News & Notes XLV: Simply Having A Wonderful Canesmastime

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Kind of a misleading table sort there....everybody is probably looking at the HSDF numbers but it is sorted by the expected goal against. If it were sorted by the highlighted numbers, who knows if any of those players in the top 20.

But I bet RBA likes the sort...

But Jackson Blake would be #1 in HSDF among the listed cohort of 20 skaters
 
Blake has been amazing.

His ability to maneuver in the zone is the best on the canes. Looking at his play and future potential I put him on a do not trade list

For the right top-line player, I could trade Blake, but he'd be a difficult piece to pry away. We do have a lot of depth at right wing, however, and depending on how Nadeau develops, it may be smart for the Canes to capitalize on that depth at right wing to get a long-term solution at left-wing. A trade like Blake+ for Peterka might be really interesting.
 
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For the right top-line player, I could trade Blake, but he'd be a difficult piece to pry away. We do have a lot of depth at right wing, however, and depending on how Nadeau develops, it may be smart for the Canes to capitalize on that depth at right wing to get a long-term solution at left-wing. A trade like Blake+ for Peterka might be really interesting.
Don’t know about that.

I think in 2 years, Blake is going to be a 20+ goal scorer.

Plus, as I noted his in zone deftness is what separates him from the rest of Canes roster, which is mostly N-S.

Thus, perhaps I’d value more Blake than Peterka (who is 23 already) at equivalent ages. In any event, if I was going to sell Blake, I’d wait a bit to yield a higher trade value.
 
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For the right top-line player, I could trade Blake, but he'd be a difficult piece to pry away. We do have a lot of depth at right wing, however, and depending on how Nadeau develops, it may be smart for the Canes to capitalize on that depth at right wing to get a long-term solution at left-wing. A trade like Blake+ for Peterka might be really interesting.
Would you trade him for Brayden Point?

Then keep him, because in 5 years he could look like Brayden Point.
 
Would you trade him for Brayden Point?

Then keep him, because in 5 years he could look like Brayden Point.

Considering the positional difference, 100%. Top centermen are notoriously difficult to acquire. Even with a greater than 8 year age gap relative to Blake, having a 1-2 punch of Aho and Point long-term, especially with both under a $10M cap hit, is a deal you make every day and twice on Sundays.
 
Considering the positional difference, 100%. Top centermen are notoriously difficult to acquire. Even with a greater than 8 year age gap relative to Blake, having a 1-2 punch of Aho and Point long-term, especially with both under a $10M cap hit, is a deal you make every day and twice on Sundays.
"Naw, baby. We can make our own Brayden Point back at home. We can't afford all that fancy nonsense."
 
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