Rebuild... if that's necessary (Please Comment)

Deal 1:

Hurricanes - Top RW in Connor Brown

Maple Leafs - Good Backup in Eddie Lack (Just in case Andersen goes down)

Deal 2:

Hurricanes - Top Center in JG Pageau

Senators - Decent Prospect and Top Pick in 2019

Deal 3:

Hurricanes - Top Goalie in Petr Mrazek

Red Wings - Get rid of Franzen finally!!!

Deal 4:

Hurricanes - Get a younger D-man for a only $650,000 a year in DeMelo.

Sharks - Gear up for their last and only hope for a playoff run in Dahlbeck.

To be coy with you. None of these make much sense for the canes. Yes they're looking for a top center and offensive help. No connor brown and pageau are not that. They got their starter when they signed darling so Mrazek makes no sense. That defense is stacked. So streit is completely unnecessary. And a rebuild is the exact opposite what the canes need. They have done an outstanding job collecting top end defensman. Went out and got their starting goalie. And now just need a minor tweak to the offense to make them a very serious contender.

Leafs aren't trading a 20 goal scorer for a backup. There are lot of other goalies available for free. Mrazek hardly an improvement to the Canes. Canes don't need cap help with the injured Franzen. Canes really don't need help on defence. With better goaltending last year, they would have been in a playoff run. Maybe Darling provides the difference.

I don't know enough about the east to comment on all of this, but that Mrazek trade is one sided. I don't know why CAR would do it. Mrazek is really out of favour.

I am pretty sure the canes are going to play Darling as their starter so the Mrazek trade is unnecessary