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Originally Posted by Red
We can agree or disagree about Hamiltons value. Fine with me, that's a discussion and I had no issues with it.
But you guys jumped on me because of the "clock" comment.
And I stand by it.
If the goals are a #1 dman for Oilers and #3 for Flames then the Oilers don't have to trade for Hamilton any more than Treliving has to complete his move before 5-ish. Is that not correct? So do we really hold all the cards that only a fleecing is acceptable?
This is beside the point that Chairelli is not going to risk his job and reputation by making a questionable deal with the Flames of all teams.
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Yeah but it's contingent on how bad each team needs those things. The Oilers absolutely NEED a #1 Dman at least as good Hamilton (in fact they need 2 or 3 of them), and they need him yesterday. The Flames, I think anyways, are in a position of "#3 would be nice, but not necessary." So they are not going to trade necessary pieces from their team for something that isn't all that important.
There are more options for the Flames getting a top 6 winger in different ways than there is for the Oilers to land top-pairing dmen. (Lucic, Hartnell, Okposo, etc..)
Plus, if #3 is the goal, why wouldn't you go straight to CBJ? Why give up one of your best players, to a hated rival, along the way? it assumes you need both #4 and #6 to move up to #3. Which is, IMO, too much to pay for #3, even if you held those picks without giving up Hamilton.