Confirmed with Link: Canes Sign Defenseman Jake Gardiner to 4 Year Contract

[FreshSeabass]

4 year deal worth 4.05 AAV

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[Wolfpuck]

Holy shit

 

[the halleJOKEL]

don waddell the absolute madman

 

[Lucky Lindy]

Um, wtf? For real?!

Dundon/Waddell/Tulsky/everyone is awesome.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Lol, I love this team. What's coming next?

 

[A Star is Burns]

Pesce unhappy confirmed. Trade for Laine incoming.

 

[Anton Babchuk]

Lol, I love this team. What's coming next?

faulk traded

 

[CandyCanes]

Lol wtf. It must suck to be one of the Hurricanes defensive prospects.

Someone’s gotta be moved now though. Wonder who?

 

[My Special Purpose]

I'm flat-out stunned. I don't have any idea what we're doing, but I love it. It's so much damn fun to be a fan of this team right now.

Obviously, we're over the cap now, so there's at least one more shoe to drop, but taken on its face, this is brilliant. Better player than de Haan for less money.

Somebody we really don't want to be traded is getting traded. I'm scared. Hold me.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Hey. @Lempo was bored.

"Trading DeHaan means no one will ever want to sign with us!"

Guess that was wrong!

 

[GoldiFox]

So bizarre. Something must be in the pipeline. In any case Gardiner is a great Faulk replacement for the next 4 years. Doubt Faulk is the one moved now though.

 

[Svechhammer]

HOLY SHIT

 

[VAcaniac]

Omg this team is STACKED

 

[Joe McGrath]

I'm flat-out stunned. I don't have any idea what we're doing, but I love it. It's so much damn fun to be a fan of this team right now.

Obviously, we're over the cap now, so there's at least one more shoe to drop, but taken on its face, this is brilliant. Better player than de Haan for less money.

Somebody we really don't want to be traded is getting traded. I'm scared. Hold me.

I mean it’s gotta be Faulk or Hamilton. Probably TVR too at this point.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

So bizarre. Something must be in the pipeline. In any case Gardiner is a great Faulk replacement.

I mean, if we really had to, we could trade Faulk for peanuts at this point -- but I wonder if something bigger is coming.

 

[FreshSeabass]

Think faulks the one to go.

 

[CanesUltimate11]

**** it:

"I'm bored, someone do something."

And once again, boredom carries the day.

 

[GoldiFox]

I mean, if we really had to, we could trade Faulk for peanuts at this point -- but I wonder if something bigger is coming.

I can't see Faulk moved right now. Rod leaned on him a lot in the Playoffs and his 15 team NTC hinders things. My bet would actually be on Hamilton or Pesce being moved in a bigger deal. Wondering how the Cap works out though.

 

[Vagrant]

faulk traded

it makes too much sense to be anything else. being a pending ufa after extension negotiations failed has been a death knell for this group. from skinner to ferland to letting mrazek and mac hit free agency. they're serious about not getting burned like so many teams have by waiting for a decision and hoping it's the one they want. very proactive in resolving roster situations. similar to how they picked up nino after they couldn't get ferland done.

 

[Drivebytrucker]

I wouldnt be upset if we just traded Faulk or Hamilton for picks honestly

Our core is strong

 

[GoldiFox]

Gardiner at $4 million is just too good of a bargain to pass up even if the team has to make other moves to accommodate it. Build talent depth with value additions. Let the prospects fill in the rest.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I can't see Faulk moved right now. Rod leaned on him a lot in the Playoffs and his 15 team NTC hinders things.

Except now there's not so much pressure to "get something good" for him. With Gardiner signed, Faulk is the odd man out. There's still 15 teams to work with, which is way better than the no teams we had with Skinner.

We'll recoup something for an expiring contract, and we've got arguably a better defenseman to replace him for the next four years. Send him back to Minnesota for picks.

 

[bleedgreen]

I was baffled after trading DeHaan that they would do this, but if Faulk is out the door it makes more sense.

Of course, they could’ve kept DeHaan and still moved Faulk?

I like Jake and think he’s undervalued around hf, and we did get another ufa to sign with us for a seemingly appropriate salary. Much more of a puck mover than DeHaan but I don’t have him at the same defensive level as CDH.

Not sure I get it yet but I’m glad we added another lefty who can log minutes.

 

[My Special Purpose]

I mean, if we really had to, we could trade Faulk for peanuts at this point -- but I wonder if something bigger is coming.

We could trade him for Pu.

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

Another week, another headline. As is tradition.

Also, holy shit.