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chaz4hockey said:
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
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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.
 
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TheReelChuckFletcher said:
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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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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TheReelChuckFletcher said:
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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Would you trade him for Brayden Point?

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

Then keep him, because in 5 years he could look like Brayden Point.
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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.
 
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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.
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"Naw, baby. We can make our own Brayden Point back at home. We can't afford all that fancy nonsense."
 
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After a quiet week with a bunch of days off, the schedule goes bonkers in April.

Starting on Tuesday, the Canes have an exhausting schedule right before the playoffs starts (maybe will only get 2 days off before they start at home), with 9 games in 16 days & 3 B2Bs.

I wonder how RBA will handle this schedule with the thought that 2nd is most likely locked up but yet there is an opportunity to edge out the Atlantic teams and get the home advantage in a future matchup.

I'm hoping that the older guys in particular, ie, Staal, Martinook (who both look like they are either tired or more likely coasting a bit) and a few others get some games off. Cavet of course is cap spend and roster spots available for AHL callups.

My wish is that the Canes put effort into both Caps games, Toronto and Rangers (just because I would like to crush their dreams of a playoff spot) and then coast a bit, particularly the games after April 13th.

What are everyone's thoughts?

In any event, the schedule:

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chaz4hockey said:
After a quiet week with a bunch of days off, the schedule goes bonkers in April.

Starting on Tuesday, the Canes have an exhausting schedule right before the playoffs starts (maybe will only get 2 days off before they start at home), with 9 games in 16 days & 3 B2Bs.

I wonder how RBA will handle this schedule with the thought that 2nd is most likely locked up but yet there is an opportunity to edge out the Atlantic teams and get the home advantage in a future matchup.

I'm hoping that the older guys in particular, ie, Staal, Martinook (who both look like they are either tired or more likely coasting a bit) and a few others get some games off. Cavet of course is cap spend and roster spots available for AHL callups.

My wish is that the Canes put effort into both Caps games, Toronto and Rangers (just because I would like to crush their dreams of a playoff spot) and then coast a bit, particularly the games after April 13th.

What are everyone's thoughts?

In any event, the schedule:

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A busy schedule, but soft. Only 3 of those teams are going to the playoffs and with any luck, at least a couple of them will have given up by the time we see them.

Edit: also there’s zero pressure on the Canes right now, a rarity with this many games left, so it’s a good time for load management.
 
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tarheelhockey said:
A busy schedule, but soft. Only 3 of those teams are going to the playoffs and with any luck, at least a couple of them will have given up by the time we see them.

Edit: also there’s zero pressure on the Canes right now, a rarity with this many games left, so it’s a good time for load management.
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You’re asking Brindamour to not put 100% effort into a game. Unless that game has the preseason tag in front of it, you know he’s not going to. Hell, the last time we had a “load management” game, we lost Fast for a year (permanently?), so RBA probably took that as a sign from the hockey gods to cut that shit out.
 
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I've been assuming they'll hope to rest a few guys by those last two games in Canada. Preseason the rosters up a bit in that you let the few call-ups play each game and rotate in and out the other guys.

Obviously, it's nice that they can afford to take it easy with any injuries that pop up between now and then like they have been.
 
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win four of the ten remaining, heck, lose every game as along as eight are in overtime, and new jersey can't catch up even if they win out.

so just beat islanders, rangers, montreal, and detroit to help the bjs. all the other wins are gravy.

the wolves should have a playoff spot wrapped up this week, call them all up for the last couple games and sit anyone with so much as a hangnail. let nikishin get his feet wet. give us the suzuki brother clash in montreal, with ryan getting the gwg.
 
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Blueline Bomber said:
You’re asking Brindamour to not put 100% effort into a game. Unless that game has the preseason tag in front of it, you know he’s not going to. Hell, the last time we had a “load management” game, we lost Fast for a year (permanently?), so RBA probably took that as a sign from the hockey gods to cut that shit out.
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One spot where Nikishin helps: getting Nikishin into the lineup means someone has to take a game off. Rotate that around 5 defensemen because they won’t sit Burns, and you get some rest.
 
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