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2026 Hurricanes Off Season Thread

Well, Carlson got traded out of DC in the first place because he stuck to that $10 million ask when the Caps offered him $8 million. So, $8 mil ain’t gonna get there. Not that the Canes didn’t already know that. As usual though, they’ll have their number and stick to it. And if it doesn’t work then they’ll move on to the next one. All they’ll be out is a 6th rounder.
 
NoMich said:
At his age, Carlson may be more interested in finally hoisting a Cup than landing another big payday. Never underestimate the need for a legacy of a professional player. (I understand that a legacy could be looking for paydays or for rings. If his need for a legacy is the latter, then I can see a deal being worked out for him.)
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He won the Cup with the Caps in 2018.
 
If we do end up signing Carlson, that could result in Ghost and his $3.2 million cap hit would end up traded somewhere. Ghost has a 15 team no trade list.

The concern I have with that though is that Ghost provides a scoring threat from the point on PP1. John Carlson has never been that PP1 goal scoring threat player. Of course he has been an elite PP passer, although dishing the puck to Alex Ovechkin probably skewed those PP assist numbers.

If we keep Ghost then as I posted earlier, Nikishin is going out and Chatfield can slide down to that 3rd pair spot with Ghost. Slavin/Carlson and Miller/Walker would be the top 2 pairs. I guess one way to look at this is that we would rather pay John Carlson short term big dollars than commit long term big dollars to Nikishin. It also would get us all aligned again with 3 lefty/righty pairs. Plus we would get whatever Nikishin fetches in a trade.

I guess we will find out how it ends up soon.
 
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A lot of transactions for a kid who is destined to never play in the NHL. Is he related to someone in the organization? He played with Stankoven for one season in the WHL.
 
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