Modifié 18 juin à 15 h 55
Quoting: mskiko
Appreciate the actual feedback. Necas however would instantly become the most dynamic winger for CBJ and would be very beneficial in Fantilli's develop. Waddell just paid a 3rd round pick for Kuzy with his value at the lowest and was a solid for the canes in the playoffs (different situations between CBJ and CAR obviously so I understand CBJ not needing him).
KK is interesting with his buyout clause. It would give CBJ a chance to basically try him out over the next 2 years to see if anything clicks while they aren't contending. If it works great for them, it not his cap penalty is miniscule.
Wasn't trashing Laine, just pointing out facts that even with retention this acquisition for the canes isn't risk averse.
I don't doubt Necas would be good; but, CBJ made the same mistake two years ago in swinging for Johnny (i.e. happy to have him, but we weren't ready for him), and we've heard the "he'd be great for Player X's development" schpiel from a lot of angles, and it hasn't really bore out in most instances. Frankly, the worse thing you can do as a GM is straddle - it's what Jarmo was guilty of doing for years (i.e. rebuilding while making a lot of ill-timed "win-now" moves).
Waddell did swing a 3rd for Kuzy, and that trade frankly didn't work out. Not sure what confidence is there to make him think third time is the charm, particularly since CAR now seems open to moving on from him already, he'd be going to a worse CBJ team, and it still doesn't address his underlying locker-room issues.
I'm not opposed to KK on the roster, but I really don't think he has the value a lot of CAR fans want to put on him. He really only has one OK season to his resume, and not sure what about him makes someone think that after six seasons in the NHL that he is going click, absent a big change in circumstances. A change-of-scenery can do that, but it's as much of a gamble as any.
And of course - not saying Laine isn't risk-averse; but, even if he didn't become The Guy (TM) that people imagined him to be at 2OA in 2015, he's still been highly productive. I think it requires more gymnastics to argue he'd be a dead-bust than it would to see him as a contributing player on a good team's T6, which every acquiring team will give him the opportunity to be. Even then, it's two seasons on the books, not six.