cmaleski2
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Very hard to find a true sniper who is defensively responsible as JB noted.
Pacioretty is attentive to both ends of the ice, and he is a goal scorer, but he is as 30 goal guy. That is a big deal on the Canes I suppose, but there were 23 NHL players who scored 39 or more goals in the NHL this past season. Adding a 30 goal guy to the roster would be helpful for the Canes, but as goal scoring continues to increase, the reality is '40 is the new 30 in terms of goal scoring'. Aho would be a 40 goal guy if he could finish on more breakaways. Maybe Svech becomes a 40 goal guy?
DeBrincat's goal scoring fell off last season but he posted a higher assist number than any other season. His shooting % was substantially below his average so that just might have been an anomaly.
His -31 last season, whether you like +/- or not, is alarming to me. He also is darn small, which seems to be the opposite of what the Canes are thinking they need to look to improve on.
Trying to add goal scoring with some defensive acumen is not going to be easy. I've already read a bunch of nonsense about the Canes trading all kind of assets for Mitch Marner, as if trading away multiple goal scorers for a Marner somehow solves anything for the Canes. I'm ok with the Canes pulling the trigger on a big deal, but as good as Mitch Marner is, he doesn't fill the toughness/size or goal scoring hole, especially if you consider his playoff history.
The Canes have a lot of cap space to play with next season, which puts them in an interesting position relative to many other of this year's playoff teams. We might 'roll it back' and bring back Freddie and Fast and Staal, but there is a lot of additional cap space available after those 3 are signed (maybe like $16 million worth).
Let's assume we do resign Freddie, Staal and Fast for $10 million total. Without trades, we would be sitting with:
Aho, Turbo, Svech, KK, Necas, Martinook, Drury, Jarvis, Noesen, Fast, Staal. That is 11 forwards
Slavin, Burns, Skjei, Pesce, Chatfield. 5 Dmen
Freddie, Kochetkov. 2 goalies
We would have around $17 million in cap space to cover a couple of forwards and 2 6/7 Dmen. Even more space potentially if Turbo is traded.
Another interesting offseason is in the offing for sure.
Pacioretty is attentive to both ends of the ice, and he is a goal scorer, but he is as 30 goal guy. That is a big deal on the Canes I suppose, but there were 23 NHL players who scored 39 or more goals in the NHL this past season. Adding a 30 goal guy to the roster would be helpful for the Canes, but as goal scoring continues to increase, the reality is '40 is the new 30 in terms of goal scoring'. Aho would be a 40 goal guy if he could finish on more breakaways. Maybe Svech becomes a 40 goal guy?
DeBrincat's goal scoring fell off last season but he posted a higher assist number than any other season. His shooting % was substantially below his average so that just might have been an anomaly.
His -31 last season, whether you like +/- or not, is alarming to me. He also is darn small, which seems to be the opposite of what the Canes are thinking they need to look to improve on.
Trying to add goal scoring with some defensive acumen is not going to be easy. I've already read a bunch of nonsense about the Canes trading all kind of assets for Mitch Marner, as if trading away multiple goal scorers for a Marner somehow solves anything for the Canes. I'm ok with the Canes pulling the trigger on a big deal, but as good as Mitch Marner is, he doesn't fill the toughness/size or goal scoring hole, especially if you consider his playoff history.
The Canes have a lot of cap space to play with next season, which puts them in an interesting position relative to many other of this year's playoff teams. We might 'roll it back' and bring back Freddie and Fast and Staal, but there is a lot of additional cap space available after those 3 are signed (maybe like $16 million worth).
Let's assume we do resign Freddie, Staal and Fast for $10 million total. Without trades, we would be sitting with:
Aho, Turbo, Svech, KK, Necas, Martinook, Drury, Jarvis, Noesen, Fast, Staal. That is 11 forwards
Slavin, Burns, Skjei, Pesce, Chatfield. 5 Dmen
Freddie, Kochetkov. 2 goalies
We would have around $17 million in cap space to cover a couple of forwards and 2 6/7 Dmen. Even more space potentially if Turbo is traded.
Another interesting offseason is in the offing for sure.