Speculation: What will Canes do at deadline?

[Brock Anton]

Trade for Rick Nash with huge overpayment. Rick Nash scores one goal in the remaining games for the canes. Will not resign . The canes will miss the playoffs by one point. They will draft 14th overall. Best players from the farm traded to New York Rangers. Suicide rate and alcoholism rate shoot up within the Canes fans ranks

Rick Nash for Saarela and two 2nds

 

[Lempo]

Run towards the light, see it go out, spend the eternity in darkness alone.

 

[CanesUltimate11]

Yeah that does not read like Peters approves of, or was even involved in, those decisions.

Must mean that they intend to move Ryan if Peters does not approve.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

One problem is, the Canes really don't have anything to sell (in the traditional sense) outside of Ward, who the really can't let go of. Ryan and Stempniak? Meh, might get a late round pick. Anyone else becomes more of an offseason type deal rather than a deadline deal.

 

[NotOpie]

Yeah, of course...but in which way. ANSWER THE DAMN POLL.

If you must know I voted, "Nothing or minor moves only", and those minor moves will represent a portion of the feces in the linens. Their overall play will represent the other portion.

Trade for Rick Nash with huge overpayment. Rick Nash scores one goal in the remaining games for the canes. Will not resign . The canes will miss the playoffs by one point. They will draft 14th overall. Best players from the farm traded to New York Rangers. Suicide rate and alcoholism rate shoot up within the Canes fans ranks

In other words, Shit.The.Bed.

One problem is, the Canes really don't have anything to sell (in the traditional sense) outside of Ward, who the really can't let go of. Ryan and Stempniak? Meh, might get a late round pick. Anyone else becomes more of an offseason type deal rather than a deadline deal.

Addition by subtraction BBA, addition by subtraction...

 

[Dark Ambient]

This trade deadline will show us if Tom Dungdung is really interested in the team - or if he's just a rich prick who likes telling women at posh parties that he owns a NHL team.

I can see it now. The start of the next regular season. Our starting goalie - drumroll - Scott Darling. "He really got his head straight this summer. He'll do great." says Peters while sipping whiskey from a brown paper bag. In the background, Ron Francis is hugging a life-size poster of Scott Darling.
First game - three ridiculously easy goals allowed in the first five minutes. Aho, Staal and Teräväinen head to the airport, and fly to northern Finland for ice-fishing. After the game, Ron Francis blames the defence, the weather, the economy, Trump...
All the while Cam Ward is relaxing in southern Mexico, throwing back tequilas, and telling stories to local senoritas.


Sorry. I might have had a few drinks.

 

[Lempo]

This trade deadline will show us if Tom Dungdung is really interested in the team - or if he's just a rich prick who likes telling women at posh parties that he owns a NHL team.

I can see it now. The start of the next regular season. Our starting goalie - drumroll - Scott Darling. "He really got his head straight this summer. He'll do great." says Peters while sipping whiskey from a brown paper bag. In the background, Ron Francis is hugging a life-size poster of Scott Darling.
First game - three ridiculously easy goals allowed in the first five minutes. Aho, Staal and Teräväinen head to the airport, and fly to northern Finland for ice-fishing. After the game, Ron Francis blames the defence, the weather, the economy, Trump...
All the while Cam Ward is relaxing in southern Mexico, throwing down tequilas, and telling stories to local senoritas.


Sorry. I might have had a few drinks.

October ice-fishing sounds like an apt euphenism.

 

[The Stranger]

Wasn't it just a week or two ago when the press asked BP about a rumor of trading Ward...to paraphrase his reply he said it was a bad rumor and they will be looking to add? Not 100%, can anyone confirm or deny this?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Wasn't it just a week or two ago when the press asked BP about a rumor of trading Ward...to paraphrase his reply he said it was a bad rumor and they will be looking to add? Not 100%, can anyone confirm or deny this?

You are correct. He said it multiple times.

 

[Wolfpuck]

This trade deadline will show us if Tom Dungdung is really interested in the team - or if he's just a rich prick who likes telling women at posh parties that he owns a NHL team.

