First of all, how are the Canes giving up more than Habs in that trade? Second, why would the Canes just give KK back to Habs?

That being said, all the other trades are garbage for everyone not named Montreal, so everybody except Montreal passes.

Minnesota declines.. they aren't trading Dmitry kulikov to take on Paul Byron, cap dump who could possibly cost Montreal because of injury and retirement

You can go ahead and keep Jeff Petry.

That Oilers trade is bad!

Lol on canes deal. All of the trades are pretty bad. And the signings aren’t likely.

Yeah, Canes pass. KK > Dvorak. Drop the pick going from Carolina to Montreal and up the pick going to Carolina if you want KK. He's been very good in Raleigh

V-E-R-Y close on the Columbus trade!

Just replace Josh Anderson with Cole Caufield.

Everyone declines faster than the offer can be submitted.

Montreal fans doing ACGMs sending Petry to Detroit

Josh Anderson to Columbus

We’re not giving up pick 6 for Anderson.

all the anderson to cbj trades are thoughtless. especially ones where the jackets give up prime pick capital

He's been good like when hes out in the City of Raleigh?

Cuz on the ice hes been almost exactly what he was in MTL. Shows flashes of skill and great play then disappears for long stretches, at this point i'm more than happy to live with the results of that offsheet i dont think either side would have any interest in this.

Detroit doesn't need a RD and won't take on an overpaid 35 year old player for three years without being paid for doing so.

Kotkaniemi never disappeared and was one of the few Canes that showed up and made an impact every game he played. The only times he went "missing" was when he wasn't in the lineup. At that point, recovering from a knee injury he sustained on a braindead play by Lars Eller... that's fair enough. KK's better than Dvorak and if MTL want him back, they're going to have to pay through the nose.

I get KK has move value cuz he is still young with more upside. But he hasnt put together a full season with the same offseason output as Dvorak, and although KK has improved defensively and in the faceoff circle he isnt on Dvorak's level. and he may not disappear cuz he can throw a few hits and impact that game but he regularly goes stretch of 5+ without getting on the score sheet, and 2 assists in 14 playoff games was by far his worse playoff performance to date. at 4.8 mil per he may be a steal by the time hes 24-25, but Canes could also be paying a hefty price for a career 3c.

But ya all moot cuz of course thats a trade that will never happen regardless of price, dont see the canes-habs wanting to work together even with new management.

Carolina actively employ Jordan Staal as their 3C. 4.8 for a 3C isn't bad in the slightest, if he can produce. But Kotkaniemi doesn't have to put up points to show he's excellent. This is the Jordan Staal arguement. He can have hands made of stone, if he's one of the best defensive players in the league (I'm referring to Staal here) then that's how he needs to contribute to the team. As for right now, KK and Dvorak had similar statlines and Kotkaniemi did that in a 4th line role. If you take Kotkaniemi's time at C and compare it to Dvorak, it's not close. He was putting up points per 60 numbers similar to MacKinnon at one point as a center. His issue was that his linemates became a revolving door of Martinook, Stepan and Lorentz on one side and Necas or Domi on the other. When he was given an elevated role (3 times he played top six minutes this season as a center) he had 3 multipoint games. Yes, his playoff performance wasn't great, but a 14 game sample size isn't enough to say he was bad. At this moment in time, Kotkaniemi is the better player. He's better defensively and in the dot than Dvorak (who's not a natural center, which would explain this), he's more physical, more versitile, and he only had 4 less games playing on the 2nd PP unit of a meh powerplay and bottom line 5v5 time on ice whereas Dvorak played top PP time and top six minutes. I don't think this is close.

But you're right, it is unlikely we will see anything like this come to fruition

Or Toronto fans with the insane Muzzin-back-to-Los-Angeles wet dream.

Don't be absurd. The only way Anderson comes back to Columbus is if y'all retain, because the whole reason we sent him your way at all was because we didn't want to sign him to that large of a contract. That has not changed and is not going to change anytime soon.

yo fr think Anderson is worth the 6oa pick??!??!!??! bruh

If Derek Stepan was worth the 7th overall pick and Cory Schneider was worth the 9th overall so I think yes Anderson is worth a top 10 pick.

Stepan had essentially 6 straight seasons of 50+ points and he was traded with Raanta (25 years old) who was coming off 3 strong backup seasons and looked ready to be a starter for Deangelo and 7th OA.

Schneider (26 years old) was also coming off of 3 extremely strong backup seasons and was considered the strongest goalie in the league that was ready for a starting job when he was traded for 9th OA which was an underpayment because Vancouver was leveraged due to the Luongo situation.

Anderson has had one 40 point season in his injury riddled career. Comparing him to Stepan or Schneider is silly.

lmao