Royale with cheese

Savard is worse than Gardiner, yet you're paying Seattle to take Gardiner and actively employing Savard...?

Also, you're not getting Nolan Patrick for Hamilton extended. Philadelphia can just offer that in free agency, the entire point of the sign and trade would be an 8 year deal.

why aren't the Canes doing everything they can to keep Dougie??

Philly declines.

I get the concept but the Dougie deal would be an 8 yr one. That’s the main point of the sign and trade.

Also - at this point you can just re-sign Dougie with the cap space you have and the money you spent on Savard. I’d say that’s money well spent versus taking a huge downgrade defensively.

Because he is complimentary piece not a core piece. Take Slavin away and he is middle pair defender. The team wants to pay him like Krug not like Pietrangelo (who is a better defender). Also years 6-8 will undoubtedly be a cap suck.