Confirmed Trade: [CAR/VGK] Max Pacioretty and Dylan Coghlan for future considerations

[RangerBoy]

Vegas has a verbal agreement with Reilly Smith. They need space for him. It was rumored last week that Vegas was looking to move a player for cap reasons.

 

[AirGut]

I mean this is great to get him for free but did Waddell time loop himself to 2013 today?

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Lol Carolina is so smart. This is legit better than signing a free agent cause max pat is only making 5 mill this year in real money. And I wouldnt be surprised if he does have a 30 goal season left in him.

 

[JoeSakic13]

lol Vegas’ team mantra should be

“Don’t bother unpacking”

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

Did Vegas check if they gave Patioready a no-trade clause first?

 

[grewalwings]

Vegas going after Kadri?

 

[One Winged Angel]

Carolina is left with 4,083,083 in cap after this trade. Is Gardiner being LTIR'ed again? Because if not, someone has to be moved.

 

[Wats]

How is this trade allowed. NHL should veto this...

 

[bigskookum]

one mans trash...

 

[Wolfpuck]

Anyone want JT Miller for a 7th round draft pick?

Best we can do is future considerations.

 

[Lockin17]

Flower now Pacio , Vegas treat their players like shit !

 

[chaosrevolver]

Thanks for Suzuki.

Don't really understand the lack of return here.

 

[5 Minute Major]

 

[Umingmak]

Zero risk for Carolina. Not sure what Vegas is doing. Surely they could’ve at least gotten a 7th round pick?

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Funny

 

[bobholly39]

Anyone want JT Miller for a 7th round draft pick?

Montreal counters - 9th round pick?

 

[Dirty Dog]

Just a few years ago they traded away Suzuki, Tatar, a 2nd rounder for pacioretti…who has since been a PPG player.

But because they got distracted by the latest shiny toy, they had to dump him for nothing.

What a joke. The team doesn’t understand asset management or roster construction. They lucked themselves int a team built on great chemistry…and blew it up

 

[Petes2424]

No choice but to give away a point per game player on a contract below market value for free?

Sorry, but you are wrong.

Obviously not, as they just did it.

They’re lucky they didn’t have to pay someone. If it were Karlsson, who they’ve been trying to move, they would’ve had to pay big futures. At least this way, they didn’t have to pay. Now at least, they can make a trade and actually get something in return. They still have to sign Hague, so don’t be surprised if they move Theodore for a winger. Or Hague for a lessor winger.

They made a lot of bad moves and they’re paying for it.

 

[Connor McConnor]

Patches should fit in nicely with Carolina, replaces some of the scoring they lost with the Trocheck signing. S

Still have no clue how this deal got done

 

[Gnome17]

Lmao.

This screams to me that Vegas sees a new shiny toy in Gaudreau and are desperate for cap space.

Edit; actually do they have cap space even with this trade? Maybe they were Only desperate for cap space.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

I mean this is great to get him for free but did Waddell time loop himself to 2013 today?

It's a one year deal anyways.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

So they essentially traded away Suzuki and Tatar, the latter of whom they spent a stupid amount of draft picks on, for literally nothing.

Vegas just may be one of the most ineptly run organizations in sports right now. Someone needs to sit down with McPhee and McCrimmon and explain how a salary cap works.

 

[Stickpucker]

Anyone want JT Miller for a 7th round draft pick?

In 2026....sure.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Teams must really hate Vegas if everyone treated Pacioretty as a cap dump.

Or it just happened to be a summer where not a single team in Pacioretty's 20 team trade list, other than Carolina, wanted/had the space for a 7M winger.

And maybe Vegas didn't want to trade him to their divisional rivals.

Probably a combination of all 3.

 

[Connor McConnor]

Just a few years ago they traded away Suzuki, Tatar, a 2nd rounder for pacioretti…who has since been a PPG player.

But because they got distracted by the latest shiny toy, they had to dump him for nothing.

What a joke. The team doesn’t understand asset management or roster construction. They lucked themselves int a team built on great chemistry…and blew it up

They traded a 1st, 2nd and 3rd to acquire Tatar in February 2018 then traded him in September 2018 along with Suzuki and a 2nd rounder for Patches, only to lose him for free.

Essentially they got half a season from Tatar and a few seasons from Patches while giving up 2 1sts, 2 2nds and a 3rd lol. Asset management at its finest! Making Dubas look good.