Confirmed Trade: [CAR/MIN] Nino Niederreiter for Victor Rask

[ChaoticOrange]

Someone did something dumb and it wasn’t Chiarelli?

Well hot damn. Good day today!

 

[BB88]

Wow I like this for Carolina.

Rask is beyond useless.

 

[Brock Anton]

Would imagine another Canes deal is in the works... They were already hurting for C, who replaces Rask now that they traded one away?

Jordan Staal.

Plus any Canes deal moving forward are likely going to be Ferland for futures and/or a RHD for a top 6 forward.

 

[MAHJ71]

This had better be to facilitate some other moves for Minnesota either now or over the summer. In a vacuum this sucks on toast.

Thats one way of putting it, can't say I've heard the phrase before

 

[CupsOverCash]

Nice trade for Canes. I liked Nino out of the draft.

 

[BusQuets]

Well, his actual contribution to what happens on the ice is far superior to that of Rask.

Let's not forget that this season is the 1st in a long time that Carolina as a team is close Minnesota Wild. Wild was really stacked with depth few years ago and i bet Rask would have looked better than in Carolina.

 

[MMC]

 

[Ainec]

people shit on Carolina's management but they haven't done anything but win

 

[CheMxDawG]

I mean he played with the likes of Parise and at times Granlund who are considered better than Aho... so yeah he did.

Give your head a shake.

 

[Morgs]

Absolute steal lmao.

 

[AKL]

Nobody expects Nino to come in to Carolina and be a top scoring forward. Canes fans are happy because Victor Rask has been centering the Canes 4th line for $4 million and has looked bad doing it. Any middle-6 talent is a significant upgrade. It turned dead money into something possibly useful.

I’d almost rather have the guy who’s put in a position to fail and does over the guy who has been put in a position to succeed and still fails in this situation.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Nino is not that good... he’s one dimensional and basically a 40-45 pt guy outside of one big season... people proclaiming it as some big steal have not been tracking Ninos (or maybe Rasks) career too closely

He also has a pretty large contract, 1.25m more per year than Rask

I like it for both teams, personally... Canes need a winger who can score goals, but Rask has been nearly as productive as Nino outside of this year and he plays a position Minnesota needs now and long term. Not as ‘sexy’ of a name but that doesn’t mean Carolina is some big winner, nor is Minnesota a big loser... good hockey deal for both teams - Carolina gets more potential upside but more risk given Ninos caphit

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Would imagine another Canes deal is in the works... They were already hurting for C, who replaces Rask now that they traded one away?

Staal or clark bishop coming back from the ir.

 

[TeddyBare]

Jeez
Rask generates NO OFFENSE
24 shots in 26 games while starting pretty close to 60% in the offensive zone.

that's terrible

 

[RedWillys]

Someone did something dumb and it wasn’t Chiarelli?

Well hot damn. Good day today!

Day isn’t over yet.

 

[Dog]

Wild save over a million in cap space.

 

[Roboturner913]

Why has Rask had such a poor year? He seemed to be a good player

He's never been the greatest skater, but his first few years it was enough to keep up with his teammates. Canes have gradually built a faster team and now he's consistently behind the play.

Also, when he was scoring 45-50 points he was playing a blue-collar, efficient game in the middle of the ice. Kind of a quasi-PF role. But last year and so far this year he's become very much a perimeter player, and he just doesn't have the footspeed to be any good when he's not playing an efficient game.

I hope he turns it around because I've always liked him.

 

[Spectra]

Seems pretty even to me, Rask still has room to improve and Nino is what he is.

 

[Mestaruus]

Good for Carolina. I like Nino.

Maybe this will free up a center slot for Kuokkanen in Carolina or maybe they move Mäenalanen who has been impressive in the wing to the middle. Interesting to see how that plays out.

 

[Frank Drebin]

people **** on Carolina's management but they haven't done anything but win

games?

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

I don't see why this means the end of Ferland. Rask's contract was a sunk cost at 4mil. We were going to have to pay that money either way. We now get a huge upgrade in Nino (yes, it's huge because Rask is that bad) at only 1.25 more than what we were paying for the same amount of term. This shouldn't impact re-signing Ferland.

Ferland - Aho - TT
Svech - #2C (hopefully Necas) - Nino

It's not the best top 6 by any stretch but it isn't horrible assuming some of the players progress. They are all under 27 and in the case of Aho, Svech and Necas they are still babies in that sense.

If we trade one of the surplus RHD for another good forward piece we might actually have something here...

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Wild save over a million in cap space.

But are on the hook for an extra year.

 

[Roman Yoshi]

WHAT A STEAL FOR CAROLINA!

EL NINO!

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Day isn’t over yet.

Shhhh we so rarely get to point and laugh at someone else being an idiot. Let us have this one.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

What the actual f***, Minnesota?!.....?

 

[Michoulicious]

Value wise Minnesota won that trade but here we are years latter and Clutter is still an effective two-way forward for the island.

If by two-way you mean a 4th liner that plays 13 mins/game, scores 15-20 pts/year and earns 3,5 million/year, then yeah, sure.

One way is a lot shorter than the other, though.

 

[Roboturner913]

Canes won this deal but because they're the Canes they'll end up losing it.

Yeah, this seems pretty likely