Canes don’t consider that. Canes are looking to add, not swap parts out.

Not sure what you're going to be able add when Bunting and DeAngelo are your chips, unless Pesce is in play?

And Waddell doesn't do rentals. This might be the kind of deal Carolina is faced with.

Mikheyev and Bunting are virtually identical players, so that’s a completely meaningless trade for both sides

And Friedman is AHL fodder on the Hurricanes so Carolina says no

And if you say otherwise, I can only assume you’re the type of person who would play Nikita Zaitzev on the Hawks top pairing

I think you're missing the mark. Bunting is more of a greasier player than Mikheyev, which makes a better immediate fit for the Canucks' top 6. Mikheyev is still recovering from his knee surgery, he'll be better after a full offseason of regular training. In fact, Mikheyev is the better player, and fits in Carolina's system better than Bunting.

The Canes would take a bag of pucks for DeAngelo at this point.

Why would Carolina consider this? Bunting > Miky, DeAngelo >>> Friedman... there's nothing reasonable on the Canucks the Canes would be interested in either.

We brought Bunting in because of the greasiness that he provides... he's there to help on the PP and agitate the hell out of the opponents and he's doing both of those things very very well