murphy out..and Faulk currently injured (not sure how serious), the D would have been:

Hainsey: 35
Slavin: 22 - 1 year Pro exp
Pesce: 21 - 1 year Pro exp
Hanifin: 19 - 1 year Pro Exp
McKeown: 20 - 0 years Pro (AHL/NHL) exp
Fleury: 20 - 0 years Pro (AHL/NHL) exp

I know that Nakladal doesn't have much NHL experience, but the Canes couldn't risk it by having 2 rookies and 3 second year guys.

 

[Deen]

I liked Nakladal in Calgary. Good signing.

 

[LethalCookie]

Very solid bottom pairing guy, Canes fans will be happy with him.

 

[redfire11]

Good solid defender. Plays a steady consistent game. Nothing flashy but gets the job done.
Good signing Car. @#$% BT.
Maybe I should put the blame on Gaudreau as BT's handcuffed until GH signs.

 

[Elvs]

Happy he finally found a new home in the NHL. He looked like he belonged last season and he has a howitzer of a shot.

 

[izzy]

He's an solid 3rd pairing guy, idk why Calgary let him go

 

[YennoItFlames]

What a steal, I thought he was going to resign after Johnny signed, good deal for the Canes, hopefully he gets some PP time there, could play a solid 15 minutes a night IMO

 

[Zirakzigil]

6/7 guy. Not bad for your depth but hes not an NHL regular me thinks.

 

[NotOpie]

How's his skating?

 

[East Coast Icestyle]

Good solid defender. Plays a steady consistent game. Nothing flashy but gets the job done.
Good signing Car. @#$% BT.
Maybe I should put the blame on Gaudreau as BT's handcuffed until GH signs.

He signed for 600k, had nothing to do with G.

He's pretty good, can move the puck. Liked him last year.

 

[Flames Fanatic]

He's a solid option. Not nearly as good as some Flames fans would have you believe, but still a quality bottom pair option.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Calgary didn't want to give him a 1 way deal so that's why he didn't sign there. Canes gave him a 1 way deal.

 

[perronist]

He's an solid 3rd pairing guy, idk why Calgary let him go

because calgary has wideman and engelland on the bottom of the roster making $10 mil and grossman still on a pto for some reason. nak would have been our 5th best dman at worst and he straight up is much better than engelland or wideman. this is a smart move for the canes. he's going to have a good year.

a lot of my enthusiasm for bt is wearing off due to his inability to move the bloated dead weight off the roster this offseason. nak should be on the team over wideman 100 times out of 100.

 

[BigRangy]

It's an absolute joke that Calgary couldn't re-sign their 4th best d-man because of ridiculous contracts to a bunch of plugs. And the worst part is, it looks like they'll sign Grossman to the same deal.

Another great move by the canes this summer.

 

[Snakepit]

**** I wanted him back in Calgary.

Now theyll sign that plug Grossman to a co tract to meet the expansion draft exposure rules. Damn

 

[Flames Fanatic]

It's an absolute joke that Calgary couldn't re-sign their 4th best d-man because of ridiculous contracts to a bunch of plugs. And the worst part is, it looks like they'll sign Grossman to the same deal.

Another great move by the canes this summer.

4th best defenseman? Really? Come on. That's being ridiculous.

 

[BigRangy]

4th best defenseman? Really? Come on. That's being ridiculous.

Kulak is the only one who's debatably better, and he isn't even a lock for the roster. Wideman is bad, Engelland is bad (but punches people, which I appreciate and find necessary), and Jokipakka is the definition of average.

 

[kudymen]

All your Czechs are belong to us

 

[InfinityIggy]

Nakladal is a reasonably decent bottom pairing guy, but I think he has been overrated by Flames fans pretty badly.

Jokipakka, Engelland and Kulak are all better options for our bottom pair in my opinion, based on the structure of our top 3.