You do not know puck

Canes block your number, pass out and die due to laughing so hard

Canes fans might be the only fan base that overvalues their players/prospects more than the Canadian fanbases.

You cannot seriously think you’re getting a 60 point forward, top prospect and a first for a year of saros

Maybe we do overvalue Necas a bit, but this is over the top for saros

there is a thing as contract extension

Still lmao. Saros is small and will break down and decline soon. No thanks. Kochetkov is our guy

i think that can be boiled down to 1 Canes fan in all fairness.

I’m not a Canes fan and don’t necessarily disagree with your statement (although it’s mainly one certain Canes fan), but this trade is completely terrible for Carolina

lol how do yall still not understand that ANY team trading for Saros is doing so under the assumption that he is their #1 goalie for the next 7-8 years???

And Necas had 53 points as a 25yo on one of the best regular season teams in the league this year. We all know he could benefit from a change of scenery but you are for sure overvaluing him.

Yes we all know who that one canes fan is

Your acting like Necas was playing first-line minutes with Sebastian Aho... he wasn't

I’d be interested in Necas to Nashville for Evangelista and something else.

Pass on saros, again

this reply might be the biggest reason I'm sad this site is going away. I wish I could come back here to victory lap this idiotic post every year.

Why in the world would we trade Evangelista??? That who we are trying to acquire more of.

I think he’s left the site. I haven’t seen him talk about how Necas is a 70 point center or how Nikishin is already a top 10 dman in the world in awhile

Your not getting Necas for peanuts and guys who have one year left on a UFA contract are generally worth less than RFA's

that kind of proves the point. Being passed over by a dude who is 3 years younger and 3 inches shorter is why Necas isn't going to command elite value in a trade.

Because that’s the only guy on the Preds roster I can see the canes caring about in a Necas trade. Kochetkov had some of the best numbers in the ENTIRE league after the first two months of the season, he will be the canes starting goalie this year, and likely for a long time after

Jarvis becoming the canes second best forward has absolutely nothing to do with that lol. Canes will get what they want for Necas, or they’ll keep him. They want someone to step in and take his spot right away

I mean Jarvis is a RBA-type player, fits better with Aho and Necas is not... but I'm also not saying that certain Canes fans don't overvalue him.

3rd best

You aren't keeping Necas. Way too much smoke around him and you know he's not a good fit. Every year you keep him his value goes down. Yall have to make some changes to get over the hump and an elite goalie would be a huge start. Especially one like Saros that would fit perfectly in Rod's defensive system. If this team doesn't win a cup in the next 5 years its borderline malpractice on Tulsky's part. Way too much talent on great contracts.

Coming from a NSH fan, this is a HUGE over-evaluation of what we could get for Saros. I do think something like this could happen if the rumors are true regarding Saros's contract extension. That said, this is a huge ask.

More realistically, something else is going back to CAR. What I have in my head is something like

To CAR
Saros + Nyquist + Tomasino + TBL 2025 1st

To NSH
Necas (extended) + Andersen + Nadeau + CAR 2024 1st

In the trade, CAR is getting the best player in the group in Saros, but in exchange, NSH is getting a true top-line RW in Necas, who can score has proven he can do it when allowed to focus on offense first as well as the better prospect in the trade. Necas is also young enough that he can fit into NSH's timeline with Askarov and Andersen provides a stop-gap to keep NSH somewhat competitive before Askarov fully takes over. NSH also sends Nyquist who is older, but immediately can slip into CAR middle 6 and be a point producer on an insanely good contract.

To equalize any value lost between the teams, NSH swaps 1st round picks with CAR so NSH gets CAR 1st this year while CAR gets TBL's 1st next year, which will also likely be higher than the 1st they have this year. NSH gets the more immediate, but likely lower pick, while CAR gets the likely higher pick, but has to wait another year for it.

They NEED a forward back for Necas. They have nothing right now outside of Aho Svechnikov and Jarvis (who still needs to be signed)

If saros hits free agency next summer we’ve got more than enough money to go after him

Saros isn't going to free agency