Well I am sure that people might disagree given how many Calgarians are on the board but the Hitmen seem to have gotten bent over in this trade imo.
As a flames fan in Calgary you have every reason to be happy watching Kanzig... And the flames will have an advantage (or a bit of a conflict of interest) next year in that they can force Keegan to pass on a year of AHL development and make him play for the hitmen as an overager.
That said, they traded a guy who might be on Canada's world junior team for basically a 19 year old enforcer who is a defensive work in progress and an average pick.
Imho they should have been seeking as many quality younger assets back as possible with where they are in the standings this year. If they actually throw away some future and go all in on this season for Morrisey that would be very surprising to me, though I guess you never know how the playoffs will pan out and they probably want to get further than edmonton for a change.
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