Lol Van doesn't do that

lol no

Lol pens decline. No way is Poulin touchable unless we are getting 1st line star talent back.

Carolina says "Thank you, come again!"

I think the Pens take that and run as fast as they can. Greenway is exactly what Hextall wants on this team. I don't think Poulin will be as good as Greenway.

Poulin had a bad season in the QMJHL last year. Pittsburgh has a few more years of being good and I think Greenway fits in well

Lol easy no from Van

A 3rd liner that will price himself out and want top 6 money is what Hextall is looking for?

You mean over a PPG and tearing up the playoffs is a bad season…I’ll take “a bad season” then over a 3rd liner that will want a solid pay raise and be paid for more than a 3rd liner.

Greenway is a young big physical forward who continues to increase his production each year. Hextall wants to get bigger and tougher. Greenway is tracking as a 2nd line winger.

Rookie year: .29 PPG
19/20: .41PPG
20/21: .57PPG

Poulin's projection in the NHL is lower than what Greenway is right now and what he's trending toward. Hextall has been very clear that he won't move any prospects unless it's a very good deal. Getting Greenway is a very good deal IMO.

Sorry that your "gotcha" moment didn't work out like you'd hoped.

His career high in goals is 12. He has trended down in goals/60. Real 2nd line stats there 😂. He has a whopping 6…yes you read that right, 6 goals last year. He isn’t higher right now than Poulin’s ceiling no matter how much your crazy imagination believes that lol. He is a 3rd liner period. But nice try.

Carolina don't have the cap. The only reason they're under the cap now is that Gardiner is LTIR because of hip and back surgery.

Wrong.

Last year he paced towards almost 50 points and the year before that he paced towards 35. Each season he has trended higher than the previous. He's improved his PPG by appx. 30% each year. I get this concept might be hard for you to grasp, but he's trending towards being over a 50 point player which is good for a 2nd line player.

So yeah, I'm not sure if you grasp how development works, but all signs are he's going to continue improving. He also has great High Danger stats which impressive. He IS higher than Poulin's ceiling. At this point there's a question as to whether or not Poulin will be an impact player at the NHL level due to his skating.

1. This is for the 2022-2023 season.


2. In the next offseason, Carolina will have 24 million in projected cap space.


3. Nino might be lost in free agency in the next offseason.


4. Zucc will not have a full NMC in 2022-2023.


5. What Carolina is giving up for Zucc is a lot less than what Dallas gave up for him in February of 2019.



This is a dream come true for Carolina.

Next off-season, Carolina need to re-sign Trocheck, Necas, Kotkaniemi, Bear, Niederreiter... TDA maybe too.... They won't have the cap to do it. Losing Nino STILL doesn't make up for it, and Nino will likely be far cheaper than Zucc, with better defensive skill and similar production...

1. I'm assuming Trocheck and Niederreiter sell themselves off to the highest bidder at free agency.

In this case, it would be Carolina against the other 31 teams in the NHL.

Not exactly fair for Carolina.



2. Bear (2.5 million) and Kotkaniemi (6.1 million) can have their Qualifying Offers.

24 million - 8.6 million = 15.4 million



3. TDA can have his QO as well if Carolina decides to qualify him, which is a big if.

15.4 million - 1 million = 14.4 million.



4. Necas probably signs for somewhere between 5 million and 5.5 million per.

14.4 million - 5.4 million = 9 million

Add in Zuccarello and Carolina is down to 3 million in cap space, assuming Gardiner is still eligible for LTIR.



5. Carolina can sign a bottom 6 centre for cheap or promote somebody like Suzuki/Drury to replace Trocheck.

Keep in mind that Carolina will also still have Aho, Staal and Kotkaniemi as options for the centre ice position.



6. It is possible Gardiner might no longer be eligible for LTIR in 2022-2023 and Minnesota is offering to take him off the books.

In that event, Carolina is only adding about 2 million to its cap hit instead of 6 million.



7. NHL teams are allowed to be 10% over the salary cap during the offseason.

This gives Carolina lots of time to figure out what to do next.




This is manageable for Carolina.

Managble, but not certain. It's FAR more likely Trocheck is re-signed (around the 7 mil mark) and Necas makes around 7 and not 5. Even on a bridge deal... this isn't doable even if KK has a deal for around 4 mil in place. Bear is also going to want more

1. Nothing's ever certain.

If we absolutely cannot have Zuccarello under any circumstances, we can always trade him the next day for more than what we're giving up here to Minnesota.



2. If Trocheck wants 7 million, he can go get it from some other team in free agency.



3. 7 million is an overpay on Necas IMO.



4. KK will want nothing less than his QO and I'm taking that into account here.



5. If Bear wants more than his QO of 2.5 million, he can go unqualified.

Fiala is so under appreciated.

No I’m right. I’m sorry you don’t know how to read stats but he legit only scored 6 goals last year and his g/60 has trended downward. I know you have a warped crazy imagination and obviously don’t watch prospects at all just from you claiming Poulin is a bad skater. Poulin’s ceiling is a middle 6 winger. Greenway is a 3rd liner plain and simple. Hell…Blueger had almost twice the g/60 Greenway had and he plays on the 4th line and almost exclusively defensive zone starts.
So I’ll leave you to continue your wildly insane imagination lol

LOL. No, you're wrong. You don't get there's more to being a top six forward than scoring goals. Later!