TheReelChuckFletcher
Former TheRillestPaulFenton; Harverd Alum
I'm going to LARP as @Big Daddy Cane for just one post tonight. Elliotte Friedman posted his 32 Thoughts late...very late, but he was by far the most confident that I've heard so far that the Canes and Guentzel are getting close to extending. One of the things he mentioned was that there is speculation that Vancouver's announcements of all of their key depth signings today (Joshua and Myers) was because they learned that Carolina was likely winning the Guentzel sweepstakes.
All of the Guentzel talk starts around the 26:00 marker.
Unrelated to Carolina, the other big thing mentioned in the 32 Thoughts is that my Saudi Football money theory about Sam Reinhart was wrong. Apparently Florida also has Reinhart all-but-locked in, and will have the extension announced soon.
EDIT: There's another big thing that Friedman is speculating about the Canes at the 7:00 marker that I did not catch. Apparently Columbus is thinking of trading down in the draft for a right-now upgrade, and all of the rumors on that are currently surrounding Philly, but Friedman also mentioned the Canes as a potential wild-card team to acquire the 4th overall pick, almost certainly for Necas + pick swaps. This is almost certainly not going to happen (even Friedman calls it a "dart"), but man, Silayev and Lindstrom are my boys. Both have size for days without sacrificing the skating and it's a massive opportunity to get a big boy if we're picking that high!
32 Thoughts: The Podcast
Hockey fans already know the name, but this is not the blog. From Sportsnet, 32 Thoughts: The Podcast with NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman & Kyle Bukauskas is a weekly deep dive into the biggest news and interviews from the hockey world.
www.sportsnet.ca
All of the Guentzel talk starts around the 26:00 marker.
Unrelated to Carolina, the other big thing mentioned in the 32 Thoughts is that my Saudi Football money theory about Sam Reinhart was wrong. Apparently Florida also has Reinhart all-but-locked in, and will have the extension announced soon.
EDIT: There's another big thing that Friedman is speculating about the Canes at the 7:00 marker that I did not catch. Apparently Columbus is thinking of trading down in the draft for a right-now upgrade, and all of the rumors on that are currently surrounding Philly, but Friedman also mentioned the Canes as a potential wild-card team to acquire the 4th overall pick, almost certainly for Necas + pick swaps. This is almost certainly not going to happen (even Friedman calls it a "dart"), but man, Silayev and Lindstrom are my boys. Both have size for days without sacrificing the skating and it's a massive opportunity to get a big boy if we're picking that high!
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