Quoting: Caniac2000
Except this isn't a perfect scenario at all. Necas had a single down year, that doesn't exactly equate to needing a change of scenery. Nino alternates between up and down years and that doesn't mean he needs a scenery change.
Fiala has already broken that leg, and he missed games this year. Gaudreau is probably more comparable to a major concussion, but if that happens, you didn't give up any assets for him and you can just LTIR him. There's no reason for carolina to pursue a player like Fiala who's never had a season as good as this with Necas as the starting point when he's never had a season as bad as this. Carolina need goal scorers and Fiala isn't an elite goal scorer. Forsberg is. Gaudreau is. Kyle Connor is. Matthew Tkachuk is borderline but I'd say he is. DeBrinckat or Kane are. And all of them are going to be a better fit, in some cases have more manageable cap hits and will all cost a package similar to this or less. There's no reason to make this trade from a Carolina standpoint.
You're failing to understand that UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS belong to no one. AND the Canes did offer sheet a guy, and it worked! Jesperi Kotkaniemi has never been traded! Jeez. I don't know if you're genuinely not understanding this or if you're doing what Toronto fans do when their point is disproven and acting like there's nothing wrong.
I fail to see how an owner would sign a FA to big money but not an RFA who you trade for? Quite frankly, it just doesn’t make sense. You sound like what you’re accusing me of here. You haven’t explained that and instead have only contradicted yourself. Fiala would be cheaper than those FAs too. You haven’t proven anything so not sure how I’m being a Tor fan when their point is disproven lol.
I will admit I forgot about Kotkaniemi, but that only further proves my point that ownership would sign Fiala lol.
85 points with a 4th line C and a rookie is pretty damn elite.
If there’s not reason for this trade why are so many Carolina fans offering this up? Lol. You act like I created this trade package from thin air but in reality it’s all over this site and mostly by Car fans.
You arguing whether or not This trade makes sense for Car isn’t going to change whether or not the trade happens haha. Neither of us are the GMs. Car might not be interested in this at all… or they very well could be (as other Car fans have said). But since you seem to be getting agitated I’m done with this. and quite frankly, it’s not worth my time and in the grand scheme of things, doesn’t mean Jack ****. I do this for fun and to intelligently chat with other NHL fans.