Trusted NHL insider Elliotte Friedman has just reported that the Hurricanes have been talking to teams about the possibility of trading Teuvo Teravainen.
This is quite a shock considering Teravainen has been one of Carolina's best players for years now. What makes this even more odd is the fact that Teravainen is just 28 years old, and on a very reasonable cap hit for the next two years.
When asked if this would be to recoup assets and gain some cap space in the process, rather than purely a cap dump, the poster of this Tweet had this to say.
This is just puzzling, as Carolina has a very good top-six piece in Teravainen that they could surely gain assets in return for. Instead, it looks like they'd rather just get rid of his contract to make space for Karlsson, which is just poor asset management.
While we don't have all of the info that Hurricanes GM Don Waddell does, we're certainly questioning this move right now.
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20 JUILLET | 61 ANSWERS Carolina Looking to Trade Star Forward Due to Cap Restraints Should Carolina move Teravainen? | ||
Yes | 19 | 31.1 % |
No | 42 | 68.9 % |
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