Minnesota declines. Yes it's a 3rd but we have connor dewar and nico sturm for that role and both are fast, and really good 4th liners

TB is more likely looking for blue line depth Rakell is a luxury TB doesn't need

'we'?

you work for the mild?

I don’t know if Bear gets traded with how good he has started to look the past few games. And right now, Canes can’t exactly afford to trade any of their roster dmen, at the very least until DeAngelo gets back. But getting back to Bear’s play, it’s the best he has played for his season. If you were to tell me Bear would get traded maybe 3 weeks ago, I would have believed that, but now I’m having my doubts. I could be wrong though. I mean, just look at my predictions for Toffoli and Ritchie.

I don’t really know if the Canes would be interested in Manson. He is older and more expensive than Bear, and is a UFA rental, which Carolina really has a track record of not wanting to buy rentals at the deadline. If Manson were a more clear cut upgrade over Bear, and while statistically speaking he might, other aspects, particularly money wise, make Bear more appealing. Someone like Comtois would be more appealing to the Canes, but I know Anaheim won’t be shopping him. If there is a rental the Canes might go after, it would probably be Forsberg half retained. At the deadline, the Canes might add, but they also might just stand pat with the roster they currently have.

You should look at Minnesota wild roster before making this comments

you mean 'your' roster? or the mild roster? do you work for them or just identifying as a mild?

So you just hate wild and are a rival fan, got it....

He is a Avs fan, so you know he has a natural predisposition to dislike the Wild. I mean the Wild did end Patty Roy's career. I wish i could dislike the Avs as much as their fans hate the Wild, but because Forsberg is one of my all time favorites, i just can't.

As a Canes fan and with Bear’s return to form over the past few games/RFA status, I’m not trading him for a rental that’s not named Klingberg. I like Manson, but I’m not trading a young RD with team control years left for him.

I’d be more interested in Rakell. The Canes just may be OK with thier D depth once TDA comes back with Bear playing well now and Chatfield emerging as a viable 6-7D.

hey guys I found the guy who criticizes people because they say 'we'

this is armchair GM, its perfectly acceptable to say 'we'

If Manson hadn’t got hurt again, the Canes would probably target him. The injuries are getting to be too much to warrant trading anything of consequence