Carolina is in the midst of a long term rebuilding project. We've chosen to jettison some depth in favor of bringing in some high upside prospects and have suffered in the standings as a result. The next phase of plan will involve bringing in some depth veterans in the off season through free agency or trades to supplement the group of MILR's expected to make the jump next year to the big club. I can't see this team being crazy busy in free agency despite the projected 17 million in cap room we should have but anything is possible. In my mind the only significant players we've lost since new ownership took over are Pageau, Rieder, Marleau, Jarnkrok and Smith. With the additions that have been made it's pretty much a wash at the NHL level but the minor league team is now stocked with one of the best group of specs in the league. Carolina will also have two top ten first round picks in next years draft to further strengthen that group. I'm counting on these guys coming through for me in the next couple of years. Carolina's future is going to depend on them. 


Subtractions:
Anton Lander, $0.3m (2015-2017)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau, $0.3m (2014-2017-EL)
Calle Jarnkrok, $0.4m (2015-2017)
Peter Holland, $1.5m (2015-2018)
Riley Sheahan, $1.5m (2015-2018)
Gabriel Bourque, $0.3m (2015-2017)
Johan Franzen, $3.4m (2015-2018)
Patrick Marleau, $7.3m (2014-2018)
Adam Cracknell, $0.2m (2015-2017)
Dennis Everberg, $0.2m (2015-2017)
Tobias Rieder, $1.5m (2015-2018)
Trevor Van Riemsdyk, $0.2m (2015-2017)
Mirco Mueller, $0.6m (2015-2017)
Ben Chiarot, $1.0m (2015-2017)
Christopher Tanev, $1.0m (2015-2017)
Michal Jordan, $0.2 (2015-2018-EL)
Eric Gelinas, $4.0m (2015-2018)
Keith Kinkaid, $3.3m (2014-2017)
Mike Smith, $5.5m (2013-2017)
3rd Round Pick
4th Round Pick

Additions:
Mikko Rantanen, $2.5m (2016-2018-EL)
Ryan Callahan, $7.7m (2015-2019)
Vladimir Sobotka, $0.4m (2016-2018)
Leon Draisaitl, $3.6m (2016-2019)
Alex Galchenyuk, $5.8m (2016-2020)
Anders Bjork, $0.2m (2016-2018)
Francis Perron, $0.2m (2016-2018)
Ondrej Palat, $6.7m (2014-2018)
Kirill Kaprizov, $1.6m (2016-2019)
Kevin Labanc, $0.2m (2016-2018)
Erik Condra, $0.4m (2016-2018)
Brayden McNabb, $3.0m (2016-2019)
David Rittich, $0.2m (2016-2018)
Ken Appleby, $0.4m (2016-2018)
C - Jack Roslovic (2015: 1/25 - 0 Games)
C - Adam Musil (2015: 4/94 - 0 Games)
C - Clayton Keller (2016: 1/7 - 0 Games)
C - Trent Frederic (2016: 1/29 - 0 Games)
LW - Nikita Gusev (2012: 7/202 - 0 Games)
D - Logan Stanley (2016: 1/18 - 0 Games)
D - Andrew Peeke (2016: 2/34 - 0 Games)
G - Malcolm Subban (2012: 1/24 - 2 Game)
Round 1 - 2017  (from *)
Round 2 - 2017  (from *)
Round 4 - 2017  (from *)
Round 4 - 2017  (from *)

2.0 canes

I thought the Hurricanes would have more wins by now but with all the injuries it's been tough. I think once I get everyone back I'll win a few games but it's going to take quite a turnaround not to finish in the bottom 2.

Just out of curiosity why haven't we adopted the same draft lottery the NHL has? Seems like it would be easy by just placing all the non playoff teams in the same order of finish as the corresponding NHL team and then set the new order according to how the lotto unfolds.

Not that there is anybody worth tanking for this year but it would prevent anyone from doing it if there was another McDavid or Crosby in the future. The system is fine the way it is though.

The Hurricanes play to wwin every week despite the record.

I'm rooting for Edmonton to succeed. I've taken a similar approach in Carolina and would like to think this is the blueprint to build a strong contender for years to come.

Since Edmonton is a couple years ahead in the process I would like to see the payoff sooner than later.