Équipe: 2020-21 Hurricanes de la Caroline

Date de création initiale: 18 sept. 2020

Publié: 20 sept. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Canes need to move one or more of Nino, Gardiner, or Dzingel who all underperformed relative to their contracts.

Dzingel is likely the easiest to trade. He has the smallest cap hit and only one year left, and his shooting percentage was far below his career average. For all those reasons, I'd prefer he stayed if Canes cannot obtain a top 6 winger in the offseason.
Gardiner is tricky, perhaps he could still energize a power play for a team with that need. His contract isn't terrible in dollars at $4mil, but there are 3 years remaining. He also looked much better at the end of the season. That said, he was a scratch at times in the postseason and looked atrocious in the first half of season with Canes.
Nino might be the toughest guy to move. His cap hit is $5.2 mil for next 2 years. He is still just one season removed from incredible second half when he joined the Canes. I wouldn't be shocked if he found his groove again, but also if he doesn't it's really problematic for the Canes top 6 because he's just not a good bottom six guy (either is Dzingel though).

I'm not saying Canes can do all of these, but maybe 1 or 2.

Helm would likely be bought out in this scenario, but team might just hold onto him as the designated healthy scratch who adds depth if injuries pile up.

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