Blockbuster Trade Brewing? Canes & Bruins Talk Swap of Necas & Ullmark?
The Canes appear done with Martin Necas and the Bruins have made it clear that Jeremy Swayman is going to be the goalie they build around. Is it possible that the Canes and Bruins find common ground on a potential trade?
VIA Elliotte Friedman on Friday’s “32 Thoughts” podcast:
“I do believe the Bruins and the Hurricanes talked about an Ullmark deal,” Friedman said. “Now, I don’t know if it involved Necas. But I do think they talked about something. … Now, number one, it has to be recognized that Ullmark would have to be able to go there. I don’t know where Carolina is or is not on his [no-trade] list. But I do believe it’s something these two teams talked about.
“…I do think it’s likely [Necas] gets moved. I just think that him and the Hurricanes don’t see each other in the same value. But we’ll see how it all works out. I mean, on paper, that makes sense to me, but just talking on paper. I think there’s a lot of teams that are going to be looking at Necas and trying to find out what he wants. He’s a good player, and Carolina’s gonna have some options here.”
Few obvious things that need to be stated. I’ll wrap it up quickly below.
A: IF this swap is on the table for the Bruins they should run to the trade call to get it finalized.
B: We have no idea if the Canes are on Ullmark’s 15 team no trade list. The word on the street is it features a lot of West Coast teams.
C: This trade makes zero sense for Carolina. They have Pyotr Kochetkov and Freddie Andersen under contract for cheap. They would also only get one year of control on Ullmark who hits free agency after next season.
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