Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part LVIII
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Anthony5967
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Twitter people. Guy on the main thread said it was dumb that Gorton traded a 2nd with him, and he was a NYR fan.
Doriva
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What do you anticipate Carolina doing with all of those lefties ? Try to move Gardiner ? One of the younger guys ? Keep Fluery on the right ?
Anthony5967
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Maybe...they're going to sign Pietrangelo and deal DeAngelo for a 2C? Don't even want to assume I know what JG will do. The guy is mysterious.
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It's a bit higher on the list for me. Thank you for letting me get that off my chest.
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If the plan is to fill the C from outside the org it will certainly cost us because we aren’t drafting him.
If one of the kids isn’t ready on LD I’m ok w a placeholder. I’m not going to destroy Staal but his replacement either within system or in placeholder won’t be diff to find.
that is not inside info...they tape their podcast on mondays and do 'emergency podcasts' other days to discuss breaking news...he is joking about the fact that lately all the news seems to come out monday when they are taping anyway.
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Lindberg Cheese
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I think he could but hope it’s not because other options are horrid. I do see him eventually teaming up with Trouba for a very solid pair.
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Yes. That C is not on the roster and probably not in the system. That player also probably isn’t coming at pick 22. Yes it is going to cost assets, but that’s why you wait it out a year so you have a better idea of what you can budget.
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Dillon is a huge upgrade on everyone the team has had on LD in the last 18 months.
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Hard to say for sure. My guess is that the top 4 will be Slavin-Hamilton, Skjei-Pesce. Each pairing has a solid defender (Slavin and Pesce) that can cover for the other two and let them be free to play more aggressively. They'll probably fill the bottom 3 roles with 3 lefties, Gardiner, Fleury and Bean.
That said, I think they'd move Gardiner if they could but:
1) just in this cost savings environment, not sure he's very movable
2) While he struggled early on, he started playing better at the end of the season before the RTP. Hamilton really struggled most of his 1st year in Carolina as well, so I think the ownership probably is ok giving him another chance.
I wouldn't be surprised to see them move one of Fleury or Bean though, in the right deal. No hurry to move them as Fleury was just fine on the right side, but it wouldn't surprise me.
They are likely to lose one of Skjei, Fleury or Bean in the Expansion draft, so trading one and then losing a 2nd really starts to impact the depth. It might just be better to lose one and move on.
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From everything I've gathered... they're looking to dump salary/overhead... but still be stuck with the albatross that is Bobs contract
Maybe that's why Drury 'noped' out of there.
That was more or less debunked after Zito took over. I think they want to move out a few contracts like Yandle but their ownership group actually had a great year financially.
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