That MIGHT get you Miller

That VAN trade is awful. The way the Canes team is built as it is already works.

Gardiner cannot be hidden no LTIR, he's healthy

Kotkaniemi is going to be the 2C. SURE AS HELL won't be J Staal. Jarvis on the third line is f**king comical. Miller and Gagner are pointless.

You've gone the complete wrong way about this. If you're going to improve the team, it's the bottom line that needs deadline help. Someone like (this is a comparable, not an example) Tyler Motte to NYR at last years deadline. Someone that can play 5v5 and PK without being a pylon

The Gardiner on LTIR is def an issue there, but likely could be fixed with an additional cap dump trade. I would rather replace with a better player than DeKeyser though.

As for the team structure from this trade I think adjustments need to be made. Primarily JT Miller would play 2C and not LW if this trade were to go down. So the top 6 would consist of Aho Jarvis Teuvo, Svech Miller and Pacioretty. From there the bottom 6 would likely be Staal with Fast and Milano, then 4th line with Kase and Drury centered by KK. Looks like a SIGNIFICANT upgrade over the current grouping right now, arguably gives the Canes the best forward group in the league. I love KK but I feel like there is an unjustifiably large risk putting him in a 2C role with NO backup option this early on. Best to acquire a sure commodity in JT Miller to man that position.

The Sam Gagner signing is definitely pointless, no reason for acquiring him, would rather re-sign maybe Stepan at league min as he was quite a good fit for the team as a depth option.

The backup option for KK is Necas! That is why he is so valuable right now! That's what people miss. Carolina don't need KK and Necas to hit the ground running, they need to not be complete pylons. This makes no sense

Necas's value isnt' that high right now

The VAN trade is totally fair

Necas hasn't played Center in 5 years... That is an awful backup plan especially when he fell apart last season. No confidence right now being thrust into a position he has 0 experience with in the NHL is a recipe for disaster.

Necas DOES have center experience to be fair, just that he's spent more time on the wing than at center in recent years

Necas started his NHL career as a center. So that's wrong. It's been a few years, but he often found himself taking faceoffs and playing down the middle of the ice covering for centers who jump out of position. He's a natural center. Putting him in the position he grew up playing, and fell in love with this game playing, will increase his confidence given the amount of defensive stability you need to be given a center role in a Brind'amour team. He's got experience at this level, he's got the talent, the skill, and there's no reason not to. He wants to move back to center anyway (look at his EoS PC on the NHL website, when talking about moving back to center, he starts to glow) so the smart thing to do is keep him around and let him have the chance.