![]() ![]() If you asked me this again a few months into the season I might say Darcy Kuemper but we’ll have to see what the return looks like if or when he gets traded. ![]() I respect the Canes for not budging on that one, especially since they’d have to move either Mrazek or Reimer if they traded for Fleury and there’s no guarantee that wouldn’t be a process in itself. I could’ve seen him coming to Carolina if the Golden Knights were willing to comply with their reported ask of at least half of Fleury’s salary retained. I will say the Marc-Andre Fleury situation has played out somewhat unexpectedly in Vegas, but I suppose it makes sense with Robin Lehner now expected to miss some time. Who’s the one that got away?Īs I literally just wrote, I think adding anyone at all via free agency was a win for the Canes considering their financial situation and we don’t know when the offseason will really end this year. If it works out as anticipated, it also allows skill players like Martin Necas to stick with skill centers like Vincent Trocheck. How will Fast fit with the team?įast seems to figure in perfectly as a, well, fast complement to Jordan Staal on a defensively responsible third line. But they should still be exploring any scenario in which they can reasonably improve the goaltending if possible. Neither Petr Mrazek nor James Reimer have been bad for the Hurricanes, so they shouldn’t make a desperation move to replace them. And again, it would be silly to make a move in this climate that doesn’t objectively improve the team - especially in net. ![]() Still, a few key moves from opponents like the Caps snagging Henrik Lundqvist for cheap will probably make the division more competitive.īoth Rod Brind’Amour and Waddell have said they trust the team assembled exactly how it is to head into next season without changing. Sometimes the best thing you can do in free agency is to not actively make your team worse just to do something, and the one semi-big signing (Fast) is extremely low risk at three years, $6 million ($2 million AAV) with third-line expectations. ![]()
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