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Canes very likely view Niederreiter as an “own-rental” this year. I don’t think they’d consider this, even with the pick upgrade. Niederreiter’s $5.25M falls off the cap next season, Kane’s $3.5M (or whatever his end cap hit would be with retention) comes with 3 more years of commitment.
The Canes will need every bit of cap space they can muster to re-sign RFAs - Necas, Bear and Kotkaniemi. DeAngelo is also an RFA who I think they’ll try to retain as well. They may also want to see about keeping Trocheck. With Kane’s cap hit on the books for next season, there’s no way they keep everyone.