GDT: Free Agency: Dr Strangedubas or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Nerd

[Dominance]

Our assets are far better spent on upgrading the third line and dumping Granlund than acquiring Karlsson.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

The biggest impediment to getting Karlsson is freeing up enough cap on our end. The second is convincing him he’d rather spend the rest of his contract on struggling older wildcard team instead of a younger team that has been on the upswing.

Yeah. It'd be cool to not have $15 million tied up in Carter, JJ's buyout, Granlund, and Petry. Whoops!

 

[DRAGO 18]

Hope we can get an answer in the next 2 days. Dont see how the Canes do this with all the D they have acquired (Orlov) or are gonna acquire (Tony D)

 

[Turin]

Literally every single major hockey insider has said the Penguins are in on Karlsson. Hell, Dubas basically confirmed it himself when Rossi asked him about it.

Doesn’t it get tiring to just be constantly negative all of the time? Who knows if they pull it off, but telling people to not talk about it because your depressed negative ass wants to continue a schtick just makes the conversations on this website even worse.

A third of this board seem to have turned into SSRI zombies. Prayers up.

No don't trade our trash prospects and farm system for EK!! Lol.

I mean I would probably do it but I guarantee it won't take 2 good futures to get Karlsson. He simply has two teams who he wants to go to and who want him.

 

[HandshakeLine]

If you acquire Karlsson you have to dump Granlund to make the cap work.

 

[Ryder71]

Our assets are far better spent on upgrading the third line and dumping Granlund than acquiring Karlsson.

If we got EK chances are Granlund would be part of it.

 

[66-30-33]

Our assets are far better spent on upgrading the third line and dumping Granlund than acquiring Karlsson.

Probably but imagine a PP of Crosby, Letang, Malkin, Karlsson, Jake!

 

[HandshakeLine]

If we got EK chances are Granlund would be part of it.

There’s probably no other way to free up enough cap to make it actually feasible.

 

[Shrimper]

If you acquire Karlsson you have to dump Granlund to make the cap work.

Or Petry+De Smith

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Hope we can get an answer in the next 2 days. Dont see how the Canes do this with all the D they have acquired (Orlov) or are gonna acquire (Tony D)

I’m sure EK would prefer to go to the Canes as well

 

[Ryder71]

There’s probably no other way to free up enough cap to make it actually feasible.

Exactly, that would kill two birds with one stone. A lot more to it, but yeah.

 

[HandshakeLine]

ideally you dump the lot of them.

I would be stoked to get EK for many reasons, but one that I think is under appreciated is that it would mean a radical redesign of the roster and the system to something more entertaining.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Hope we can get an answer in the next 2 days. Dont see how the Canes do this with all the D they have acquired (Orlov) or are gonna acquire (Tony D)

Word is they've been shopping Pesce, but he doesn't make a ton or anything. I'm sure they're also trying to make the cap work like the Pens are.

In the end, I doubt Karlsson even gets moved. Just seems like way too many moving parts for any legitimately interested parties to make it work, but who knows?

 

[PensandCaps]

There’s probably no other way to free up enough cap to make it actually feasible.

Wouldn't dumping Rutta and then trading a better contract in Petry work? Because Granlund is such a negative it might cost us more in prospects, picks.

 

[Turin]

Hope we can get an answer in the next 2 days. Dont see how the Canes do this with all the D they have acquired (Orlov) or are gonna acquire (Tony D)

Hopefully Dubas can compete, I don’t want another great player in the division.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I’m sure EK would prefer to go to the Canes as well

Yeah, I don’t see what we offer that they don’t unless EK has strong opinions on how Carolina BBQ is inferior to Memphis.

 

[Gurglesons]

I’m sure EK would prefer to go to the Canes as well

I feel like EK makes little sense for them even just from a cap picture.

 

[PensandCaps]

Don't the Canes already have Burns and Orlov? Why do they need Karlsson?

 

[HandshakeLine]

Wouldn't dumping Rutta and then trading a better contract in Petry work? Because Granlund is such a negative it might cost us more in prospects, picks.

Dump them all. Who cares if we lose one of our mediocre to bad projects?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Granlund *and* Petry would have to be moved to make it work, imo. Unless there's heavy salary retained by SJ and then some more retained by a third team. Granlund alone wouldn't do it because Petry needs to be dealt in order to make room for Karlsson on the actual depth chart.

 

[PensandCaps]

Dump them all. Who cares if we lose one of our mediocre to bad projects?

Agreed. Just that I think Petry is less of a cap dump than Granlund.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Imagine if our 2nd pairing was Matheson and Marino. That would instill optimism

 

[Gurglesons]

Imagine if our 2nd pairing was Matheson and Marino. That would instill optimism

Yes.

 

[Ryder71]

The Canes are arguably the hardest working team in the league, or among them, Pittsburgh... well. EK would likely have a blast playing here. I think he would have a hard time with Brindamour despite likely enjoying more success there.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Agreed. Just that I think Petry is less of a cap dump than Granlund.

Petry you can move more easily but I don’t think we’d have to pay that much to dump Granlund. Should have just bought him out if we were serious about this though.