Carolina trades Necas and Drury for Rantanen, then trades Rantanen for Stankoven and 2 1sts. They still made the conference finals. They are more than ok. They have a ton of cap space, very good high-end prospects and extra picks.
The core is young still. Slavin is only 30 and he is the oldest of the key players.
Florida is the best team in the league, but key players could be gone next year. It's not Carolina's time yet.
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