Confirmed with Link: Holy Crap, They Actually Make a Move! (Guentzel and Ty Smith to Carolina for Bunting + Ponomaryov + Koivunen + Lucius + Conditional 2024 2nd)

WreckingCrew

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Makes us softer and easier to play against, but definitely an offensive improvement. Also leaves us another UFA hole to fill...unless we have a contract in place for Guentz. Hoping that decreases the size of the add. Also extends Pitts floundering window!
 

Nikishin Go Boom

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bunting bled 5v5 goals and provided little help 5v5 scoring either. We were going to have to cover him in the playoffs.

Necas and KK havent been great defensively this year but they both still have above 50% xG percentages. Bunting was our only regular playing guy where the expected and actual G% were below 50%.
 

3CanesInTheBox

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HisIceness

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I liked Bunting.

I did too but he didn't move the needle enough for me so to say as a UFA signing in a time where a "splash" was needed. Kinda reminded me of Ferland but those players have short primes.

I'm hoping we get 2017 Guentzel, we'll see.
 
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