Friedman: Carolina is “active, ready to pounce”

[Empoleon8771]

I think the issue the Canes have with being "ready to pounce" is that they are completely resistant to overpaying for a guy and are focused more than anything on "winning the deal". Sometimes it ends up working like it did with Guentzel last year, where the market wasn't great and the Penguins were fine with their package of 2-3 good prospects rather than 1 great prospect, but generally teams will take the 1 great prospect over the 2-3 good prospects.

They're very stingy with their top prospects, and that usually gets outbid by someone more desperate who is willing to spend their top prospects.

 

[HabsMD97]

what happens every year will happen once again, smartest guy in the room syndrome.

 

[StreetHawk]

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The Canes were a runner up for Eichel, Tkachuk, Meier and Karlsson. They took a run at Pettersson. Do the stars finally align on a big move?

That is a lot of players to end up missing out on. Most of these guys had a roster player or two go the other way. Maybe they are just gun shy to pull the trigger.

They did land guentzal last season.

 

[bleedgreen]

I think the issue the Canes have with being "ready to pounce" is that they are completely resistant to overpaying for a guy and are focused more than anything on "winning the deal". Sometimes it ends up working like it did with Guentzel last year, where the market wasn't great and the Penguins were fine with their package of 2-3 good prospects rather than 1 great prospect, but generally teams will take the 1 great prospect over the 2-3 good prospects.

They're very stingy with their top prospects, and that usually gets outbid by someone more desperate who is willing to spend their top prospects.

Who’s given up their top prospects lately? We gave top prospects for Jake. Nikishin is the only one bigger.

That is a lot of players to end up missing out on. Most of these guys had a roster player or two go the other way. Maybe they are just gun shy to pull the trigger.

They did land guentzal last season.

The Canes offered Necas+ for Tkachuk.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

I don’t think Carolina could compete with a Huberdeau package, given Calgary’s misread of its competitive situation. New Jersey didn’t offer up anything special for Meier and got him. Vancouver didn’t trade Pettersson.

Eichel is the one that got away, in that sense. Even then, we don’t know if Jarvis/Necas is anymore attractive, if at all, than Tuch with a ton of term left on his 2nd contract.

There’s a timing aspect of the right player becoming available and the team having the right tradeable assets.

 

[Kaners PPGs]

I think the issue the Canes have with being "ready to pounce" is that they are completely resistant to overpaying for a guy and are focused more than anything on "winning the deal". Sometimes it ends up working like it did with Guentzel last year, where the market wasn't great and the Penguins were fine with their package of 2-3 good prospects rather than 1 great prospect, but generally teams will take the 1 great prospect over the 2-3 good prospects.

They're very stingy with their top prospects, and that usually gets outbid by someone more desperate who is willing to spend their top prospects.

That's a very flattering description. Wonder what rival GMs think about Carolina. Do they roll their eyes when Carolina calls knowing they're about to be lowballed again but they have to listen since it's their job?

 

[Svechhammer]

I think the issue the Canes have with being "ready to pounce" is that they are completely resistant to overpaying for a guy and are focused more than anything on "winning the deal". Sometimes it ends up working like it did with Guentzel last year, where the market wasn't great and the Penguins were fine with their package of 2-3 good prospects rather than 1 great prospect, but generally teams will take the 1 great prospect over the 2-3 good prospects.

They're very stingy with their top prospects, and that usually gets outbid by someone more desperate who is willing to spend their top prospects.

How much of that was Waddell vs the Canes in general?

We really don't know what Tulsky would do in a trade. Even when it came to Guentzel, it was during that GM transition where we lost him, so who knows if Tulsky would have kept him. We assume that things are operating the same, but we really just don't know.

 

[PlayMakers]

Granlund for Kotkaniemi

 

[David71]

you can have elias petterson

 

[FissionFire]

Except if those Jets are from New York

Aaron Glenn is gonna turn them around just wait.

 

[RangerBoy]

His view on the salaries of coaches and management has not translated to the on-ice payroll.

- Carolina is a cap team consistently.
- Dundon has really leveraged bonuses recently. Per PuckPedia, $15.33 mil paid for 24-25 for this past Summer’s signees and re-signees (excludes anything previously committed). Slavin’s extension was Toronto-esque. ~84.36% in signing bonuses! A cheap owner doesn’t do that.

I was watching the Rick and Donnie show yesterday. Rick mentioned Dundon has a reputation for being tight with money. Carolina wants Vancouver to retain because Miller will be 32 years old and has 5 more seasons remaining on the contract. Let's see if Carolina will be a cap team when the upper limit is $105M in three seasons.

 

[w e l o s t b o y s]

well if rick and donnie said it I'm convinced

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Aaron Glenn is gonna turn them around just wait.

Unless he can convince Woody Johnson to sell, no he won't.