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Originally Posted by dammage79
I did some digging on Carolina.Their top goalie prospect is Alex Nedjilkovich (spelling?) He's rocking a 2.99 gaa and a .897 sv% in 31 gp. Gillies on the other hand is rocking a .915 and 2.64 gaa in 29 gp. Their guy is two years younger than Gillies but it looks like Gillies has put up better numbers across the board in previous years.
I don't know if Gillies is such a marked improvement over their top guy to reel in a scoring winger off their roster.
But it may buy a player like Valntin Zykov who is having a good season on the farm team. Already has bested his previous seasons points totals in 24 less games played, and has scored 23 goals this year alone instead of last seasons 16. So he is progressing nicely. Stocky RH/RW who seems poised to break into the NHL.
Tricky thing is, Carolina also has a RW depth issue. So they may not favor that kind of swap. But Ndjelkovich or whatever is about their only decent goaltending prospect so who knows.
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The other thing to remember with Carolina is they now have stable, wealthy ownership and are looking to immediately bring attendance back up and put a winning product back on the ice, as opposed to their usual motto of selling off good talent in exchange for cheaper future talent.
Any moves that take away current NHL talent probably came off the table when the ownership buy in was approved.