I can see it now. The start of the next regular season. Our starting goalie - drumroll - Scott Darling. "He really got his head straight this summer. He'll do great." says Peters while sipping whiskey from a brown paper bag. In the background, Ron Francis is hugging a life-size poster of Scott Darling.
First game - three ridiculously easy goals allowed in the first five minutes. Aho, Staal and Teräväinen head to the airport, and fly to northern Finland for ice-fishing. After the game, Ron Francis blames the defence, the weather, the economy, Trump...
All the while Cam Ward is relaxing in southern Mexico, throwing back tequilas, and telling stories to local senoritas.


Sorry. I might have had a few drinks.

That was beautiful.

 

[StiffSquid]

Rick Nash for Saarela and two 2nds

In this scenario Kuokkanen, Zykov & Saarela + two 2nd round picks for Rick Nash + 7th round pick

 

[Bub]

Trade Peters and Ryan to NYI for Weight and Aho2.

 

[tarheelhockey]

One problem is, the Canes really don't have anything to sell (in the traditional sense) outside of Ward, who the really can't let go of. Ryan and Stempniak? Meh, might get a late round pick. Anyone else becomes more of an offseason type deal rather than a deadline deal.

This, moreso than Francis’ actual decisions, is why I don’t think we’ll sell anything at the deadline.

A GM would have to be hysterically stupid to give up assets for either Ryan or Stempniak, and the rest of the lineup generally has an identifiable long-term purpose. There’s not much good in trading players who fit, but are overslotted for whatever reason.

 

[FreshSeabass]

4) Nothing or minor moves only.

Accompanying meme:

 

[Breakdowns]

Judging by previous years with Francis, I expect minor moves, like selling Stempniak, Kruger, Jooris, Dalhbeck, maybe Ryan. Of course if any team wants to take them. That's a big IF. I don't see us buying, Francis is not the one who will overpay at this moment.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Judging by previous years with Francis, I expect minor moves, like selling Stempniak, Kruger, Jooris, Dalhbeck, maybe Ryan. Of course if any team wants to take them. That's a big IF. I don't see us buying, Francis is not the one who will overpay at this moment.

Maybe not Francis, but Dundon might. He's the one with the money after all.

 

[geehaad]

Every year we trade guys that we think are worthless, and every year they bring back picks. Every year.

Us fans may get passing grades in Organizational Hockey 101, but valuing our own TDL assets is the test we fail year after year.

 

[A Star is Burns]

At the very least, we need to do right by Stempniak and find one of the few teams he hasn't played for at this point.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

By late round pick, I mean I could see Ryan and Stempniak getting anywhere from a 3rd - 5th round pick.

Hainsey, who was more valuable got a late 2nd.
Stalberg got a late 3rd round pick.
Liles got a 3rd and a 5th
Versteeg got Zykov and a conditional 5th
Gleason got a 4th round pick
Tlusty got a conditional 6th and a 3rd the following season

Sekera and Staal had better returns, but were much more marquee players.

 

[GoldiFox]

Ponikarovsky scored us a 4th round pick that turned into Slavin. Sometimes darts hit.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Fortunately for the Canes the last WC spot is looking like a race to the bottom. I think they will actually pick up a middling forward whom they expect to help offensively. Let's say Plekanec.

Acquire Plekanec.

Start selling turtlenecks at the eye.

Profit.

 

[AD Skinner]

Hartford whalers turtlenecks

 

[Unsustainable]

We won’t be happy with any move made

 

[Breakdowns]

Stempniak - 4th rounder
Ryan - 3rd rounder
Kruger - 6th rounder
Dalhbeck - 6th rounder
Jooris - 5th rounder

I can't see them getting more than this in terms of draft picks

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Ponikarovsky scored us a 4th round pick that turned into Slavin. Sometimes darts hit.

True, but that has nothing to do with predicting what draft pick they'll return (which is what this discussion was). If the Canes decide to sell, the certainly should move those guys for the best they can get as something is better than nothing and you might get lucky. Just that we have a weaker pool of UFAs to be vs. prior seasons.