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Originally Posted by N-E-B
Set aside personal feelings towards the players and just look objectively:
25 year old top-4 dman who is trending upwards signed for $3.8milAAV
32 year old top-4 dman who is trending downwards (I know it's a small sample size, but there's more evidence to suggest a downwards trend than even remaining at the same level) signed for $6.75milAAV on a contract that doesn't kick in until next year when he's 33 and lasts until he's 39.
I know Gio is our captain and all, but strictly as a hockey move I think it's a no-brainer.
(Remember, I know he has more value than just his hockey skills and I love Gio, just playing devils advocate here)
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This has nothing to do with feelings for players. This has more to do with the "what have you done for me lately" mentality. There have been posters in here that are willing to trade both Gio and Hamilton based off their 21 games this year.
The Gio logic has some merit but the fact many say a 1 for 1 swap is fair blows my mind. Hamonic is more of a shutdown type where Gio is that 2 way Dman teams want. I don't see any situation where Flames management actually considers trading Gio but if they did trade him for Hamonic I expect to get Strome in that deal as well.