Deal... Carolina takes that deal and run

Devils pass, no need/room for Brodie with Hughes and Nemec coming up next season

Devs accept imo

we cant afford 9-10 million for Nylander.

Pesce is in no way that valuable.

Yeah we can... The cap space will be a little tight but we definitely can

Philly declines both trades

Recorded an above-average p/g mark (for defensemen) in each of the last three years and was an elite shutdown defender... that's a rare commodity. I mean sure it's not on the level of Nylander but it's not that far off

nah we cant. 24-25, no chance. We have like 6.5 million with Skjei, Pesce, Aho and Necas' deals. Add in Jarvis' bridge deal too.

Yes, we can... I ran the numbers and ended up with about $1.5m of cap space with the Nylander Contract after filling out the roster.

you must be not keeping fast, martinook, or chatty (which are coming back).

I kept Martinook and Chatty ($2m deals each)... I think that Fast is going to get massively overpaid in the off-season by some other team

yea unless you are way underpaying skjei, pesce, or our goalie tandem is the worst and cheapest in the league, that money isnt there.

Skjei gets $6.25m and I dealt Pesce to the Leafs for Nylander, brought up Honka to fill that 3RD spot (who isn't an RFA until 24-25), and Allocated $5.5m for 2RD
Kocketkov ($2m) and ? ($3m)
The cap is going to jump a whole lot... I just gave the Hurricanes a whole lot of space going into this year

the cap will only jump up to 87.5 million unless the players agree to take more escrow

From what I've heard it basically a done deal that it's going to be 87.5m cap next year

exactly, 5% isnt a big jump though.

But that cap space gives them just enough to go after another person who's going to command $10m

Just stop it man.

No you stop it... Come on... Nylander has 1 35+ goal season and you suddenly act like he is some elite goal scorer... he's not. I think that the original offer is a little too much in Carolina's favor but it's not egregious

You're just ridiculous. You ignore his lockout shortened season where he was on pace for 45, and casually gloss over his 34 goal season as well. And just keep saying "Pesce is elite shutdown" build him up into a Norris winner and now here you are inferring Nylander isn't as good as he is because that helps your case. The difference between me and you is that I am not dumping on Pesce, I am calling him what he is. A 2nd pair 20-30 point defenceman. That isn't equal to a point per game elite play driving forward. End of debate