Primetime8
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Rask was going to be a healthy scratch once staal came back and Min needs 3rd line center. Both players are trending downward but Canes need someone who can shoot around 12%. Logical swap considering Rask is paid less.
Confirmed Trade: [CAR/MIN] Nino Niederreiter for Victor Rask
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glucker
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JackFr
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He isn't as good as he was in 2016-17 but he wasn't garbage... points aren't everything.
Hey, at least Rask won't take any penalties
maxbme
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People talk about Nino like he fell off a cliff. What I've seen of him doesn't look like he has and underlying numbers don't seem to imply it, but still a little bit of risk. not as much as for Minnesota though lolRisk? lol...
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the post-carolina breakout.... skinner & lindholm having career years away from CAR. I expect rask to be ppg from here on out
Fair enough. Skinner and Lindholm are also playing with two of the best players in the league but yeah I see your point
CodeE
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Rask 6 points on the year, Clutterbuck 10 points on the year
Jes sayin'
Jes sayin'
Lempo
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glucker
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As a complimentary piece? Yea, pretty easily. Nino would slot into the Leafs' top-6 without much issue.
justafan22
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gotta love these challenge trades.
Both players have 3 years left, an interesting deal for sure.
Both players have 3 years left, an interesting deal for sure.
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Coincidentally the last time Nino was effective as well.
Skinnyjimmy08
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Geeze what the hell is this? What a horrendous trade by Minny... They will continually be just a pretty good regular season team that loses in the 1st round.
That is BAD my god
That is BAD my god
WhiteTrashAmerican
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Dumping Rask who currently for Carolina is absolutely useless in all facets of the game would have been celebrated in Carolina. Don't care what Nino does, he has 9 goals. Rask can't score, can't defend, can't skate
Now, I'm not saying Rask can't rebound. I hope he does he has had a couple pretty good years in Carolina. But currently just getting rid of him for nothing was talked about a lot
The Canes making the playoffs won't have anything to do with this trade
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I could see Nino being somewhat productive if he gets to play with Aho
Eye Floater
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Don't know much about Rask, but as I Wild fan I can tell you Nino has been terrible the past two seasons. Fenton has been trying to unload him for some time now.
spockBokk
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I like it more for CAR than MIN, especially since CAR got rid of Rask, but I think it works well for both teams as a classic change of scenery type deal. CAR gets a more productive player, this season so far at least, and a somewhat proven scorer with term, in case Ferland is out the door, which seems very likely now. MIN saves some $$$ and gets a C who was not fitting in on the Canes. I bet Rask regains his 40pt form next season. If both guys can keep up 40pt or so seasons next year, win-win for both.
Nice deal for the Wild. Nino is a top 9 winger but he never really panned out the way many thought.
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Slot NN with Aho and TT and watch the points stack up.
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I think polls should be added to these threads to see who folks think won the trade. Might make for fun revisionist history later on.
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50% hockey trade, 50% to get El Nino on the Hurricanes
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