Vladimir Tarasenko is currently the number one free agent on the market which has been heavily depleted since the start of free agency one week ago. However, a couple of days ago, everybody thought Tarasenko would be signing in Carolina.
Pagnotta mentions how the Hurricanes had a press release ready for the Tarasenko signing. This shows how confident they were that they were going to bring him in but unfortunately, he decided to walk out on the deal.