HairyKneel
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Doubt they will ever go for it, the whole point is to be somewhat competitive without doing anything that will lead to them need to go through any kind of rebuild.
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I am just butthurt from them pretending they care about winning and trading for Guentzel
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I like to think he left them for Tampa directly because one franchise seems more interested in the Cup.
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No, you enjoy the summer.
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They've made the conference finals twice in that span. I don't think there is any "going for it" these days. The Blues won with a 24 goal differential in the regular season and a wildcard berth. The Panthers have back-to-back Finals appearances and one cup with good but fairly flawed teams. You can't say they did it using the Hurricanes' formula, but then no one else does.
My biggest issue with Carolina is that they lack that game breaker forward. It seems like a lot of things would have to break perfectly for them to win it all.
I’m surprised that they haven’t put together a package to acquire that type of forward.
I mean I agree with you that the best chance for a Cup is to have a top team for a long period of time but if you don’t have a game breaking forward you probably at least need a goalie to steal a series or two.
i mean however you want to classify them those are 3 of the top 50 forwards in the league
Svechnikov has never broken a ppg, plays like 17 mins per game and has zero defensive utility lol.
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Two things Carolina isn't interested in acquiring on purpose(expensive). If it happens from some pocket change scratcher, sure!
Good players. Not game breakers imo.
Top 50 players are not what I’d call game breakers. Pretty much every cup team has higher end offensive players.
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They reportedly tried to acquire Petey. I don't agree with the criticism of Carolina here. They've drafted pretty well all things consider (of course there were some notable misses). The time they got the #2 overall pick, there wasn't a Jack Eichel type talent there. I mean they could have drafted Hughes #2, but Svechnikov was the consensus #2 pick. They had a couple of #5 picks (Lindholm and Hanifin) who they traded for Hamilton and Fox (on paper an excellent trade - in reality not so much).
We can argue over the term "gamebreaker" but I do like Aho, Jarvis, and Necas and think you can win with these players.
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Carolina needs a goalie, and a couple bounces and they are right there.
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I use to not mind Carolina. Kind of an underdog.
But ever since Dundon it's been a trainwreck.
Still a very good team but there's just something about them I don't like.
But ever since Dundon it's been a trainwreck.
Still a very good team but there's just something about them I don't like.
Aho is, but he's the only one there. You need least 3 guys on that level (Florida had 4 between Tkachuk, Barkov, Reinhart, and Forsling).
St. Louis is probably the least talented team to win a Cup in the last 15 years but they had 2 guys that will be in Hall of Fame conversations (O'Reilly and Pietrangelo) plus Tarasenko at the peak of his powers.
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I think Slavin is at that level too. Burns was too but it looks like he slowed down a bit last year and at his age they can’t really count on him going forward.
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Only $400K more than Miro H. got on his deal.
Slightly more than Power, by under $200K per, but 1 year longer. $500K higher than Jake Sanderson on the AAV for the same duration.
Still another year to go on the ELC. Begins when the Parise/Suter dead caps drop down to minimal amounts.
Slightly more than Power, by under $200K per, but 1 year longer. $500K higher than Jake Sanderson on the AAV for the same duration.
Still another year to go on the ELC. Begins when the Parise/Suter dead caps drop down to minimal amounts.
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Interesting, Faber had a similar season to Hronek where he came out of the gate like gangbusters and tailed off after Christmas. Probably at least something to do with the minutes played. He's obviously substantially younger, but fair comparable.
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