Daily News | What’s going on with the Flyers’ potential Tony DeAngelo trade?
But for a team like Carolina, which can shelter DeAngelo defensively and has proven to be able to get the best out of him, he has real value from an offensive standpoint and as a power-play quarterback. With the Flyers reportedly set to retain 50% of his deal, DeAngelo at a $2.5 million cap hit is especially valuable for a contending team like the Hurricanes, who have shown they are comfortable with the person and player.
The issue is that Carolina has a logjam of defenseman and just added to it by signing marquee free agent Dmitry Orlov to a two-year, $15.5 million deal . There’s a decent argument that Orlov, Slavin, Brent Burns, Brady Skjei, and Brett Pesce might comprise the NHL’s best top five on the blue line. The Hurricanes were reportedly, who is in the final year of a $24.15 million deal, earlier this summer but have yet to find a dance partner.
That leads to the Hurricanes’ pursuit of reigning Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson. The 33-year-old Karlsson, who last season became the first defenseman to tally 100 points in a season since 1992 , recently asked for a trade from the rebuilding San Jose Sharks. According to various reports, the Hurricanes and Pittsburgh Penguins are the two favorites to land the Swedish defenseman, who makes $11.5 million a year.
A move for Karlsson may or may not impact the ultimate completion of the proposed DeAngelo trade, but the Hurricanes keeping as much cap space and options open as they can in the short term certainly makes sense from their perspective as they engage in talks with San Jose. The Hurricanes also might want free cap space to continue to pursue top unsigned forward Vladimir Tarasenko,
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