In the recent Atlantic article, Fitz discussed how he learned how important it is to have vets surrounding the kids. This move could be an attempt to bring another vet to Bing.
Confirmed with Link: Vatanen to CAR for Janne Kuokkanen, Frederik Claesson and conditional 4th rounder
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AfroThunder396
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AHL career production:
Nick Merkley (23 y.o) .823 P/G (130 games)
Lanne Kuokkanen (22 y.o) .75 P/G (160 games)
Brett Seney (24 y.o) .739 P/G (92 games)
Joey Anderson (21 y.o) .702 P/G (57 games)
Michael McLeod (22 y.o) .62 P/G (108 games)
Despite being the 2nd youngest player on the list, LK has the most AHL games played and 2nd highest P/G.
Nick Merkley (23 y.o) .823 P/G (130 games)
Lanne Kuokkanen (22 y.o) .75 P/G (160 games)
Brett Seney (24 y.o) .739 P/G (92 games)
Joey Anderson (21 y.o) .702 P/G (57 games)
Michael McLeod (22 y.o) .62 P/G (108 games)
Despite being the 2nd youngest player on the list, LK has the most AHL games played and 2nd highest P/G.
SteveCangialosi123
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Scandella did get St Louis’s 2020 2nd
The Habs retained 50% on Scandella and got a 2021 conditional mid round pick instead of a prospect. We got a 2021 2nd for Greene, which is actually considered to have the same value as a 2020 3rd. (Yes, that means the 2021 5th for Simmonds is even worse than it sounds.)
I’m disappointed we couldn’t get Buffalo’s 3rd or Carolina’s 3rd outright with the chance for it to turn into their 2nd. It is what it is, Sami played 50 games last year and hasn’t played since Feb 1st.
The prospect is intriguing, I wonder if he’s a potential 3rd line center. McLeod looks like a future 4th line center and we could move Zacha to the wing.
NJDevs26
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Rereading that Tweet you're correct...geez Bob, you really got us with that one. It was an easy mistake to make though since he previously said the deal was a pick and prospect. He only specified the prospect when most of us thought he was specifying BOTH in his Tweet.
AfroThunder396
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Probably slightly below Boqvist and ahead of Anderson, so yeah. Maybe you could make a case for Merkley but he's had a lot of ups and downs.
EDIT: Forgot Foote. so probably 3rd
NJDevils17
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Koukkanen is immediately one of our top prospects. Maybe the return is underwhelming but we needed to add NHL ready players to our pool.
Devil made me do it
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Fitzgerald is not the answer at GM. Shero would've gotten a better return than this. Pathetic. Still pissed they fired Ray.
Oooh. Now I get it. He was saying Kuokkanen was a 2nd rounder.
Vats is on IR and hasn't played a game in almost a month. What do you expect?
Shero had a few disappointments at the TDL too. If Vats was healthy I think we would have had more bidders.
NJDevils17
Going Up?
Like how he acquired Mirco Mueller for a 2nd and a 4th?
NJDevils17
Going Up?
It’s easy to sit here and say “dang he should’ve got more” as if he was able to get more and took a worse deal?
The market is the market. Vatanen was available, everyone knew it and this was the best deal we could get. He may play 10 games the rest of the season. Who is paying up for that?
The market is the market. Vatanen was available, everyone knew it and this was the best deal we could get. He may play 10 games the rest of the season. Who is paying up for that?
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According to Cap Friendly’s waiver calculator, he’s waiver exempt until 2021-2022. I assume that’s right, waiver rules make my brain hurt so I use Cap Friendly.
Janne Kuokkanen Waivers Calculator - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps
NJDevils17
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I wonder if Kuokkanen plays straight away in New Jersey, replacing Simmonds spot in the lineup.
Merkley was demoted back to AHL.
Merkley was demoted back to AHL.
Zippy316
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Hopefully this deal doesn’t fall thru.
Hurricanes are going to have to do a lot of shuffling around to fit Vatanen and Skjei under the cap with the injuries to Pesce, Mrazek, and Reimer.
I would expect Devils to call up Kuokkanen though. Give him a shot on the NHL team to end the year and see what he has before he’s waiver eligible next year.
Hurricanes are going to have to do a lot of shuffling around to fit Vatanen and Skjei under the cap with the injuries to Pesce, Mrazek, and Reimer.
I would expect Devils to call up Kuokkanen though. Give him a shot on the NHL team to end the year and see what he has before he’s waiver eligible next year.
OmNomNom
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if he did well enough to warrant protecting, then that's great
but odds are he's gonna be subpar, and if he's the guy who ends up being taken, then great
ninetyeight
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Kuokka, means hoe in finnish, although unfortunately the one you garden with 
