The Carter Chase Updated

Sources today seem to point towards the Maple Leafs falling behind other teams in the attempts to sign Anson Carter. Toronto's inablity to trade Nik Antropov is causing Carter to seriously have to consider signing with another team. The teams most interested other then the leafs, would be Detroit and Carolina with Pittsburgh monitoring the situation. It is impossible for the leafs to sign Carter, without shedding Antropov's salary. The Leafs want Carter and Carter wants to play for the Leafs, however until the leafs ditch some salary it cant happen. If the leafs fail in their attempt to sign Carter, they will look to other unsigned free agents (kvasha , bondra, kozlov, park) who may be available for a cheaper salary.