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2016 NHL Free Agency Thread

I would prefer a trade that sees Elias Lindholm and Ryan Murphy moved out for an equally young forward coming back and a veteran defenseman that can fill out the Canes starting six.

How about Lindholm and Murphy to the Bruins for Ryan Spooner and Adam McQuaid...almost a wash cap wise for both teams.

Or a forward for forward trade...Lindholm to the Ducks for one of Silverberg or Rakell.
 
I still don't think you'd get anything of real value for Murphy and doubt that he'd add anything to a Lindholm deal. I do however think that Lindy is a good enough checking line winger that you could fetch a decent D-man in return.
 
The last of the RFAs have signed. Trouba signed a 2 year/$6 million bridge deal, $2.5 million this year, $3.5 million next.
 
andyt said:
The last of the RFAs have signed. Trouba signed a 2 year/$6 million bridge deal, $2.5 million this year, $3.5 million next.
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Which he could have signed two months ago if he didn't want out of the Peg so badly.
 
The value of that Trouba deal seems a bit puzzling unless there is some sort of handshake agreement between the team and the agent that a trade will go down at some point in the next few weeks. Cap friendly contract means most teams could easily fit Trouba into their lineup which allows the Jets to get the best package for him in a trade.
 
That's the speculation and rumor I heard on the radio yesterday, that the contract was done to constitute a trade quickly.
 
See, I knew this was going to happen. joke. but yeah, suddenly we could use somebody like him.
Lindholm for Trouba? I would think the Jets would want something else back too. Maybe a prospect or a pick? 4th rounder?
 
I don't think Carolina is looking to add another big salary on D, but if they wanted Trouba you could package Lindy with a prospect and get it done, I'd think.
 
If the Canes weren't locked into Ward/Lack in goal for the next two years I would be all for accelerating the young Ds development by trading for Trouba in exchange for someone like Fleury. It makes the Canes a better team now and minimizes the risk of Fleury not developing into someone like Trouba. Only way it makes sense is if you can find a solution in goal but at some point this team needs to start winning again. Trouba would help that cause.
 
CarolinaPen said:
If the Canes weren't locked into Ward/Lack in goal for the next two years I would be all for accelerating the young Ds development by trading for Trouba in exchange for someone like Fleury. It makes the Canes a better team now and minimizes the risk of Fleury not developing into someone like Trouba. Only way it makes sense is if you can find a solution in goal but at some point this team needs to start winning again. Trouba would help that cause.
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That is a trade that makes a lot of sense from the Canes angle...not sure if the Jets feel that Fleury is far enough along in his development to become a top pairing D at some point in the league though. The two year affordability of the Trouba contract is quite attractive to many teams including the Canes. I wish Pavelec was a little cheaper contract wise...it might be worth it to try and land Trouba and Pavelec for Fleury and Lack...at least with a guy like Pavelec you could take him for a test drive the rest of the season as a platoon with Ward and then just let him walk to free agency in the summer if you were not interested at season's end. Personally, I like Trouba and think he has a lot of upside.
 
Reality ... if Carolina has to include a D man to get Trouba, it would almost certainly be McKeown. He's the closest to ready to rock and the less likely to be a gamble. And look, you could live with that if you're Carolina ... mostly because you filled that rung on the ladder with real quality.

That said ... not convinced the front office is even looking at a move right now, although I'm WELL convinced they should be.
 
Canes and Centennial authority agree to treat money received from the NHL and from the local TV contract as trade secrets no longer required to be reported by the Canes.

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/nhl/carolina-hurricanes/article118316303.html

I don't see too much that is ominous in this, someone might read this another way. I think most everyone realizes the Canes are losing money and have been for a while. At the very bottom of the article Waddell flatly denies that PK is close to selling the team to someone who will look to move it (for what that statement is worth).

Also, again for what its worth, Forbes has the Canes dead last in the NHL for its estimates of franchise value, $230 million.
 
cmaleski2 said:
Canes and Centennial authority agree to treat money received from the NHL and from the local TV contract as trade secrets no longer required to be reported by the Canes.

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/nhl/carolina-hurricanes/article118316303.html

I don't see too much that is ominous in this, someone might read this another way. I think most everyone realizes the Canes are losing money and have been for a while. At the very bottom of the article Waddell flatly denies that PK is close to selling the team to someone who will look to move it (for what that statement is worth).

Also, again for what its worth, Forbes has the Canes dead last in the NHL for its estimates of franchise value, $230 million.
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As long as Gale Force is meeting their lease obligations to the Authority, I don't care.
 
cmaleski2 said:
Canes and Centennial authority agree to treat money received from the NHL and from the local TV contract as trade secrets no longer required to be reported by the Canes.

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/nhl/carolina-hurricanes/article118316303.html

I don't see too much that is ominous in this, someone might read this another way. I think most everyone realizes the Canes are losing money and have been for a while. At the very bottom of the article Waddell flatly denies that PK is close to selling the team to someone who will look to move it (for what that statement is worth).

Also, again for what its worth, Forbes has the Canes dead last in the NHL for its estimates of franchise value, $230 million.
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A. I've been told that GFH and the Canes are meeting their financial obligation AND their reporting obligations to the Authority

B. They've been looking for a way out of putting actual revenues (or anything close to actual revenues) in ANY document which might be subject to public scrutiny ever since the arena opened. And when I say they, I mean BOTH the Authority and GFH.

C. I understand that the Authority retained new outside counsel late this summer, and that their new lawyers had a big role in coming up with this scheme. Note that Chip reports this from 180 degrees the opposite angle, as if this is the Canes looking to hide revenue figures from the public. In fact it's both the Canes and the Authority ... in an effort to help the Canes AND to keep the funding entities more in the dark.

D. Not at all sure that the Wake County Commissioners will be thrilled with this once they get settled into the new year. They've never been comfortable with what they see as the Authority acting like they have no accountability to the entities that provided public funding for the building. This move won't help that. Even if the Authority has Chip Alexander bamboozled, if little old me knows something else is going on then you can bet your boots somebody at the County Commission does too.

E. This has nothing to do with the financial health of the Canes, or even the lack thereof. This has everything to do with keeping as much actual info about the financial health of the BUILDING from the public as possible. As such, I call shannanigans ... just not the kind Chip is chasing.
 
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Railhawks want to go to MLS but that won't be easy. They need a new stadium and for MLS to expand. Stadium probably $100 mil at low end. The Cary location is not really good even if they expanded it.
 
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