If you're Carolina, why not? You have a young and upcoming team with goaltending you believe in, top young defence, up front you have Aho, Lindholm, Staal, Skinner, Rask..and 24 mill in cap space and only needing a 4th line (Ward/Lack/Stempniak/Wiesnewski buyout freeing up another $10 mill the year after to re-sign the young D-core). Why not throw 9.79 mill at Draisaitl and make them match if not you have a stud forward and likely finishing top 10 in the league for next few years.
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