Confirmed Trade: [DET/CAR] Alex Nedeljkovic for Jonathan Bernier and 2021 3rd (VGK)

[Petes2424]

Good chance Yzerman just found his goaltender for the next 5-8 years. For what amounts to a very late 3rd rounder.

We can only speculate the Canes angle. Most goaltenders don’t evolve till they’re around 25. They spend all those years developing him, he breaks out, and they trade him??

You would think maybe it’s cause they’re getting Fleury or Rask and don’t want over $10 million on goalies….. but then why the Bernier angle??

Very weird deal by Canes.

 

[MikeFolignosHelmet]

Not as bad as Zarley Zalapski for Ron Francis trade.

 

[Canadienna]

I'm not saying they should or shouldn't have given him the same deal Detroit did. But I am saying that you basically have next-to-no evidence on evaluating a goalie after 30 games. Goalies are voodoo. He could go on to be Lundquist or turn into another Andrew Hammond. A 30 game run won't tell you which outcome is more likely.

Carolina didn't buy the 30 game sample after 3 seasons of mixed play in the AHL. That's defensible. They probably should've managed the asset better and gotten more in a trade if that was the direction they were going in though.

Ned is now the 25th highest paid goalie in the league. After free agency he'll likely be around 28.

They don't need to believe he's going to be some vezina goalie sign him to this deal.

 

[LordZapp]

Yzerman is a wizard. Trust the plan.

 

[ujju2]

WTF is Carolina doing?

 

[Pavels Dog]

Stevie Y always got me going

in his favor

This is also the reaction of Wings fans anytime Holland does something in Edmonton.

 

[tp71]

Waddell should just clean out his desk now...one of the most puzzling and awful goalie deals ive seen...

 

[Chan790]

Not as bad as Zarley Zalapski for Ron Francis trade.

To be fair, John Cullen was supposed to be the centerpiece of the return for Francis and Samuelsson.

Nobody expected him to get cancer and come back a much lesser player than he was in Pittsburgh.

 

[Rubi]

Wow, figured Carolina would want to keep him.

So did most Cane fans.

 

[Voight]

Damn, helluva move by Yzerman. Gets a potential long term answer at goalie on the cheap.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Remember when it was said Carolina and him were $2-$3M apart, an people wanted to know what the hell Ned was asking for?

Clearly Carolina only wanted to give him $1M a year.

That’s the only way this trade makes sense.

 

[GoJackets1]

They wouldn't give Ned $3.5m??? WTF. That's insanely reasonable.

 

[Esq]

Good chance Yzerman just found his goaltender for the next 5-8 years. For what amounts to a very late 3rd rounder.

We can only speculate the Canes angle. Most goaltenders don’t evolve till they’re around 25. They spend all those years developing him, he breaks out, and they trade him??

You would think maybe it’s cause they’re getting Fleury or Rask and don’t want over $10 million on goalies….. but then why the Bernier angle??

Very weird deal by Canes.

Based on what? A hot streak in the playoffs? Look at the guy's balance of work. He passed through waivers last year for a reason. Sheesh.

 

[Roboturner913]

LOL, what the hell are we doing?

 

[Chevx]

Can you guys imagine Yzerman being a GM for an expansion team? Things would go nasty for other managers...

 

[DrDangles]

My brain can't comprehend this, they wouldn't re-sign him for 3M? Is Bernier really going to sign much cheaper than that?

 

[bossram]

Ned is now the 25th highest paid goalie in the league. After free agency he'll likely be around 28.

They don't need to believe he's going to be some vezina goalie sign him to this deal.

I would've signed him to this deal too. But I can't say with any confidence how the rest of Ned's career is going to go.

 

[Hockeyfan2390]

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

Based on what? A hot streak in the playoffs? Look at the guy's balance of work. He passed through waivers last year for a reason. Sheesh.

If you look at the guy's history, he's actually been a decent goalie prospect for most of his career. Sub 2.00 GAA at both WJCs he participated in. He posted decent stats for the Checkers outside of his first year in the AHL, when they weren't terribly good.

Canes fans are all of a sudden slagging the guy but it looks to me like he's always been a pretty strong goalie prospect who got stuck playing on some weak teams while making the transition from junior to the pros.

Goalies almost always pass waivers because NHL teams only have two goalie roster spots and aren't going to fill one with an untested goalie.

 

[Rubi]

Not many, if any, Cane fans in here defending this trade. They know they got hosed and they just lost their future, for many years, #1 goalie for a career backup and a 3rd.
I never liked Waddell as a GM and now that Dundon is the sole owner...

 

[Primary Assist]

I don't know what I'm more surprised by: how cheap the Wings got Nedeljkovic, or the fact that I looked up to see where he's from and it turns out he's from Ohio

 

[innitfam]

How does Yzerman make these deals? It's baffling. Probably equal parts him and Waddell being a moron.

 

[Bob Probert Owns You]

I approve.

 

[RedHawkDown]

Lmao aw hell yes yzerman

 

[Shocker]

Canes will look like a genious if Ned fizzles out.

*takes a sniff of copium*