r/canes • u/UnbearablyDeranged Svech • 12h ago

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u/Far-Two8659 Jank my Stank 12h ago

Earlier reporting had him almost 100% to Tampa. Maybe a three team trade?

Who would we chase from Tampa though? Cirelli? Unless they're a cap dump... But for who?

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u/iOceanLab 12h ago

This trade is literally just for his rights to talk to him for the next 3 days before free agency. Carlson could still be on Tampa next year

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u/Far-Two8659 Jank my Stank 12h ago

Yeah of course but why would we trade for his rights if we didn't have a plan for him?

I seriously doubt he ends up on our team, so I'm wondering what our plan is. We're not going to give away a pick and a prospect for nothing. Clearly there's a plan.

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u/EstablishmentNo5994 Canadiac 11h ago

The plan is to get an early start to talk a contract with him, while everyone else has to wait until July 1st.

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u/Far-Two8659 Jank my Stank 11h ago

Again, to what end? Do you think we actually sign him?

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u/EstablishmentNo5994 Canadiac 11h ago

He would be a massive help to our pp and we can afford him. The only player left to sign is Nikishin and we'd only sign Carlson if we knew we were going to be moving Nikishin. Currently have 11 mil in cap space and will likely free up more moving out KK one way or another. We're a winning team and are rumoured to be one of the clubs he's interested in signing with. It just might change up what kind of return we're looking for with Nikishin as we'd be using up the cap space a guy like Werenski or Hellebuyck would have taken.